HAEMORRHAGE FROM THE LUNGS
Acalypha-ind [Acal]
Obstinate cases of arterial haemorrhage, preceded by burning in chest and accompanied by emaciation, slow fever and small, depressed pulse; blood is PURE BRIGHT-RED IN THE MORNING OR DARK AND CLOTTED IN THE EVENING; spitting of blood, brought on by violent dry cough; cough violent and in fits at night; (<) morning, (>) evening.
Aconite [Acon]
Orgasmus sanguinis in chest with feeling of fulness and burning pain, beating of heart and a sensation as if the blood were boiling in chest, and followed by burning feeling under the sternum; anguish, restlessness fright, fear of death; blood hot, bright-red and frothy, and the least cough brings on a discharge, (>) in recumbent position; (<) from wine, especially in plethoric persons, after excitement or for pregnant women, with nocturnal anguish, lamentations and bright-red face. Tuberculosis, cardiac troubles, suppressed haemorrhoids.
Antimonium-crud [Ant-c]
HAEMOPTOE AFTER BATHING, more in the evening; burning and sticking in chest and during cough, which shakes the body.
Antimonium-tart [Ant-t]
Frequent cough, with frothy, bloody sputa; bloodspitting when after the attack there remains for a long time bloody, slimy expectoration.
Argentum-nit [Arg-n]
Cough with occasional bloody sputa; belching and straining to vomit during cough, BELCHING OF WIND AFFORDS MARKED RELIEF; sputa more or less streaked with blood.
Arnica [Arn]
Mechanical injuries, overstraining; after a fall or blow; constant tickling cough, starting in larynx or under sternum; sore bruised feeling through chest; blood profuse, dark-red and clotted, coming with little effort, or bright-red, frothy. mixed with mucus; laborious breathing, and contusive pain in head, chest and back, when coughing.
Arsenicum [Ars]
Deep, dry, unceasing cough from titillation in larynx; great weakness and fainting, with burning heat in chest and stomach; extreme prostration after loss of blood.
Belladonna [Bell]
Congestion of blood to head and chest; blood bright-red and hot and sensation as if chest were filled with blood; stitching pains in chest, (<) from least exertion; bloody expectoration mixed with mucus. Active congestion; suppressed menses.
Cactus-grand [Cact]
PNEUMORRHAGIA, accompanied with convulsive cough and profuse expectoration of blood; marked arterial excitement with strong throbbing of heart and sensation as if constriction of an iron hand prevented its normal motions; (<) from lying in bed; continued oppression and weariness; little anxiety or fever.
Carbo-veg [Carb-v]
Burning in chest as from glowing coals; DARK OR LIGHT HAEMORRHAGE with PERFECT INDIFFERENCE ABOUT IT; emphysema or asthma pulmonum with violent cough in paroxysms and hoarseness; BRONCHORRHAGIA; far advances cases of lung degeneration.
Carduus-mar [Card-m]
HAEMOPTOE IN MINERS, or from abuse of beer and liquors; the diseased liver implicates the lungs; frequently dry, tickling cough, stitches in chest, scraping sensation in larynx and trachea, with chilliness and expectoration of pure blood or blood with mucus.
China [Chin]
More suitable to the effect of haemorrhage than for the primary attack, when the haemorrhage produced great weakness, feeble pulse, continued pain in chest and stomach,(<) from touch or motion; cough, with dizziness in head; in females exhausted by nursing; tuberculosis, suppuration of lungs, BULLET WOUNDS THROUGH LUNGS with collapse and blood sputa; constant taste of blood in mouth; blood mostly bright-red.
Collinsonia [Coll]
Blood dark, tough, coagulated, enveloped in viscid phlegm; bleeding caused by cardiac affections or portal congestion; previous discharge of blood from anus; subsequent constipation.
Conium [Con]
Especially after masturbation; dry, spasmodic, nightly, almost continual titillating cough, with violent oppression of chest and evening fever, suffocating cough in scrofulous patients; wants of breath on taking the least exercise, and copious in scrofulous patients; want of breath on taking the least exercise and copious cough, with mucous discharge.
Dulcamara [Dulc]
Constant titillation in the larynx, with desire to cough; expectoration of bright-red blood, with aggravation during rest; the bleeding is caused by a cold, or a loose cough; which had existed previously; (<) during repose.
Elaps [Elaps]
In advanced stages of phthisis, haemoptoe from right lung (Lachesis, left); taste of blood in mouth; feeling of laceration in cardiac region; blood of dark color, almost black.
Ergotin [Ergot]
PASSIVE PULMONARY HAEMORRHOIDS, mostly venous, but may be also arterial, usually preceded by sensation of pressure upon the chest, with anguish, faint feeling, weak and small pulse; patient WANTS TO LIE WITH HIS HEAD LOW, and wants the windows open.
Ferrum [Ferr]
Incipient stages of phthisis florida, especially in young girls or young men; scanty expectoration of pure bright-red blood
during a slight paroxysm of cough, with pains between the scapulae, quick motion and talking bring on cough; feels better when walking slowly, not withstanding weakness obliges him to lie down; heavy breathing, especially at night, with frequent palpitation of heart; poor sleep; sallow complexion; spitting blood with flying pains through chest; pain between the shoulder; ashy pale or greenish face, becoming flushed from least emotion or exertion.
Hamamelis [Ham]
PURE VENOUS BLOOD COMING INTO THE MOUTH WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT, seemingly like a warm current from out of the chest; MIND CALM; labored respiration when attempting to assume the recumbent position, breathing becomes almost impossible; tickling cough, with the taste of blood in the morning on waking; sometimes tastes of sulphur in the mouth lungs feel sore and bruised.
Hyoscyamus [Hyos]
The discharge of blood is preceded by a dry cough, especially at night, obliging the patient to get up; frequent sudden starting from sleep; blood bright-red, with spasms; also suitable to drunkards, where Opium, or Nux v., failed to give relief.
Ignatia [Ign]
For the debility after the arrest of the haemorrhage, with disposition to be easily vexed; deep sighing breathing.
Iodum [Iod]
Tuberculosis; annoying, tickling cough, dry mornings, oppression of chest; raising large quantities of blood-streaked mucus.
Ipecacuanha [Ip]
Expectoration of blood-streaked mucus, or spitting of blood, from the least effort, without cough, as if vomited up; profuse bleeding of bright-red color, provoked by a dry, tickling racking cough,, from least exertion, preceded by a sense of BUBBLING IN CHEST AND ACCOMPANIED BY NAUSEA, chills, heavy breathing, oppression, livid face, small and frequent pulse, anxiety, debility and protracted taste of blood in mouth; after exposure to cold and rain, at the menstrual period; after mechanical
injuries.
Kreosotum [Kreos]
Burning crawling sensation in upper bronchi; blood almost black; complexion livid, sometimes puffiness of face and oedema of feet; pain in chest with afternoon fever and morning sweat; foetor of sputa.
Ledum [Led]
Copious discharge of bright-red and foamy blood, accompanied by violent cough in paroxysms, caused by tickling in larynx and trachea; congestion to chest and head; hardness of hearing; pulse strong and hard; burning pain in some point chest, from which the blood seems to come; stagnant in liver and portal system;hot hands and hot feet; heat of whole body; COXALGIA ALTERNATING WITH HAEMOPTOE; SUITS RHEUMATIC OR GOUTY PERSONS who are weak from abuse of Colchicum; also DRUNKARDS.
Manganum-acet [Mang]
Haemoptoe with stitches in right lung, CEASING WHEN LYING DOWN; tickling cough; breath hot and burning, with disagreeable heat in chest; stitches in chest and sternum running up and down; strong, irregular palpitation without abnormal sounds; pulse soft, weak, sometimes irregular.
Melilotus [Meli]
Great load in chest, causing difficult breathing, feels as if he would smother, chest very sore, all improving by a pulmonary haemorrhage of bright-red blood.
Millefolium [Mill]
Expectoration of bright-red blood, without much coughing or fever; bubbling sensation in chest, as if warm blood were ascending; feeling of warmth as if blood were rising to head; may be caused by a fit of passion; after injuries. Chronic haemorrhages in tuberculosis, menstrual derangement, suppressed haemorrhoids, debauchery. PATIENT FEELS UNCONCERNED ABOUT HIS STATE, AND PAIN WITH THE BLEEDING.
Myrtus-com [Myrt-c]
In phthisical persons, sharp pains through apices of lungs, from front to shoulder-blades.
Nux-vomica [Nux-v]
Haemoptoe of bright-red blood usually mornings; cough dry; fatiguing, from titillation in larynx, heat and burning in chest and heart; due to debauchery, high living and suppressed haemorrhoids; attack more after drunken spree or after violent emotion.
Opium [Op]
HAEMOPTYSIS IN DRUNKARDS (Nux v., Hyosc.) and after excitement; discharge of thick, frothy blood; cough with drowsiness and yawning, (<) by swallowing; rush of blood to chest; oppression and dyspnoea; flushed face; burning about heart; feeble voice; tremors of arms; anxious sleep with sudden starting; coldness, especially of extremities, or heat in chest and other parts of the trunk; difficult, intermitting breathing, as from paralysis of lungs.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.