Laryngitis



Mercurius-iod [Merc-i-f]

(1/10 or material doses in syphilitic cases.) Laryngeal catarrh, parts much swollen; patches of inflammation and purple; thin, offensive discharge; hoarseness or aphonia; swelling of bronchial glands; profuse, yellow sputa.

Naja-tripudians [Naja]

Aching in throat; intense rawness between larynx and top of sternum, (<) after coughing.

Nitric-acid [Nit-ac]

Chronic laryngeal cough, without expectoration; stinging, smarting sensation as if a small ulcer were the, generally felt on one side; long standing, short, dry cough, continuing all day, very troublesome when first lying down at night, but not waking the patient from sleep.

Nux-vomica [Nux-v]

Frequent cough, with burning and tickling in larynx; slight hoarseness, fever and chilliness, with frontal headache, especially mornings.

Paris-quad [Par]

Periodical, painless hoarseness; continuous hawking of mucus, and burning in the larynx, morning expectoration green and tenacious.

Phosphorus [Phos]

IRRITABLE WEAKNESS OF VOCAL ORGANS; violent tickling in larynx when speaking; dry spasmodic cough, with constriction of throat, night cough from titillation or stitches in larynx, chilliness with cough.

Rumex [Rumx]

Hawking of mucus from larynx, with burning soreness; voice hoarse, (<) evening; tickling in throat; cough increased by pressure on larynx; frequent feeling as if she could not get another breath.

Sambucus [Samb]

Spasm of larynx frequently occurring during acute laryngitis, springing up in bed and struggling for breath.

Sanguinaria [Sang]

Acute oedematous laryngitis; dryness in throat, with soreness, swelling and redness; chronic dryness in throat, sensation of swelling in larynx and expectoration of thick mucus; polypi of larynx and nasal fossae; inspiration more difficult than expiration.

Selenium [Sel]

Tubercular laryngitis; raising of small lumps of blood and mucus; tendency to hoarseness; cervical glands swollen, hard, but not sore.

Senega [Seneg]

Copious accumulation of mucus in the air-tubes.

Spongia [Spong]

Dry, irritating cough from burning tickling in larynx; swelling of submaxillary glands; swollen larynx almost protruding above the chin; difficult respiration as from a plug in throat; pains in larynx when touching it or turning neck, whistling or rattling in windpipe;great dryness of larynx, with short or barking cough and obstructed respiration, at night and especially after dry, cold wind when Aconite, fails; cough caused by eating sugar; LARYNGEAL AND PULMONARY PHTHISIS, especially during early stages.

Stannum [Stann]

LARYNGEAL PHTHISIS, with constant, short, irritating hacking cough; dirty-looking walls and cords ulcerated or completely destroyed.

Stillingia [Still]

Tickling in larynx with loose cough, sensation of lameness in cartilages of larynx and trachea, with sense of constriction; bruised, sore feeling in laryngeal cartilages; (<) from overexertion of voice.

Sulphur [Sulph]

Arterial and venous vascular irritability; great impressionability of the skin and for diverse dyscrasiae as in interpolating remedy; hoarseness, voice very deep or aphonia, (<) mornings.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
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.