Mercurius-cor [Merc-c]
Throat intensely inflamed, preventing swallowing and causing suffocation; uvula swollen, elongated, dark-red; tonsils swollen and covered with ulcers; pricking in throat as from needles; retching and vomiting on attempting to swallow; larynx and epiglottis pain on swallowing food, (<) when depressing tongue; cutting in throat as from a knife; cervical glands hard and swollen; cannot sleep on account of anxiety.
Mercurius-iod-flav [Merc-i-f]
Tongue coated thick yellow at base, bright yellow at back part, tip and edges red; throat dry, with frequent empty swallowing; much tenacious mucus in throat, hawking causes gagging; sensation of a lump in throat; easily detached patches on inflamed pharynx and fauces; (<) ON RIGHT TONSIL; salivary glands much swollen, foetid breath; loose rattling cough, bronchi loaded with mucus; sputa copious and yellow.
Mercurius-iod-rub [Merc-i-r]
Sensation as of a lump in throat, with disposition to hawk it up and bring up a greenish hard lump or tough, white phlegm; sticking in throat; on waking throat feels sore and scalded, (<) during empty swallowing; fauces dark-red, LEFT TONSIL SWOLLEN, submaxillary glands painfully engorged; difficult deglutition from ulcers in throat; velum long, aggravating cough; great sensitiveness to cold air.
Mezereum [Mez]
Burning of pharynx and oesophagus; constriction of pharynx, food presses on part during deglutition; sensation as if posterior part of throat were full of mucus, even after hawking; dry feeling in throat impeding swallowing; constant chilliness, even in bed.
Muriatic-acid [Mur-ac]
Diffused deep redness of velum palati and throat; fauces swollen; swallowing causes violent spasms and choking; pushes finger down throat, as if to remove some obstruction; rawness, smarting and burning in fauces.
Natrum-ars [Nat-ar]
Fauces dry on swallowing and on inspiration, (<) A. M. and after a cold; fauces and pharynx red and glossy; uvula, tonsils and pharynx thickened; surface irregular, swollen, purple-red, covered with yellowish-gray mucus which is hawked up; very thirsty, but (<) drinking.
Natrum-mur [Nat-m]
Throat feels very dry, yet he constantly hawks transparent mucus; sensation of a splinter sticking in throat; feeling as of a plug in throat, uvula elongated, muscles so weak, food goes down the wrong way; only fluids can be swallowed, solids reach a certain point and then are violently ejected; unquenchable thirst, (<) evening.
Natrum-sulph [Nat-s]
PALATE BURNS, AS IF SKIN WERE BROKEN, DURING MENSES; blisters on palate, (>) from cold things; dryness of throat, no thirst; feeling of contraction in throat when swallowing saliva, soreness (<) by talking and swallowing solids; mucus in throat at night, hawks salty mucus in morning.
Niccolum [Nicc]
Angina, pain outside on neck, sore to touch; intense pain in swollen throat when yawning; right tonsil swollen; sticking in swallowing; as if in uvula; spasmodic choking and constriction.
Nitric-acid [Nit-ac]
Pricking as from a splinter in throat, (>) swallowing; stitches in throat, tonsils red, swollen; uneven, with small ulcers; palate, tongue, inside of gums sore, with stinging pains and ulceration of corners of mouth.
Nitrum [Kali-n]
Sore throat day and night, with inflamed velum and uvula, stinging during swallowing; feels choked, as if closed, at night, can scarcely breathe.
Nux-moschata [Nux-m]
Difficult deglutition from paralysis of muscles; pain along Eustachian tube, as if a foreign body lodged there; no thirst; bulimy.
Nux-vomica [Nux-v]
Throat raw, sore, rough, as if scraped, causes hawking; pain as if pharynx were constricted, or as if a plug were sticking in throat, during empty swallowing; swelling of uvula, stinging pains with sensation of a plug when swallowing saliva only; stitches into ear when swallowing; small foetid ulcers in throat; pains, (<) while eating and more afterwards; dry cough, with headache and pains in hypochondria when coughing; constipation.
Palladium [Pall]
Dryness of fauces and tongue, without thirst; sensation when swallowing as if something were hanging in neighborhood of hyoid bone, or as if a bread-crumb had lodged there, even when the muscles of throat were inactive; FREQUENT HAWKING OF SMALL SOLID LUMPS, WHICH HE MUST SWALLOW.
Petroleum [Petr]
Complication with catarrh of Eustachian tube; when swallowing, food enters posterior nares; dry throat, pain in nape of neck when swallowing; foetid breath; hawking of a tough, disagreeable- tasting phlegm, mornings; swelling and induration of glands.
Phosphorus [Phos]
Muscular angina with fatty degeneration; tonsils and uvula much swollen; uvula elongated, with dry and burning sensation; dryness of throat day and night, it fairly glistens; rawness and scraping in pharynx, (<) evening, hawking mornings; mucus in throat removed with difficulty, is quite cold as it comes into the mouth, white, transparent, in lumps; sensation as of cotton in throat; desire for something refreshing and cold.
Phytolacca [Phyt]
Sensation in the pharynx like that caused by eating choke-pears; soreness of the throat, and a feeling when swallowing saliva as if a lump had formed there; soreness of the posterior fauces, and apparent extension of the irritation into the Eustachian tubes; swelling of the soft palate and tonsils; feeling as if a ball of red-hot iron had lodged in the fauces and the whole length of the oesophagus when swallowing; PAIN IN SWALLOWING HOT LIQUIDS OR SOLID FOOD; sensation as if the trachea were being strongly grasped; hawking to rid the throat and posterior nares of;mucus, which relieves the choked feeling; sensation of scraping and rawness in throat and tonsils; great dryness of throat at bedtime; muscular soreness; groans when moved; restlessness and prostration.
Plumbum [Plb]
ANGINA GRANULOSA, going from left to right; tough mucus in fauces and posterior nares; constriction in throat when trying to swallow, with great urging to do so; fluids can be swallowed, but solids come back into mouth; burning in oesophagus and stomach some hours after eating, spasmodic stricture; sensation of a plug in throat.
Pulsatilla [Puls]
Exterior lancinating pains on swallowing, pressure in throat; sensation of s welling in uvula and velum; during or without swallowing sensation of roughness and pain in throat; stitches between acts of swallowing; as if swollen, or a lump in it during deglutition; throat inflamed, bluish-red; throat dry, (<) mornings, with tough mucus in throat, foetid breath and dry cough; throat sore, with sensation of choking, (<) swallowing saliva and after food; hoarseness, cough, with scratching and tickling in trachea, copious and consistent expectoration and dyspnoea.
Rhus-tox [Rhus-t]
Stitching-stinging pain in tonsils, worse when beginning to swallow; throat sore, feels stiff, after straining it; sensation of swelling in throat, with contusive pain, even when talking; cellulitis of neck, parotitis; oesophagitis; whining mood.
Sabadilla [Sabad]
Tonsillitis after coryza; suppuration; right tonsil remains swollen and indurated; when swallowing or not swallowing, feeling in throat of a body which he must swallow down; sensation of a skin hanging loosely in throat, must swallow over it; stitches in throat when swallowing, better from eating warm food.
Sanguinaria [Sang]
Ulcerated sore throat; chronic dryness in the throat, and sensation of swelling in the larynx and expectoration of thick mucus; aphonia, with swelling of the throat; continual severe cough without expectoration, with pain in the head, and circumscribed redness of the cheeks; tormenting cough, with exhaustion; feeling of dryness in the throat, not diminished by drinking; heat in throat relieved by inspirations of cold air.
Senega [Seneg]
Mouth and throat dry; tenacious mucus, difficult to hawk up; scraping and roughness; constriction of fauces; short hacking cough, which tears and scrapes the throat, ENTIRE LOSS OF VOICE, EVEN WHISPERING IS VERY PAINFUL to throat and provokes cough, (<) in fresh air and from walking fast.
Sepia [Sep]
Pain in throat, as if raw, when swallowing; stitching and scraping from empty deglutition; offensive smell from mouth; profuse flow of salty saliva, yet throat is very dry; much mucus in throat with hawking mornings; sensation of a plug in inflamed throat, (<) left side; coldness between shoulders as from a cool hand; painless swellings of lymphatic glands.
Silicea [Sil]
Tough slime in fauces; tonsils swollen, each effort to swallow distorts face; pricking in throat, as from a pin, causing cough; throat feels as if filled up, as if he could not swallow; frequent cough bringing up white, frothy, saltish mucus, (<) towards evening; swallowing difficult, as from paralysis of velum, food gets easily into choanae and is ejected through nose; suppurating tonsils fail to heal.
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.