Phellandrinum forms with Balsamum peruvianum, Hepar sulphur and Pyrogenium a group of medicines of the greatest importance in association with microbes.
Myosotis and Myrtus communis. These two are not so faithful. May be indicated in tuberculosis and chronic bronchitis. They have almost the same symptoms: Night sweats, pain in the left lung, aggravation by cough and great sensitiveness to pressure and percussion. Muco-purulent expectoration. The two remedies may be alternated.
Ilicum. Spontaneous pain of the third right rib near the union of the right cartilage of the second intercostal space of the right side in tuberculosis patient or patient suffering from bronchitis.
Myrtus chikan. Same indication like that of Myrtus communis but the expectoration is more difficult to detach.
Allium sativum. A very important remedy. Hypotension Asthenia Emaciation, Humid rales, cough in the morning with expectoration difficult to detatch, sometimes foetid; sensitiveness at cold. Allium sativa deodorises cough like phellandrinum.
It is useful in the 30 and 200 or M in pretuberculous or tuberculous states at the beginning for increasing the weight and to raise the arterial tension.
The second group is composed of remedies which are interesting for their action not only on the respiratory apparatus but also on the urinary apparatus.
The most interesting are kreosotum, Eucalyptus, Copaiva, Cubeba, Cupressus, Ichthioleum and Syphilinum.
Syphilinum is interesting in catarrh, cystitis and in profuse, clear, frothy and glairy expectoration.
Cupressus. Catarrh of the Eustachian tube. A very inconstant remedy.
Copaiva. Catarrh caused by cold with burning sensation and greenish, purulent expectoration. At the same time it has an action on the skin with herpes. Action on the colon and the rectum, recto-colitis. Action on the blunder, cystitis. It is an interesting remedy of old urinary subject who have bronchial catarrh.
Cubeba. Catarrh of the nose and of the throat. Foetid expectoration.
In all the cases where these remedies may be used one may note some curious phenomena of metastasis. The patient drained by Copaiva and Cubeba begins to expectorate but at the same time his kidney and the bladder symptoms are ameliorated. Thus one understands the primordial importance of the elective action of the remedies in the drainage and canalisation. More important are Kreosote and Eucalyptus.
Eucalyptus acts on the upper respiratory tract and also on the urinary organs. It is classical in influenza.
Kreosotum. At a time Kreosote was an important remedy of Allopathy particularly in the treatment of tuberculosis. Kreosote has in fact a very toxic and violent effect causing ulceration of the mucous membranes. Used in Homoeopathy in homoeopathic doses, not in pulmonary tuberculosis, it is useful in chronic bronchitis and pulmonary gangrene. It is capable of giving good results. It acts also better when it is used homoeopathically in cancer of the lungs conjointly with Chrysis, Sedum acre and Onkolysin of Dr. Nebel.
Ichthyolum. Less important. May be used in lower dilutions in tuberculosis and chronic bronchitis.
The third group is composed of very important remedies.
Squilla marina. It acts at the same time on broncho- pneumonia of children and acute bronchitis of old persons. I has also an action on chronic bronchitis of old persons. The patient sneezes while coughing. The cough and sneezing alternate or seen together. The expectoration is viscous and salty (the patient passes a few drops of urine while coughing like Pulsatilla and Causticum). It has a secondary action on the spleen like Grindelia.
Sticta pulmonalis. Bronchitis with influenza, spasmodic coryza, hay fever. Has action on the locomotor system. Rheumatism.
Senega. An important remedy. It has a marvellous action on chronic bronchitis of old persons, has abundant rales in the bases and the patient is often suffering from chronic interstitial nephritis. It acts also well on acute congestion on the ground of a chronic bronchitis. Dr. Nebel uses it in high dilutions.
Sanguinaria. Acute or chronic congestion of the bases with influenza.
Pulsatilla, Hydrastis and Kali bichromicum. These three remedies fluidity the expectoration in lower dilutions. One may use Kali bichromicum and Hydrastis alternately with good results.
The fourth group is composed of three remedies of asthma intricated with bronchitis specially of old persons:
We know Ipeca is aggravated by humid and hot weather: Acts on the spasm in medium dilutions or in high dilutions (centripetal action and checks expectoration). In lower dilutions 1x or 3x provokes expectoration.
Grindelia. Satellite of Lachesis, has abundant expectoration with oppression, asthma ameliorated by expectoration. The patient has, like Lachesis the impression of being suffocated while in sleep. It has often arterial hypertension and digestive troubles, Nausea and vomiting. In Grindelia the same paresis of the vagus as that of Lobelia inflata, Laurocerasus, Ipeca, Hydrocyanic acid and Veratrum album is seen.
Eriodictyon. It helps the expectoration in asthmatics when other remedies have failed.
Finally, the fifth group is composed of remedies which, really speaking, has little action on the respiratory system, should not be neglected.
Chelidonium. Elective action on the right base (Acute or chronic congestion).
China and Chininum Sulph. Abundant expectoration with congestive tendency, weakness.
Digitals and Veratrum album. Old bronchitis patients suffering from emphysema which dilates his right heart.
Veratrum album. There is weakness of the vagus. In Digitalis hyposystole or asystole.
Bernoville was a major lecturer in homeopathy, and he was active in Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis, and a founder of the le Syndicat national des médecins homœopathes français in 1932, and a member of the French Society of Homeopathy, and the Society of Homeopathy in the Rhone.
Fortier-Bernoville wrote several books, including Une etude sur Phosphorus (1930), L'Homoeopathie en Medecine Infantile (1931), his best known Comment guerir par l'Homoeopathie (1929, 1937), and an interesting work on iridology, Introduction a l'etude de l'Iridologie (1932).
With Louis-Alcime Rousseau, he wrote several booklets, including Diseases of Respiratory and Digestive Systems of Children, Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Rheumatism, treatment of hay fever (1929), The importance of chemistry and toxicology in the indications of Phosphorus (1931), and Homeopathic Medicine for Children (1931). He also wrote several short pamphlets, including What We Must Not Do in Homoeopathy, which discusses the logistics of drainage and how to avoid aggravations.
He was an opponent of Kentian homeopathy and a proponent of drainage and artificial phylectenular autotherapy as well.