VERATRUM ALBUM


Respiratory symptoms of homeopathic remedy Veratrum Album, described by Van Denburg in his book, Therapeutics of Respiratory system, cough & coryza, published in 1916….


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CORYZA.

DRY CORYZA-

Offensive smell before the nose, as of manure, or smoke.

Nose very dry internally.

Frequent sneezing: no appetite.

COUGH.

DRY COUGH-

Acute coughs; high fever: also,

Chronic coughs; hectic fever.

Dry cough, from tickling low down in trachea.

Exceedingly spasmodic, dry cough; giving no rest night or day; shaking and straining body; with pain in head, chest and abdomen, from shaking efforts; anxious and restless, followed by great exhaustion and cold sweat on forehead.

Dry, tickling cough; after walking in sharp, cold air.

SCANTY COUGH-

Dry, rattling, spasmodic cough; but nothing loosens, or comes up; blueness of surface.

Deep, hollow, ringing cough, from lowest part of chest; sputa, tough, tenacious mucus; yellow, salty, bitter, sour, or putrid tasting.

Ineffectual cough; cannot expectorate.

Chronic bronchitis of the aged.

Hollow, spasmodic cough; with blueness of face, cutting pains in abdomen, and involuntary urine.

Tickling, spasmodic cough; with constriction of throat, nausea, vomiting of food and mucus.

SPUTA-

None, cough dry: or, Tough and very difficult.

Tenacious, salty, sour or bitter, or bad, putrid tasting.

WORSE-

Entering warm room: getting warm in bed.

From cold drink; especially from cold water, which is often craved: or, food.

Morning, and evening until 12 P.M.

BETTER-

Ceases on lying down; begins as soon as he rises.

RESPIRATION-

Dyspnea, waking from sleep; with harsh, crowing inspiration.

Delayed expiration and spasm of glottis.

SPECIAL-

Croupous pneumonia.

Edema of lungs.

Bronchitis of the aged.

SENSATIONS-

Cutting pains in abdomen, with violent cough and difficult sputa.

M.W. Van Denburg
M. W. (Marvin W.) VAN DENBURG, A.M., M.D.
Author of "A homoeopathic materia medica on a new and original plan ... A sample fascicle containing the arsenic group."
"Therapeutics of the respiratory system, cough and coryza, acute and chronic : repertory with index, materia medica with index"