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Cough – Cough and Expectoration – Chapter 27 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 27.
COUGH AND EXPECTORATION.

Cough
* Before Cough * During
Cough
* After Cough * Whooping
Cough
* Expectoration

Cough.

A-C
* D * E-F
* G-H * I-M
* N-R
* S * T-Z
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Cough :-


Nares :-

(See Nose,
Posterior nares
, Chapter 7 :
Nose
.)

Sensation as if an
acid acrid fluid were running through posterior nares over
palate :-

Kali-bi.

Nausea, excited
by :-

Bry.

Nerves :-

(See Nervous,
Reflex.)

Spasmodic irritation
of vagus :-

Phos.

Threatened paralysis
of vagus :-

Dulc.

Nervous

(See Hysterical,
Mental condition, Spasmodic.) :-
Acon.,
Aur.,
Bell., CAPS.,
Cor-r.,
Cupr., Dros.,
Hep., Ip., Nux-m., Nux-v., Plb.

Asthma, with
spasmodic :-

Kali-br.

Asthmatic :-

Valer.

Catarrhal affections
in young people and women :-

Ign.

Dry, hard, incessant
during pregnancy, threatening abortion :-

Kali-br.

Dyspnœa, with :-

Hydr-ac.

Hydrothorax, worse on
persons approaching or passing

(hydrothorax) :-
Carb-v.

Hysterical :-

Valer.

Laryngeal,
especially :-

Crot-h.

Night, all :-

Hep.

People are present,
when :-

Ambr.

People enter room,
when

(bronchitis) :-
Phos.

Persistent,
semi-chronic, pseudo-catarrhal :-

Mag-p.

Pregnant, especially
when, women :-

Kali-br.

Pressure upon chest,
with :-

Plb.

Spasmodic, violent,
children lose breath and become purple and black in the
face :-

Cor-r.

Strangers, in
presence of :-

Bar-c.,
Phos.

Superficial at 9 P.M.
until going to bed :-

# Lach.


Night,
at

(See Evening,
Morning, Sleep.) :-
Acal., Acon.,
Alumn., AM-C.,
Ambr.,
Anac., Ant-s-aur., Ant-t., Apoc., Arn., ARS.,
Arum-d.,
Aur., Bar-c.,
Bell.,
Bufo,
CALC.,
Carb-an.,
Card-m.,
Cast., CHAM.,
Chel.,
Cimic.,
Cina, Cocc.,
Colch., Con.,
Crot-t.,
Cupr., Cycl., Dros.,
Ferr., GRAPH.,
HYOS., Ign.,
KALI-C.,
Kali-n.,
Lach., Manc., Merc., Nat-m., NUX-V.,
Op., Petr.,
Phos.,
Psor.,
PULS.,
Rumx.,
Sabad.,
Samb., SEP.,
Sil., Staph.,
Stict., Sulph.,
Ther., Tub.,
Verat.,
Zing.

Aphonia :-

Arg-n.

Awakens :-

Bell.,
HYOS.,
Kali-bi.,
Sil.,
Sulph.

With sensation in
chest as if hollow :-

Sep.

With stitching in
sides of chest :-

Con.

In hepatic
disorder :-

Sil.


Bed, on going to, and
during night :-

Lach.

Bed, worse in, also
from sleeping :-

Lachn.

Bronchitis,
in :-

Ars.

Catarrh, in :-

Spig.

Chest, dull pains
in :-

Zinc.

Choking, must jump
out of bed

(vicarious
menses) :- Dig.

Cholera infantum,
in :-

Hyos.

Chronic :-

Phel.,
Sulph.

Constant, as soon as
he closes his eyes

(pthisis) :-
Sulph.

Constant, in
incipient tuberculosis :-

Cimic.

Continual, with
shooting pains passing to stomach

(pthisis) :-
Zinc.

Continual, as soon as
he lies down

(mitral
stenosis) :- Laur.

Day, also in, when
lying down :-

NIT-AC.

Diarrhœa, with

(whooping
cough) :- Sang.

Dry, with
insufficiency of mitral valve :-

Rhus-t.

Dryness, sensation
of, in epigastrium :-

Cupr.

Epigastrium, shooting
in :-

Zinc.

Evening till
midnight, or in morning, after awaking, from talking, lying down
or sitting still :-

Rhus-t.

Expectoration
only at night :-

Alumn.,
Am-m., Arn.,
Calc., Caust.,
Cham.,
Coc-c.,
Euphor., Kali-c., Led., Lyc.,
Phos., Rhod.,
Sabad., SEP.,
Staph.,
Sulph.

Expectoration,
without :-

Ars.

Expression, vexed, of
face :-

Spong.

Frequent :-

Aur-m.

Headache :-

Eup-per.

Heat, dry skin,
delirium :-

Acet-ac.

Hectic :-

Caps.

Incessant, apparently
free during day :-

Stict.

Influenza,
with :-

Con.

Latter part and
morning, worse in, better in afternoon and evening :-

Cor-r.

Loose, particularly
after eruptive stage of measles :-

Eup-per.

Lying in bed, worse
when, compelling her to jump out and walk about, on account of
sensation of suffocation, is compelled to lie in bed in partly
sitting position, for fear of suffocation :-

Crot-t.

Lying down, worse
on :-

Ars.,
Bell., Crot-t., Dros., HYOS.,
Ol-j., Puls.,
Sep., Sil.,
Sulph.

Could not go to bed,
sat in chair all night

(bronchitis) :-
Zinc.

In whooping
cough :-

Dros.

Immediately :-

Phyt.

Midnight and towards
morning, worse about :-

Dig.

Midnight, worse
about, during rest, lying on bed or with head low, from dry cold
air :-

Samb.

Midnight,
after :-

Ant-t.,
Ars., Bar-c., Bell., Calc.,
Cham., Dros.,
Hyos.

Midnight, worse after
and in morning :-

Nux-v.

Midnight, after
causing sleeplessness :-

Kali-c.

Midnight, after until
2 A.M.

(laryngitis) :-
Sulph.

Midnight, before, or
towards morning

(croup) :-
Hep.

Morning, better in,
worse towards evening :-

Agar.

Morning, also
in :-

Stict.

Morning, towards

(tuberculosis) :-
Iod.

Mucus, rattling of,
slight fever

(whooping
cough) :- Ferr-p.

Nasal catarrh :-

NIT-AC.

None during
day :-

Caust.,
Merc.

Paroxysms, 8 or
more :-

MEPH.

Previous to :-

Eup-per.

Of 2 minutes, with
vexed expression :-

Spong.

Every 10 minutes,
with frequent vomiting and fever :-

MEPH.

Phthisis, in :-

Cod.,
Dros.

With or without
clavicular pain :-

Rumx.

Restlessness, with,
hard

(spurious
croup) :- Kali-m.

Retching,
with :-

Chr-ac.,
Med.

Scraping in
larynx :-

Cycl.

Short

(incipient
tuberculosis) :-
CIMIC.

Sit up, must :-

Chest, excited by
scraping in, with much expectoration :-

Colch.

Commences, as soon as
cough :-

Ars.

Head, and
hold :-

Nicc.

Mucus, easy
expectoration of :-

Gamb.


Sputa, to
raise :-

Ferr.

Sleep :-

Disturbs

(pthisis) :-
Cod.

During, in heart
disease :-

Arn.

Preventing, hard and
continuous :-

Syph.


Slight :-

Senec.

Sunset to sunrise,
from :-

Aur.

Syphilis, in
secondary :-

Syph.

Tedious and long
lasting, worse from motion :-

Form.

Tickling in larynx,
from

(goitre) :-
Merc-i-f.

Tickling at top of
throat, for 4 or 5 nights :-

Œna.

Tormenting

(laryngeal
catarrh) :- Spong.

Troublesome in
bronchial catarrh :-

Calc.

Tubercular deposits
in apex :-

Acal.

Urination,
involuntary :-

Colch.

9 P.M. to 4 A.M.,
from

(after
acute bronchitis) :-
Apis.

10 to 1 :-

Calad.

11 and 1,
between :-

Cupr-a.

12 more after :-

Acon.

From 12 till morning,
from, constant

(emphysema) :-
Hep.

After, 12 from
tickling in larynx :-

Acon.

1 and 2, awakes
between, in any position, chest feels bruised, soreness of chest
on loosening phlegm :-

Rumx.

2 to 4, worse
from :-

Eup-per.

3 about, repeated
every 1/2 hour :-

KALI-C.

3 about, in
phthisis :-

Kali-c.

3 or 4, about, from
tickling in larynx :-

Bufo.

Noisy

(See Barking,
Hard, Loud,
Metallic, Rattling,
Screeching, Shrieking,
Shrill, Sibilant,
Wheezing, Whistling.) :-
Stict.

Anus, with itching
at :-

Kali-m.

Barking like a dog,
with :-

Lyss.

Protruded appearance
of eyes, with :-

Kali-m.

Noon, at :-

Arund.,
Bell.

Nose :-

(See Catarrhal ;
also Coryza Cough,
Chapter 7 :
Nose
.)

Catarrh :-

Ziz.

After a cold :-

Sang.

1st dry, later
fluent :-

Calc.

Copious, fluent,
acrid coryza

(whooping
cough) :- All-c.

Coryza :-

ALL-C.,
Am-c.,
Anac., Bad., Calad., Calc.,
Cham., Colch.,
Cub., Euphr.,
Graph.,
Kali-bi., Kali-m.,
Lyc.,
Nat-m., Nit-ac.,
Rumx.,
Sars., Seneg., Sil., Squil., Sulph.

Bronchitis,
in :-

Euphr.

Fluent and soreness
in chest :-

Meph.

Hoarseness,
and :-

Cub.

With, eyes affected
during day, scanty expectoration, with occasional difficult
respiration, better night, worse morning, with copious
expectoration :-

Euphr.

With irritation,
worse in open air :-

Coff.

Epistaxis, better
by :-

Meli.

Odors, from
strong :-

Phos.

Purulent discharge
from left nostril :-

Uran-n.

Smell and taste, loss
of :-

Anac.

Sneeze, ends in
a :-

Seneg.

Sneezing :-

ALUMN.,
Bry.

Sneezing in morning
before getting out of bed, last till 9 A.M. :-

Sep.

Suppression of a
fluent coryza, after :-

Samb.


Odors,
worse from strong

(See
Asthma Cough, Hay
fever
, Chapter 26 :
Respiration
.) :-
Phos.

Old :-

Old man’s
cough :-

Hydr.

Child coughs like an
old man :-

Sulph.

In old people :-

Am-c.

Ovaries, tight
feeling in left ovarian region, with spasmodic constriction of
larynx, with continual hawking of mucus :-

Phos.

Painful :-

(See During
Cough, Bronchi
, Chest,
Head, Larynx,
Throat.)

Palpitation :-

(See
During Cough
Palpitation
 ; also Palpitation
Cough
, Chapter 29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation
.)

Paroxysms,
in :-

Bell.,
Chel., Cimx.,
Cina, Kali-br.,
Kali-c.,
Nicc., NIT-AC.,
Spong.

Abdomen, causes
sensation of excoriation in muscles of :-

Hyos.

Afternoon, worse
in :-

Bad.

Asthma, in :-

Thuj.

Bed, on going to,
with nausea and vomiting

(pharyngitis) :-
Nat-m.

Begin mildly, are
short, but increase during course of disease, vomiting ends
paroxysm

(whooping
cough) :- Dros.

Chest, abdomen and
whole body, shakes :-

Hyos.

Cold, as from taking,
with sensitiveness of nervous system as soon as slightest portion
of body becomes cold :-

HEP.

Cough, simulating
whooping :-

Con.

Dry in
evening :-

Hep.

Dry, from abdomen,
with copious sweat, ending in nausea :-

Dros.

Evening, worse in,
night and by heat :-

Anan.

Expectoration,
profuse and exhausting of thick starch like mucus, with sensation
of enlargement of calibre of pharynx and œsophagus from choanæ
to epigastrium

(chronic
follicular pharyngitis) :-
Phyt.

Frequent hacking all
day

(laryngitis) :-
Sulph.

Frequent,
particularly from 9 A.M. until 5 or 6 P.M.

(measles) :-
Merc.

Frequent, severe,
short, continuous, one rapidly following the other :-

Iod.

Frightful
fits :-

Nit-ac.

Hours, 1 or 2
apart :-

Dros.

Hours, every 3 or 4,
worse every other day :-

Anac.

Itching behind
sternum, from :-

Kali-bi.

Laryngitis, in
membranous :-

Iod.

Long intervals, at

(whooping
cough) :- Dros.

Long lasting :-

RUMX.,
Viol-o.

Loose cough, followed
by with vomiting of tough ropy, stringy mucus, severe :-

Cor-r.

Loud :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Midnight,
about :-

Cham.

Minutes, last
2 :-

Cina.

Mucus raises :-

Aspar.

Mucus with yellow
threads, raises :-

Arum-m.

Night, at :-

Aur-m.,
Op.

Night, at, or during
day when asleep :-

Ferr-p.

Palpitation and nose
bleed, worse in morning :-

Agn.

Pharyngitis,
in :-

Phyt.

Short, dry, shock,
racking her to pieces :-

Sulph.

Sleep, worse after

(croup) :-
Kali-bi.

Sneezing, ending
in :-

Agar.

Spasmodic, at
night :-

Cina.

Sudden :-

Caps.

Tickling in throat,
larynx or bronchi, with dislodgment of tenacious mucus or pus
which must be swallowed :-

Kali-c.

2, in :-

Merc.

Titillating in pit of
throat, with lisping voice :-

Con.

Violent :-

Bell.,
Hydr-ac.

Anxiety, with

(croup) :-
Brom.

In emphysema :-

Carb-v.

In, before retiring,
and on rising, until sputum is raised :-

Ail.

Vomiting of tough
mucus, with, like white of egg, and yellow acid fluid

(bronchial
attack after whooping cough) :-
Kali-bi.

Periodic

(See Paroxysms,
Weather.) :-
Psor., Stram.

Alternate days,
on :-

LYC.

Daily,
recurring :-

Am-m.

Dry, with tickling in
throat or behind sternum, cough comes on in short spells,
especially while lying down, talking or laughing :-

Con.

Hour, at same :-

Sabad.

Phthisis,
in

(See Lungs,
Consumption
, Chapter 28 :
Inner Chest and Lungs
.) :-
Dulc., Mill.,
Naja, Nat-ar.,
Senec.

Annoying :-

Iod.

Assimilation
poor :-

Calc.

Chronic :-

Nat-m.

Chronic, with cold
extremities :-

Calc.

Consumption, as
in :-

Chel.

Exacerbation,
acute :-

Kali-n.

Hæmorrhagic :-

Ars-i.

Incessant, racking,
wearing :-

Stict.

Incessant and
apparently from nervous sensitiveness or irritability :-

Crot-h.

Incurable cases of
laryngeal and pulmonary :-

Hyos.

Inflammation, dark
red, and swelling of parts, worse in morning, laryngeal :-

Merc-i-r.

Laryngeal :-

Caust.

Laryngeal and
pulmonary :-

Naja.

Lumps, raises small
white :-

Bor.

Nervous sensitiveness
or irritability, apparently from :-

Crot-h.

Night, at :-

Cod.

Pituitosa, violent,
day and night, with copious greenish-white expectoration :-

Lyc.

Sounding like
laryngeal

(syphilis) :-
Lyc.

Sputa, thick, white,
and white-coated tongue :-

Kali-m.

Stage, palliated in
last :-

Lob.

Suppressed :-

Ars-i.

Tickling in
throat :-

Iod.

Troublesome :-

Tril.

Violent :-

Bor.,
Dros.

Young subjects, of,
with bloody purulent expectoration :-

Dros.

Piano :-

(See Music.)

From playing
on :-

Calc.

Every note she struck
seemed to vibrate in her larynx :-

Calc.


Pleuritis, for 2
months in subacute :-

Arg-n.

Pneumonia,
in

(See Lungs,
Pneumonia
, Chapter 28 :
Inner Chest and Lungs
.) :-
Chel.

Catarrhal :-

Bapt.

Neglected :-

Lyc.

Oppressive, cough,
constant before attack :-

Merc.

Pneumonia,
after :-

Kali-c.

Tormenting, brings
none of tough phlegm away :-

Kali-c.

Pregnancy,
in

(See Pregnancy,
Cough
, Chapter 24 :
Pregnancy, Parturition, Lactation
.) :-
Caust.,
Nat-m., Nux-m.

Loose in
morning :-

Sep.

Worse at
night :-

Con.

During 2nd month,
worse night and morning and lying down :-

Vib.


Pulse, frequent

(100)
towards evening, intermitting :- Agar.

Racking

(See Concussive,
Hard.) :-
Agar.,
Ail., Anac., Ars.,
Bell.,
Benz-ac.,
Carb-v.,
Caust., Chel.,
Chin.,
Con., Cupr.,
Graph.,
Gymno., Hyos.,
Ign., Ip.,
Kali-bi., Kali-c., Lach., Led.,
Lob.,
Lyc., Merc., NIT-AC.,
Nux-v., PHOS.,
Puls.,
Rhus-t., Rumx.,
Sil.,
Squil.,
Stann., Stict., Sulph.

Air, in open :-

Phos.

Bronchitis,
in :-

CAUST.

Chest, from
oppression of, particularly at night :-

Cocc.

Drinking water,
better for a time from, after paroxysms of suffocation coming on
during sleep :-

Op.

Exhausting, day and
night

(pthisis) :-
Stann.

Expectoration, thick
yellow or reddish

(typhus
fever) :- Phos.

Face, purple :-

Coc-c.

Hepatitis, in :-

Lach.

Hot room, worse in,
better after eating and drinking

(dry
bronchitis) :-
Spong.

Inspiration, excited
by :-

Stict.

Itching behind
sternum, from :-

Kali-bi.

Phthisis, in :-

Nat-ar.,
Stict.

Severe :-

Stann.

Syphilis, in
secondary :-

Syph.

Stitching in
larynx :-

Op.

Typhus, in
hepatic :-

Chel.

Rapid :-

Am-m.

Rattling

(See Loose,
Moist ; also Larynx,
Trachea, Bronchia
Mucus
, Chapter 25 :
Voice and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia
 ; also Lungs
Mucus
and Râles, Chapter
28 :
Inner Chest and Lungs
.) :-
ANT-T.,
Apoc.,
Arg-n.,
Ars-s-f., Arund., Bell., Brom.,
Bry., Caust.,
Cham.,
Chen-a.,
Dulc.,
Hydr.,
Iod.,
Ip., Kali-bi.,
Lyc.,
Merc-i-f., Nat-m.,
Puls.,
Sars., Sep.,
SQUIL.,
Sulph.,
Verat-v.

Attacks, in, by day
and in room, not at night or in open air :-

Arg-m.

Bronchia, in :-

Jug-c.

Bronchial catarrh, in
chronic :-

Sulph.

Bronchial tubes, in,
precedes cough by 15 or 20 minutes, to which patient solely
ascribes attacks of coughing

(whooping
cough) :- Dros.

Boy æt. 4
months :-

Psor.

Bubbles,
large :-

Ant-t.

Catarrh of children,
in :-

Ant-t.,
Cham.

Chest and bronchia,
in :-

Calc.

Chest, in, and
tuberculosis :-

Calc.

Chest, in, during
dentition :-

Podo.

During
measles :-

Phos.

Convulsions, in
puerperal :-

Ant-t.

Cough, after
whooping, or measles :-

Chel.

Deep down in chest,
as if mucus were :-

Iod.

Dentition, in :-

Ant-t.,
Calc., Cham., Podo.

Eating, when :-

Phos.

Expectoration, with
little :-

Calc.

Expectoration,
no :-

Ant-t.

Fever, in
typhoid :-

Lyc.

Laryngo-tracheitis
and bronchitis, in :-

Hydr.

Loosens,
nothing :-

Verat.

Lungs, inflammatory
affection of :-

Nit-ac.

Lying on back or
either side, when :-

Med.

Moist râles over
chest

(endocarditis) :-
Aur.

Moist, compels
sitting up

(bronchial
catarrh) :- ANT-T.

Morning, worse
towards, and after eating :-

Hep.

Night, at :-

Ant-t.

Secretion of mucus,
profuse, in lungs of old people :-

SENEG.

Smarting below
larynx, follows :-

Zing.

Spells, in

(hydrocephaloid) :-
Cina.

Suppressed :-

Senec.

Trachea, in :-

Sulph.

Trachea, in,
especially during winter :-

Cham.

Vomiting, with, after
eating :-

MEPH.

Reading aloud :-

Nux-v., Phos.

Reflex

(See Nerves,
Nervous.) :-
Grin., Kali-br.

Sympathetic :-

Card-m.,
Dros.

Resonant :-

(See Ringing,
Sonorous.)

Croup, in :-

Spong.

Nausea and
expectoration of thick mucus :-

Kali-bi.

Rest,
in

(See Lying
down
, Night, Sleep.) :-
Hyos.,
Kali-n.,
Sep.

Every time he stands
still during a walk :-

Ign.

Did not molest him
while walking, in evening, but returned when he sat down :-

Astac.


Rheumatic, apt to
take on typhoid form, worse at night :-

Rhus-t.

Ringing

(See Loud,
Metallic, Resonant,
Sonorous.) :-
Acon., All-c.,
Apis,
Ars., Asaf.,
Cast-v.,
Dros., Lob.,
Stram.,
Verat.

Awaking, on :-

Kali-br.

Clear or
whistling :-

ACON.

Loud, incessant

(worms) :-
Dol.

Violent

(acute
bronchial catarrh) :-
Kali-bi.

Rough

(See Harsh,
Hoarse, Scraping.) :-
Bell., Brom.,
Ign., Ip.,
Spong.

Anxiety, with

(diphtheria) :-
Merc-cy.

Bronchitis,
in :-

Phos.

Colic, with :-

Hep.

Croup, in :-

Brom.,
Samb.

Crowing cry :-

Spong.

Dry, sequel to
measles :-

Cham.

Excited by
roughness :-

Dig.

Fauces, tough slime
in

(chronic
catarrh) :- SIL.

Fever, in
catarrhal :-

Dulc.

Hacking, short,
making child breathless

(croup) :-
Nat-m.

Laryngo-tracheitis
and bronchitis, in :-

Hydr.

Larynx, from dryness
in, with tension and pain in bronchia

(bronchitis
chronica) :- Nux-v.

Larynx, caused by
roughness in :-

Carb-v.

Midnight, before,
shaking whole body :-

NIT-AC.

Night, at :-

Verb.

From 7 P.M. till 1
A.M., with rattling of phlegm and short breath :-

Cahin.

In bronchitis :-

Merc.

Rattling in chest,
followed by cramp in stomach :-

Mur-ac.

Restlessness at night

(spurious
croup) :- Kali-m.

Scraping :-

Eup-per.

Of children :-

Cham.

Immediately under
sternum :-

Cann-i.

Caused by, in
throat :-

Hep.

Scratching, caused
by, in larynx and trachea

(heart
disease) :- Lach.

Scratching, caused
by, in pharynx, worse mornings :-

Nux-v.

Throat, crawling in,
caused by :-

Carb-v.

Tickling in trachea
low down, from :-

Phos.

Sawing :-

Hep.,
SPONG.

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