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Whooping 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

Whooping Cough.


Whooping cough

(See
Cough Spasmodic,
and other conditions and concomitants of cough.) :-
Acon., ALL-C.,
Alumn., Am-br.,
Ambr.,
¤ Aml-ns.,
Anac., Ang.,
ANT-C.,
ANT-T., Arg-n.,
ARN.,
Ars.,
Arum-t.,
Asaf., ¤ Asc-s.,
Bad.,
Bar-c., BELL.,
Brom., Bry.,
Calc., Caps.,
Carb-an.,
Carb-v., ¤ Cast.,
CAUST.,
¤ Cetr.,
Cham.,
Chel., Chin.,
Chlf.,
Chlol., Cina,
COC-C.,
Cocc-s.,
Coff-t., Con.,
COR-R.,
Croc.,
Crot-h., CUPR.,
Cupr-a.,
Daph.,
Dig., DROS.,
Dulc., Eup-per.,
Euphr., Ferr-p., Hep., Hippoz., Hydr-ac., HYOS.,
Ign., Iod.,
IP.,
Kali-bi.,
Kali-c., Kali-s., Kreos., Lach.,
Lact.,
Laur., Led.,
Lob., Lyc., Mag-m., Mag-p., MEPH.,
Merc., Mez.,
Mosch., Mur-ac., Nat-m., Nicc.,
Nit-ac.,
Nux-v., Op.,
Phos., Puls.,
Rumx.,
Samb.,
Sang., Seneg., Sep.,
Sil.,
SPONG.,
SQUIL.,
Stict.,
Still.,
Sulph., Tab.,
Thuj.,
Urt-u.,
Verat.,
Zinc.

Abdomen :-

Pain :-

Nux-m.

Pain in region of
umbilicus, as if everything were being shattered and torn :-

Nux-v.

Afternoon :-

And evening :-

Bad.,
Mur-ac.

Worse, and in evening
lying down :-

All-c.

Air :-

Worse in cold :-

Cina.

Walking, worse
from :-

Cina.

Anus, flatus
escapes :-

Graph.

Brain,
hyperæmia :-

Verat.

Breathing :-

Arrested :-

Led.

Deep, worse on :-

Mag-m.

Rapid, during
paroxysm :-

Led.

Rattling :-

Stram.

Sobbing after
paroxysm :-

Led.

Suffocation :-

Am-br.,
Dros.

Wheezing :-

Dros.

Whistling :-

Cupr.

Bronchitis,
with :-

Sep.

Catalepsy, attacks run
into :-

Cupr.

Chest :-

Constriction, supports
with hands, worse after midnight :-

DROS.

Seemingly from deep
in :-

Lob.

Shattered feeling
during paroxysm :-

Led.

Spasm, caused
by :-

Samb.

Suffocating
contraction :-

Stram.

Tickling :-

Mur-ac.

Children :-

Bends backward, then
expectoration of clear, frothy blood :-

Led.

Chubby :-

Seneg.

Feverish at night, want
breast all the time :-

Caust.

Grasp genitals when
coughing :-

Zinc.

Nervous, thin little
girls :-

Viol-o.

Scrofulous :-

Con.

Stiff, before
paroxysms :-

Led.

Teething :-

Calc.,
Cham.

Troubled with worms,
previously :-

Merc.

Chills, with
disposition to sink :-

Dros.

Cholera, in cholera
infantum :-

ARS.

Chronic :-

Obstinate cases :-

Calc-p.

Tendency to
phthisis :-

Cupr-a.

Coma, cough
awakens :-

Ant-t.

Convulsions :-

Hydr-ac.,
KALI-BR.

Each attack ending in,
appear as if dead :-

Cupr.

Complete cataleptic
spasm with each paroxysm :-

Cupr.

Constipation :-

Nux-v.

And loss of
appetite :-

Podo.

Several small straining
hard stools daily :-

Graph.

Constitution, in highly
nervous persons :-

Kali-p.

Croup :-

Symptoms of :-

BROM.

Crying, after eating
and drinking, or getting warm in bed :-

Ant-t.

Distinct whoop after
each paroxysm :-

Cupr-ar.

Diaphragm, spasmodic
contraction after paroxysm :-

Led.

Drinking :-

Aggravates :-

Cina.

Better by swallowing
cold water :-

Cupr.

Spells are brought on
by drinking cold water :-

Verat.

Drugs :-

After cough
mixtures :-

NUX-V.

Drosera, after :-

Puls.

Dry :-

Evening, in, in morning
copious purulent blood-streaked expectoration and some vomiting of
food, at once better by eating a small quantity of food :-

Ferr.

Hacking :-

Guare.

Spasmodic :-

Kali-br.

Whistling, no
sputum :-

Laur.

Eating :-

Aggravation :-

Caust.,
Nux-v.

Worse from solid
food :-

Cupr.

Better after a small
quantity of food :-

Ferr.

Emaciation, with
febrile condition and oppression of chest :-

Phel.

Evening :-

Laur.

Paroxysms worse and
particularly severe at night :-

Mez.

Worse 6 to 10
P.M. :-

Hyper.

Worse until
midnight :-

Mag-m.

Exertion, worse from
ascending steps :-

Mag-m.

Expectoration :-

Blood, of dark :-

Mur-ac.

Bloody :-

Guare.

Mucus :-

Graph.

Mucus, much opaque
white :-

Kali-m.

Mucus ropy, adheres to
pharynx :-

Lob.

Eyes :-

Constant mild watery
exudation, inflamed or not, worse during paroxysm :-

Euphr.

Lachrymation :-

Graph.,
Nat-m.

Sclerotic appears as
one gore of blood :-

Bell.

Swelling, bag like,
between upper lids and eyebrows :-

Kali-c.

Face :-

Blue :-

Dros.,
Nux-v.

Pale sunken :-

Verat.

Red :-

Carb-ac.,
Graph.

Fall, epidemic :-

Verat.

Fever :-

Intermittent, at
seasons of :-

Nat-m.

Intermittent,
with :-

Kali-c.

Persistent, with
nervous excitement :-

Dig.

Sweat, with cold,
especially on forehead :-

Verat.

Fingers, numbness of
tops :-

Spong.

Headache :-

Bursting :-

Spong.

Shattered
feeling :-

Led.

Splitting, child holds
head :-

Nux-v.

Heart, cardiac
weakness, blueness or pallor of face after an attack and tardy
return to natural color, threatening of pulmonary œdema or
paralysis :-

Crot-h.

Heat :-

Worse in a warm
atmosphere, burning sun, and radiation of fire :-

Ant-c.

Spells on entering a
warm room :-

Verat.

Hæmorrhage :-

Bloods pitting :-

Stram.

Eyes, from, nose and
mouth :-

Nux-v.

From nose and
mouth :-

Cor-r.,
Dros.

Hoarseness :-

Spong.

Croupy :-

Brom.

Larynx :-

Affections,
inflammatory :-

Kreos.

Chest, more involved
than :-

Cor-r.

Excited by mucus
adhering to :-

Cina,
Dulc.

Plug, sensation of a,
with expectoration in morning of small quantities of tough, yellow,
hardened mucus, compelling one to swallow it :-

Spong.

Pressing, worse
by :-

Cina.

Spasm :-

Mosch.

Tickling :-

Spong.

Laughing,
aggravates :-

Bry.

Lungs :-

Inflammatory
affections :-

Kreos.

Paralysis
threatening :-

Ant-t.,
Laur.

Pneumonia
supervenes :-

Kali-c.,
Verat.

Lying down :-

Ceases, recurs
rising :-

Verat.

Worse on right
side :-

Cina.

Measles :-

During measles :-

Lach.

Sequel :-

Ant-c.

Mental
condition :-

(See
Crying.)

Anguish :-

Dros.

Anxiety :-

Stram.,
Verat.

Anxiety, before
attacks :-

Cupr.,
Lac-ac.

Impudent, teasing,
laughs at reprimands :-

Graph.

Obstinacy :-

Spong.

Terror and fear :-

Spong.

Weep, inclination
to :-

Spong.

Morning, in :-

Slight dislodgment of a
yellow or watery mucus of a fatty taste, which must be
swallowed :-

Mur-ac.

Worse :-

Calc.,
Graph., Nux-v.

Motion,
aggravates :-

Lob.

Mucus, rattling, before
onset of paroxysm :-

Squil.

Night :-

Expectoration,
without :-

Zinc.

Lying down,
worse :-

Stann.

Mucus, excessive
rattling of :-

Seneg.

Succession, in quick,
with loss of breath :-

Cupr.

Worse about 3
A.M. :-

Kali-c.

Nose :-

Bleeding :-

Led.,
Spong.,
Stram.

Sneezing :-

Cina.

Palpitation :-

ARS.

Violent :-

Stram.

Paroxysms :-

Hours, every 2 or 3,
barking, dull sounding :-

Dros.

Inspiration, without
crowing :-

Ambr.

Long lasting :-

Lob.

Long, interrupted until
breath is gone :-

Cupr.

Minutes, every 15 or
20, with occasional intervals lasting an hour :-

Cor-r.

Rapid cough, come on
with, and follow so close as almost to run into each other :-

Cor-r.

Short :-

Bell.

Short, worse in evening
or night, most violent after midnight, worse by movement, touch,
especially on larynx and throat, worse by talking, crying, deep
inhalation, and when awaking :-

Bell.

2, in quick
succession :-

Sulph.

2, in rapid succession,
at night, followed by long interval of rest :-

Merc.

Violent :-

Cor-r.

Periodic :-

(See
Paroxysms.)

Either by day or night
only :-

Merc.

With increasing
violence :-

Ars.

Violent, worse in
morning and afternoon, better during night :-

Cina.

Pulse, small,
quick :-

Verat.

Racking,
violent :-

Lob.

Rattling :-

ANT-T.,
Stram.

Relapses :-

Lob.

Frequent, without any
known cause :-

Sulph.

Restlessness :-

Verat.

Retching :-

Carb-v.,
Ferr-p., Ip.,
Kali-s.

Sequelæ :-

Ant-c.

Bronchial
catarrh :-

Coc-c.

Bronchitis,
subacute :-

Con.

Cough :-

Graph.

Cough threatens to take
an unfavorable course :-

Phos.

Sleep, worse on
awaking :-

Ambr.,
Cina, COC-C.

Spring,
epidemic :-

Verat.

Stages :-

1st, catarrhal,
inflammatory :-

Acon.,
Ant-t., BELL.,
Cast., Cham.,
Ferr-p.

2nd,
convulsions :-

Arg-n.,
CUPR.,
Cupr-a., MEPH.,
Seneg., Sep.,
Stict., Verat.

Spasmodic :-

Carb-v.

3rd :-

Kali-s.,
Lob., Sulph.

When expectoration has
nearly ceased :-

Mosch.

Staggering, after
paroxysm :-

Led.

Straining, strains all
over :-

Graph.

Sweat :-

Spong.

Talking,
aggravates :-

Bry.,
Mag-m.

Thirst, intense :-

Verat.

Throat :-

Feather, as of a, or
down :-

Cina.

Feels full of gurgling
mucus :-

Graph.

Strangling :-

Graph.

Tickling in larynx and
trachea as far down as middle of chest :-

Zinc.

Tickling in throat and
epigastrium, in evening without, in morning with, expectoration of
yellow mucus often streaked with blood, generally with a flat taste,
sometimes sourish, more rarely saltish :-

Nat-m.

Trachea :-

Excited by burning
tickling, as from vapor of sulphur :-

Ars.

Excited by
mucus :-

Dulc.

Tickling :-

Zinc.

Urine, emission when
coughing :-

Verat.

Vaccination, after, in
scrofulous boys :-

Thuj.

Vomiting :-

Carb-v., Ferr-p.,
Kali-br.

Bile :-

Sabad.

Food :-

FERR.

Gagging, and :-

Kali-c.

Gagging, choking
spells :-

Nux-v.

Mucus, thin,
tough :-

Verat.

Paroxysm, follows
each :-

Cupr.

Symptoms, after other,
are gone :-

Carb-v.

Terrible :-

Syph.


Weak :-

Zinc.

Children fail to
recover strength after paroxysm, and are inclined to lean head
against something for support :-

Verat.

Worms :-

Cina.

Ascarides :-

Spong.

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