ANCHOR HOMEOPATH // SPRING COUGH REMEDIES
Author: Aimee Marples, Classical Homeopath
Happy March!
We are almost into the beautiful spring weather!
Generally, at the change of seasons, I see colds that turn into lingering coughs.
Below I will discuss 3 wonderful cough remedies, as this is the stage most people are in right now, but be mindful that the sooner we interject an illness with homeopathy, the easier your illness will be.
There are thousands of remedies, and looking below, they all work in different ways.
DOSING: It is always best to start at a lower potency-30C, giving 2 pellets every 4-6 hours as needed. Continue this dosing until symptoms lessen or disappear, decreasing the dosing as the cough gets better.
It is very important to note that if there is NO improvement after 3 doses of a remedy, it is not the right remedy.
SPONGIA TOSTA (toasted sea sponge)
This is one of my number one dry cough remedies
if your cough is wet, it is probably not Spongia
Classic dry, hacking, barking cough (short barking – like a Seal)
can also be a rasping cough
Croup is a classic example
Suffocative (like Whooping cough)
Burning in the throat, larynx and chest with each cough
Irritation or tickling in the larynx
Worse talking, worse laughing (most worse talking are worse laughing)
Worse midnight
Worse lying flat (but most are)
Better sitting up or bending forward
Better for cough drops (because it’s a dry cough)
Better eating and drinking
Worse morning, sleeps into the aggravation
It will likely show up with colds that descend
Cold/chilly picture
DROSERA (Round-leaved Sundew)
This remedy has a big affinity for the cough reflex
Many homeopathic cough syrups are made with Drosera
violent, deep, hollow, barking, suffocative
looks a lot like Spongia, but more paroxysmal (violent coughing attack)
Irritated airways with tickling and dryness in the throat
Can have retching and vomiting with the cough
Very painful cough
Person can hold their chest when coughing, it is that painful
Worse night
Worse lying at night-“as soon as his head hits the pillow” (may be better lying down in the day)
Worse eating and drinking
Better: sitting up, walking slowly and open air
HEPAR SULPHURIS (hepar sulphuris calcareum)
For dry cough and wet cough
Productive cough with thick, yellow mucous
Also, dry and croupy sounding cough
Can have a sore throat (like splinters in throat)
Loose rattling (lots of mucous)
Difficult expectoration
Very chilly and over sensitive (to cold, to pain, to people talking or bothering him)
Worse cold (very strong modality)
Worse uncovering or slightest draft
Worse as morning approaches (unpleasant sleep)
Worse cold drink or food
Worse lying down
Better warmth
Better sitting up
Better head back or bending back
Better for moist air