Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

But they do have both, sometimes under different conditions and sometimes under the sameconditions. Sometimes these are primary, sometimes they are secondary symptoms. A remedy must beexamined to ascertain how it is that these circumstances can be the very opposite of each other. Butcommonly Boenninghausen registers both those things that belong to particulars and those things thatbelong to generals, and if the symptom, in his judgment is strikingly worse by a certain circumstance,even if it is the very opposite of the general, he has that symptom in boldfaced type. Phos. is a goodillustration of what we have been talking about. If you make a careful study of Phos. you will see thatthe complaints of the chest are all worse from cold, from cold air and from being cold. He catches coldand it settles in the chest, and the cough and irritation in the chest are worse from cold and beingexposed to cold air. But he wants cold things in the stomach. His stomach feels better from cold things.Let him have head trouble and his head is better from cold, he wants cold things in his stomach. If hehas stomach trouble, it is made worse by anything hot; he wants cold water to drink, and as soon as itgets warm, he vomits it up. You see Phos. is worse from cold and worse from heat. The pains in theextremities are better from heat.The chronic cough, as has been said, is likely to begin with cold weather and last all winter,with a copious formation of mucus in the chest. It is a spasmodic cough forcing the patient into themost violent efforts. The face becomes purple. Finally he retches and vomits long strings of tough, ropymucus, filling the mouth and throat and causing him to choke. This is due to the fact that the mucus isso tenacious that it cannot be ejected from the pharynx in the usual way, therefore he must vomit. Now,there is a striking feature of this remedy. Anything coming in contact with the pharynx, the inside ofthe mouth, or even the gums, produces gagging and retching and will bring on the cough.We find this in the chronic states of sensitive persons, who are unable to brush the teeth or rinsethe mouth without gagging and sometimes vomiting.There is a general hyperaesthesia of the skin and mucous membranes. Sensitive to the pressureof the clothing.With the chest troubles there is much dyspnoea. He cannot walk with out bringing on difficultbreathing. He cannot ascend a height without suffocation. After the quantities of mucus are cleared outthe cough is better and he goes on for two, three or four hours, when another one of these awful attackscomes on.They are apt to be worse at night when he becomes warm in bed. If he can lie in a cool roomwithout much covering he will go longer without coughing.The whooping cough is of a similar character. You will see the child lying in bed with thecovers off. It wants the room cold, and the mother will tell you that if she can get to it quickly enoughwith a drink of cold water she can ward off the paroxysm.The chest fills up with mucus until respiration cannot be carried on any longer and it must becleared out, yet the chill will resist and hold its breath to prevent coughing. You will be astonished tosee how speedily Coccus cacti will change the character of that cough. One of the earliest signs ofimprovement will be observed in the easier respiration. The cough becomes less violent, the retchingpasses away, and in a week or ten days the cough will go, too. Cough worse after eating, worse onwaking, worse in a warm room.In the early stages of whooping cough Carbo veg. will develop and bring out the symptoms andfurnish a good picture for a second prescription, even if it does not cure.Discharge of thick yellow mucus from the nose; nose stopped up, with inclination to sneeze.Great dryness of the nose. The air passages burn after the mucus has been cleared away. The chestburns from the mere exhaling of air. Sore throat with redness. Tickling in the throat. Sensation of a hairor crumb lodged in the throat behind the larynx. Fauces very sensitive.Arch of palate and fauces, as far as visible, very red. Burning in the throat < in the warmth,especially when warmed up in bed, < from warm drinks, though hot drinks are not so bad. Better fromcold drinks. If the patient gets warm in bed or the room gets warm he commences to clutch the larynxand cough. The slightest touch on the palate or even the gums in examination of the throat will causegagging sometimes when the parts look normal. He cannot hawk without gagging. On swallowing foodsometimes it will come right back again and cause gagging and retching.Great thirst; wants water often and in large quantities.Nauseous taste in the mouth; never rid of it. Nausea in the throat Vomiting of white, bittertasting froth. Toothache; sudden drawing pains in the teeth, worse from cold and from touch.The mental symptoms are chiefly depression and anxiety. Great sadness; a cloud seems to hangover everything. Apprehensiveness.especially at 2 to 4 A.M. This state may alternate with loquacity and liveliness, like Lachesis.>There are other Symptoms worse after sleep; wakes in the morning with basilar headache, or with