9 homeopathic medicines to treat cough

Sven Sommer, therapist (heilpraktiker) and writer of various works on homeopathy, explains what his homeopathic or homeopathic remedies are for coughs of viral origin (80% of cases). But first it is necessary to rule out other sources of cough.

Between the possible causes of the cough are the following:

Little sputum or clear sputum and slight fever: viral infection (flu or common cold). Yellow-green sputum, much mucus, and slight fever: productive bronchitis. High fever and poor general condition: pneumonia, flu, malaria. Respiratory difficulty and high fever: pneumonia. Stabbing chest pain when coughing: pneumonia, pleurisy, flu infection. Shortness of breath without fever: asthma, coronary heart disease. Coughing fits that can lead to vomiting, respiratory distress: spastic cough, whooping cough, asthma. Cough that lasts more than 8 weeks: chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, lung cancer.

At the slightest suspicion that the cough may be something more than a viral process, it is necessary to go to the emergency room for a diagnosis reliable. But if the cough is due to the flu or a cold, it should not be neglected either, as it can get complicated until it becomes bronchitis or pneumonia.

Older people are in more danger, because their immune response is not as intense and effective as that of a young person. It is also convenient that they go to the doctor with any type of cough.

Natural medicine and homeopathy are effective treatments for cough

Beyond the theoretical controversies, the efficacy of natural medicine (plants, homeopathy and other therapies) is well known by the professionals and patients who use them.

In Germany, where Sommer was trained, although he currently lives in Spain, 80% of the 7,000 people surveyed by the Bertelsmann Foundation and Marmer GEK responded that homeopathy improved their health on some occasion. And half of the German population has ever taken a homeopathic medicine.

In Spain, 53% of the population trusts homeopathic medicine and the people who use it are among those with the most studies, according to a study by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology.

General tips to take care of your cough

For a mild cough to cause as little discomfort as possible and subside in a short period of time without complicating it, you can take several measures at home from the first symptoms.

Drink a lot of water and infusions because it facilitates the elimination of mucus. It also makes the cough softer, less annoying. Inhale and rub your chest and back with blends of essential oils (chamomile, eucalyptus or thyme) with a base oil (almond, coconut or sesame oil). Strikes gently on the chest and back Cupped hand to help loosen mucus.

Homeopathic medicines that are usually used in case of cough

Homeopathic medicines do not legally have a medical indication. In homeopathic medicine, they choose depending on the characteristics of the patient, not just from the symptoms it shows.

Thus, the same homeopathic remedy can be used for people with different symptoms, and a mild cough can be cured with different medicines.

However, homeopaths use with particular frequency a number of drugs. To choose which one is more suitable for your case, see which one corresponds best to your reactions:

Sudden onset, short, wheezing cough with a choking sensation. Feelings of fear and restlessness: Aconitum C30, every 30 minutes. Dry and painful cough; irritative when breathing deeply, often with pain in the chest, which makes the patient hold his chest; often need to drink cold things: Bryonia C30 every 4 hours. Barking and dry cough: Belladonna C30, every two hours. Cough with tickling sensation in the uvula or uvula, nausea, vomiting and crackling sound in the bronchi, choking sensation: Ipecacuanha C30, every two hours. Very painful dry cough, great thirst for cold drinks, fever, hoarse voice, hoarseness or complete loss of voice: Phosphorus C30, every 12 hours. Cough while standing that improves when stretching, accompanied by red, watery eyes and runny nose: Euphrasia D12, every 4 hours. Cough and hoarseness due to the slightest stimulus of cold, crackling cough, light, but also tending to choking, shooting pains in the larynx: Hepar sulfuris C30, every 4 hours. Severe spastic cough that steals the breath, constriction of the chest with respiratory distress: Cuprum metallicum C30, every two hours. Yellow-green sputum in the morning, dry cough at night: Pulsatilla C30, every six hours.