Dry coughs, dry feeling in the throat, itchy scratchy feeling in the throat, pain while swallowing and a sense of constriction in the throat, pain and swelling of the glands of the throat with or without a slight rise in temperature are some of the common upper respiratory acute conditions that we, Homeopaths, see in our clinics in winters especially in children.
We recommend that, if you have a homeopathic kit at home, to keep a stock of the following remedies and use them for the appropriate situations.
As always we recommend that you consult a homeopathic Physician if the symptoms persist beyond 48 hours even after medication.
Bromium 30- Recommended for dry, deep coughs with pain in the throat while swallowing. Every breath seems t0 bring on a bout of cough. Pains in chest after coughing.Cough seems to be worse in a warm rooms and gets worse towards evening and night.
Hepar sulph 30- Recommended in dry coughs where there is oversensitivity to cold air. The cough is suffocative and and worse in the mornings and when the person is uncovered. Cough is better after taking warm foods and drinks.
Belladonna 30- Recommended when there are spasmodic cough with a sensation as if the air passages are blocked with a lump. Dry feeling in the throat and the person is hot and feverish. The glands in the neck are swollen and painful to touch.
Merc. sol 30-Recommended where there is yellow sputum with cough that increases at night. Cough is made worse by warm rooms, warm bed and lying on the right side.
Ars. iod 30-Recommended when there is congestion of the chest and feeling that there might be relief after coughing. Sputum hard to bring up. Night sweats are a common occurrence with the cough. Cough is relieved after warm food and drink.
Dosage: 4 pills once every 4 hours until relief.
Apart from these you have Rhus tox, Spongia, Rumex, Crot. tig which can be used as the situation demands.