Upper respiratory tract infections (Week 2)

Question 1

Drosera:

Answer 1

1 remedy for whooping cough

Respirtory illness:
-Laryngitis
-Bronchitis
-Tuberculosis

Question 2

Drosera cough:

Answer 2

-Tormenting cough, paroxysms (=fits/attacks), they follow one another quickly-short cough, ringing cough

-Must hold the chest to cough, inability to cough due to the pain

-< evening, after midnight- 2am, after drinking, exertion, singing, smoking. Cough after measles

> walking

Question 3

Rumex crispus:

Answer 3

Yellow dock

Question 4

Spongia Tosta:

Answer 4

Roasted sponge

Question 5

Shortcut for croup:

Answer 5

Bonninghausen used 3 remedies to cure croup:

-Aconitum + spongia + hepar sulphuris calcareum

-He gave aconitum, repeated 2 hours later if not better. Waiting 2-3 hours, if needed gave spongia. Again waited and if still not better, he gave a second dose of spongia. Hepar was rarely needed

Followers changed the order of aconitum-spongia-hepar-spongia-hepar It also works.

Question 6

Ipecacuanha:

Answer 6

Ipecac (carapichea ipecacuanha)
Rubiaceae family

Generals:
Sensitive to cold, winter, wind and warmth, warm wind; dry weather AND moist wind, rain…

< warmth, damp warmth, warm room; overeating (ice cream, pork, veal rich foods, mixed foods, candy, fruit (raisins, berreies), salads, lemon peel); heat and cold; vomiting; motion; lying

> open air; rest, pressure, closing the eyes (warm, we weather…) cough > cold drinks, rest, but < stepping out in the open air or in warm room

Periodically: every other day or every day at the same time (11am, 7pm)

Often thirstless

Mentals:
-Irritable; contempt for everything when irritated; impatient (at work, with heat)

-Anxiety during fever, coughing, suffocation

-Many desires, can’t express them, doesn’t know for what; hard to please

-Intolerant to noise; vexed but quiet; tranquil after anger

-Attacks of anorexia and hypochondria with epigastric tension, constipation