Post-Covid: Shortness of Breath

Choose: Most people will not have all symptoms listed, so choose based on the one that most closely matches.

Dosage: 12X, 6C, 12C, 30C. Dilute in about a cup of clean water and sip three times a day. Shake or stir vigorously before repeating. Keep fluid out of sunlight and away from electronics.

Take less frequently as you improve.
If no improvement after several doses, dry a different remedy.

Notes:

Shortness of breath that occurs suddenly and for no apparent reason or with discoloration of the skin should be seen promptly.
Long standing shortness of breath should be evaluated by your health care provider.
A professional homeopath may be able to help if these remedies or the potency seem inadequate to address your symptoms.

Symptoms	Remedy
Known as the “digitalis” of the lungs Shortness of breath, low oxygen level Pressure on the heart Slow pulse Stimulates respiratory centers Increases oxidation of blood Acute stage: blood clot in lungs May have swelling legs/water retention Worse: exertion View Remedy	Aspidosperma (Quebracho)
Shortness of breath Worse slight exertion Sense of pressure/weight on chest Better rapid walking Asthma with prickling sensation all over Lower left lung often affected Panting Hyperventilation View Remedy	Lobelia inflata 6C 30C
Pain in chest under short ribs on left side Sense of oppression in lower part of chest As if air can’t reach lower lungs Breathing difficult Dry hacking cough Worse: inhaling cool air View Remedy	Lobelia syphilitica or cerulea
Shortness of breath on climbing stairs Panting with exertion Weak and exhausted Anxious Better: open air bending forward to breathe View Remedy	Chininum arsenicosum
Shortness of breath Asthmatic feelings Oppression and fullness of chest Spasmotic suffocative cough Heart palpitations Pain and construction around heart Heart flutters on least excitement View Remedy	Amyl nitrosum (Amyl nitrate)

Resources:

Allen HC, Allen’s Keynotes, 10th Ed. B Jain Publ, India. 2003: 179-80.

Banerjea S. Allen College of Homeopathy, England and Calcutta, Post-Graduate program. Presented 2021.

Boericke W. Materia Medica with Repertory, 9th Ed. Boericke & Tafel, Inc. Philadelphia. 1927: pp. 71-72, 325-26.

Murphy, R. Nature’s Materia Medica. Lotus Health Inst, Blacksberg, VA: 2006: p. 540-43, 1172-79, 1619.

Shinde V, Bawaskar R. Homoeopathy for Post COVID 19 illnesses: A case series. Indian J Res Homoeopathy. 2021; 15(3):184-93.

Yakir M. Wondrous Order, Systematic Table of Homeopathic Plant Remedies, Book One. Narayana Verlag, Kandern, Germany. 2017: p. 525.