Coughs - HomeoSource

Choose a remedy: No one has all the cough symptoms so choose based on the most prominent ones. Pay close attention to the symptoms that make you better or worse during your cough. If symptoms change, take a remedy that matches your new symptoms.

Dosage: At onset of symptoms, take 30C twice a day or 5C/6C or 12X four times a day* for a few days. Or, see the Dosage Chart

When symptoms improve, stop taking the remedy.
Repeat if symptoms return.
If no improvement after 2 doses, try a different remedy.

Confused? Start with Miranda Castro’s Cough Chart.

Notes:

If a self-selected remedy – however well indicated – doesn’t help and your symptoms are more than expected for a common cold or cough, you need to seek medical expertise. A doctor will provide a diagnosis and/or a professional homeopath can evaluate your symptoms in the context of your whole person. If you believe you have the COVID-19, do not attempt to self-treat. Seek professional help.
Avoid medicated cough drops with camphor, eucalyptus, menthol as these may antidote homeopathic medicine.

Symptoms	Remedy
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General Combination Remedies View Remedy
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Croupy coughs Congestion Increased thirst Loss of smell View Remedy	Colds and Coughs Multi-remedy manufactured by Washington Homeopathic Follow package directions
Multiple symptoms Dry and productive coughs View Remedy	Chestal– Adult Chestal – Children Multi-remedy manufactured by Boiron Follow package directions
Day and Nighttime cold and cough relief Children View Remedy	Hyland’s Kids Cold and Cough Multi-remedy manufactured by Hyland’s Follow Package directions
Nighttime or Daytime Cough suppressant Nighttime expectorant View Remedy	B&T Nighttime Cough and Bronchial Syrup – Adult B&T Daytime Cough and Bronchial Syrup – Adult B&T Children Cough and Bronchial Syrup – Children Multi-remedy manufactured by Boericke & Tafel Follow package directions
Cough and mucus due to common cold Adults View Remedy	Hyland’s Bronchial Cough Multi-remedy manufactured by Hyland’s Follow Package directions
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DRY COUGH View Remedy
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Sudden onset (often after exposure to cold dry air or wind) Constant, dry, raspy, barking cough or dry tickly cough with runny nose Anxious, restless, fearful Thirsty for cold drinks Better: open air View Remedy	Aconitum napellus
First stage of all inflammatory conditions Slow onset with non-intense symptoms Dry hacking cough Worse: morning after eating cold air View Remedy	Ferrum phosphoricum
Lungs feel congested, may have darting, burning pain, especially upper right side Dry, wheezing cough, phlegm may be frothy, worse lying down Thirsty but drinks only small sips Chilly, weak, restless, desires company and warmth Worse: after midnight View Remedy	Arsenicum album
Early stage, especially after being chilled Tickling, dry short cough worse at night Larynx painful Throbbing headache Fever but extremities cold Restless, thirstless View Remedy	Belladonna
Dry, hacking cough with tearing/stitching pain, may have to brace chest to cough not much comes up Dry lips, mouth, throat Thirsty – gulps fluids Irritable – wants to be left alone and lie still Headache Better: hard pressure rest – lying still being left alone cool drinks Worse: even the slightest movement breathing deeply sitting upright warm room View Remedy	Bryonia
Dry, hacking cough Offensive breath from lungs Pain in distant parts when coughing reaches out to hold/touch that part View Remedy	Capsicum
Dry, spasmodic cough Tickling in throat from thick mucus May have choking with cough ending in vomiting clear, ropy mucus Worse: brushing teeth early am and near midnight warm food and drinks Better: cool air cool drinks View Remedy	Coccus Cacti
Dry cough – throat dry exhausting little comes up Desire to cough more and more deeply to dislodge thick mucus in chest Too thick to bring up Swallows what does come up Hoarseness/raw throat Cough can cause loss of urine Better: drinks of water to soothe dry throat prefers cold drinks warmth wet weather Worse: bending forward stooping cold air when heated in bed View Remedy	Causticum
Violent prolonged coughing attack Machine gun-like cough coughs in rapid succession May end in vomiting of mucus and exhaustion View Remedy	Corallium rubrum
Dry, painful, spasmodic, prolonged cough can’t catch breath Cough sounds croupy, barking or ringing Whooping cough May have to brace chest to cough due to pain Cough may end in vomiting or nosebleed Tinkling in throat causes cough Hoarseness May follow after having measles Worse: lying down talking, laughing, singing drinking/eating after midnight Better: in open air View Remedy	Drosera
Extremely loud cough louder than other coughs Dry, hacking, spasmodic Worse lying down View Remedy	Hyoscyamus
colds and coughs Dry, metallic, hacking cough Profuse thick, yellow or yellowish-green, gluey, stringy mucus Cough with pain in sternum radiating to back or where airway divides in two going to lungs May have sinus pain near eyes or bridge of nose Better: heat warm drinks View Remedy	Kali bichromicum
Dry, violent, racking cough wheezing and gagging Mucus coughed up is sticky can fly out of the mouth Stitching pain in chest to the back Cough with swelling of upper eyelids Chilly Worse: 2-5am deep breathing becoming cold Better: sitting up/leaning forward View Remedy	Kali carbonicum
Dry cough Colds that turn into bronchitis Difficult expectoration of lumps of mucus lumpy yellow mucus Irritation mid-sternum Better: lying down View Remedy	Manganum
Violent cough at night Spasmodic like whooping cough Cough with vomiting after eating seen in children usually Better: cold water and weather View Remedy	Mephitis
For later stage colds Sinus pain in upper jaw and teeth relieved by warm compresses Dry cough with retching and vomiting evening and night In morning, coughs up yellow or egg white mucus with salty taste or old tasting Worse: eating night View Remedy	Mezereum
Dry cough remaining after other cold symptoms have gone Cough brings on bursting headache and bruised sensation in upper abdomen Hoarseness May be feverish, chilly Irritable and over sensitive View Remedy	Nux vomica
Dry, short, tickling cough, worse in morning May cough up small mucus plugs Hoarseness, scratchy throat Tip of tongue may be red Restless Chilly Worse: after rest first motion Better: continued motion warm drinks warmth View Remedy	Rhus toxicodendron
Dry, tickling coughing in fits – prevents sleep Cough triggered by: air passing down windpipe, or pressure on throat Burning, stitching or bruised feeling in chest or below collar bone Large amount of mucus in nose and throat May cover face or neck due to cold air Skin may itch Worse: on waking talking cold air 11PM uncovering Better: covering mouth/neck View Remedy	Rumex
Barking cough Similar to Hepar Sulphur cough but much perspiration Anxious Child awakes suddenly, sits up, turns blue sense of suffocation Worse: around midnight View Remedy	Sambucus nigra
Dry, barking, croupy cough Sound like a hand saw going through wood Hoarse rasping, whistling breathing May wake with sense of suffocation/anxiety Anxious Better: after eating/drinking especially warm things outside, in open air warm drinks Worse: breathing in deeply before midnight cold, dry wind lying with head low midnight talking View Remedy	Spongia tosta
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WET COUGH View Remedy
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Mucus rattles around in chest but little comes up Chest full of mucus too weak to bring mucus up Drowsy, debilitated, covered in cold sweat Pale and chilly Dizziness View Remedy	Antimonium tartaricum
Wheezy cough Lots of mucus rattles in lungs Old age View Remedy	Antimonium arsenicosum
Later stages of cold, cough/croup Loose, rattly, hoarse, croupy, barking cough may have wheezing Coughing leads to choking/suffocation sensation Thick, sticky, yellowish phlegm with cough Raw throat Hoarseness May be wet in morning/dry during day Chilly, irritable Better: wrapped up covering head warm, moist air (like in a shower) Worse: dry, cold air uncovering drafts before midnight View Remedy	Hepar sulphuris calcareum
Deep, wet, loud cough with mucus rattling in chest but hard to bring up Constant, violent coughing, gagging on mucus, ending in vomiting/retching Shortness of breath with chest constriction Breathing out is harder than breathing in Bronchitis/bronchiolitis in infants/children Gasps for air at open window Anxious or irritable May reject things asked for Worse: warm room dampness View Remedy	Ipecachuana
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OTHER COUGHS View Remedy
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After cold goes to chest Dry, painful, croupy cough from tickling in throat Pneumonia Afraid to cough because it hurts Tight, constricted feeling in chest Whole body trembles with cough Mucus may be blood tinged Hoarseness Thirsty for cold drinks Prefers company, reassurance Worse: cold air talking. laughing eating lying on left side and back evening and upon rising in am Better: sitting up View Remedy	Phosphorus
Loose in the morning, drier in evening Thick, yellow-greenish mucus Sensation of pressure on the chest Coughing may cause urine to leak Craves fresh, open air and better with cold food/drink Cough may follow measles Thirstless Weepy, sympathetic, clingy Better: attention consolation comforting fresh air – especially cold sitting up Worse: morning warm room lying down evening View Remedy	Pulsatilla
Day cough – profuse, loose, greenish, sweetish phlegm Evening cough – violent and dry Chest feels hollow and sore, must hold chest to cough Weak Worse: exertion, even from speaking laughing, talking View Remedy	Stannum
Dry, hacking cough at night worse breathing in prevents sleep Accumulated post nasal drip causes hawking cough day time View Remedy	Sticta pulmoneria
Cough that involves two coughs in a row View Remedy	Mercurius solubilis or Pulsatilla
Cough that involves three coughs in a row View Remedy	Cuprum metallicum

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