Homeopathy: Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Week 2 PDF

HOMEOPATHY M AT E R I A M E D I C A U P P E R R E S P I R ATO RY T R AC T INFECTIONS, WEEK 2 NMT150 - Y1T2 CASE: URTI, 1 YEAR LATER... 15-YEAR-OLD NOW HAS SORE THROAT, COUGH, AND MUFFLED HEARING GO TO THE HEARING CHAPTER Only contains 8 rubrics (and a few cross-refere...

HOMEOPATHY M AT E R I A M E D I C A U P P E R R E S P I R ATO RY T R AC T INFECTIONS, WEEK 2 NMT150 - Y1T2 CASE: URTI, 1 YEAR LATER... 15-YEAR-OLD NOW HAS SORE THROAT, COUGH, AND MUFFLED HEARING GO TO THE HEARING CHAPTER Only contains 8 rubrics (and a few cross-references) GO TO: 'IMPAIRED', as in "impaired hearing" Contains many subrubrics!  DROSERA SPONGIA ROTUNDIFOLI TOSTA A RUMEX IPECACUANHA CRISPUS ROASTED COMMON SPONGE SUNDEW DROSERA SPONGIA ROTUNDIFOLI TOSTA A RUMEX IPECACUANHA CRISPUS YELLOW IPECAC / DOCK SYRUP OF IPECAC Homeopathic Cough Syrup DROSERA #1 Remedy for Whooping Cough Respiratory illnesses Laryngitis Bronchitis Tuberculosis DROSERA COUGH 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 – to 2 am, after drinking, exertion, singing, smoking. Cough after measles > WALKING  MIND GENERAL LOCAL RUMEX CRISPUS Yellow dock https://youtu.be/3-2zWksULPY?t=20m25s (Dr. Farokh Master, MD -- 4 minutes long, stop at 24m36s)  MIND GENERAL LOCAL symptoms Nervous (evening / Sensitive to cold air Dry tickling cough night) Copious discharge (croup, whooping...) Restless from mucosa of thick mucus in Sad, depressed, nose, eyes, whole larynx aversion to mental respiratory tract – Cough ends in a work sometimes sneeze Fear of misfortune continuous flow Cough entering < cold air (inhale, warm room from talk, laugh, cold or vice versa uncovering...), touch Skin itching on or pressure on uncovering, throat/larynx, undressing (cool air) temperature changes, motion, morning, and before 11pm > drinking, sucking on candy  SPA S SM OD IC C a s in... OU GH SO N O R CO U G O U S UGHS BA R K H L IK E A RT CO SHO IN G S or EAL SPONGIA TOSTA SIBILA ROASTED SPONGE NT: "SSHH SUFFOC o r "SS H " ATION S SSSS" and FEA ENSATIO R, WAK ES A N FRIGHT T NIGH SENSITIVE L IK E A T IN A C UT TI SAW , WITH A STAR DY T N G PI WO O N E MIND & BO D SHORTCUT FOR CROUP Bönninghausen used 3 remedies to cure croup: Aconitum + Spongia + Hepar sulphuris calcareum He gave Aconitum, repeated 2 hours later if not better. Waited another 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 to Aconitum-Spongia-Hepar – Spongia – Hepar... It also works.  SPONGIA TOSTA ROASTED SPONGE Sensitive Alternating moods (very cheerful then sad, depressed) Mind Anxiety about heart disease, death, suffocation Glands/cervical nodes swollen, inflamed < (before) midnight, DRY COLD WIND, cold drinks, warm room, heat General > EATING, DRINKING, warm things (the cough), RESTING Airways DRY, throat constricted, raw or sore Hoarseness. Asthmatic cough. Cough that won't stop Weak sensation in chest, heart pains, PALPITATIONS, valvular insufficiency, Local BLOOD CIRCULATION problems IPECACUANHA IPECAC (CARAPICHEA IPECACUANHA) (RUBIACEAE FAMILY)  Main features: Persistent NAUSEA (and vomiting) IPECACUANHA SPASMODIC irritation in chest, stomach (Vagus n.) Shortness of breath, gastric With most complaints disturbances (nausea) Bright red HEMORRHAGE (rapidly clotting)  IPECACUANHA Fevers – infections – convulsions (from epilepsy, whooping cough, indigestion / indigestible foods, female issues…) Vomiting with a sensation as if all the bones in the body were being torn to pieces COUGHS: violent, spasmodic, suffocating (at 7pm), bring on vomiting (may be no nausea!), epistaxis, hemoptysis, cyanosis… Can be dry (e.g., tickle in larynx) or loose (mucus in chest) or whooping cough Female issues: vomiting before or during menses, or if suppressed (OC), large clots, miscarriage, labor (pains, false, placenta issues), pregnancy…  IPECACUANHA 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, berries), salads, lemon peel); heat and cold; vomiting; motion; lying > open air; rest, pressure, closing the eyes (warm, wet weather…) COUGH > cold drinks, rest, but < stepping out in open air or in warm room Periodicity: every other day or every day at the same time (11am, 7pm…) Often THIRSTLESS  IPECACUANHA - MENTALS Irritable; contempt for Many desires, can’t ANXIETY DURING everything when express them, doesn’t FEVER, COUGHING, irritated; impatient (at know for what; hard to SUFFOCATION work, with heat) please Attacks of anorexia Intolerant to noise; and hypochondria vexed but quiet; with epigastric tranquil after anger tension, constipation…  COMPARE with: ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM: more retching and vomiting, less nausea in cases of coughing. Lots of mucus in the chest. Has thickly-coated tongue, Ipeca clean or slightly-coated tongue. IPECACUANHA CINA: whooping cough: clucking or gurgling in esophagus after a fit of coughing ("paroxysm") PULSATILLA: indigestion with coated tongue