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Find the name of the following remedy:

It is famous as a great remedy in treatment of
whooping cough.

Spasmodic and whooping cough comes in paroxysms esp at
nights. There are only few paroxysms in daytime.
Attacks are so violent that it seems to patient as if
each spell is going to terminate life.

'Vomits food, hours after eating from cough'.
'Spasmodic cough < drinking'
'Asthma < ice water'

There may be sudden contraction of glottis when
drinking or talking.

The patient is talkative, excited and full of fancies.

Sincerely,

Ardavan Shahrdar,MD, DIHom

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> It is famous as a great remedy in treatment of

Dros, Ant-t, Cupr and others come to mind
Cupr, Coc-c, Caust are ameliorated when drinking
Murphy's Rep:
LUNGS, asthma. cold, water agg. - only 1 remedy!
This is especially interesting, because 'feels less chilly in cold weather;
feels pleasant after ice cold washing' (Hering's Guiding symptoms)
Farrington writes in his clinical MM:
"When the catarrhal symptoms are slight and the spasmodic whoop is marked,
Mephitis is to be selected. The cough is worse at night and after lying
down. There is a suffocative feeling; the child cannot exhale; convulsions
at times ensue. It vomits its food, sometimes hours after eating. Drinks get
into the larynx. In whooping cough you should compare ______________ with
Corallium rubrum, which has, however, smothering _before_ the cough, and
great exhaustion afterwards......
____________ has also been recommended in the asthma of drunkards."

Best,

Gaby

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Gaby Rottler
Germany
rottler@curantur.de

http://www.curantur.de
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From Choudhuri:

The peculiarity of this medicine lies in the strange constitution of the
patient. They seem to have a power of withstanding extreme cold. In fact
they thrive in cold weather. Washing in ice water is very agreeable to them
and relieves all their suffering.
Very lately, I helped an elderly lady suffering from asthma with
[remedy]. The symptom, that led to the prescription, was the relief she had
from bathing, which she did five or six times a day.
They frequently wake up at night time suffering from a peculiar
congestion of the legs which gives them a sensation of heat in those parts.
This brings on an uneasy feeling in the legs and makes them fidgety. This
fidgetiness of the legs also reminds us of Zinc-met.
Like Lachesis, Stramonium and Podophyllum the [remedy] patients talk
incessantly. They are led from subject to subject by the vividness of their
fancy.
It is a valuable remedy in cough of a certain type. The cough is
brought on by reading aloud, talking and drinking in this respect it is
similar to Rumex and Stitch. Dr. Stewart cured with [remedy] a constant
hacking cough in an elderly man, who could hardly talk because of the cough.
Ambra grisea, Rumex, Kali bi. and Phosphorus were used without much success
but [remedy] 1m cured him promptly. It has been recommended very highly in
whooping cough when the catarrhal symptoms are more or less absent and
spasmodic symptoms are most prominent. It is so violent and spasmodic that
each spell would seem to terminate life. The cough is worse at night and
after lying down and is attended with a suffocative feeling. To exhale is
very difficult. Food taken hours before are vomited. [Remedy] thus resembles
Drosera and Coral. Rub.

From Raue - Diseases of children
During the spell the child passes both urine and fæces; diarrhœa and flatus
very offensive; the child must be taken up during the cough, turns blue in the
face and seems asphyxiated. In a number of grave cases in infants, in whom
suffocation seemed imminent, ------------ in the second decimal dilution has
given me excellent results.

Robyn

From Boericke

In order to ensure sucess it should be given in the lower dilutions from
1x too 3x . Suffocative feelings , asthmatic paroxysms , spasmodic cough ,
cough so violent , seems as if each spell would terminate life .

Awakes at night with rush of blood to lower legs , vivid dream of
water fire etc

Pt wants to bath in ice cold water

Chris

--
Steve and Christine Wilson

From Phatak:

Generalities
- The dilutions of this medicine are prepared from the liquid contained in
the anal glands of skunk.
- It produces spasmodic effects and is a very great remedy for whooping
cough.
- Should be given in the lower dilutions.
- Nervous exhaustion.
- Debility after severe illness.
- Wants to bathe in ice cold water.
- Trembling and chokings, with exophthalmos.
- Fine vibrations causing great uneasiness.
Worse
- Lying.
- Night.
- After menses.
Better
- Cold; bath; icy; or weather.
Mind
- Excitable; full of fancies.
- Talkative.
- Disinclination to work, with inclination to stretch.
Head
- Violent vertigo agg. sitting, stooping, turning in bed.
- As of a finger pressing on occiput.
- Headache from motion of carriage.
Eyes
- Hot, red,a nd painful.
- Inability to read fine print.
Face
- Bloated.
Mouth
- Foul breath.
Throat
- Food goes the wrong way.
- Chokes easily, when drinking and speaking.
Stomach
- Vomits food, hours after eating.
- Desire for salted food.
Respiratory
- Dyspnoea; can not exhale.
- Asthma, agg. ice water.
- Spasmodic or whooping cough; few paroxysms during the day time but many at
night.
- Cough - violent suffocative, spasmodic, nervous agg. talking or drinking.
- Foul expectoration.
- Asthma of consumptives or drunkards.
Sleep
- Short, seems to refresh.
- Awakes at night with rush of blood to legs.
Related
- Cor-r; Mos.
Jim Gregorich
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on 21/9/01 2:27 pm, jpgregorich@aol.com at jpgregorich@aol.com wrote:

Mephites