Common Cold and Cough

The common cold is the most frequent infection in all age groups in the United States. If left to take its course, it should clear up in a week or so.

A cold is usually the sign of your body attempting to cleanse itself from toxins, waste and bacterial overgrowth that have built up to the point where natural immunity cannot handle or overcome them.

Natural Remedies are effective in helping to speed recovery and reducing discomfort.

A cough is a natural reflex action to an irritation, inflammation or blockage in the respiratory airways. A cough often accompanies an infection such as a common cold, bronchitis, flu, and sinusitis.

Coughs can be divided into two types; the first is when the membranes are hot and dry the cough is painful, this kind need s soothing. The second is when mucus is produced and the cough becomes moist, looser and you can feel like you are choking, this cough requires help in removing the excess mucus.

You must choose the appropriate treatment in each case. Common cold and cough symptoms often respond well to homeopathic remedies.

Aconite - Use if you have a burning sore throat, barking cough and a bitter taste that lingers in your mouth and for dry short cough which occur in the morning or come after exposure to cold, dry winds.

Allium cepa - If you have a runny nose that feels as though it burns, your eyes water constantly and you sneeze often.

Bryonia - Use Bryonia for a spasmodic, dry cough which shakes the whole body and is worse with movement or after eating.

Drosera - For deep-seated, dry, spasmodic coughs that may end in retching, or vomiting.

Gelsemium - 12c or 30c, taken every two hours may help if you have chills, aching arms and legs, and fatigue, or if your throat hurts.

Ipecacuanha - Use for a moist cough that is accompanied with some wheezing and a feeling of choking and often much nausea.

Kali bich - If your sinuses are affected and there is a lot of yellow-green mucus which appears in globules and looks sticky or stringy.

Nux Vomica- If you have a runny nose that gets congested at night and you feel irritable.

Phosphorus - For a dry and irritating and tickly cough which is made worse by changes in temperature.

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