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Aconitum Napellus
Common Name: Monkshood
Symptoms: Aconitum napellus is often prescribed in case of acute viral infections that show up as a fever. It helps relieve the following symptoms:
- Burning sensations in the body due to fever
- Headache
- Dryness and pain in throat
- Hoarseness
- Dry cough
Individuals who benefit from aconitum napellus often feel better in open air and their condition worsens during the evenings and nights and in cold weather.
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Allium Cepa
Common Name: Red onion
Symptoms: Common symptoms where allium cepa is prescribed are:
- Watery discharge from the nose
- Headaches that mostly affect the forehead area
- Hoarseness
- Coughing and sneezing
- Fatigue
Symptoms worsen during the evening and with warmth and are relieved in open air and cold surroundings.
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Arsenicum Album
Common Name: Arsenious acid
Symptoms: Signs that indicate a need for arsenicum album are:
- Headache, which gets better with cold applications
- Dry and swollen throat
- Watery discharge from the nose
- Blocked nose
- Cough that gets worse at night
- High fever
Cold and wet weather worsens the patient's condition, while application of heat improves the symptoms.
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Belladonna
Common Name: Deadly nightshade
Symptoms: Belladonna helps treat the following symptoms:
- Sudden onset of fever
- Sore and dry throat
- Headache
- Ear pain
- Dry cough with little mucus
All complaints aggravate during noon and the person feels better while sitting in a semi-erect position.
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Bryonia Alba
Common Name: Wild hops
Symptoms: Bryonia alba is a widely prescribed medication for pain in any part of the body. Individuals who benefit from this remedy are irritable and usually of a dark complexion. The following symptoms can be treated using bryonia alba:
- Dry and painful cough
- Headache
- Dry and chapped lips (Read more: Home remedies for chapped lips)
- Excessive thirst due to dry mouth and throat
- Tough mucus, which is difficult to expectorate. The symptom worsens in warm weather
- Stiffness in neck and limbs
- Fever
Warm conditions result in deterioration of symptoms, whereas cold weather and cold things help in relieving the symptoms.
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Dulcamara
Common Name: Bitter sweet
Symptoms: Dulcamara is often prescribed for conditions that occur during the end of the summer season. It is an effective remedy for profuse mucous secretion and dry nose. Other symptoms that this remedy can help with are:
- Headaches due to cold weather
- Secretion of thick and yellow mucus in nose
- Dry and blocked nose
- Pain in the ear
- Sore throat
- Throwing up white mucus
- Dry cough with excessive mucus secretion
- Sweaty palms
- Fever with chills
Symptoms worsen in cold weather, especially during night. The individual responds well to external warmth.
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Euphrasia Officinalis
Common Name: Eyebright
Symptoms: Symptoms that can be treated with euphrasia officinalis are:
- Extreme headache
- Violent and profuse cough
- Throwing up sticky mucus
- Coughing more often during the day
- Fever with sweating at night
- Chills
The individual often complains about worsening of symptoms during evenings and when exposed to warm winds. Caffeine consumption eases the congestion.
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Ferrum Phosphoricum
Common Name: Phosphate of iron
Symptoms: Ferrum Phosphoricum is prescribed in chest conditions including bronchitis. The visible symptoms that indicate a need for this remedy are:
- Mild to extreme headache
- Burning eyes
- Ear pain
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Vomiting with traces of food and blood
- Aversion to milk and meat
- Congestion and difficulty in breathing
- Dry and hard cough that is often painful
- The person feels feverish during high noon, at around 1 o’clock
- Night sweats
Symptoms worsen during the night and early evenings. Cold applications provide temporary relief.
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Gelsemium Sempervirens
Common Name: Yellow jasmine
Symptoms: Yellow jasmine is prescribed to those who experience dizziness and fatigue with muscle pain. Other symptoms that it helps relieve are:
- Mental dullness with lethargy
- Headache; the person feels a heaviness in their head on lying down
- Extreme drowsiness
- Watery discharge from the nose along with cough
- Dry nose
- Sore throat with pain on swallowing
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Pain radiating from the throat to the ear on swallowing
- Muscular cramps
- Heaviness in the chest with shortness of breath
Symptoms worsen during the morning and in damp weather and are relieved in open air.
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Hepar Sulphur
Common Name: Hahnemann’s calcium sulphide
Symptoms: Hepar Sulphur is well suited to blondes with weak muscles. It is often prescribed in conditions of excessive mucus secretion. The dominant symptoms for this remedy are:
- Headache with sweating
- Painful red eyes
- Sore and runny nose
- Cough with thick mucus
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Difficulty swallowing food
- Sore throat with pain extending to ears
- Excessive horseness and profuse cough when exposed to cold and dry winds
- Chills on going out in open air
- Night sweats
Symptoms tend to get worse in cold and dry weather and get relieved in warm weather.
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Kalium Bichromicum
Common Name: Bichromate of potash
Symptoms: This remedy affects the mucous membranes (the inner lining of mouth, nose and throat). Symptoms that can be relieved with kalium bichromicum include:
- Headache, especially in the forehead area above eyes
- Sharp pain in the left ear
- Watery discharge from nose
- Nasal congestion
- Secretion of thick, yellowish-green mucus from nose
- Sore throat
- Hoarse voice with difficulty breathing during the evening
Symptoms intensify during the morning and with rising temperatures; however, application of heat relieves some of the symptoms.
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Natrium Muriaticum
Common Name: Chloride of sodium
Symptoms: Natrium muriaticum is often prescribed to those who have a tendency to catch cold often. Common symptoms shown by such people are:
- Excruciating headache in early morning
- Heaviness and burning sensation in eyes
- Watery discharge from nose
- Blocked nose and difficulty breathing
- Fever in the morning with weakness and chills
- Dizziness during the noon
The symptoms get severe during the morning and with exertion. Cold weather and open-air help in curbing the symptoms.
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Nux Vomica
Common Name: Poison nut
Symptoms: Nux vomica works well in thin, active individuals. Common symptoms where nux vomica is prescribed are:
- Headache, mostly above the eyes, with irritability to noise, light and odour
- Blocked nose during the night making it difficult to breathe
- Sore throat
- Tearing pain in the chest on coughing
- Dry and clinging cough
- Chilly sensation with fever
Symptoms worsen during the mornings and in dry and cold weather and are relieved with rest, in the evenings and in damp, wet weather
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Pulsatilla Pratensis
Common Name: Wind flower
Symptoms: Pulsatilla pratensis suits sensitive individuals who cry readily while talking. It is an effective remedy for conditions affecting the mucous membranes. Common symptoms that can be treated with wind flower are:
- Headache on exertion
- Difficulty hearing, the person feels as if they have something stuffed in their ear (Read more: Blocked ear causes)
- Burning eyes with inflammation of the eyelids
- Blockage of right nostril
- Secretion of yellowish mucus from nose, especially during the morning
- Dry cough during the evening and night
- Shortness of breath
- Mild fever with a chilly sensation during early evening hours
Warm application or warm weather results in worsening of the condition. On the other hand, cold applications and cold weather help improve the symptoms.