Homeopathic practitioners recommend several highly effective homeopathic remedies for treating coughs and colds. Below are discussed some of the most common cough and cold symptoms and remedies that have proven to be greatly effective:
Aconite for Cold
Aconite is one of the best medicines of homeopathy that can give instant relief in regular cough and cold problems like fevers, sore throats and nipping colds. If caught at a very early stage, even one or two dosages usually show the effect. Aconite is also recommended when you suddenly get affected by the chill in the cold air and suffer from dry cough, barking and croupy. In this case, the patient can suffer from fast breathing or breathlessness. Sometimes, the patient is also unable to talk properly or sleep lying on his back. Aconite dosages not only provide relief from such conditions caused due to a cold, they also ensure that the mucus is thrown out of the body and is eliminated during the course of the treatment reducing the chances of recurrence of the same condition.
Antimonium Tartaricum for Treating Overloaded Mucus
Some people have a tendency to get loose cough and running nose every time the chill winds blow. Their bronchial tubes get overloaded with mucus and the loose cough keeps on making rattling noise. For these patients expectoration becomes very difficult. This condition is also sometimes accompanied by vomiting and nausea and the patient starts retching ineffectually. The cough in such patients increases when they eat or are angry. It becomes worse during the night. Antimonium Tartaricum is especially effective when the patients have severe problem of congestion, overloaded mucus and nausea. The dosages begin to show effect immediately and dilute the mucus that makes the elimination process faster and easier.
Bryonia for Painful and Dry Cough
Bryonia is one of the highly recommended homeopathic remedies for treating dry and painful coughs. The cough is sometimes so strong that it results in pain in the heart. The coughing fits are very strong and shake the body completely. All the air passages are dry and there is almost no expectoration. Patients find moving difficult, as it can lead to series of coughing sequences. Patients at such times feel a great longing for fresh air, and cold water. Bryonia eases the pain and provides softness to the dry air passages thereby reducing the dryness and pain caused by cough.
These above mentioned remedies have been highly successful in helping the patient get rid of these conditions without harming the body in any manner.