MEDICAL ASTROLOGY
CROUP.
Aconite.—In the first stage; high fever and restlesness; after exposure to cold west wind; great pain on swallowing.
Bell.—Flushed face: dry, barking, spasmodic cough: jumping during sleep.
Cham.—Croup with hoarseness; wheezing and rattling of mucus in the throat; short, dry cough, worse at night and during sleep.
Cuprum.—Violent, spasmodic coughing spells; short, dry cough, arresting the breathing; suffocating spells.
Dros.—Short, hacking cough; sensation of a feather in the throat: patient places hand on stomach when coughing; voice has a deep base sound; spasmodic spells.
Hepar s.—Loose, rattling, choking cough; violent fits of coughing, as if the patient would suffocate; drowsiness.
Lachesis.—In advanced cases; the slightest pressure on the throat and larnyx causes spasmodic cough; worse after sleep.
Spongia.—Crowing, barking cough; slow, wheezing respiration; suffocating fits; better with head bent back.
ASTHMA.
Aconite.—Shortness of breath; inability to breath deeply; worse when asleep.
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