Respiratory Therapeutics

Question 1

Spongia tosta (sea sponge)

Answer 1

Affinity to respiratory, thyroid, heart

Croup, laryngitis
Cough dry, raspy, handsaw sawing through wood; may feel as though something caught in throat
Better for drinking and eating, worse before midnight
Dryness of air passages

Atrophy of heart; feels as though getting larger and going to burst

Anxiety, Fear of future and death and suffocation, tired of life
Timidity, terror
Weeps with dreams in whooping cough, heat and sweat
Obstinate, improper behaviour
Excitement increases cough
Irresistible desire to sing
Excessive north followed by sadness

Question 2

Arsenicum album (white arsenic, As2O3)

Answer 2

Worse between 12-3am
Burning
Thirsty, for frequent small quantities

Food poisoning

Deep seated insecurity, fundamental sense of vulnerability and defencelessness in matters relating to disease and death.
Dependant on others, want support and reassurance
Fastidious, restless, anxiety, worry, a lot of fears
Feel cold easily, aggravated by cold, better for warmth and heat

Question 3

Bryonia alba (white bryony, root before it flowers)

Answer 3

Aggravation from slightest motion, heat
ameliorated by pressure, rest, cold
Dryness of mind, mucous membranes
Great thirst for large quantities of water
Irritated, want to be left alone
Thinking about business all the time

Question 4

Phosphorus

Answer 4

Diffusion - lack boundaries
Creative, artistic, open, extroverted, friendly, like company
Have many fears
May experience clairvoyance, ESP

Haemorrhages, bruising, haemophilia
Left sided remedy
Gastritis, gastro
Pneumonia, colds
Post operative vomiting
Dry coughs
Blood sugar remedy
Aggravated by cold air, change in temp or weather
Thirst for cold water, chewing on ice

Question 5

Drosera rotundifolia (round leaved sundew, whole fresh plant)

Answer 5

Feeling of being persecuted, deceived, trapped, choked, killed
Aggressive, violent, trying to get out, easily bored

Worse 3am, lying down, emotional excitement
Cough from deep down, hoarse, choking, may see vomiting, blood may be present
Spasmotic coughs

Question 6

Silicea terra (sand)

Answer 6

Lack of stamina, grit
Yielding, sensitive, soft, lack self confidence, well behaved but can be stubborn
Fear, pins or pointed objects
May exhibit slow development, catch frequent colds and infections
Enlarged glands, suppurative or discharge
Sensitivity to milk
Defective nitrition
Very chilly
Aggravated from cold, draughts, uncovering
Pains usually sharp, splinter like
Profuse offensive foot sweat
Hair, nail, skin conditions

Question 7

Antimonium tartaricum (antimony potassium tartrate K2Sb2C8H10O15)

Answer 7

Rattling of mucus in the lungs, too weak to cough up
Respiration may be difficult, suffocative, wheezing
Tongue coated white
Ameliorated by laying on right side, éructations, sitting
Aggravated by lying down, 3am

Pneumonia, asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary oedema, drowning victims, asphyxia in newborns,

Children do not like to be touched or looked at

Thirstless, may express desire for fruit - acidic, sour apples

Question 8

Dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade, whole plant before flowering)

Answer 8

Aggravation from change of weather, warm to cold, change in seasons, in autumn, worse for chill and damp, waning moon, left side, night
Better for warmth, dry weather, motion

Extremely rigid, insistent on how things should be done, moralistic, censorious
Deep sense of emptiness
Can’t concentrate thoughts, depression, scolds without anger

Asthma, alternating with skin eruptions, rheumatism
Eye infections with thick yellow discharge
May be nausea, swelling or parotids,
Infection