BCT # 6 (COUGH, COLD & CATARRH)

Cough is a protective reflex characterized by sudden expulsion of air from breathing passage. Acute cough lasts not more than 2-3 weeks beginning suddenly. It occurs due to infections like common cold, pneumonia, acute bronchitis, tuberculosis, COVID-19 etc. But mostly acute coughs are due to the common cold. Other causes include reflux disease, air pollution, airway clearance etc. Acute cough can be dry or productive (presence of phlegm/sputum).

Cold is an infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract where it inflames the mucous membranes. It is an acute, self-limiting disease most often caused by rhinoviruses and coronaviruses. Symptoms are nasal discharge, nasal obstruction, sneezing, sore throat, fatigue and cough.

Catarrh is a condition when there is accumulation of mucus in the nose, throat or sinuses due to the inflammation of the mucous membrane. Causes may be acute - allergic rhinitis, common cold, or chronic - atrophic rhinitis, sinusitis, Deviated Nasal Septum. Symptoms are sneezing, stuffy feeling in nose, thin nasal discharge with posterior nasal drip, dry cough, headache and pain in face.

Action of Ingredients:

Ferrum phosphoricum: First stage of all inflammatory affections. Congestion of the lungs. Short, painful, tickling cough. Croup. Hard, dry cough with sore chest. Hoarseness. Cough better at night. Predisposition to colds.

Kali muriaticum: Great value in catarrhal affections. Catarrh; phlegm white, thick. Stuffy cold. Hawking of mucus from posterior sinuses. Vault of pharynx covered with adherent crust. Rattling sounds of air passing through thick, tenacious mucus in the bronchi; difficult to cough up.

Natrum sulphuricum: Nasal catarrh, with thick, yellow discharge and salty mucus. Cough with thick, ropy, greenish expectoration; all gone sensation in the chest. Thick yellow mucus drops from the posterior nares.

Natrum muriaticum: Violent, fluent coryza, lasting for one to three days, followed by obstruction of the nose, making breathing difficult. Discharge thin and watery, like raw of an egg. Violent sneezing, coryza. Infallible for stopping a cold commencing with sneezing. Stitches all over the chest. Cough from a tickling in the pit of the stomach.

Magnesium phosphoricum: Dry, tickling cough. Spasmodic cough, with difficulty in lying down. Soreness and stiffness in throat, especially on the right side; parts seem puffy, with chilliness, and aching all over. Whooping cough.