MINIATURE REPERTORY OF THESE REMEDIES OF THE COMMON COLD
(source : Tyler, M. L. : Pointers to the common remedies.)
Easily chilled :
Ars., Bry., Hep., Merc., Nat m., Nux, Phos., Puls.
COLD. Worse cold air
: All. c., Ars., Dulc., Hep., Nux, Phos.
COLD. Worse cold dry weather
: Acon., Bry., Hep., Nux, Caust.
COLD. Worse cold wet
: Calc., Dulc., Rhus, Nat s.
COLD. Worse inhaling cold air
: All. c., Hep., Phos., Rumex.
COLD. Worse draught
: Ars., Bell., Hep., Nat c., Nux, Sul., Dulc., Merc.
WET. Worse wet
: Calc., Dulc., Kali iod., Merc., Rhus, Puls., Sul.
WET. Worse warm wet
: Gels., Carbo v.
WET. Better warm wet
: Hep.
Warm room. Worse
: Puls., Tub., All. c., Merc., Nux (more fluent).
Warm room, Worse entering
: Bry.
Open air. Worse :
Nux, Nat m., Phos., Bry., Hep.
Open air. Better :
All. c., Puls., Acon. (See Ars., Dulc.)
Uncovering head. Worse
: Hep., Nat m.
Much sneezing :
All. c., Dulc., Hep., Ipec., Kali iod., Merc., Nat m., Phos., Rhus, Sul.
Catarrh. Copious :
All. c., Ars., Kali iod., Nat m.
Catarrh. Fluent :
Acon., All. c., Ars., Nat c., Hep., Nux.
Catarrh. Fluent in warmth
: Dulc., Sul.
Catarrh. Fluent alt. dry
: Ars., Nat m., Nux, Phos., Puls., Sul.
Dry coryza
: Bell., Bry., Nux
(early), Dulc.
(in cold air), Kali bich.
Nose stopped :
Nux, Dulc., Puls., Rhus, Ipec., Carbo v.
With lachrymation
: All. c., Bry., Euphr
. (acrid tears), Kali iod.
Discharge acrid :
All. c., Ars., Gels., Kali iod., Merc., Nux, Sul.
Discharge bland
: Euphr., Puls.
Discharge bland with acrid lachrymation :
Euphr.
Discharge offensive
: Hep., Merc., Calc., Kali bich., Nat c., Puls.
Discharge crusts
: Calc., Kali bich., Phos., Tub.
Discharge greenish
: Kali bich., Kali iod., Merc., Puls.
Discharge purulent
: Calc., Hep., Kali bich., Kali iod., Merc., Phos., Puls., Tub.
Discharge blows out blood :
All. c., Ars., Bell., Hep., Phos., Puls.
With chilliness
: Nux, Ars., Gels., Merc., Rhus, Calc., Bry., Phos.
With chills :
Nux, Gels., Ipec.
With shivering
: Kali iod., Ipec., Bry., Nux, Rhus.
Alternate heat and chill
: Kali iod.
Sweating. Better from
: Nat c., Kali iod.
Sweating.
Worse from, or not better :
Hep., Merc.
With nausea
: Ipec., Ant tart.
Cold travels down
: Bry., Ipec., Carbo v., Ars., etc.
Hoarseness :
Bell., Phos., etc.
Begins in chest and goes up
: Phos.
Frontal sinuses affected
: Merc., Kali iod., Ars., Lyc., Sil.
Larynx affected
: Acon., All. c., Bell., Bry., Carbo v., Euphr., Hep., Merc., Nat m., Phos., Rhus.
With pain in head from sneezing or coughing
: Bry., Nat m., Phos.
With pain in abdomen, from sneezing or coughing
: Bry., Dros.
With sore throat :
Merc., Nux,