Laryngitis(see Hoarseness also)
Symptoms/Problems |
Remedy |
Frequency(doses) |
| With inflammatory fever;larynx sensitive to touch and to inspired air;voice husky |
Aconite nap.30 |
4 hourly |
| Laryngitis of singers;loss of voice;better from getting over heated,in a warm room;worse after rest |
Antim-crud.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Acute laryngitis;vocal cords bright-red;pain in larynx when talking |
Belladonna 30 |
4 hourly |
| Chronic laryngitis of singers;raising the voice causes cough;inflammation and swelling of the posterior wall and lining of the larynx;hoarseness and loss of voice |
Argentum nit.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Burning pain in larynx;short,dry,hoarse cough in rapid paroxysms,mostly in daytime,less at night and in warm bed |
Arsenic alb.30 |
4 hourly |
| Inflammation of larynx and pharynx;constant pain and internal swelling;voice hoarse,deep and weak or aphonia |
Arum triph.30 |
4 hourly |
| laryngeal catarrh of singers;the laryngeal muscles refuses to act,can not speak a loud word;worse morning and evening |
Causticum 30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Violent catarrhal laryngitis;hoarse cough,seems to split and tear the larynx |
Allium cepa 30 |
4 hourly |
| Constriction in larynx when talking;sensation of a feather in larynx |
Drosera 30 or 200 |
10 min(3) |
| Stitches and pains extending from ear to ear while swallowing;great hoarseness with rough barking cough;scanty,tenacious,muco-purulent secretion,difficult to expectorate;aphonia with slight suffocative spasms;worse morning |
Hepar sulph.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Laryngeal and tracheal ulceration;voice altered,husky;dry,irritating cough with dyspnoea;tightness and constriction about larynx and trachea with soreness and hoarseness |
Iodium 30 |
4 hourly |
| Laryngeal and tracheal ulceration;voice altered,husky;dry,irritation of air-tubes;dry,tormenting cough chiefly at night;fat,flabby and chilly patient |
Calcarea carb.30 or 200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| Oedematous laryngitis;hoarseness,rawness and dryness of larynx;sensitive to touch;feeling of lump in throat with sensation of suffocation |
Lachesis 30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Syphilitic laryngitis;parts much swollen,dark coloured with much hawking and cough |
Mercurius sol.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Chronic laryngeal cough;without expectoration;stinging,smarting sensation as if a ulcer were there,generally felt on one side;long standing,short,dry cough,continuing all day |
Nitric acid.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Violent tickling in larynx when speaking;dry,spasmodic cough with constriction of throat,stitches in larynx,chilliness with cough |
Phosphorus 30 or 200 |
4 hourly(6) |
| Dry,irritating cough with burning and tickling in larynx;swelling of submaxillary glands;larynx swollen;difficult respiration as due to a plug in throat;great dryness of larynx with short or barking cough |
Spongia 30 |
4 hourly |
| Laryngeal phthisis with constant short,irritating and hacking cough |
Stannum met.30 |
4 hourly |
| Hawking of mucous from larynx;voice hoarse,tickling in throat;cough increased by pressure on larynx;worse evening |
Rumex 30 |
4 hourly |
| Acute oedematous from laryngitis;dryness in throat with soreness,swelling and redness;expectoration of thick mucous |
Sanguinaria c.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Chronic laryngitis with congestion;swelling of the tissues and increased secretion of a glutinous fluid;worse morning;follicular laryngitis with ropy and stringy discharge |
Kali bich.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Follicular inflammtion;laryngeal irritation and dry cough;burning and tickling in throat;oedema of larynx |
Kali iod.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Fetid breath;loss of voice;hoarseness with white and viscid expectoration |
Kali mur.12X or 30 |
4 hourly |
| Intercurrent remedy |
Sulphur 200 |
weekly(3) |