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MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

Arsenicum.—Dry cough, with a sense of suffocation; shortness of breath.

Bell.—Dry, spasmodic cough; sensation of dust in the throat; redness and heat of the face; worse at night.

Bryonia.—Dry cough, compelling one to sit up in bed at night; feels as though head and chest would fly to pieces in coughing.

Causticum.—Short, dry cough; worse in the evening until midnight; relieved by drinking cold water; soreness of throat.

Hepar s.—Croupy cough; rattling, choking cough; worse after midnight.

Hyos.—Dry, spasmodic cough; worse at night, and when lying down; relieved by sitting up; bluish color of the face.

Ipecac.—Dry cough; children almost suffocate when coughing; vomiting.

Mercury sol.—Dry cough; spitting of blood; worse at night and in wet weather.

Phos.—Dry cough; worse from talking and drinking; tightness in the chest.

Pulsat.—Dry cough; worse at night, and when lying down; going off by sitting up.

Sulphur.—Loose cough; expectoration of greenish lumps having a sweet taste; worse in the morning.

See Colds, and Croup also.

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