(See also "LARYNGITIS")
Aconite Nap: At the onset of the disease. Throat pain-full with difficulty in swallowing. Husky, dry, deep, barking cough, high fever, restlessness, frightened, burning in throat and larynx. Desire for cold water which is difficult to swallow.
Spongia: Hoarse croupy cough with laryngitis, cough sounds as sawing through a board.
Kali Bich: Dyspnoea, hoarse rough cough, breathing sounds as if the air were passing through a metallic tube.
Belladonna: When there is barking cough and face becomes red on coughing. Dry hot skin; full sharp pulse. Swollen red tonsils.
Sanguinaria C: When there is burning and dryness in the larynx. Hoarse croupy cough with wheezing and whistling.
Hepar Sulphur: For frequent attacks of croup and laryngitis due to exposure to cold wind. Hoarse, dry barking cough, Whistling respiration. For rattling and choking cough, worse in the morning. The child chokes during coughing spell.
Phosphorus: When hoarseness persists and the disease shows signs of relapse.
Antim. Tart: Face cold, bluish, covered with cold sweat, pulse slow, voice soundless; sawing respiration, rattling respiration as if air passages were full of mucus without expectoration.
Sambucus: Severe attacks of croup coming on after midnight. Wheezing, crowing and suffocating cough.
Lachesis: Ulceration of the throat, red, grey deep dusky. Empty swallowing far more difficult than swallowing of solids. Larynx painful to touch; great prostration.
