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Suffocation – Respiration – Chapter 26 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 26.
RESPIRATION.

Asphyxia
* Asthma * Breathing
* Dyspnœa * Expiration
* Inspiration * Suffocation

Suffocation.


Suffocation

(See
Asphyxia, Asthma,
Dyspnœa.) :-
Agar.,
Anan., Arum-d., Arum-m., Arund., # Atrop-s., Aur.,
Bell.,
Calc-s.,
Camph.,
Cedr.,
Cham.,
Chlor., Coff., Cub.,
Cupr-a., Dros.,
Ferr-m.,
Guai., Hydr-ac.,
KALI-I.,
LACH., Lact.,
Laur.,
Meli.,
MEPH.,
Nat-m., Nux-m.,
Nux-v., Spong., Stram., Tab.,
Tarent.,
Vesp., Zing.

Air :-

Open, better in, worse
by motion :-

Ip.

Doors, wants, and
windows open, particularly at night :-

SULPH.

Fanned, has to
be :-

Cann-i.

Fanned, wants to be, in
pneumonia :-

CARB-V.,
Kali-n.

Live, as if she could
not, for want of :-

Apis.

Bronchi :-

Acute
inflammation :-

Cact.

Secretion, from, in
bronchitis :-

Hippoz.


Chest :-

Angina pectoris :-

Ox-ac.

Ball, sensation of a
large, rising from a point about lower end of sternum to upper end
of œsophagus :-

Lac-d.

Gnawing pain :-

Mosch.

Moving chest, on

(cyanosis) :-
Lach.

Mucus, from
accumulation of :-

Coc-c.,
Ip.

Mucus, from
accumulation of, also in throat :-

Coc-c.

Mucus, could not raise

(bronchitis) :-
Cina.

Mucus, by rattling of,
threatened :-

Hep.

Pain :-

Spong.

Pressure :-

Kali-c.

Pressure, with, on
lungs :-

Ptel.

Pulsation, with, while
coughing, or as soon as he begins to talk :-

Manc.

Rattling in
pneumonia :-

ANT-T.

Sticking and burning
behind sternum :-

Phos.

Tightness across upper
part

(dilatation
of heart) :- Tab.

Children

(See
Infants Asphyxia, Chapter
24 :
Pregnancy, Parturition, Lactation
 ; also Glottis
Spasm
, Chapter 25 :
Voice and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia
.) :-
Bor.

Cradle, after being
taken out of :-

Calc-p.

Nursing, after :-

Calc-p.

Starts up suddenly

(asthma
Millari) :- Samb.

Sudden attacks, child
looks about anxiously and attempts to cry, but cannot, attacks end
with whistling, sawing sound :-

Hep.

Convulsions,
puerperal :-

Ant-t.

Cough

(See Dyspnœa
Cough
 ; also During
Cough breathing
, Chapter 27 :
Cough and Expectoration
.) :-
Bad.,
Sarr.

Asthma, worse
night :-

Ant-t.

Bronchitis, in
chronic :-

Lach.

Difficult :-

Op.

Doors and windows open,
followed by suffocation, with desire to have

(pneumonia) :-
Stram.

Dry :-

Stram.

Worse while
walking :-

Phel.

Inhaling, when :-

Meph.

Lying down, worse

(laryngo-tracheitis) :-
Puls.

Paroxysms, in, with
rigidity of body :-

Ip.

Threatened by, in
croup :-

Phos.

Suffocative, caused by,
sensation, walking in open air :-

Ars.

Whooping cough,
in :-

Anac.,
Ars., Bry.

Whooping cough, in,
worse at night :-

Con.


Croup :-

Brom.,
Kaol.

Alternating with free
intervals :-

Lyc.

Croupy, choking :-

Ail.

Membranous,
with :-

Phos.

Spasmodic :-

BELL.

Stage, resembling
last :-

SAMB.

Tough mucus, causing
strangulation :-

Kali-bi.

Crying, after :-

Calc-p.

Diarrhœa, with :-

Verat.

Diphtheria,
in

(See Swallowing,
Throat ; also Dyspnœa
Diphtheria
.) :-
Hippoz., Lac-c.

Frequent, violent
spells :-

Merc-i-f.

Drinking :-

Cholera, in :-

Arg-n.

Coffee :-

Caps.

Dropsy, in ascites

(See
Dyspnœa, Dropsy.) :-
Aur-m-n.

Eating, after

(See
Dyspnœa, Eating.) :-
Aur., Lach.

Reaches to epigastrium,
as if tough phlegm would work up with cough

(asthma) :-
Rumx.


Epiglottis :-

(See Swallowing
Spasm
, Chapter 13 :
Throat
 ; and Epiglottis
Spasm
, Chapter 25 :
Voice and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia
.)

Choking, as if it were
closed, brought on by thrusting tongue in cheek :-

Med.

Caused by a weakness or
spasm, could not tell which :-

Med.


Eruption :-

(See Dyspnœa
Eruption
.)

Repercussion of measles
by taking cold :-

CHAM.

Urticaria, in :-

Rhus-t.


Evening :-

Bed, in, in
pneumonia :-

Ant-t.

Bed, in, warmth of neck
and trunk, limbs cold

(spasmodic
asthma) :- Ferr.

Diphtheria, in :-

Lac-c.

Lying down, after

(asthma ;
hydrothorax ; ascites) :-
Ars.

Water, 6 to 7 P.M.,
must sit up and sip :-

Chin.

Exertion,
from, on going up stairs or walking :-

Merc.

Walking a few
blocks :-

Sars.


Expectoration, from,
yellow greenish, putrid masses, with cough

(bronchial
and vesical catarrh) :-
Cop.

Eyes,
protruding :-

Verat.

Face :-

Bloated, bluish attacks
after fright :-

Samb.

Bluish pain in abdomen

(whooping
cough) :- Nux-v.

Cold sweat on :-

CACT.

Flushes of heat, in
intermittent :-

Cact.

Lips, blueness
of :-

Samb.


Fainting,
periodical :-

CACT.

Fever :-

In typhoid
malaria :-

Lycps.

Typhus, in :-

Nit-ac.

Forenoon :-

Begins in morning and
lasts until noon

(tuberculosis) :-
Chin-ar.

At 9 A.M. :-

Chin-ar.

Regularly, from 10 to
12 :-

Cedr.

Head :-

Bending
backward :-

Spong.

Night, at, feels as if
it were separated from body :-

Daph.


Headache :-

After :-

Coloc.

Congestive, awoke about
midnight from, after pregnancy :-

Lyc.

Heart :-

(See Palpitation ;
also Asthma and Dyspnœa
Heart ; also Inner
Chest Angina
, Chapter 28 :
Inner Chest and Lungs
 ; and Heart
Dropsy
, Pain,
etc., Chapter 29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation
.)

Action ceases :-

Cimic.

Action turbulent, worse
11 P.M.

(enlarged
heart) :- Cact.

Chronic
carditis :-

Cact.

Disease :-

Aml-ns.

Heat about :-

Ant-t.

Quivering or fluttering

(ague) :-
Samb.

Heat, from exposure to
sun

(See Dyspnœa
Heat
, Sunstroke.) :-
Cact.

Hysteria :-

(See
Asthma Hysteric.)

Bends backward and
cries out, “now it is over, now my breath is gone” :-

Mosch.

Sudden :-

Gels.

Inspiration, worse with
every :-

ACON.

Labor-pains,
causes :-

Puls.

Larynx :-

(See Glottis
Spasm
and Larynx
Suffocative feeling
, Chapter 25 :
Voice and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia
.)

Dryness :-

Kali-c.

Chronic
inflammation :-

Bell.

Mucus, as from :-

Chin.

Touching causes :-

LACH.

Touching causes, worse
moving arm :-

Lach.

Lungs :-

Threatening paralysis,
with long-lasting attacks :-

LACH.

Pneumonia, in :-

Ant-t.

Sudden, in epidemic
pneumonia :-

Cupr.


Lying
down

(See Asthma
and Dyspnœa Lying
down
.) :- Ham.

Back, on :-

Ptel.

Bed, must get out of

(angina
pectoris) :- Lact.

Bed, must sit up in,
with desperate fits of :-

LACH.

Bed, starts up in, in
croup :-

Spong.

Chronic bronchitis,
in :-

Kali-bi.

Left side, on, causes
heart disease :-

Hydr.

Rheumatism, in
cardiac :-

Lach.

Sensation of, at 1st
when, at night :-

Podo.

Sitting up, better,
back, on, at night :-

Asaf.

Diaphragmitis,
in :-

Ham.

Mental
condition :-

(See
Asthma and Dyspnœa
Mental condition
.)

Anguish, in influenza :-

Ip.

Anxiety in
pneumonia :-

Ant-t.

Apprehension on moving
body

(palpitation) :-
Hyos.

Fear :-

Amyg.,
Mez., Op., Sep.,
Verat.

Fear of, in
asthma :-

Tab.

Fear of, in
influenza :-

Seneg.

Fear, with mucus in
throat :-

Bry.

Fear of, at night, with
desire for open air :-

Dig.

Fright, after :-

Samb.

Motion :-

(See Asthma
and Dyspnœa Motion.)

Aggravates :-

Ip.

Arms, when moving in
bed or raising, must lie on right side or with head high

(heart
disease ; hydrothorax) :-
SPIG.

Least, from :-

Prun.

Least, from, in
carditis :-

Spig.

Nervous attacks,
with :-

Ip.

Night,
at

(See Sleep ;
also Asthma and Dyspnœa
Night
.) :- Ant-t.,
ARS.,
Aur-m., Chin.,
Ip., Lyc.,
Med.,
Puls., Sulph.

Awaking, usually after
midnight, must jump out of bed, hold firmly and eat something which
gives relief

(asthma
spasmodicum) :- Graph.

Awaking several
times :-

Spong.

Awaking, each
successive attack increased in duration and intensity

(nervous
asthma) :- Nux-v.

Awaking her for 3 days
with barking cough, complementary of Hepar and Phosphorus :-

Merc-cy.

Bed, in :-

ARS.

Catarrh, in :-

ARS.

Croup, in :-

Ars.

Diphtheritic croup,
in :-

Kali-bi.,
Lyc.

Door, wants, and window
open :-

SULPH.

Evening, 11, at, or
between 11 and 3 o’clock :-

Squil.

Goitre, in :-

Merc-i-f.

Heart disease,
in :-

Dig.,
SPONG.

Jump, causing him to,
out of bed and sleep in a chair

(cough) :-
Crot-t.

Mouth or nose, produced
by slightest covering over :-

LACH.

Lungs, as if, were
paralyzed :-

PHOS.

Midnight, after :-

Samb.

Pneumonia, in :-

Sulph.

Restlessness,
with :-

Samb.

At 3 A.M., with cough,
better by expectoration :-

ANT-T.

Thyroid, in swelling
of :-

Spong.

Nose, sensation as if
head were choked up

(croup)
(See Nose
Stopped
, Chapter 7 :
Nose
.) :- Cub.

Palpitation :-

(See Heart.)

Suffocation,
causes :-

Aml-ns.,
Calc-ar.

Awakens after midnight,
alarm, anxiety :-

SPONG.

And gasping, better
lying down

(pregnancy) :-
Laur.

Pneumonia, in :-

(See
Lungs.)

Position, threatened
when assuming a wrong :-

Iod.

Pulse, loss of :-

CACT.

Restlessness :-

(See
Dyspnœa
Restlessness
.)

Sitting :-

Must sit bent forward,
if possible at open window during attacks, worse by any other
position :-

Chin-ar.

When sitting up in bed,
as if thorax were full :-

Med.

Worse sitting
up :-

Asaf.


Sleep :-

(See Night.)

Awakes :-

Kali-i.,
Valer.,
Vesp.

Arms, throwing, about

(hydrothorax) :-
Lach.

Awakes when falling
asleep :-

Spong.

Awakens, in
asthma :-

Arg-n.

Awakens, can scarcely
breathe :-

KALI-I.

Awakens, in dysmenorrhœa :-

Tarent.

Awakens, 1 A.M. :-

Ptel.

Awakens between 1 and 2
A.M. :-

Spong.

Awakens, with ulcers in
throat :-

Lach.

Awaking, also after, at
night :-

Phos.

Awakens, comatose,
partially :-

Chlor.

Awakens, paroxysms
during, apt to be followed by violent fits of dry racking cough,
better for a time, by drinking water :-

Op.

Awakens, in
croup :-

Kali-br.

Could not, in
scarlatina :-

Lach.

Deep, after
tuberculosis :-

Chin-ar.

Disturbs in
diphtheria :-

Lach.

During :-

Spong.

Falling asleep,
or :-

Arum-t.

Falling asleep, in
moment of :-

Spong.

Lying in bed, on right
side, on becoming unconscious by quick effort to prevent, by
changing position :-

Bad.

Nightmare, attacks
like, during :-

Op.

Polypi, in,
during :-

Teucr.

Sopor, with

(bronchial
catarrh) :- Ant-t.

Threatened attack just
as he has fallen asleep, must get up, better during day

(asthma
after suppressed eruption) :-
Hep.

Wakes up with
suffocation every Saturday morning

(intercostal
neuralgia) :- Stann.

Worse after, better by
eating :-

Cedr.

Solar plexus, sudden
and violent implication

(cholera
Asiatica) :- Op.

Sulphur,
as from vapors of

(See
Asthma Sulphur.) :-
Brom.

Commencing with desire
to cough and getting worse until one despairs of getting over
paroxysm

(asthma) :-
Mosch.

Swallowing :-

(See Throat).

Attempting, when, to
swallow

(spasm
of glottis) :- Dig.

Attempt, when, is made
to swallow even medicine

(cerebro-spinal
meningitis) :- Cic.

Attempting, on, to
swallow, with mental disturbance :-

Lyss.

Compelled to
swallow :-

Eup-pur.

Danger of, when
swallowing, turning or touching neck :-

Bell.

Difficult,
causes :-

Stann.

Swallow, attempt to,
saliva causes :-

Kali-c.

Swallow, caused by
trying to, solids :-

Lach.

Thirst, with :-

Chlor.

Throat :-

(See Diphtheria,
Swallowing ; also Asthma
Throat
.)

Angina tonsillaris,
in :-

BAR-C.

Complaints :-

Daph.

Constriction :-

Verat.

Full feeling,
preventing sleep, at night :-

Lac-c.

Grasping at, in
melancholia :-

Naja.

Inflamed :-

Merc-c.

Inflamed, with swollen
submaxillary glands :-

Cop.

Lump, sudden :-

Dol.

Mucus, as if a coat of,
extended from velum palati to tongue

(asthma) :-
Puls.

Neckwear, as from
tight :-

Bry.

Tonsils, in chronic
enlargement of :-

Bar-c.

Touches, if anything,
on lying down in evening :-

LACH.

Touching, caused by

(syphilis) :-
Lach.

Touching or turning
causes :-

Bell.


Vomiting :-

Verat.

Especially in
morning :-

Kali-c.

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