the following remedies may offer symptomatic relief so long as the remedy you

choose is well indicated for your individual symptom picture.

keynote makes you feel makes you feel
remedy other symptoms
symptoms better worse

comes on sudden dry painful

suddenly. cough/croup watery warm stuffy room
mucous, sweats on
fearful, restless, in the evening and
uncovered parts.
cheeks hot and at night
high fever with fresh open air,
aconite red.
sensitivity to light. sleep lying on affected
first stage of cold. thirsty, watery side. irritated by
caused by runny nose, music, dry,
exposure to cold possible bright red
nose bleed. cold winds.
dry winds
eyes run but the
discharge is usually
bland
profuse, bland,
watery discharge violent sneezing. evening.
from eyes. nasal mucous
discharge is cold air.
allium cepa burns/corrodes top fresh air
profuse and lip. tickle in larynx, stuffy room.
burning. warm hoarseness, hacking
rooms aggravate, cough worse getting feet wet.
better in open air. breathing in cold
air
desires onions
complaints are
right nostril
usually right-
burns/corrodes top
sided. watery,
lip watery thin
burning nasal heat, elevated wet, windy weather.
discharge, but nose
discharge. head,
arsenicum feels blocked. midnight to 2am.
restlessness,
album excessive sneezing, warm drinks, sight or smell of
weakness, anxiety,
irritation, tickling company food.
thirsty for sips at
of the nose. cold
frequent intervals,
might move to
chilly, desires
chest.
company.
belladona first stage of cold, skin hot, dry with sitting upright or jarring, movement,
 high temperature
throbbing
headache, very
thirsty or not thirsty
at all
sudden onset,
sore throat on right noise, drafts.
high fever, red side
face, cold standing. from lying down.
tickly throat, light
extremeties,
hurts eyes in warm room after 12noon,
throbbing pains,
eyes glassy
patient radiates 3pm
eyes dilated
heat.
delirious in high
fever
dry barking cough
desires lemons or
lemonade
a cold slow to
develop, painful
coughs--patient
holds chest when better for being still
and quiet. for movement.
he coughs; worse from applying
from slightest cold moves into firm, cool bright lights.
movement, dry chest. a painful, pressure to head
bryonia alba mucus membranes dry, spasmodic and chest. eating, noise
and very thirsty, cough. left-sided
worse for in cool and touch
headache,
company, worse surroundings
otherwise, right- 9pm and 3pm.
for having to sided complaints.
answer questions,
very irritable,
wants to be alone.
thick saliva and
hoarse voice
worse from damp possible cold sores
and cold/damp for rest.
weather, worse thirst for cold warm, dry air.
dulcamara drinks at night.
from change of movement
weather, worse cold, damp weather
from drafts. post-nasal drip,
lumbago or an
earache, watery
diarrhea
 copious fluid from
nose
bursting sensation
as sinuses fill. at
the opposite of from warm, windy
night little pains all lying down in
allium cepa: nasal weather. being
over body. darkened room
discharge is bland; indoors.
heat/fever descends but may feel
euphrasia discharge from the
the body, sweats more blocked up.
eyes is burning. in the evening.
only on front.
cough only in the for coffee
daytime. bright light.
later symptoms,
chilliness, loose
violent cough,
pressing pain under
sternum.
mild fever may be
for fresh air.
present
a cold that comes
on slowly. gentle exercise. in the sun.
mouth feels hot.
beginning of colds applying a cold for jarring or touch.
ferrum phos. throat is red and
when symptoms compress to the lying on right side.
are vague. right- swollen.
forehead. between
sided complaints.
possible nose
4am& 6pm
bleeds.
cold comes on
gradually. patient's
appearance:
dopey, drowsy, before
tiredness, heavy fresh air.
droopy and dull. thunderstorm.
body sensation.
you could also add movement,
headache above
dizzy! inclination early in the
nape of neck.
to sleep. apathetic. after urinating. morning and last
gelsemium tickling in nose
weakness, chills thing at night.
gets worse. later bending forward,
run up and down
running nose, sweating. humidity.
back, headache
watery and
starts in back of
irritating drinking alcohol. tobacco smoke.
head or neck and
spreads forward,
heavy head,
thirstless.
hepar sulph over-sensitive to cold starts with for wrapping in cold air,
pain; anxiety, watery runny nose. draughts.
irritable, angry later, excessive head firmly.
getting cold from
 outbursts, chilly
and worse from
yellow mucous
cold, intolerant of
with offensive-
drafts, worse undressing.
smelling discharge warm, moist
uncovering a hand
and sneezing. environment. if touched.
or a foot, swollen
irritability and
glands, bad odor
chilliness.
of discharges,
splinter-like pains.
second stage of thick mucous may
cold. block nose.
in the morning.
thick, yellow, yellow or green
ropy, stringy nasal discharge with from warmth hot weather
kali bichrom
discharge. postnasal drip.
sinusitis. getting cold from
sinus headaches, undressing.
thick post-nasal pressure pain at
drip. root of nose.

wants to be left
beginning stages alone.
of a cold with
sneezing. "egg- a dislike for
white" nasal sympathy.
discharge. runny applying cold in sea air or wet
eyes worse in cold starts with fits
compresses to the weather. mental,
open air or wind. of sneezing and a physical exertion.
sinuses.
natrum mur sun and light thin catarrhal around 10am.
aggravate. warm, discharge fasting. bright light or hot
worse heat. cold consistency of the sun. noise, talking,
sores on lips, white of a raw egg. fresh open air music.
vesicles in mouth, nose maybe
cracked lips, blocked with
ailments from tendency towards
grief. developing cold
sores.
nux vomica cold, chills, worse runny nose during sleep, windy, cold, dry
slightest draft of the day weather. in public
air, ailments from warmth. places. after over-
over-work, blocked at night. indulgence of spicy
firm pressure,
irritable and angry, foods
overcritical of
impatient; runny in the evening.
others, impulsive, and stimulants such
nose in the
morning, washing and as coffee.
chilliness, watery
obstructed at
 night; stomach eyes,
pains, better warm between
drinks, sneezing, headache, warm compresses
constipation with 3am & 4am.
ineffectual urging. sore throat

patient is weepy
and wants to be possible nose
consoled. warm bleeds crying and
and worse heat, sympathy.
worse sun, better runny nose during
walking slowly in the day, exercise and rich, fatty foods.
open air, worse
blocked nose at fresh open air. heat, in the sun.
pulsatilla warm stuffy
night
rooms, dry mouth cold drinks, cold in the evening and
but no thirst, thirstless, loss of compresses. at night.
worse at twilight, smell
worse from fatty raising hands
foods; bland and headache above above the head.
often greenish eyes
nasal discharge
second stage of
cold
congested nose
and scratchy
throat. worse cold
and cold wet thick, yellow/green from warmth, hot cough worse in cold
weather. better nasal discharge bathing. room.
warmth and warm with a red scratchy
rhus tox. bathing. stiffness throat, dry cough, >from motion. cold, wet, rainy
and restlessness. tickling, weather.
hoarseness. cough for changing
desires cold milk. positions. during sleep.
worse in cloudy, prevents sleep
foggy, rainy
weather; worse
getting wet. can't
be still, must
move.

along with these remedies the most effective treatment is rest and plenty of fluids. to
increase fluids, try hot water with lemon juice and a little honey is good for the extra
vitamin c. encourage a light diet of soups, fresh fruit, vegetables and plenty of fresh air.
recurrent colds in adults and children do require constitutional homeopathic treatments
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