Bronchitis

Bronchitis Acute
1st Stage
Symptoms/Problems	Remedy	Frequency(Doses)
In healthy persons;due to sudden exposure to dry cold air;anxiety and chilly feeling,high fever,pulse fast;fear and restlessness	Aconite 30 or 200	2 hourly
Eyes red,face shiny red,high fever;respiration short,rapid and difficult;dry cough and hoarseness;skin hot and dry but moist on covered parts	Belladonna 30	2 hourly
Fever;inflammatory bronchial catarrh,soreness in chest and exhaustive cough;sweating does not relieve;mouth moist with saliva	Mercurius sol.30	4 hourly
Dry cough which hurts the head with fever.Thirst excessive for large quantities of cold water at long intervals.Worse movements	Bryonia 30 or 200	3 hourly
In weak patients with high fever	Ferrum phos.6X or 30	3 hourly

If there is no improvement with above medicines then give one dose of sulphur 30 or 200 and wait for one or two days and again give the medicine according to symptoms.Tuberculinum-bov.1M should be given in once a month for 6 months to the patients who are prone to Bronchitis.

2nd Stage
Symptoms/Problems	Remedy	Frequency(Doses)
When cough begins to loosen;complaints worse cold,even uncovering of body parts aggravate.Coughing chokes	Hepar sulph.30	4 hourly
Much rattling in the chest due to mucous in the bronchial tubes;tongue clean;dyspnoea and nausea	Ipecac 30	4 hourly
Wheezing;rattling chest,loose cough,but no phlegm comes out even after prolonged coughing.Tongue whitish coated	Antimonium tart.200	10 min(3)

3rd Stage
Symptoms/Problems	Remedy	Frequency(Doses)
When mucous becomes yellow;patient feels better in open air;loss of thirst	Pulsatilla 30	4 hourly
When no phlegm comes out;if any;it is blood streaked;pulse rapid and patient becomes very weak	Ammonium carb.30	4 hourly

Bronchitis
Chronic
Symptoms/Problems	Remedy	Frequency(Doses)
For persons who are constantly catching cold with chronic suffocative cough	Bacillinum 200 or 1M	weekly(3)
Wheezing and oppression in the chest.Breathing stops when falling asleep;wakes up with a start and gasps for breath.Must sit up to a breath;can not breath when lying down	Grindelia Q or 6	1/2 hourly(3)
Chronic bronchitis;pain in different parts of the body on coughing	Capsicum 30	4 hourly
Cough worse after midnight;dry and painful which makes the patient to hold his chest;worse on talking	Drosera 200	one dose only
When breathing is rapid and hard;wheezing with excessive dyspnoea;expectoration very difficult	Antimonium ars.6 or 30	4 hourly(6)
Hard,croupy cough with inability to raise the sputum	Antimonium iod.30	4 hourly
Cough with soreness in chest;better drinking cold water.Involuntary escape of urine while coughing	Causticum 30	4 hourly
Must cough for a long time before he can raise the mucous because it is strong and sticky;involuntary escape of urine	Squilla 30	4 hourly
Extreme restlessness with prostration.Thirst for small quantities of water at short intervals.Cough dry worse after drinking;and midnight must sit up.Chilly patient	Arsenic alb.30	4 hourly
When body turns blue and cold;patient wants to be fanned	Carbo veg.30	4 hourly
Copius expectoration with dilatation of bronchial tubes	Sabal ser.Q or 6	4 hourly
Painful spasmodic cough and dyspnoea;worse night	Napthaline 30	4 hourly
Breathlessness after attack of bronchitis	Chloralum 30	4 hourly