For the tubercular diathesis, extremely sensitive skin and mucous membranes.

Extremely sensitive to open air; hoarseness; worse evenings; after exposure to cold; voice uncertain.

Tickling in throat pit, causing, dry, teasing cough.

Dry, incessant, fatiguing cough; worse from changing air or room ( Phos. , Spong. ); evening after lying down; touching or pressing the throat pit; lying on left side ( Phos. ); from slightest inhalation of cold air; covers head with bedclothes to make air warmer; little or no expectoration.

The cough is < in cool air or by anything which increases the volume or rapidity of inspired air.

Sensation of lump in throat; descends on swallowing, but returns immediately.

Raw sensation in larynx and trachea when coughing ( Caust. ).

Urine; involuntary with cough ( Caust. , Puls. , Sil. ).

Early morning diarrhoea; from 5 to 10 a. m. ( Aloe , Nat. s. , Pod. , Sulph. ); stools painless, profuse, offensive; sudden urging, driving out of bed in morning.

Skin: itching of various parts; < by cold, > by warmth; when undressing, uncovering or exposing to cold air ( Hep. , Nat. s. , Olean. ).

Relations. – Compare: Bell. , Caust. , Dros. , Hyos. , Phos. , Sang. , Sulph.

Aggravation. – Cool or cold air; lying down ( Hyos. ).

Amelioration. – Warmth; keeping mouth covered to exclude cold air.