Dr. George Heinrich Gottlieb Jahr (1800 -1875)
*This table based on Jahr’s work was prepared by homeopath Vera Resnick and appears on her website.
JAHR ON COUGH
Dry cough | Acon, Nux-V, Bell, Hyos, Cham, Bry, Caps, Rhus-T, Sulph, Calc, Caust, Ign, Kali carb |
Loose cough early in the morning. Dry at night and in the evening | Cham, Nux-V, Calc, Sil, Sulph, Ars, Lyc, Puls, Acid phosphoricum |
Racking cough | Bell, Nux-V, Merc, Calc, Kali-C, Phos, Stann, Sulph, Carb-V, Rhus-T, Sil, Puls, Ign |
Deep, hollow cough | Dros, Hepar, Verbasc, Verat-A, Sil, Caust, Bell, Staph |
Titillating cough | Cham, Hyos, Bell, Ipec, Merc, Rhus-T, Acid phosphoricum, Sulph, Lach, Nux-V, Staph Verat-A |
As from dust in the throat | Bell, Ign, Calc, China, Ars, Puls |
Spasmodic cough | Hyos, Bell, Carb-V, Puls, Nux-V, Cina, Dros |
Rough, hoarse scraping cough | Nux-V, Puls, Ign, Verbasc, Hep, Stann |
Suffocative cough | Tart. Emet., Ipec, Sil, Cupr, Ars, Nux-V |
Starts from throat pit | Cham, Ign, Bell, Lach, China, Ipec, Staph, Stann, Calc, Caust |
From the chest | Caust |
From the stomach | Bry, Puls, Sep |
If there’s much expectoration | Sulph, Calc, Puls, Acid phosphoricum, Staph, Stann, Carb-V, Ipec, Hep, Bry, Sil, China, Lyc |
Expectoration only early in the morning | Nux-V, Cham, Puls, Bry, Phos, Acid phosphoricum, Sep, Calc, Carb-V |
Expectoration tastes bitter | Puls, Dros, Cham, Merc, Nux-V |
Expectoration is putrid, foul | Puls, Fer, Carb-V, Lyc, Stann |
Like old catarrh | Puls, Sulph |
Has sweetish taste | Phos, Calc, Stann, Sulph |
Sour taste | Calc, China, Nux-V, Puls, Phos |
Salt taste | Lyc, Ars, Sulph, Puls, Stann, Phos, Sep |
Foul smelling | Puls, Sulph, Sep, Carb-V, Stann, Calc, Sil |
Mucus expectoration | China, Staph, Acid phosphoricum, Sulph, Puls, Ipec, Lach, Lyc, Silic, Stann, Calc, Dulc, Phos, Carb-V |
Bloody mucus | China, Merc, Acon, Bell, Carb-V, Fer, Staph, Silic, Bry, Ars |
Pure blood | Acon, Arn, China, Ipec, Phos, Bry, Fer, Ars, Sulph |
Lumpy expectoration in little fragments | Silic, Calc, Lyc, Lach, Hep, Sulph, Kali-C, Stann |
Watery expectoration or consisting of thin mucus | Hep, Carb-V, China, Puls, Merc, Ars, Fer, Sulph |
Thick mucus | Puls, Sulph, Calc, Phos, Silic, Stann |
Purulent mucus | Dros, Staph, Calc, Puls, Sil, China, Carb-v, Fer, Merc, Phos, Sep, Stann, Lyc, Sulph |
Yellowish | Puls, Bry, Carb-v, Sulph, Lyc, Phos, Calc, Phos-ac, Staph, Dros, Sep, Stann |
Gray, grayish | Carb-v, Lyc, Ars, Sep |
Green, greenish | Puls, Sulph, Calc, Fer, Merc, Carb-v, Lyc, Sil, Ars, Stann |
Whitish | Carb-v, Phos-ac, Sil, Calc, Sulph, Lyc, Phos, Sep, Puls |
Tough, firmly adherent | Sulph, Sil, Nux-v, China, Arsen |
Copious | Puls, Dulc, Sulph, Sep, Stan, Silic |
Matter detached by coughing cannot be expectorated | Caust, Sep |
Exciting cause and time cough starts:
From every effort | Ipec |
From every movement of the body | Bry, Nux-v, Fer, China, Phos, Sil |
From moving the chest | Nux-v, China, Phos, Stann |
From a cold | Dulc, Carb-v, Sep, Cham, Puls, Hep |
Worse from cold air | Dulc, Lach, Ipec, Rhus-t |
In the cold generally | Carb-v, Ars, Hep, Caust, Phos |
Worse in the open air | Phos, Sulph, Ars, Rhus-t |
Excited by eating | Bry, Lach, Nux-v, Phos, Ars, Calc |
Excited by laughing | Dros, Phos, Stann, China |
While reading | Nux-v, Phos, Stann |
While lying down | Hyos, Dulc, Puls, Sulph, Ars, Phos, Sil, Sep |
While reflecting | Nux-v |
After sleeping every time | Lach |
From talking | China, Lach, Stann, Cham, Hep, Sil, Phos |
Worse in a room | Puls, Dulc |
Excited by a deep inspiration | Dulc |
Brought on again by drinking | Ars, China, Hep, Lach, Bry |
From the warmth of the room | Puls, Bry, Dulc |
Better in the open air | Puls, Dulc |
When raising oneself in bed | Hyos |
By warmth, getting warm | Cham |
Cough starts or gets worse in the evening | Carb-v, Caps, Rhus-t, Calc, Ars, Phos, Stann, Hep, Puls |
In the evening in bed after lying down | Hyos, Ign, Ars, Calc, Carb-v, Puls |
At night, generally | Merc, Caps, Rhus-t, Sil, Sulph, Stann, Dros, Cham, Hyos, Bell, Kali-c, Puls, Sep |
Before midnight | Carb-v, Rhus-t |
After midnight | Kali-c, Dros, Bell, Nux-v |
During sleep | Cham, Calc, Lach, Merc, Verb |
Worse after sleeping | Lach |
Early in the morning and evening | Lyc, Phos |
Only early in the morning | Ign, Nux-v, China, Ars, Stann, Lyc |
Day and night | Calc, Carb-v, Lyc, Phosphorus |
Accessory Affections (concomitants)
With congestive symptoms around the head | Bell, Bry, Nux-v, Sulph |
With headache | Nux-v, Arn, Bry, Sulph, Calc, Ipec |
As if head would fly to pieces | Nux-v, Sulph, Bry, Caps, Bell |
Sensation of stitches in the head | Arn, Calc |
Throbbing in the head | Ipec, Puls, Arsen, Lyc |
Retching and vomiting | Ipec, Nux-v, Puls, Carb-v, Dros, Bry, Fer, Calc, Sil, Stann, Sulph, Caps, Rhus-t |
Affections of partly digested food (ingesta) | Ipec, Nux-v, Calc, Carbo-v, Dros, Puls, Bell, Calc, Lyc |
Previous to a paroxysm | Bell |
Painfulness of chest (centre and sides) epigastrium and hypochondria | Nux-v, Puls, Arn, Bry, Lyc, Dros, Hyos, Phos |
Sensitiveness in area of liver | China, Bry, Lyc, Bell, Lach |
Painfulness of umbilical region | Ipec, Nux-v |
Involuntary urination with every cough | Caust, Puls, Staph, Phos, Nat-m, Caps |
Inguinal hernia is painful | Nux-v, Vert-a, Sil, Sulph |
Larynx is painful | Acon, Arn, Bell, Hep, Caust, Calc, Carbo-v, Arg, Phos, Lach |
Spasm in larynx | Ipec, Ign, Hyos, Bell |
Pains in the chest | Acon, Bry, Bell, Ipec, Carbo-v, China, Staph, Phos-ac, Kali-c, Nit-ac, Nitr., Caust, Lyc, Phos, Puls, Stann |
Burning in the air passages | Carbo-v, Caust, Spong, Sulph |
Pressure in affected parts | Bell, Sulph |
Ulcerative pain in these parts | Calc, Silic, Phos, Hep, Kali-c, Lach |
Stitches in those parts | Bry, Bell, Sulph, Verat-a, Ars, Phos, Petrol, Caps, Carbo-v, Kali-c, Nitr |
Pain as if sore, raw in these parts | Caust, Nux-v, Ipec, Sulph, Carbo-v, Phos, Bell, Stann, Arg |
Mucous rales | Ipec, Tart -emet, Calc, Caust, Cham, Bell, Puls |
Arrest of breathing | Ipec, Cina, Cupr, Ars, Tart. Emet, Dros, Bell, Sil |
Wheezing in the air passages | Lach, Bry, China, Sulph, Kali-c, Dros |
Palpitation of the heart | Puls, Arsen, Sulph, Arn, Calc, Nitr, Natr. Mur |
Shortness of breath | Sulph, Rhus-t, Sil, Calc, Ars, Arn, Carb-v, Caust |
Dyspnoea | Ipec, Sulph, Kali-c, Lach, Cupr, Lyc, Sep, Puls |
Rheumatic pains in limbs | Caust, Puls, Bry, Acon, Caps, Rhus-t, Sulph |
Night sweats | China, Carbo-v, Arn, Sil, Rhus-t, Kali-c, Phos, Sulph, Calc |
Sweating hands | Tart.emet |
Sweat about the head | Tart.emet, Ipec |
Great weakness and lassitude after paroxysms | Ipec, China, Verat-a, Ars |
Moaning, weeping | Arn, Hep, Cina |
Sneezing | Bell, Hep, Cina |
Cough after acute catarrh:
Cough remaining after acute catarrh Dry chronic cough |
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Cough after catarrh Copious expectoration of mucus |
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Cough with chronic hoarseness Burning and soreness in chest |
Caust |
Throat is not so very painful | Sulph, Phos, Calc, Carb-V |
Gastric cough: (worms, chronic weakness of digestion, liver complaints)
If cough results in vomiting which gives relief | Puls, Ipec, Nux-V, Sulph, Sil, Fer, Calc-C |
Worms; Irritation from teething | Cina, Merc |
Nervous, spasmodic or irritative cough: Bell, Hyos, Ipec, Cina, Puls, Ambra, Conium, Vert-A, Cuprum
Dear Sir,
i like this article as a best finder of medicine in conditions of cough.Thanks too much.
gda
The article on the treatment of cough is inclusive,exclusive,comprehensive for the students and masters both.The students will not only have an easy pick,but also an opportunity to be educated by looking into the totality of symptoms.
The article is a good recap for the masters.The details are so exhaustive that
any complicated cure of cough is within the details.The masters must have an eye to locate.
great sharing of ideas but what could be the remedy something if the sensation of something like phlegm is sticking inside my throat with bouts of cough for some time when the throat is dry and hacking a slight greenish and saltish phlegm then what could be remedy please.your suggestion is very kindly welcome.God bless you.God bless you. Hare Krishna
Raghavan
nice article
it wil very helpful 2 new homoeopaths
This is indeed a very good article. This is a very comprehensive article dealing thoroughly on cough and very extremely useful for students and learners. I hope many more such articles will be penned to propagate the efficiency of Homeopathy.
God bless you. Hare Raama.
sreenivasachar
It is a most helpful article for cough patients as well as homoeopaths. Thanks to Dr.George Heinrich Gottlieb Jahr.
Highly appreciable work done by Vera Resnick in preparing a virtual Ready Reckoner for all types of cough based on Jahr’s work. I may also call it a Bed side Prescriber for cough containing very useful tips and hints. Our thanks to Vera Resnick.
Dr. Kuldip Singh (Mohali)
Dr, Kuldip,
I am very much impressed by your articles & discussions on several homeopath’s websites.
I want to contact you in this regard. Please let me know your contact Number or personal email-id.
Thanks
Thanks so much to everyone who is commenting here for the feedback and positive response! It’s greatly appreciated. For tables based on Jahr for Coryza, Earache and Discharge, Larynx and Bronchia, and Menses, go to the following link: http://materiamedicastudymethods.wordpress.com/articles/. I’m glad people are finding the tables useful.
Regards,
Vera
First I have to thank you for your articles which help homoeopathis to
perform in a better way. Please continue the service for the people.
Regards
HARIKRISHNAN
Articles like Jahr on cough helps busy practitioners
Thank you for such a great article. I really appreciated your work. it helped me to solve out my confusion.
Thanks again.
most useful.thanks a lot