UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION AND ACONITE

Aconite

Cause:

Exposure to dry cold air, dry North or West wind.

Exposure to draught of cold air, while in perspiration.

Bad effects of fright, heat of sun, excitement.

Symptoms indicating URI pyrexia

·         Mucus membrane dry, nose stopped up; dry or with scanty watery coryza.

·         Pain at root of nose

·         Coryza; much sneezing; throbbing in nostrils.

·         Throat red, dry, constricted, numb, prickling, burning, stinging.

·         Tonsils swollen and dry.

·         Hoarse, dry, croupy cough.

·         Cough dry, short, hacking; worse at night and after midnight.

·         Fever: chill and heat alternate.

·         Hot hands and cold feet.

·         Cold stage marked. Cold sweat and icy coldness of face.

·         Cold waves pass through him.

·         Thirst and restlessness.

·         Sweat absent or on parts lain upon.

Concomitants:

·         Fear, anxiety, and restlessness.

·         Smell acutely sensitive.

·         Intense thirst for cold water.

·         Retention of urine

Modalities:

< In warm room, in evening and night, dry-cold winds.

> In open air.