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Would prefer a homeopathic remedy for rattle/cough that clears when lying down?

I have rattling/wheezing/gurgling in the upper part of my chest/lower throat. The cough seems like it might get the rattle out but nothing comes up. My nose is also stuffed up and in need of blowing almost constantly unless I am lying down. When I lie down, the nose and throat clear up as if there's no problem at all... then I just have a little tickle in the back of my throat that causes a little cough occasionally as if it's healing.

Does anyone know what this is caused by and how to fix it? I really prefer homeopathic remedies when I can.

It started on Monday, March 15th with the coughing and added a sinus infection the next day (which I am prone to this time of year thanks to allergies.) The sinus infection has gone now, except for blowing my nose a lot (not that odd for spring, however)

But this coughing is really getting on my nerves. On the few times I've gotten anything up it's been a tiny amount of clear, liquid mucus not much different from when I blow my nose.

Any help would be appreciated.

Update:

I have been using a neti pot recently for the sinus infection. (works wonders!)

I have no fevers (not in the last four days)

Update 2:

I'm going to try the advil cold and sinus...

I'll just be glad when this is over....

Doesn't act like the other three times I've had pneumonia. That was BEFORE i stopped smoking though. This is only the second time in the last 3 1/2 years since I had my last cigarette that I've been sick. (if you don't smoke, don't start... if you do smoke: QUIT!)

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It sounds to me like you might have a post nasal drip. If I am correct on that then some sinus medication like Advil cold and sinus would be very helpful. If you prefer no meds, then using a neti pot a couple times a day may help as well as an aromatherapy diffuser with eucalyptus oil.

    But to be sure what is going on, its best if you see a doctor.

    Source(s): Holistic practitioner with over 15 years experience
  • JayBug
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    pneumonia perhaps, especially if you get a fever, then take antibiotics. Homiopathic measures are worthless. They were just less harmful than accepted medical cures before Louis Pasteur's discoveries, such as bleeding and taking arsenic, etc.. Hoemeopathic cures killed less people back then because they were basically water. They were very dilute solutions of chemicals that imitated the diseases patients suffered from. Mostly 1 part per million or less in a solution of otherwise pure water. If you had a rash, then something like poison oak extract would be added to water, but very dilute.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sounds like pneumonia. Only an antibiotic helps pneumonia.

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