Pertussinum
Nosode of pertussis (whooping cough). Used for chronic effects of whooping cough. Cough persisting after pertussis. Prophylactic for pertussis exposure. Clears lingering cough after whooping cough.
Source
Prepared from sputum of whooping cough patient, sterilised and potentised.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Chronic cough persisting after whooping cough — the chief indication. Used prophylactically after pertussis exposure. Clears lingering respiratory effects of whooping cough. Recurrent spasmodic cough resembling pertussis. Useful when well-selected cough remedies fail in post-pertussis cases.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Irritable from chronic cough.
General Symptoms
Respiratory. Worse from cold, night. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Respiratory
Chronic cough after whooping cough. Spasmodic, paroxysmal. Persistent. Will not clear with other remedies.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Cold, night
Constitutional Type
Post-pertussis patients with lingering cough.
Clinical Indications
Post-pertussis cough, prophylaxis after exposure, chronic spasmodic cough, lingering effects of whooping cough
Comparative Materia Medica
Drosera has whooping cough acutely. Coccus cacti has paroxysmal cough with ropy mucus. Carbo vegetabilis has pertussis with collapse.
Safety Information
Drosera.
Nosode — no material substance above 12C. Safe in potentised forms.
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