QUESTION: A young male contacted me via email who judges himself as talkative and becomes irritated easily. He complained of attacks of common cold every third months or so. His common cold tends to change into dry cough and then productive cough. He is having these types of attack since last 7 years. With passing time his symptoms are getting worse and worse with increasing amount of sputum production. He tends to take antibiotics for every attack and the doses of antibiotic are also becoming heavier and heavier with time. He usually get back to normal health after 15 days of suffering with treatment. His main problems during attack are stuffy nose (nose obstruction), headache, tired feeling most of time, episodes of productive coughs, feeling full after eating little, hair loss, feeling of weakness, habit of masturbation, with personal history of typhoid and family history of tuberculosis. He likes to drink milk. He does not drink or smoke.
ANSWER: The story stated above is a very common medical story. Lots of people do come with similar kind of story. Some people are born with weak upper respiratory tract and they are being treated conventionally with antibiotics. Some people do respond to these antibiotics and get benefited, but many do not do well and their situation gets worse and worse. These persons should take extra precautions and maximize their effort towards good health i.e. should read lots about their problem and try all those things, which are said to be beneficial for them. They should use home remedies, natural remedies, and homeopathic medicines as much as possible. They should also try to adopt healthy life style i.e. early wakening up, daily exercise, and good sleep at night. Lastly, I think this young male’s episodes of common cold, stuffy nose, headache, and productive cough can be controlled with these homeopathic medicines Phosphorus 30 one dose daily, Arsenic Album 30 two dose daily, and Carbo Veg 6C three dose daily.
