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10 Any kind of dry cough precipitated by laughing or simple talking needs to be treated with Phosphorus. Phosphorus is also ideal for the treatment of tuberculosis and cancer of the lungs. Phosphorus should not be used in more than 30 potency in the first few months of treatment. Combined or alternated with Bryonia 30, it should be given three to four times a day. Besides that, a quarter teaspoonful of turmeric dissolved in milk or water is one of the best treatments for cancer of the lungs. Kali Carb works best in chronic cough. The eyelids of a Kali Carb patient usually remain swollen. The patient suffers from backache which gets worse in the early morning at about three or four o’clock Inflammation of the throat spreading towards the ears and associated with the feeling of pain at the navel should be treated with Plumbum 200 or Allium Cepa 30. This is also a quick acting treatment for earache due to nasal catarrh. If satisfactory relief is not obtained, then Chamomilla and Pulsatilla will be found very useful. Dry cough in children who have worms in the intestines, and who are in the habit of scratching in the nose, will better off treated with China. Nux Vomica will be more useful if the patient also has hyperacidity of the stomach. China is ideal for the treatment of dehydration, resulting from the loss of body fluids or repeated loss of blood. Ipecac is ideal for the treatment of the cough associated with nausea (but without vomiting). The chest rattles due to accumulation of phlegm in the chest. A dry cough due to pressure on the throat and which worsens during sleep will respond better to Lachesis. For the dry cough that becomes worse at night in children of extremely angry and stubborn nature, Chamomilla is ideal. Remedies Alumina Ignatia Antimonium Tart Ipecac Argentum Metallicum Kali Bichromicum