Bromium
(Bromium · Bromine)
A remedy of hoarse, croupy breathing. In the materia medica, Bromium is associated with hoarseness, croupy coughs and a cold, raw feeling on breathing in, often in fair children, and with hard, swollen glands.
Source
Bromine, a reddish-brown liquid element found in seawater and brine
Kingdom
Mineral
Abbreviation
Brom.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Hoarse, croupy cough with rattling mucus but little coming up
Cold, raw feeling in the larynx on breathing in; feels unable to get air in deeply enough
Complaints after getting overheated
Stony-hard swollen glands, especially under the jaw and in the throat
Tends to feel better
Any motion and exercise
Being at sea
Tends to feel worse
Warm rooms
Evening until midnight
Warm, damp weather
Lying on the left side
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Bromium)
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Spongia tosta
(Spongia tosta)
Both croupy and hoarse; Spongia's cough is dry and sawing, Bromium's has more rattling mucus.
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Hepar sulphuris
(Hepar sulphuris calcareum)
Hepar's croup is worse for cold, dry air and comes with choking; Bromium's is worse for warmth and better at sea.
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Iodum
(Iodum)
Its close relative; Iodum is described for dark-haired people, Bromium for fair, light-eyed ones.
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From the classic texts
“Dry cough, with hoarseness and burning pain behind sternum. Spasmodic cough, with rattling of mucus in the larynx; suffocative.”
“Dyspnoea: cannot inspire deep enough; as if breathing through a sponge or the air passages were full of smoke or vapor of sulphur…”
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