RUMEX CRISPUS IN COUGH. By E. W. BERRIDGE, M. D.
Organon 1878 vol. 01, p. 437
On Dec. 10th, I caught a cold from exposure to the cold early morning air. Took Acon., and afterwards Bry., according to the symptoms, with relief. The night after Dec. 18th, the cough was troublesome, but I did not notice the symptoms and took no medicine. The next night, about 11 p.m., I had a cough when lying on my left side. Fell asleep, and awoke between 1 and 2 a.m. with a cough in any position; it made the chest feel bruised, and seemed as if it did not reach low enough down to raise the phlegm, and when it did loosen it, it caused soreness of the chest. I rose, went downstairs, opened my Repertory, and found that Rumex was best indicated by the italicized symptoms, and took a dose of 200 (Dr. Lillie's preparation) at 1.85 a.m. I returned to bed, and was able to lie on the left side without cough; hardly coughed the whole night; almost well next day, and the following night had no cough.
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