Aconite. This is the best remedy at the onset, but this stage is generally passed without treatment. The patient at the earlier stage is feverish with dryness and tingling in the nostrils. Restlessness.

Bryonia. Nose blocked with congestion in the head. Cannot breathe through the nose. Dry cough with pain in the chest. Ah excellent remedy for flu.

Ferrum Phos. It is specific for colds at early stages and should be given in 30 dilution.

Gelsemium. It is indicated in bland discharge from the nose which is thick. It has sneezing, headache, chilliness in the back and aching pains.

Arsenic Alb. It has the symptoms of watery discharge from the nose which is acrid and thin. There is sneezing and pain in the limbs as in Gelsemium. It has proved to be the best remedy for "flu".

Carbo Veg. Coryza due to stomach disorders. Coryza with sneezing when going to an overheated room.

Allium Cepa. Is useful when there is an acrid discharge from the nose, accompanied with bland discharge from the eyes. Soreness of muscles and tired feeling is also there. Better when out of doors, worse in warm room. Very sensitive to odors of flowers and skin of peaches.

Euphrasia. Is the reverse of Allium Cepa. Both have discharges from the eyes and nose, but in Euphrasia the discharge from the eyes is acrid whereas from the nose it is bland.

Psorinum. This remedy should be thought of in chronic catarrh and should be given in 1M dilution. If there is an improve- ment no other remedy need be given. .Watery discharge from the nose ; worse by dust and tobacco odors; tickling and itching in the nose.

Lycopersicum. Coryza worse out of doors.

Lemna Minor. Chronic catarrh with post-nasal dropping. Nasal polypi. Reduces nasal obstruction.

Dulcamara. Dry coryza renewed by slightest exposure, worse after getting wet or by living in damp basements, in the open air and night. Nose stuffs up in cold wet weather.

Pulsatilla. When there is thick yellowish-green discharge from the nose. It is useful for what is generally termed as ripe cold. The absence of thirst is a marked symptom of this remedy. Cold with consequent coryza and loss of smell and taste.

Arsenic lod. This remedy is indicated in later stages of Arsenic Alb. The difference in the two remedies is that of modality. Whilst the Ars. Alb. patient is better in a warm room or by hot application, the Arsenic lod. patient is worse by warmth.

Hydrastis. The discharge under this remedy is thick₉ viscid, ropy, yellow, bloody and acrid. There may be ulceration in the nose. There is amelioration of symptoms in open air. Nose blocked. Ropy mucus is drawn from posterior nares into the throat.

Cinnabaris. For chronic catarrh.

Sumbul. Nasal and pharyngeal catarrh.

Sanguinaria Nit. Post-nasal catarrh. Chronic bronchitis and laryngitis.

Calcarea Sul. Inveterate cases of coryza. better in open air. Dry coryza. Discharge from the nose is bloody/ excoriating, offensive, purulent, thick, yellow or greenish. Crusts from the nose. Offensive odour from the nose.

Kali lod. Profuse watery acrid discharge from the nose with sneezing, coughing and watering of the eyes, worse in beat and warmth of bed.

Merc. Cor. Nasal catarrh thick, acrid and glue like ; excoriating.

Theridion. Nasal catarrh, obstinate, with thick yellow or greenish yellow discharges. Paroxysms of violent sneezing.

Silicea. Nasal catarrh due to suppression of foot sweat.

Sinapis Nigra. Acute coryza with sneezing and lachrymation, itching and burning in nose and eves, dryness of nose or acrid discharge.

lodum. Thick yellowish green discharge from the nose. It burns and excoriates. The patient immediately begins to emaciate when the complaint comes on and is very hungry. Sinusitis, loss of smell, deafness due to obstruction of eustachian tube. Hoarseness. Tonsilitis.

Kali Hyd. Thick yellowish discharge worse in warm room with rawness and burning in the nose, external nose very sore to pressure, whole face aches and the patient is extremely restless. Wants to walk in the open air which does not fatigue him.

Nux Vom. Stuffing of the nose in warm room.

Cajuputam. Constant inclination to spit and hawk up large quantities of tough white mucus which he could feel drawn through the nares.

Coffea. Colds followed by pains and inclination to weep.

Antim Tart. Catarrh of the chest coming on during winter with white expectoration, prostration, sweat, coldness, pallor and blueness of the face.

Hepar Sul. Catarrh of the nose, ears, throat, larvnx and chest. No mucus membrane is exempt Coryza win sneezing and running from the nose when going into a cold wind. Watery discharge from the nose in the beginning and finally ending in a thick, yellow, offensive discharge. Pain in throat on swallowing as if full of splinters. Putting the hand or foot out of bed brings aggravation of all complaints.

Medorrhinum 200. Obstinate nasal catarrh ; post nasal obstruction with loss of smell. Mucus white or yellow. This should be tried when other indicated remedies fail.

Mercurius Sol. Coryza with thick greenish, yellow, acrid, stinking discharge with affection of nasal bones. Nose bleed and bloody discharge. Worse at night and better in the daytime.

Magnesia Carb. Dry coryza which admits of respiration oniy through mouth.

Ammonia Carb. Dry stuffed coryza, worse at night: breathes with mouth open. Inability to blow the -nose. Catarrh of the chest coming on every winter with yellow expectoration.

Naphthalene. Acute coryza with fluent excoriating discharge and much sneezing.

Ailanthus G. Coryza is exceedingly acrid, excoriating, burning wherever it touches, the nostrils get sore and cracked.

Kali lod. Chronic catarrh of the eyes, nose and throat with copious green discharge of muco pus which sometimes is very fttid. Coryza recurs after little cold, makes the nose red and swollen. Perforation of the bone. Voice becomes nasal, hoarse or is lost.

Kali Carb. Opening up of the nose in open air with burning and headache which is very severe; the nose stuffs up in warm room, when it commences to discharge, the patient feels comfort as the headache disappears with the discharge

Cadmium Sulph. Nasal catarrh which has progressed till the nasal bones are being destroyed by caries. Ulceration Pain in the bones. Sneezing, coryza, boils, abscesses.

Alumen. Tendency to colds which settle in the throat. In those who keep on taking jcold and whose tonsils keep on growing and indurating.

Balsamum Peru. Bronchial catarrh with copious purulent expectoration . Debility.  Hectic fever.

Senna. Repeated sneezing, causing teat, especially of hands,exhaustion and difficult breathing.