Homeopathic Remedies for Breathlessness – Dyspnea

Aconitum ferox (One dose only), Querbacho (One dose only): Useful remedies for cardiac dyspnea.

Actaea spic. (One dose only): Dyspnea from exposure to cold air.

Ambra grisea (One dose only): Dyspnea due to nervousness.

Antimonium ars. (One dose only): Dyspnea on account of destruction of air passages of the lungs and the inflammation of the lungs.

Arsenicum alb. (One dose only), Calcarea carb. (One dose only), Chininum ars. (One dose only), Natrium mur. (One dose only), Sepia (One dose only): Use either of these remedies taking into consideration the other symptoms if the dyspnea is aggravated from ascending stairs.

Aspidosperma Q (Twice a day) 10-15 drops in ½ cup of water: Cardiac dyspnea.

Borax 3x (One dose only): Out of breath when going upstairs. Breath arrested when lying, is obliged to jump and catch breath which causes pain on the right side.

Bromium (One dose only): Inspiration very difficult. Cannot inspire deep enough.

Calcarea carb. (One dose only): Feels suffocated due to dyspnea in a closed room, wants windows and doors open, particularly at night.

China off. (One dose only): Dyspnea during pregnancy, specially due to flatulence.

Chloralosum (One dose only): Can inhale air without any difficulty but cannot exhale. Sensation of plug in the larynx.

Coca 3x (One dose only): Dyspnea of aged, alcoholics and athletes.

Cocculus ind. (One dose only): Dyspnea due to constriction in the trachea.

Crataegus oxy. Q (One dose only) 10 drops in ½ cup of water: Extreme dyspnea due to heart troubles and least exertion.

Hydrocyanicum acidum (One dose only): Noisy and agitated breathing. Dry, spasmodic, suffocative cough.

Iodium (One dose only): Weakness and loss of breath on going upstairs.

Lachesis (One dose only): Dyspnea from the least thing coming near the mouth or nose.

Lycopodium (One dose only): Great dyspnea due to a neglected pneumonia with rattling of mucus in the chest and flapping of the wings of the nostrils at each breath.

Medorrhinum 200 (One dose only) Repeat after a week: Breathing much oppressed. Dyspnea on the least exertion. Cannot exhale from the lungs.

Naphthalinum 3x (One dose only): Dyspnea and sighing respiration due to any cause.

Natrium mur. (One dose only): Breathlessness and shortness of breath especially on going upstairs or on physical exertion.

Natrium sulph. (One dose only): Dyspnea aggravated during damp and cloudy weather.

Opium (One dose only): Laborious breathing producing a snoring sound.

Staphysagria (One dose only): Dyspnea in males, after coition.

Strophanthus Q (Twice a day) 5-10 drops in ½ cup of water: Dyspnea in anemic persons with congestion of lungs and palpitations of the heart.

NOTE: Breathlessness and symptoms like asthma and wheezing occur in many persons after or during exercising. Under normal circumstances, air enters the system through the nose on breathing. The nasal passages add moisture to this air, both to filter the particles and to mitigate irritation of the nasal membranes. More cleaning of breathed air is done by the lining of trachea and bronchi which produces mucus. The mucus traps the other unwanted matter before the air enters lungs. Thus filtered and cleaned air enters the alveoli – smaller components of lungs where carbon dioxide and oxygen exchange takes place and capillaries are fed. During exercise more air is required faster and much air is breathed in through the mouth. Mouth is a wider opening than the nostrils and can gulp more air at once. Thus poor quality of air which is unfiltered and not clean enters the system in large quantities to set the stage for exercise induced respiratory troubles. Usually 1/2 hour to 1 hour is required to enable the respiratory system to work in the normal way, no medicine is required in such cases. If there is want of breath, short breath especially in aged athletes and alcoholics, then Coca in 3x potency will remove this discomfort.