Sarah W
Sure, he first started with a dry sore throat and tightness in the chest. The next morning, he had great fatigue, low grade fever and a headache. He also complained of slight nausea (which I attributed to the drainage going down his throat). I tried a few of the more common cold/flu remedies with him such as aconite and byronia. I stayed with that for a couple days but he was not improving. I kept a journal like you mentioned all throughout his illness and each time I tried a remedy, I waited and made notes to see if there was improvement or at least, a shift. Long story short, his cough became quite awful. Antimonium Tart did not help much either.; it was a dry, relentless type of cough with much tightness. He had trouble catching his breath during coughing fits.
In desperation, I read did some more research and looked up Nux Vomica. I used a 200c potency and within twenty minutes, his cough quieted down. I stayed with Nux for about two or three days and he finally started to improve. I believe if I had started with Nux his sickness probably would not have progressed.