Health Condition 1: R05- Cough
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualised Homoeopathic medicine: Individualised Homoeopathic medicine will be selected using S R Phataks " A Concise Repertory of Homoeopathic Medicines". Dosage,frequency and rep
Sponsors
National Institute of Homoeopathy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patient belonging to 18-60 years of age group, male or female, of all religion, caste and socio-economic status. 2) Patient willing to take part in study and ready to give consent for the same. 3) Patient who are able to read, write or understand Hindi or English Or Bengali. 4) Patient suffering from cough more than 8 weeks 5) Patient with known but controlled systemic diseases. 6) Patient willing to fill the LCQ questionnaire
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patient who is diagnosed or is under treatment for Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 2) Patient who is taking Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Beta blockers or Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs. 3) Patient who are having malignant diseases/ life threatening disease/ psychiatric illness or immune compromised state or any other disease who needs surgical intervention. 4) Patient in severe respiratory distress, having SpO2 less than 95% or episodes of Hemoptysis. 5) Patients with uncontrolled systemic illness or any organ failure. 6) Pregnant and lactating woman. 7) Current smokers or substance abuse dependence.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of increase or decrease in Leicester cough questionnaire total score in patient suffering from chronic coughTimepoint: baseline and 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NILTimepoint: NIL | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Binod Kumar Bhagat
National Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata
Outcome results
None listed