Sinusitis

(Inflammation of para-nasal sinuses, acute or chronic, ethmoiditic or maxillary/frontal)
Signs & Symptoms:
a) A history of colds, blocked nose and sneezing
b) Headaches occur and recur periodically
c) Excessive sneezing which does not give any relief
d) Sinusitis after mastoid operation
e) Pain begins at the back of the head and settles over the eyes, worse under fan
Remedies:
1) Kali Bichromicum 30x: It is a very good medicine for sinusitis, acute or chronic, if the
secretion is tough, ropy, stringy, sticky, greenish yellow, with stinking smell. It should be
given three times a day.
2) Natrum Mur 30x, 4 hourly: Frontal sinus inflammation with tearing pain in head fromsunrise to sunset; pain extends from root of nose to forehead; stoppage of nose after fluent
coryza with loss of smell & taste.
3) Kali Mur 6x with silicea 12x: Five colloids of each in lukewarm water every 4 hour;
stuffy colds in the head; catarrh of head with characteristic discharge of thick, fetid, yellow
matter.
4) Ferrum Phos 3x & Natrum Mur 3x: In the case of acute sinusitis/hay fever, use in
alternation half hourly. Upon seeing some improvement, use one hourly and subsequently two
hourly