Sometimes it is Sulph., Phos., Lyc . If the patient has a good constitutional state he will get over the told on -the acute remedy, but the old gouty, rheumatic, flabby patients need a constitutional remedy. Cough in sudden paroxysms convulsing the whole body. Cries, after the cough from the headache. Stitches in the suffering part with the cough.
Every cough jars the affected joint.
The constitutional state comes first and the particulars must agree i. e., prescribe according to the totality.