Coryza, with sore throat and sneezing. The mucous membrane and teeth are coated with a fuzzy, shining, silvery substance, somewhat like milk. In the throat there is a felt-like exudation, ashy gray or silvery shiny deposit . It has been used in diphtheria for the class of cases taking alternate sides, and it has also cured paralysis following diphtheria. The pain in the throat pushes toward the left ear.
Pains take alternate sides.
The throat is ameliorated by cold or warm drinks, and aggravated by empty swallowing. It is indicated especially in a glazed, shiny, red appearance of the throat like Kali bich . The diphtheritic membrane is also white like silver. Lac c . has cured most alternating cases, with patches first on the right tonsil, then on the left. Wherever there is mucous membrane there will be exudate, a gray, fuzzy coating, like that piling up on the tongue.