Whooping Cough:

It is mostly a children’s disease.

Symptoms: Sneezing and coughing, sticky phlegm upon much coughing, watery eyes, red face, temporary temperature, suffocating cough.

Treatment: Swasahar Jog twice daily with hot water. In this disease there is usually excess air in the stomach. Therefore Chintamani Chaturmukh is advisable. Chandramrita Ras, Talisadi Churna, Samasarkar Churna, Swashara Jog, Bhargi Gur, etc. are all good medicines for this disease.

Diet: Hot water at the start, then arrowroot, barley, etc. Don’t try to make the child sit up; it is not good for him. Keep him lying down. Look to the health of the child’s mother. Don’t give her cold food or allow her to move in the cold.