A 5-minute consultation: “There’s nothing wrong with me.”
You know how men are — when you ask, they’re always “fine.”
No complaints. Nothing to worry about.
And so it was with this gentleman in his 40s, whom I consulted quickly… at McDonald’s.
He’d been coughing for a month.
It started with a sore throat, then turned into something else, then something else again.
When I asked for details:
“I’m fine. Nothing’s wrong.”
— Yet he had already taken everything he could buy online.
Dry, irritating cough. He coughs when he talks.
In the morning, the coughing “wakes the dogs,” according to his wife.
When he takes a deep breath, he coughs even more.
But other than that… he’s fine.
Very often I have to prescribe based on observation and listening — and this was one of those cases.
That evening, after the quick consult:
“Hey babe, what was that thing Petya told me to take? Can you get it for me?”
After taking the remedy, there was a brief aggravation — the cough worsened temporarily.
Then it calmed down, and the mucus became looser — he was able to expectorate easily.
All that after just two granules.
He slept peacefully through the night with no coughing.
The morning cough was delayed by a few hours (he used to cough as soon as he got up).
The daytime coughing also calmed significantly.
Men… nothing’s ever wrong with them. 😊
– N.S., 2023