In part one of Maeve’s article, she looked at the dreaded ‘flu and covered some of herbal preparations that can help. As a registered and experienced homeopathic practitioner, Maeve sets out below some of the homeopathic remedies that she has found helps keep the runny noses at bay. Ed
Remedies
There are over 50 remedies in the homeopathic materia medica indicated for flu, here are just a few of the most common remedies I use for flu in my practice.
But first:- how to give homeopathic remedies-
Remedies if bought from a shop usually come as pills; remedies can be taken straight into the mouth or dissolved in a glass or bottle of water.
I recommend putting 4 tablets crushed in a bottle with 150mls of water, this is then sipped at intervals. This method is both economical and the shaking between doses increases the strength of the remedy incrementally. It is a lot cheaper to buy remedies directly from a homeopath.
Aconite
* Symptoms come on suddenly, from one moment to the next,
* There is anxiety and restlessness
* A high temperature accompanies symptoms.
* Cold winds can be a cause of an aconite state.
* Very good Children’s remedy useful for earache, fright, croup, viruses, infectious illnesses common in childhood with accompanying Aconite symptom profile.
Bryonia
* Wants to be left alone completely, they are irritable and do not want or like to be disturbed, they are like a bear with a sore head.
* Everything feels worse if they move and so they want to lie as still as possible preferably on the side that hurts the worst as pressure helps.
* Big chest remedy and one of our pneumonia/pleurisy remedies, also headaches and broken bones! The keynote of this remedy is that all movement aggravates including breathing.
Baptisia
* Sudden onset like Aconite and is indicated for quite serious states where the person feels “scattered all about the bed” or the person complains of being broken or double and tosses about the bed trying to fit the pieces together.
* The face looks dusky, heavy besotted and there is delirium and always muscle soreness.
* Discharges will be smelly.
* This remedy will need to be repeated often until improvement is evident
Belladonna
* Rapid onset of symptoms, which are worse or peak at 3pm and after midnight.
* Very high radiating temperature that is still felt in the fingers after touching the patient. It is a dry heat; the patient has delirium and is restless sometimes with a desire to escape and may jump up out of bed confused or may just be restless. The pupils are big and the eyes look glassy, shiny. Nightmares involving black animals are common.
* Lemonade is often craved.
* Belladonna is a fast acting remedy for localised inflammation so if there are no results after 6 doses it is quite likely the wrong remedy or puss has already formed. This remedy will bring the fever down and quieten the patient so they sleep soundly,
* Pains are of a throbbing nature and the patient favours a darkened room and may become fearful when disturbed needing reassurance. Great children’s remedy, useful for teething, earaches, and common viruses and infectious diseases common in childhood.
Euphatorium
* Terrible excruciating bone and muscle pains, the patient feels as if there bones have been broken, accompanied with a headache, as are all these remedies with throbbing pains. This remedy is worse at night. Useful for flu, and any injury or illness with bone and muscle pains.
Gelsemium
* Slow, creeping onset, unlike Aconite, Belladonna and Baptisia, people report feeling rough over a couple of days,
* Chills, sometimes alternating with heat that run up and down the spine and up the back of the head.
* Person feels HEAVY tired, weak, and shaky or shivery, there is a bursting headache, the eyes hurt to move them and the eyes feel heavy. There is an absence of thirst and some people report feeling a little better for passing urine. Dizziness or vertigo is common. Useful for any illness with the accompanying symptom profile.
If you do not have a homeopath to call on, do not hesitate to call for professional medical advice in the event that the remedy given or self prescribed has not helped after 6 doses. Self prescribing with homeopathic remedies is not a substitute for professional homeopathic advice or medical advice.
Maeve Smith LCCH RShom (Licensed & Registered with the Society of Homeopaths)
Natural Wisdom Homeopathic Practice. Tel : 01983 559006.
Images
Runny nosed possum image: Kthypryn
Aconite Flower: Chidorian
Gelsemium sempervirens: Chuuken Hachigou
