Cold and flu season is upon us! Many folks are looking at how to stay healthy in the most natural ways possible. Here are some homeopathics to use at first signs of cold/flu and, also as an overall maintenance to keep your immunity up throughout the season.
AS A MAINTENANCE DURING THE SEASON
THYMULINE 4C or 9C* – A typical dosage is 3 to 5 pellets once a week, for four weeks beginning in September or October, followed by a monthly dose for the duration of the winter. When taken with Influenzinum, Thymuline can be even more effective for keeping your health up this cold/flu season!
INFLUENZINUM 30C** – A typical dosage is 3 to 5 pellets once a week, for four weeks beginning in September, followed by a monthly dose for the duration of the winter. Taken with Thymuline, Influenzinum can be even more effective for keeping your health up this cold/flu season!
OSCILLOCOCCINUM **(same instructions as above) – A typical dosage is 3 to 5 pellets once a week, for four weeks beginning in September or October, followed by a monthly dose for the duration of the winter. Taken with Thymuline, can be even more effective for keeping your health up this cold/flu season!
**I mention both of these remedies simply because over the years, I hear reports from my clients that they find one of these might work better for them than the other. It doesn’t hurt to use both!
AT FIRST SIGNS OF ILLNESS
OSCILLOCOCCINUM – It’s easy to get at most drug stores/pharmacies and health food store. Or you can get this off Amazon. They even make “generic versions” and may be labeled “Flu relief”. Just make sure the ingredients say “ANAS barbariae hepatis et cordis extractum” (if you can even remember ANAS you’ll do fine! ). . REPEAT every 30-60 minutes until symptoms improve. IF THEY WORSEN OR CHANGE, then you need a different homeopathic remedy that is more indicated for your symptoms. This is where I would suggest you call a homeopath!
ACONITUM NAPELLUS 30C or 200C – GREAT for exposure to COLD DRY WINDS and then a feeling of getting sick afterwards. Sudden, intense onset of symptoms like chills, fever, cough, lethargy, runny nose, sore throat. REPEAT every 30-60 minutes until symptoms improve. IF THEY WORSEN OR CHANGE, then you need a different homeopathic remedy that is more indicated for your symptoms. This is where I would suggest you call a homeopath!
Vitamin C – 4000 to 5000mg daily
*4C and 9C are potencies, kind of like 100mg or 500mg for a medicine dose
Individualized Prescribing vs. Genus Epidemicus
Homeopathic remedies are, in general, individually prescribed or chosen based on how closely they can cover your own symptoms. This process is called “Individualization of Symptoms”. Homeopaths take great care when taking a case to see exactly what is going on in a person, where in the body they may feel things, what sensations are there, what emotions, etc, etc. So why, you may ask, am I giving generalized instructions for Cold and Flu season?? GREAT QUESTION!
Throughout the history of Homeopathy as a system of medicine (and I make the distinction as homeopathic principles have existed for thousands of years…), when homeopaths observe that a certain remedy covers many of the cases of a certain disease, that remedy can be labeled a “genus epidemicus” and used with a higher degree of certainty when prescribing. However, it may not help all people – this is why we still have individualized prescribing.
Over the years, we have observed that the remedies mentioned above help ALOT of people avoid getting sick or lessen the severity of the onset and duration of symptoms.
The information provided in this article is for educational purposes only and is not to be construed as medical advice, prescribing, cure or to be used instead of consulting with your physician. Educated yourself and make informed choices.
