Does influenza or the so-called viral fever (flu) need to be taken seriously? Can it be fatal? Is homeopathy treatment effective in preventing and controlling these viral onslaughts? The answers to all these questions is “yes”. Because influenza virus constantly changes itself, and because only a few changes can make a non-harmful virus highly lethal, Influenzas should be taken seriously
Homeopathy taken well within time can effectively control and even abort the onslaught by these viruses at the initial stages. It can provide a broad spectrum preventive cover for the not-affected ones. A recently introduced medicine, ANAS BARBARIAE, has shown extremely good results in treating influenza. Because of its effectiveness, in Europe and United States, it has become an over-the-counter drug. These medicines have an edge over treating viral infections. They charge up our immune system to fight these viruses. Prevention of viral infection is possible to a great extent through the cover may not be 100 percent, as viruses have this strange ability to auto-mutate (change their structures). Influenzinum (natural medicine ) is an effective prophylactic (preventive) medicine for influenza. The flu (influenza) differs in several ways from the common cold (a respiratory infection also caused by viruses). For example, people with cold rarely get a fever or a headache or suffer from the extreme exhaustion that flu viruses cause. If you have flu, you will have a sudden headache, dry cough, a runny nose, and a sore throat. Your muscles will ache and you will feel very tired. You can have a fever up to 104°F. Most people feel better in a couple of days, but the tiredness and cough can last two weeks or longer. Flu is an important disease because it can cause serious complications. Most people who get the flu get better within a week (although they may have a lingering cough and tire easily, for a while longer). For elderly people, newborn babies, and people with certain chronic illnesses, the flu, and its complications can at times be life-threatening
The flu is spread or transmitted, when a person who has a flu cough, sneezes, or speaks and sends flu virus into the air, and other people inhale the virus. Influenza may, less often, be spread when a person touches a surface that has flu viruses on it — a door handle, for instance — and then touches his or her nose or mouth.
Homeopathic Medicines for Flu
Homeopathy offers a natural treatment for the flu. They show no side effects or toxic effects on the system since they are made of natural substances. They work by stimulating the body’s restorative and healing processes.
1. For Flu with Fever
Rhus Toxicodendron – For Flu with Chills
Rhus Toxicodendron is a medicine that is used to treat cases of flu where the infected person feels chills as if cold water was being poured over. Sudden flushes of heat alternating with chills are present.
Nux Vomica – For Flu with Anxiety
Nux Vomica is a medicine used to treat the flu along with symptoms of anxiety, fever, chills with thirst, and heat without thirst. The body, especially the face, feels burning hot and the person feels chilly with every movement.
2. For Flu with Sneezing
Allium Cepa – For Flu with Constant Sneezing.
Allium Cepa is a medicine used to treat flu infection where there is constant sneezing. Sneezing occurs more in a warm room, and there is copious watery, acrid discharge from the nose. Bland watering of eyes and red eyes is also a common symptom.
Sabadilla – For Flu with Spasmodic Sneezing.
Sabadilla is a medicine used to treat flu with spasmodic sneezing. Oversensitivity to odors and lack of tolerance to smells, like those of flowers and garlic is a common symptom.
3. For Flu with Nasal Discharge
Arsenic Album – For Flu with Nasal Discharge.
Arsenic Album is a medicine used to treat flu with a thin, watery, excoriating discharge from the nose. Burning and itching in the nose are other symptoms.
Pulsatilla – For Flu with Discharge.
Pulsatilla is a medicine used to treat flu symptoms where there is a yellowish-green discharge that is worse indoors and better in the open air.
4. For Flu with Stuffy Nose
Ammonium Carbonicum – For Flu with Coryza.
Ammonium Cabonicum is a medicine used to treat flu with a stuffy nose where there is a continued condition of coryza (inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose). The person is unable to breathe through the nose.
Sambucus – For Flu with Numbness in Nose.
Sambucus is a medicine used to treat the flu where there is numbness and itching in the nose. The nose is blocked, and there is an accumulation of thick mucus in the nostrils.
5. For Flu with Muscle Aches
Eupatorium Perfoliatum – For Flu with Severe Muscle Ache.
Eupatorium Perfoliatum is a medicine used to treat flu with severe muscle ache, chills preceded by thirst, extreme soreness, and aching of the bones. Pain all over the body, weak pulse, and prostration (physical weakness) are some other symptoms indicative of this medicine.
Bryonia – For Flu with Tearing Pains.
Bryonia is a medicine used to treat flu where the muscle aches worsen from the slightest motion or movement. Other symptoms include aching in the joints and muscles with bursting, tearing pains that get better by rest.
6. For Flu with Cough
Rumex -For Flu with a Dry Cough.
Rumex is a medicine used to treat the flu with a dry, tickling cough that prevents sleep. A cough occurs while uncovering clothing or covers from the body, and on exposure to drafts of air. Continuous coughing worsened by pressure on the throat or talk is indicative of this medicine.
Drosera – For Flu with Incessant Coughing.
Drosera is a medicine used to treat flu with prolonged and incessant coughing and periodical fits of rapid coughing where the cough attacks are recurrent.
7. For Flu with Sore Throat
Mercurius Solublis – For Flu with Sore Throat.
Mercuris Solublis is a medicine used to treat flu with a sore and burning throat. Painful dryness of the throat, with a mouth full of saliva are other symptoms.
Ferrum Metallicum – For Flu with Hoarseness.
Ferrum Metallicum is a medicine for flu coupled with a sore throat and hoarseness. There is a sensation of having something in the larynx that can be removed by hawking or coughing.
8. For Flu with Weakness
Gelsemium – For Flu with Weakness.
Gelsemium is a medicine used to treat the flu where there is an extreme weakness, and the person wishes to lie still and rest. Symptoms of the flu coupled with a stupor, dizziness, faintness, and weakness are indicative of this medicine.
Arsenic Album – For Flu with Restlessness.
Arsenic Album is a medicine used to treat the flu where there is restlessness, exhaustion, and anxiety. It is also used as a prophylactic (preventative measure) for the flu.
9. For Flu with a Severe Headache
Belladonna – For Flu with Headache.
Belladonna is a medicine used to treat the flu where there is a congestive headache and a red face. Throbbing pain and fullness in the forehead and temples (sides of the head) are other symptoms indicative of this medicine.
Natrum Muriaticum – For Flu with Light Sensitivity.
Natrum Muriaticum is a medicine for flu coupled with light sensitivity, where a bursting headache lasts from sunrise to sunset.
