With the similar remedy, corresponding to the unique syndrome of symptoms the sick person has, Homeopathy is extremely effective in both the prevention and treatment of influenza.
1. Bryonnia
May experience:
Painful cough, painful throat and chest
Headaches, muscle aches
Intolerant of pains
Irritable, sensitive
Dry mouth with thirst for cold drinks.
The Keynote* here is that all symptoms are aggravated by the slightest motion.
Better from:
Rest
Rubbing on painful areas
Fresh air
Lying on painful side because it prevents motion
Being left alone in dark quiet room.
Worse from:
Any movement or exertion
Light touch, sympathy
Warm room, stuffy room
Hot weather, sudden change of weather
Morning
Sitting up
Eating
Noise
People visiting
2. Gelsenium
This is one of the most common medicines for influenza.
May experience:
Great fatigue, tiredness of whole body with least exertion (not because it hurts to move but because they are so weak that the effort exhausts them)
Being weary, sleepless
Heaviness of eyelids, head, limbs
Coldness with chills up and down back
Scalp sore to touch
Muscles feel bruised, body aches and pains and exhaustion, neck and shoulder muscles are sore.
General achiness, dull, heavy backache, headache in the back of the head
Great trembling & weakness of all limbs
Lack of thirst
Wanting to be left alone
Summer flu. Symptoms may develop days after exposure to warm, moist weather.
Better from:
Profuse urination
Open air.
Worse from:
Anticipation, even of pleasurable events.
Thinking about ailments
3. Arsenicum Album
Probably one of the most common remedy for “gastric ’flu” influenza with gastroenteritis.
May experience:
Vomiting and diarrhea especially after eating or drinking
Aches
Feeling worse between midnight and one o’clock in the morning
A fever, followed by chills
Hot face while craving open air, yet the body feels chilled
Thirst for small sips of water
Marked restlessness punctuated by weakness
Anxiety, often out of all proportion to the severity of the symptoms
Wanting company at all times.
Better from:
Elevating head
Hot drinks
Hot applications.
Worse from:
After midnight
Sight or smell of food
Cold drinks
*Keynote: this symptom has to fit with the syndrome of symptoms the sick person has.
“I can’t manage without homeopathy.
~ Paul McCartney
In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.”