The flu
Homeopathy can be very useful when it comes to the flu. The trick is to use the right remedy at
the right time during a flu or cold so that you can either head it off entirely or palliate the symptoms. If you
can get the right remedy and take it before the symptoms continue, often the cold stops right there. When a remedy does not help to stop or help greatly with symptoms, it means that the remedy is not the right one for the symptoms or the stage of the illness.
Here are a few easy ways to choose the most widely used remedies for colds and flus. If you are interested in learning more about flus and colds or how to use homeopathy for yourself and your family, look into taking our intro to homeopathy courses offered at the college.
Oscilococcinum is a widely available remedy that is sold at many pharmacies and can be used at the very first sign of a cold or flu. That very first tickle in the throat or whatever you typically notice when you first get sick is the sign to start taking this remedy. It should stop the progress of symptoms if you have caught it in time.
Aconite is the second runner up for the very first stages of a flu or cold. This remedy will help a very quickly progressing illness but again, you have to get it right away. The most important part of illnesses that respond to this remedy is that it will progress very quickly and that it is a very painful and begins suddenly often with a sudden high fever.
Camphor: People needing this remedy will be very very very cold and usually start with sneezing. If you have the combination fo sneezing and feeling super cold especially with paleness, camphor is the remedy of choice.
When these two don't cut it and the symptoms have moved past the first stage, you have now moved onto a different bunch of remedy choices.
Ferr phos
This is still the first few days of an illness and is heading towards a chest cold. There may be fever and heat but without chills. Usually with a red face.
Gelsemium:
Try this remedy if you have chills up and down the spine and the cold or flu has been progressing slowly for the past few days and you feel tired and heavy usually with a very full head.
Bryonia:
You are dry! Your throat is dry, your nose is dry, your skin is dry and even your eyeballs hurt from movement.
There are many remedies that may be better suited, but this is a little cheat sheet to help you on your way to feeling better soon.
Joy Burlton BHSc DHMHS
Classical Homeopathy
www.joyspath.com
joy@joyspath.com
647-828-2049
Skin problems and homeopathy
Eczema, psoriasis, Impetigo and a host of other skin problems can be dealt with using homeopathy and have been for the past 200 years. Some respond more quickly than others, especially depending on how long you have had the condition for, but the great thing about homeopathy is that it can sometimes help with conditions that do not necessarily respond to pharmaceutical drugs.
When a homeopath is choosing a remedy to help with your skin condition, they will look at the skin itself, but also look at when it started, what were the initial symptoms, were there any life stresses that may have brought it on, or perhaps affected your immune system so that the symptoms became more prominent. They will also ask you about your general health and what makes the symptoms better or worse. There are a few remedies that are well known to help with the skin, such as sulphur or Silicea, but using these remedies without a consultation from a trained homeopath, especially for skin conditions, can result in unwanted flare ups.
Symptoms, even without a diagnosis can be treated using hundreds of years of experience to guide the homeopath to the right remedy. It matters if the skin erupted on the left or the right side, or if it is worse with warm or cold, better or worse with sunlight, these are called modalities and will help the homeopath find the best fit for a remedy for your specific skin issue from thousands of remedies. Once a well matching remedy is found, your body will be able to respond to the disturbance or imbalance in your immune system that was producing the skin symptoms and the process of healing begins.
If you or someone you know suffer from a skin condition, we welcome you to attend our teaching clinic http://www.ochm.ca/clinic-at-ochm.html
Joy Burlton BHSc DHMHS
Classical Homeopathy
www.joyspath.com
joy@joyspath.com
647-828-2049
OCHM holds regular information sessions at it campus, located at 332 Dupont Street, just west of Spadina in downtown Toronto, minutes from the Dupont subway station in the heart of the Annex.
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