Why not use homeopathy - Any info on TAMIFLU for Flu and Prevention?

February 20, 2008

Why not use homeopathy

Can buy this in health food stores

OSCILLOCOCCINUM (1). Useful if given at the first onset of the flu.

Anxiety, paleness, and chill. Fixed ideas and obsessions, fear of dirt,

infection, of being polluted, must wash his hands often and is aftraid to

shake hands because of fear of pollution or contagon. Fears storms.

Obstinate, agony, anxious without any motive. Sensitive to meteorological

changes. Stuffed nose,, nasal obstruction, sneezing serous discharges

followed by muco-purulent. Pain in frontal or maxillary region. Nasal

voice, aphonia, dry painful cough. Muco-purulent expectoration with humid

cough. Worse < by milk and eggs. Better > heat and rest.

Or some use this but have to get from a homeopath, probably

INFLUENZINUM (1). Used as a preventive during epidemics or never well since

a case of influenza. General feeling of chill, headache, eyes heavy and

sensitive to movement, diffused pains, general stiffness, lingering fever,

weakness, anorexia. Post-grippal neurotic, depressive feelings.

Flu Prevention for the Family, Naturally

Dolivaxil is not available this year, so I'm told. .........but the

principle is the same with any nosode for so-called prevention of the flu

(influenzinum)

Again, I don't think the routine use of dolivaxil (that she mentions below)

is really necessary for most people, but it is your choice.

And she mentions the 'effectiveness' of flu shots being 68% - but how that

can be measured I don't know. If you got the flu shot and didn't get the

flu, maybe you wouldn't have gotten it anyway.

With Dolivaxil, she mentions a 90% effective rate, but again, how can we

ever know for sure.

http://www.drfeder.com/children/flu-shot-natural.htm

Flu Prevention for the Family, Naturally

by Feder, M.D.

Is there an alternative to the flu shot for my family?

Every autumn and winter, many children and adults suffer from the familiar

flu symptoms. Body aches and pains, congestion, fever and chills - we all

know the symptoms of the flu. During these seasons, we are inundated with

information about the flu shot, and other latest standard medical products.

As a physician, I receive many inquiries regarding the natural or

homeopathic approach to flu prevention.

This is the following list of general recommendations during the flu season:

** Common sense - you have it, use it.

** Frequent hand washing

** Avoid swimming during autumn and winter, especially for susceptible

chidlren and adults.

** Get plenty of rest

** Avoid becoming chilled, wear an extra thin layer of clothing

** If your child is ill, keep him or her at home

** Minimize junk food (refined sugar compromises the immune system)

In my office, we are using the homeopathic flu product called Dolivaxil.

http://www.dolisosamerica.com/Products/cold/dolivaxil.htm

It has been used in Europe for years during the flu season to prevent flu

symptoms. It stops the flu before it starts. Every year, the World Health

Organization predicts which flu viruses are most likely to infect and cause

flu symptoms. Based on this information, the homeopathic solution is

reformulated year to year to help prepare the body during the flu season.

Preliminary research shows that the flu shot is 68% effective on all people

compared to a 90% effective rate on Dolivaxil. It has no side effects, can

be purchased over-the-counter, and is for the whole family. As a preventive

medicine in the flu season, it is taken weekly for 4 weeks and then once

three weeks later. Like all homeopathic medicines, it is pleasant tasting.

Dolivaxil 2003-2004 is available at selected stores and pharmacies. It is

also available at my office (310) 657-0551.

**********

or for flu treatment

Homeopathic Flu Remedies

These are to only be guidelines in the case of acute illness or first aid.

It helps shorten your time in looking when you are in a hurry with an ill

child. It helps you narrow down a little. Read thru the list - if you

find a remedy that sounds like it might fit, then go to your book and read

more about that remedy in the Internal Materia Medica.

ALWAYS best to repertorize as you have been doing, but these are helpful.

Repertorizing enables you to get more individual.

(repertorize is our word for using a chart to list all the symptoms and

then looking the symptoms up in a homeopathic repertory (or index) and

finding the remedy that most matches.

Here though they have done something similar for you. Listed common

symptoms that fit each remedy and you see if one of the remedies sounds

like the picture you want to treat. We are treating the whole person, not

just one or 2 symptoms.

OFTEN with a child you will especially use their emotional state to help

guide you to the remedy. The emotional state you or your child has now

that you are ill (not your normal state)

NEVER to be used for chronic or recurring conditions.

Print out and save for quick reference!

Here is some info on a variety of remedies - see which one might fits you

or your child's flu symptoms. If can't find one, I suggest you see a

homeopath.

http://www.simillimum.com/FirstAid/TheFirstResponder/FirstAidin/Influenza.html

THE HOMOEOPATHIC FIRST RESPONDER

INFLUENZA

Influenza is a acute viral miasm that affects the respiratory system and

produces generalized aches and pain, especially in the limbs and back;

malaise; prostration; fever; coryza, headache; with photophobia and

retrobulbar aching; and inflamed respiratory mucous membranes. The

incubation period is around 48 hours. The symptoms begin with sore throat

with substernal burning; nonproductive cough; and coryza. Cough usually

becomes severe and productive and causes pain in the chest. The soft

palate, posterior hard palate, tonsils and throat become reddened and

painful. The eyes water easily and the conjunctiva may be mildly inflammed.

Sweating and weakness may continue for weeks. Complications include

bronchitis; pneumonia; breathlessness; spitting of blood; pulmonary edema;

encephalitis; and death.

Old people; babies; those confined to bed; or with chronic pulmonary or

heart disease are the most at risk. Susceptibility to influenza seems to be

increased in those who have psora and TB miasms. Influenzinum, a nosode

made from the flu virus, can be used as a prophylactic during epidemics.

Baptisia has also been used for this purpose. The " remedy epidemicus " can

be found by using the totality of symptoms in several cases of the the

present epidemic.

Materia Medica

ACONITE (2). Inflammatory symptoms, high fever, dry skin; dry, violent,

racking cough, with or without oppression; stitches in chest after exposure

to cold winds. Early stages with rapid onset. Much restlessness, anxiety

and fear.

ARSENICUM (3). Sudden onset of suffocation at night. Influenza in children

with sudden onset and much prostration; child looks as if it had been sick

a week. Violent sneezing with blood-tinged discharge; profuse watery

discharge from nose, corroding nostrils making upper lip sore, worse < at

night, after meal. Spasmodic cough, with desire to vomit or vomiting and

expectoration of watery mucus. Running eyes, excessive photophobia;

inflammed eyes with ulcers on cornea. Anxiousness and restlessness with

much weakness. Thirst for warm drinks in sips. Worse < after midnight.

BAPISTIA (3). Great languor, rapid prostration, soreness of the body,

bruised feeling, heaviness, numbness, aching of musles, want to lie down,

chilly in open air. Lifeless body but restless mind, tosses and turns,

mottled, dark face, besotted look, putrid smells, foul discharges.

Confused, dull, indiferent, delirious, thinks he is broken or double. Can

only swallow liquids, gags on solid food. Worse < open air, cold wind,

autumn; < hot weather, humid heat, fog, indoors; < pressure, walking,

pressure.

BRYONIA (3). Dryness of mucus membranes, stitching, tearing pains, worse <

on motion, Headache on coughing, on stooping as if all the contents of head

would issue through forehead. Aversion to light, esp. sunlight.

Constriction and stitches in the chest worse < on moving or coughing.

Frequent sneezing, often between cough. Fluent coryza, watery or greenish

discharge. Mouth dry, lips cracked, with thirst for large amounts of cold

water. Dry hacking cough < smoking or talking, when coming from the open

air into a warm room. Rheumatic pains in extremeties. Sleepy, heavy,

lethargic, irritable, wants to be left alone, desire for things that are

rejected when offered, talks of business. Worse < motion, deep breathing,

stooping, becoming warm, warm room, eating and anger. Better > lying on

painful side, pressure, rest, quiet, cold things, drawing up knees, sitting

up.

CAUSTICUM (2). Immediate sensation of weakness and paresis in all

extremities, loss of muscular strength., unsteady when walking, easy

falling. Cough with sensation as if can't cough deep enough to raise mucus.

Feels better after a sip of cold water. Cough causes escape of urine. Cough

is incessant, short, hollow, from crawling, tickling with much mucus in the

throat, causes soreness in chest. Aphonia, difficulty speaking, contraction

of the esophagus, painful sore throat. Pain in the hip while coughing.

Thick yellowish or greenish discharge, nostril ulcerated. Coryza dry by day

fluent at night. Burning, rawness, soreness, tearing, drawing pains. Very

sympathetic, thinking of complaints < aggravates them, hopeless,

despondent, ambitionless, mentally fatigued. Child does not want to go to

bed alone, least thing makes them cry. Worse < clear fine weather, dry cold

air, winds, drafts, extremes of temperature, stooping, 3 to 4 AM. Better >

cold drinks, damp wet wether, wasing, warmth of bed, gentle motion.

CHELIDONIUM (1). Shortness of the breath with tightness of chest, loud

mucous rales in bronchi. Violent pain in forehead above eyes, drawing in

nape and occiput. Photophobia with lachrymation. Dryness of the nose,

tongue, and throat; great dry heat in face, thirst, with dry mouth, or

thirstlessness, no appetite. Delirium mostly at night followed by lethargy

with continues throught the day. Anxiety and restlessness. Aversion to

conversation. Despondent. Feels like cry with ill humour for no reason.

Liver complications, biliousness, yellowness of eyes and skin, aching pain

at inferior angle of the right scapula. Worse < right side and right lung.

EUPATORIUM PERF (3). Violent deep aching pains in the bones, as if broken.

Bruised sore feeling of the muscles of chest, back, and limbs. Flowing

coryza. sneezing, hoarseness, with roughness of voice, hacking cough in the

evening, with soreness in chest. Restlessness, and moaning with constant

change of position although he wishes to stay because it hurts to move.

Lassitude. Worse < cold air, periodically, 7 to 9 AM, or third or fourth

day. < Lying on part, motion, coughing, sight or smell of food. Better >

conversation, by getting on hands and kness, lying on face, sweating and

vomiting bile.

GELSEMIUM (3). The patient is apathetic, dull, dizzy, drowsy, droopy,

heavy, tired, aching, weak, and sore. Trembing of the limbs with lack of

mucular co-ordination. Want to lie down and be left alone. Face is hot,

flushed, with a heavy besottled look, droopy eyelids, lower jaw dropped,

putrid breath, the tongue is thickly yellow coated and trembles when

protruded. Chills up and down the spine. Dryness and heat with

thirstlessness. Soreness of throat, pain in left tonsil, extending to soft

palate, along left nostril, sensation as if stream of scalding water

rushing along nasal passage on every inspiration while right nostril is

stuffed up. Continuous accumulation of irritating mucus in throat, hard,

painful cough with shooting pain into ear when swallowing. Never well since

flu. Worse < emotions, bad news, damp, humid weather, heat of sun, summer,

10 AM, periodically, thinking of the ailment.

INFLUENZINUM (1). Used as a preventive during epidemics or never well since

a case of influenza. General feeling of chill, headache, eyes heavy and

sensitive to movement, diffused pains, general stiffness, lingering fever,

weakness, anorexia. Post-grippal neurotic, depressive feelings.

MERCURIUS (2). Rheumatic pains in the head, face, ears, teeth and

extremites with sore throat, swollen glands, and excessive salivation which

may wet the pillow during sleep. Tongue moist, yellow coated, flabby,

showing indention of the teeth. Weariness, prostration and trembling with

produse sweat that does not relieve. Intense thirst for cold water.

Sensitive to heat and cold. Fluent coryza, acrid watery discharge with

sneezing. Dry hacking cough as though head and chest would burst. Dry at

night, in daytime expectoration of thin, acrid purulent, yellow mucus often

mixed with blood. Creeping chilliness, < in the evening and night. Groaning

and moaning with the pains. Irresolute, constantly changing their minds.

Dissatisfied,complains about everything, his relations, surrounding, etc.

Weakness of the memory,forgets everything, thinks he is losing his reason.

Worse < at night, sweating, lying on right side, heated, from cold or heat,

changing weather, cloudy, damp cold, drafts, wet feet. Better > moderate

temperature, rest.

NUX VOMICA (2). Rough, raw, and hollow cough, scraped feeling in throat,

with mucus rales and thick expectoration.Violent headache as if the brain

were bruised,, cough brings on bursting headache, heaviness of head,

vertigo, pains in loins, constipation, loss of appetite, nausea and desire

to vomit. Sleeplessness or restless sleep, with anxious dreams. Can't sleep

after 3 AM until towards morning, awakes feeling wretched, better > after a

nap. Stitches and pain in chest as if raw, fluent coryza by day but dry at

night. Body burning hot, esp. face, yet can't move or bear unovering

without feeling chilly. Very irritable, angry, and impatient, complaining,

fault-finding, wants to be left alone. Can not bear the slightest noises,

odors, or light. Worse < early morning, cold, open air, drafts, wind

uncovering. Better > from a nap, free discharges, wrapping head, hot

drinks, lying on the side.