ADELAIDE
HOMEOPATHIC
CLINIC
ADELAIDE
HOMEOPATHIC
CLINIC
HOMOEOPATHIC COLD REMEDIES
Arsenicum
The patient has a corrosive nasal discharge with a burning sensation in the nose and eyes. He has a burning thirst and is very anxious and restless. He is prostrated, feverish, has a headache and cannot sleep. All symptoms are better by warmth and hot applications. Nose stuffed, not relieved by sneezing.
Allium Cepa (onion)
Constant sneezing, especially when entering a warm room. Copious watery and extremely acrid discharge from the nose. Has a headache, cough and hoarseness. Eyes suffused and watery, lachrymation bland. Better in cold air and in a cold room.
Bryonia
Bryonia is better known for its usefulness in bronchial infections, but should be remembered for colds which start in the nose, often with headache, when the head feels as though it would fly to pieces with each cough. Then the infection travels from the nose and settles in the chest. It may abort more serious respiratory problems. Begins with sneezing, running nose, aching eyes, then travels down the respiratory tract. Irritable, thirsty for cold drinks, wants t lie still and be left alone. Dryness of mucous membranes. <cold, dry weather. Hold themselves to stop movement.
Dulcamara
Thought of when complaints are brought on by changes of weather i.e. hot days to cold nights or sudden changes of weather. Colds from cold, wet weather, from getting wet or chilled when heated. <Sudden changes from hot to cold. Dry coryza, sore throat, stiff neck. Coryza < open air, more fluent in house, in warmth, less fluent in cold air, cold room. Starts sneezing in a cold room. Complete stoppage of nose. Stuffs up when there is a cold rain. Thick, yellow mucous, bloody crusts.
Euphrasia
This patient has a fluent coryza which is bland. Eyes water all the tie and the lachrymation is acrid. Face hot and he is chilly and cold. Worse in the evenings, indoors and by warmth. (hay-fever picture)
Gelsemium
Has chills up the back, heat and fullness of head and face, sneezing and fluent coryza. Drowsy & languid. Fever remits without perspiration and occurs again. With the chill there is a profuse flow of urine with relief to the head. Aching in bones, feels like a dose of ‘flu’ coming on. Excoriating discharge. Nostrils sore.
Hepar Sulph
Sneezing every time he goes into cold wind. Sneezing and running from nose, first watery, then thick, yellow offensive. Every time he goes into dry, cold wind gets hoarse and coughs. < Inspiring cold air, or putting hand or foot out of bed. Wants to hit anybody who makes a draught in the room. Mucus smells like old cheese. Stitches I throat extending to ear when swallowing.
Hydrastis
Thick yellow discharge from the nose, especially from the posterior part. Mucous keeps dropping down into the throat. Tongue coated with yellow mucous. Constipated. All-gone sinking sensation at epigastrium.
Kali Bichromium
Snuffles of children, especially fat, chubby babies. Pressure and pain at root of nose. Discharge thick, ropy, greenish-yellow. Tough elastic plugs from nose, leaves a raw surface. Loss of smell. Much hawking. Inability to breathe through nose. Dryness. Coryza with obstruction of nose. Violent sneezing, profuse watery nasal discharge. Tough, viscid stringy secretion from nose or bronchi - strong indication for this remedy.
Mercury
Cold with abundant discharge with clear mucous. Nostrils raw and ulcerated. Nasal bones swollen. Yellow-green fetid pus-like discharge. Headache, nightly sweat. Very thirsty. Pain in limbs. Depressed. All symptoms increased both by heat and cold.
Nat Mur
Violent, fluent coryza, lasting from one to three days, then changing into stoppage of the nose, making breathing difficult. Discharge thin and watery, like raw white of egg. Violent sneezing coryza. Infallible for stopping a cold commencing with sneezing. Loss of smell and taste. Internal soreness of nose. Dryness. Headache worse about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. < sunrise to sunset. < exposure to fresh air. Watery vesicles about lips (coldsores / herpes) and wings of nose. Hoarseness. Nat. Mur. loves salt, hates fuss.
Nux Vom
Colds from dry, cold weather. Patient irritable. Nose stuffed up, especially at night, and in open air. Fluent coryza in warm room and by day. Coldness of whole body, not better by warmth of fire or by any amount of covering. Acrid discharge, but with stuffed up feeling. Alternates between nostrils. Coryza following indiscretions of diet, allergy type reaction.
TIPS ….
COLDS THAT START IN THE ……
NOSE = BRYONIA 30C
HEAD = DULCAMARA 30C - HEADINESS AND HEADACHE
THROAT = BELLADONNA 30C - BRIGHT RED
SINUS = KALI BICH - RIGHT SIDE
SINUS = SPIGELLIA - LEFT SIDE
EYES = EUPHRASIA - REDNESS FLUSHED
THROAT PROBLEMS …….
DARK RED - BRYONIA 30C
RED/BROWN - LYCOPODIUM 30C (6C FOR ABDOMINAL COLIC)
BLUE/PURPLE - LACHESIS
ROSIE HUE - APIS
CHEESY MATTER - KALI MUR
HOMOEOPATHIC FLU REMEDIES
With flu there is aching in the bones and more fever than a cold. A heaviness of the body which is far more deeply seated. Usually a person can continue to work with a cold, although it is advisable to have a day off if possible, but with a true case of flu, even a housewife needs to rest.
Aconite
Sudden onset, especially if following exposure to cold dry weather, with bitter winds. Illness sets in within a few hours of exposure to cold.
Baptisia
Rapid onset. Sinks rapidly into a ‘stupid’ state. Dull red face. Drugged besotted appearance. High temperature. Comatose. Drops asleep while answering. Gastric flu - sudden attacks of violent diarrhoea and vomit. Great prostration. Curious symptom - dissociation of parts, scattered, can’t get himself together. Eyelids heavy. Soreness of eyeballs.
Bryonia
White tongue. Thirst for much cold fluid. Wants to lie quiet and still and be let alone. Headaches and pain > pressure < movement. Pain in head from coughing. Irritable. In delirium talks of daily business. Wants to go home even if already there.
Cadmium Sulphate
Dr. Gyon Richards used Cadmium Sulph for flu. He maintained it killed the flu virus. Suggested potency CM for adults, 200C for children and elderly patients. 5 drops or 3 pillules two hourly for 5 or 6 doses. Other practitioners have used this remedy very successfully, although they never gave more than 4 doses at 4 hourly intervals (due to the high potency). It should only be used for genuine flu when the patient is absolutely prostrate and feels they are going to die.
Eupatorium
Intense aching limbs and back, as if bones were broken. Dare not move for pain. Aching in all bones with soreness of flesh. Bursting headache, dare not move for pain. Shivering. Chills in back. Chills begin 7-9 a.m. Eyeballs sore. May be vomiting of bile.
Gelsemium
This is one of the most frequently prescribed flu remedies. Heaviness and tiredness of body and limbs. Head heavy. Eyelids heavy. Limbs heavy. Colds and fevers of mild winters (opp. Aconite). Chills in back. Chills and heat chase one another. Bursting headache, from neck over head to eyes and forehead, relieved by copious urination. No thirst. Hot, heavy, flushed, besotted looking, dusky hue of face. Much muscular soreness. Great prostration.
Pyrogen
Violent pulsations and intense restlessness. The major feature of this remedy is the disturbed ratio between pulse and temperature i.e. high temperature with slow pulse or low temperature with high pulse rate. Chilliness no fir can warm. Creeping chills in back. Thumping heart. Bursting headache with intense restlessness. Feels beaten, bruised. Better beginning to move - has to keep on moving, rocking, wriggling, for momentary relief. Copious urination of clear water which doesn’t relieve.
Rhus Tox
Illness from cold damp weather. Stiff, lame feeling passes off with movement, till he becomes weak and must rest. Then restlessness and unease drive him to move again. Intense fever, thirst, great prostration. Weeps without knowing why. Severe aching in bones. A mental symptom of Rhus is fear of poison.