Categories: Homeopathic Treatment

Flu

Homeopathy offers an effective, individualized approach to treating the flu. By understanding remedies and their indications, you can tailor treatment to match the person’s specific symptoms. This guide delves into 12 remedies commonly used for flu, covering everything from leading symptoms and emotional states to dosages, antidotes, and constitutional types.

1. Aconitum napellus (Aconite)

Main Indications: Sudden onset, high fever, restlessness, and fear.

Leading Symptoms: High fever, dry heat, restlessness, and great thirst for cold water.
Mental Symptoms: Panic, fear of death, and anxiety about health.
Miasm: Acute.
Etiology: Exposure to cold, dry winds or shock.
Potency and Dosage: 6C or 30C, 1 dose every 2 hours for acute cases.

2. Arsenicum album

Main Indications: Exhaustion, anxiety, and burning pains relieved by warmth.

Leading Symptoms: Weakness, restlessness, diarrhea, and burning sensations.
Mental Symptoms: Anxiety about health, desire for reassurance.
Thirst: Frequent sips of warm water.
Miasm: Psoric.
Potency and Dosage: 6C or 30C, 3-4 times daily.

3. Belladonna

Main Indications: Sudden onset of high fever with redness and heat.

Leading Symptoms: Intense heat, throbbing headache, and dilated pupils.
Mental Symptoms: Irritability, confusion, and sometimes delirium.
Miasm: Acute.
Potency and Dosage: 6C or 30C every 4-6 hours.

4. Bryonia alba

Main Indications: Dry cough with pain and desire to be left alone.

Leading Symptoms: Dry mouth, thirst for large quantities, and headache worsened by movement.
Mental Symptoms: Irritability, aversion to company.
Miasm: Typhoid.
Potency and Dosage: 6C or 30C, 2-3 times daily.

5. Camphora Rubini

Main Indications: Initial stages of flu, especially with chilliness and weakness.

Dosage: 5 drops on sugar every 1-2 hours.

6. Causticum

Main Indications: Prolonged flu with hoarseness and a dry cough.

Symptoms: Hoarseness, soreness, and incontinence during coughing.
Dosage: 6C, 5 drops every 2 hours.

7. Eupatorium perfoliatum

Main Indications: Severe body aches, chills, and flu with cough.

Symptoms: Throbbing headache, weakness, and aching bones.
Dosage: 10 drops, 5-6 times daily.

8. Gelsemium sempervirens

Main Indications: Dullness, fatigue, and chills progressing slowly.

Symptoms: Droopy eyelids, thirstlessness, and weakness.
Dosage: 6C or 30C, 3-4 times daily.

9. Mercurius solubilis

Main Indications: Bronchitis with thick mucus.

Symptoms: Yellow-green discharge, night sweats, and foul odor.
Dosage: 1 tablet 3-4 times daily.

10. Nux vomica

Main Indications: Digestive complaints during flu.

Symptoms: Chilliness, irritability, and constipation.
Dosage: 6C or 30C, 2-3 times daily.

11. Rhus toxicodendron

Main Indications: Joint pains and flu with fever relieved by motion.

Dosage: 10 drops, 4 times daily.

12. Rumex crispus

Main Indications: Tickling cough worse in cold air.

Dosage: 10 drops, 3-4 times daily.

Antidotes

Belladonna: Avoid taking with Aconite.
Arsenicum album: Avoid Nux vomica immediately before or after.

Additional Remedy

Phosphorus: For hoarseness, thirst for cold water, and anxiety about health.

Remedy to Relieve Effects

Pulsatilla: If symptoms linger after flu recovery.

When to Avoid Remedies

Belladonna: Not advised after fever subsides.
Aconite: Avoid in advanced flu stages.

Remedy	Key Use	Emotional Symptoms	Physical Symptoms	Thirst	Tongue	Potency/Dosage
Bryonia alba	Dry cough, irritability	Prefers solitude, irritable	Dry lips, headache worsened by movement	Large quantities	Dry, white coating	6C, 30C, 2-3x/day
Camphora Rubini	Early flu stages	Restlessness, chilliness	Pale skin, cold sweat	Yes, cold drinks	Bluish, pale	5 drops every 1-2 hrs
Causticum	Prolonged flu, hoarseness	Anxious, fearful	Sore throat, incontinence during cough	Slightly thirsty	Sticky coating	6C, 5 drops every 2 hrs
Eupatorium	Body aches, chills	Irritability, weakness	Severe bone pain, throbbing headache	Moderate	Normal	10 drops, 5-6x/day
Gelsemium	Weakness, sluggishness	Indifferent, drowsy	Droopy eyelids, flu progresses slowly	No	Clean, moist	6C, 30C, 3-4x/day
Mercurius solubilis	Thick mucus, night sweats	Anxiety, irritability	Yellow-green sputum, night aggravation	Moderate	Swollen, imprints	1 tablet, 3-4x/day
Nux vomica	Digestive flu symptoms	Irritable, critical	Chilliness, constipation	Slightly thirsty	Red, irritated edges	6C, 30C, 2-3x/day
Rhus tox	Joint pain, fever	Restless, anxious	Joint stiffness, better from movement	Slightly thirsty	Clean or dry coating	10 drops, 4x/day
Rumex crispus	Tickling cough, laryngitis	Irritable, restless	Cough worse in cold air, “tickling” in chest	Moderate	Red, dry in center	10 drops, 3-4x/day
Phosphorus	Hoarseness, anxiety	Fearful, seeks comfort	Burning sensation, thirst for cold water	Intense thirst	Shiny, red	6C, 30C, 3-4x/day