Homeopathy for the Flu: Remedy Guide for Surviving

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More than just surviving, but thriving during this flu season. I have done a post about preventing the flu, but after several calls last week about homeopathy for the flu, I realized I needed a post about what to use once you already have it!

‘Tis the season. I don’t mean the holiday season; I mean the flu season. It runs from Halloween until Valentine’s Day. Why is that? Because of all the sugar that is rampant during this time. Eating sugar sometimes depresses the immune system for up to 24 hours! So, taking a vitamin C supplement that contains sugar does zero for your body.

What Is the Flu?

In case you just moved out from under a rock and didn’t know what the flu is, it is a virus that has resulted in an estimated 9.4 million – 41 million illnesses, 100,000 – 710,000 hospitalizations, and 4,900 – 52,000 deaths annually between 2010 and 2022 according to the CDC. It is often mild and more of a nuisance than anything else. The main symptoms are:

Fever
Malaise (general weakness)
Headache
Runny nose
Sneezing
Reduced sense of smell
Metallic taste in the mouth
Chills
Cough
Body pain or muscle pain
Sore throat

It is caused by a virus that is constantly mutating. This fact makes over-the-counter medicines and even prescription medicine difficult. It’s like nailing Jell-O to the wall! Constantly slipping and making a huge mess.

Homeopathy For The Flu Takes Center Stage

Using homeopathy for the flu is far superior to using other medications. This is because it is symptom-based, not virus-based. We don’t need a blood test or a nasal swab or a doctor’s visit to know we are sick. With homeopathy, we go based on symptoms. This makes this a perfect opportunity for Mom to step in and treat her family. Because no one loves and knows your family like you do.

Fever Predominates

Rhus tox – For the flu with chills. Used to treat flu cases when the person feels chills as if cold water was being poured over them. Sudden flushes of heat alternating with chills.
Nux Vomica – For the flu with anxiety. This remedy has the fever, chills with thirst, and heat without thirst with the added anxiety issue. The body, especially the face, feels burning hot, and the person feels chilly with every movement.

Sneezing Predominates

Allium cepa is homeopathy for the flu when there is constant sneezing. It often occurs more in a warm room, with copious watery, acrid discharge from the nose. In addition, red, bland, watering eyes and red eyes are also common.
Sabadilla is used to treat the flu with spasmodic sneezing. Oversensitivity to odors and lack of tolerance to smells like flowers and garlic are common symptoms.

Nasal Discharge Predominates

Arsenic Album is to treat the flu with a thin, watery discharge from the nose. Additionally, there can be burning and itching in the nose.
Pulsatilla is to treat flu symptoms where there is a yellowish-green discharge that is worse indoors and better in the open air. It is often used at the end of the cold.

Stuffy Nose Predominates

Ammonium cabonicum is a homeopathic remedy used to treat the flu with a stuffy nose with a continued inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose. The person is unable to breathe through their nose.
Sambucus is a medicine used to treat the flu where there is numbness and itching in the nose. The nose is blocked, and there is an accumulation of thick mucus in the nostrils. Sambucus is made from Elderberry.

Muscle Aches Predominates

Eupatorium perfoliatum is a homeopathic remedy used for the flu, with severe muscle aches and chills preceded by thirst, extreme soreness, and aching of the bones. As well as pain all over the body, weak pulse, and prostration (physical weakness).
Bryonia is used to treat the flu, where the muscle aches worsen from the slightest motion or movement. Even movement of the eyes hurt. Other symptoms include aching in the joints and muscles with bursting and tearing pains that get better by rest.

Cough Predominates

Rumex is used to treat the flu with a dry, tickling cough that prevents sleep. The cough happens while uncovering covers and on exposure to drafts of air. Continuous coughing worsened by pressure on the throat or talking indicates this medicine.
Drosera is a medicine used to treat flu with prolonged and incessant coughing and periodical fits of rapid coughing where the cough attacks are recurrent.

Sore Throat Predominates

Mercuris sol is used to treat a sore and burning throat. Some other symptoms are painful dryness of the throat and a mouth full of saliva.
Ferrum met is for the flu coupled with a sore throat and hoarseness. There is a sensation of having something in the throat that can be removed by hawking or coughing.

Weakness Predominates

Gelsemium is used where there is an extreme weakness, and the person wishes to lie still and rest. Symptoms of the flu coupled with a stupor, dizziness, faintness, and weakness.
Arsenic album treats the flu where restlessness, exhaustion, and anxiety exist.

Severe Headache Predominates

Belladonna is used to treat the flu where there is a congestive headache and a red face. Throbbing pain and fullness in the forehead and temples (sides of the head) are other symptoms of this medicine. I have written about Belladonna HERE. Belladonna is also a virus intrupter. If you are exposed to the flu you can take a dose or two of this and hopefully stop the virus from multiplying.
Natrum mur for flu coupled with light sensitivity, where a bursting headache lasts from sunrise to sunset.

Story Time

Once upon a time (roughly 15 years ago), my husband had the flu. He had body aches and a fever. His main complaint was that he was missing work. Sitting in the corner of the sectional, he would growl at the children if they tried to talk to him. Asking him questions equaled more growling. With his beard and messy-I’m-sick hair, he very much resembled a bear. I thought to give him Bryonia: he didn’t want to move, was a grumpy bear, and worried about work. But, I was new to using homeopathy and unsure of myself. So I spent about four hours reading books and giving him other remedies. I finally gave him the Bryonia. After the first dose, he moved off the couch. I gave him another dose a few hours later, and he got up and showered. He ate some soup and said he felt fine. And he was! He rested well that night and didn’t complain anymore about being sick. He went back to work the next day! It is one of my favorite success stories.