We sure don’t need the media to tell us that this year’s flu is a doozy! Everywhere I go I hear the sounds of hoarse coughing, sneezing, and sniffling. Emergency rooms are overflowing. Recent reports on the deaths from flu are fanning the flames of fear and anxiety. There was a story just this week announcing the deaths of a healthy, 40-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy. It was this last news story that prompted me to reach out to you.
I don’t know the details regarding these last two cases, but my heart goes out to their families. There wasn’t much information about the 10-year-old other than he was traveling with his hockey team when he died, but the woman was apparently fit and healthy.
It’s probably a safe bet that most people with the flu are taking OTC or prescription medications. Since this woman went to the hospital twice, I assume that she was taking medication.
It’s important to remember that any time you suppress symptoms, it pushes the disease deeper into the body, affecting more vital organs. In this case, she developed pneumonia and went into septic shock.
Despite estimates that this year’s flu shot has a dismal 10% efficacy rate, officials are still encouraging people to get a flu shot. Here’s an article with some good information regarding the flu vaccine and options with homeopathy.
Homeopathy can absolutely help with the flu without suppressing symptoms!
You can find current genus epidemicus information from Paul Herscu here.
My husband and 3 children went down with the flu this week. They’ve recovered from the worst of it and are in various stages of convalescence. The remedies that helped them the most were Gelsemium and Bryonia. My daughter has autism and it’s much harder to get information from her, but Hepar sulph has helped her along nicely.
My youngest ran a very nice fever at the beginning which was helped with Belladonna.
So far, I’ve managed not to get the flu (knock on wood!) despite caring for 4 sick individuals and being coughed and sneezed on for a week.
I did begin developing symptoms shortly after my husband got sick. I had a frontal headache, worse from moving, and I was so incredibly thirsty! I began Bryonia immediately and was fine the next day.
To further support my immune system, I’m also eating small, nutrient-dense meals, drinking homemade bone broth, taking garlic capsules, and am doing light/moderate exercise every day. We’ve also been taking this brand of Sambucus.
I hope this helps allay some of the fear around this flu season. Natural healing is possible with Homeopathy! Sapare aude!
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