Every year again … it's flu season.
As if we didn't know! You hear everywhere how bad it is again this year.
I was on Facebook recently and could hardly keep up with the enquiries. It seems many of you currently have colds or simply want to prepare in case it hits your family.
With the freezing temperatures sweeping the country, that's a sensible idea. And believe me, I know how important it is to have the right medicine always to hand.
As you know, I'm busy packing because our move is just around the corner. There's a lot to do – stacking boxes, organising the move, working full time and looking after the family. It's easy to end up feeling unwell. That's what happened to me. Something was coming on. I'm not talking about a mild cold now, but a severe flu…
… and my homoeopathic home medicine cabinet had already been securely packed in one of the many moving boxes!
Luckily I found some garlic in the fridge (before I discovered homoeopathy that was my absolute go-to for the flu). So I started eating plenty of garlic and using up the remaining Vitamin C tablets I found in a drawer I hadn't emptied yet. Both helped, but unfortunately only for a short time. I literally drifted about in a cloud of garlic every day.
(Not even Buster wanted to sit on my lap!)
It went on like that for a few days until I happened to find my home medicine cabinet. I was finally relieved!
The stress didn't ease, of course; on the contrary, I still had to go to the airport and so on. But a single dose of the right homoeopathic remedy saw me through.
People are saying this year's flu is hitting particularly hard (Influenza A virus, subtype H3N2) and causing terrible joint and muscle aches. Had I suffered muscle aches, I would of course have taken Rhus tox C30 immediately; it works very well as an emergency remedy in most cases.
One of my colleagues, Kate, has a particularly bad story to tell. Kate's 13-year-old son also had the flu: fever, a blocked nose, headaches and severe body aches. The poor boy had to crawl on all fours across the floor from the pain. Normally he's pretty tough. Kate gave her son Aconitum C200 and Bryonia C30 plus Eupatorium perfoliatum C30 for the pain.
She knew the key symptom for this remedy: body aches all over, as if every bone were broken. That description fitted her son's flu symptoms well.
I admit I was delighted when Kate told me how well the remedy worked. She reported that her son was back on the sofa chatting with her within half an hour of taking the medicine. She was very pleased, as she had never used the remedy before. It was a wonderful experience for her and her son. She noted it straight away in her diary so she can refer back in future to see what helped her son and when.
Eupatorium C30 is one of my favourite remedies for flu illnesses with severe body aches. It works especially well with high fever.
Which mother wouldn't want this little magic remedy in her home medicine cabinet? When someone in the family becomes ill, a mother can't just sit idly by and watch her loved ones suffer. How wonderful that homoeopathy exists to support us with advice and practical help in these situations.
Spread the word!
Warmly,
Your Joette Calabrese
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Source: https://joettecalabrese.com/blog/when-a-cold-or-flu-hits-hard-hit-back/
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