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Homeopathic Remedies for First Aid

Emergencies
Toxic Poisoning, Chemical Sensitivities & Allergic Reactions * Adverse Reactions to Drugs
* Allergy & Flu Shots * Injections * Vaccinations * Medical & Dental Anxiety * Surgical
Problems * Child-Birthing * Dental Emergencies * Dental Surgery * Eye Injuries * Bone
Fractures & Injuries * Puncture Wounds * Back & Spinal Injuries * Acute and Sudden
Illness * Common Colds * Influenza * Fevers * Earaches * Shock & Trauma of Accidents *
Sprains, Strains & Sports Injuries * Bruises

Emergencies are the conditions which people are most afraid of and the least prepared for. Being
prepared with a little knowlege of homeopathic remedies can prevent a worse problem from
developing in an emergency and even cure the problem. This is a wonderful power in the realm
of self healing.
There are many acute disorders and emergency situations. Some are caused by an illness or
accident, others are caused by man-made toxins, and still others are caused by conventional
medical drugs and procedures.
It's very healthy to avoid medical drugs and procedures whenever possible because they tend to
cause what they call "side-effects." These are actually iatrogenic disorders, disorders caused by
the medical treatment itself. Sometimes these are impossible to avoid because one finds oneself
in a situation where the benefits of modern medicine or surgery are needed. But, too many
patients are conditioned to believe that drugs and knives are the only recourse because the
authority-figure Doctor says so. Whatever the case, there are homeopathic remedies that will
either prevent the need for "drugs and knives" or cure the problems they cause.
Being self-sufficient in dealing with acute disorders that are not life threatening is very possible
if you pay careful attention. I will give you the homeopathic information to do this.
But please understand that for chronic health problems, one needs to consult a true classical
homeopath. You may also prefer to consult with a homeopath for your acute problems. You can
contact me for treatment of all these problems.

The recommended potencies are listed for each indicated homeopathic remedy. The dosing per
day is dependent upon the individuals symptoms and responses. See Homeopathic Guidelines for
more on this.

Toxic Poisoning, Chemical Sensitivities & Allergic Reactions:

APIS 12c: Is the homeopathic Anti-inflammatory and Anti-histamine.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. Hypersensitive and anaphylactic shock from allergens,
chemicals, antibiotics such as penicillin, and certain foods like nuts; with swelling of
tongue, lips, eyelids, and possibly difficulty breathing. Sore Throat due to allergy; back
of throat bright red, swollen uvula, pain is burning and stinging; mouth is dry, without
thirst, tongue and throat are red. Many symptoms in the mouth caused by allergic
reactions. Tongue dryness; scalded feeling with burning pain as if burnt. Coughs short
dry, hollow cough from allergies and pollutants; from irritation in throat-pit; suffocative;
with crawling sensation and tickling in chest that prevents sleep. Allergic reaction to
insect stings and bites from bees, wasps, spider, mosquito, and jellyfish; with rapid
swelling and large shiny red lumps that itch, burn or sting. Symptoms are worse from
heat and touch, and better from cold applications and air.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 30c:
Prone to allergies and the toxic effects of pesticides, chemicals, Multiple Chemical
Sensitivities with extreme sensitivity to pollutants, and other toxic elements with
anaphylaxis reaction. Food allergies especially to milk, wheat, sugar, ice cream, with
hypoglycemia. Very sensitive to odors with acute sense of smell, and also imagines
odors. Symptoms are worse from cold, wet weather, after midnight, and better from heat,
in the morning. and elevating head.
PHOSPHORUS 12c:
Toxic Poisoning from chemical fumes; chloroform; with panting and gasping for air.
Hypersensitive to strong odors, and highly aromatic such as flowers, or of chemicals
and gases. Asthma related to allergies, worse from humid weather. Coughs and headaches
from strong odors; sinusitis; very sensitive to gas fumes. Multiple Chemical
Sensitivities especially those with reactions to strong odors and respiratory problems;
hypersensitive to smells and illusions of odors; acute sense of smell with sensitivity to
gas fumes, which cause vertigo. Very sensitive to the atmosphere. Ailments from electric
shocks, being struck by lightning. And, ailments after electro shock therapy (Electro
Convulsive Therapy). Symptoms are worse from electrical changes, twilight, left side,
cold, and better from sympathy, and warmth.
BOVISTA 30c:
Until medical help arrives to prevent death caused by suffocation from gas fumes or
asphyxia due to fumes of tar and charcoal. Toxic Poisoning in an individual who has
been down in a mine, in the swamp, down in the mud, in the sewers, who has inhaled foul
gases, and who goes into bed with a sort of stupor.

CARBO VEGETABILIS 30c:

Asphyxia from carbon monoxide poisoning, and Situations in which there is a lack of
oxygen with difficult and accelerated breathing. Headaches with a heavy lead-like
feeling from smog and carbon monoxide poisoning from car exhausts.

Adverse Reactions to Drugs:

ARSENICUM ALBUM 30c:
Hypersensitive and allergic to allopathic drugs of any kind and especially antibiotics.
Over-reacts to allopathic drugs without curing. Side-affects from chemotherapy.
Anaphylaxis reaction, exhaustion, collapse, insomnia, restlessness and great weakness;
prophylactic protection if taken before and during drugging. Drug overdose. Drug
addiction to narcotics, morphine and heroin; during detoxification. Fearful of being
disabled, of never recovering, of medicine.
Symptoms are worse from cold, and better from heat and in the morning.
SULPHUR 12c:
Hypersensitive reactions to allopathic drugs especially antibiotics, with candida
infection. Oversensitive from prescription drugging, constipation from drug abuse,
insomnia after drugging and in spite taking narcotics; symptoms are generally worse from
idleness. SULPH aids in cleansing system of previous allopathic drugging, and to
counteract drug suppression of disease.
Symptoms are worse from heat of any kind, in a warm bed, and better from open air, and
after perspiring.
CADMIUM SULPHURICUM 30c:
For Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy, to antidote the severe side effects of these
cancer therapies which cause violent nausea, retching, and persistent vomiting which may
be black; [30c may cause patient to throw up soon after remedy and then they feel much
better]; lifts spirits of cancer sufferer in general; many of these patients die because they
cannot eat but this remedy can save them.
PHOSPHORUS 30c:
Hypersensitivity to anesthesia drugs and narcotics. Drug dependency on prescription
drugs with need for instant gratification. Perspiration odor like the corresponding drug.
ARNICA 200c:
Convulsions after drugs.

GELSEMIUN 200c:
Drug overdose and insomnia after drugs.

Allergy & Flu Shots

GELSEMIUM 200c:
Ailments and bad reaction to flu shots. Ailments from Allergy Injections.
THUJA 30c:
Ailments from Flu vaccinations; anxiety; restlessness; insomnia; stomach pain; diarrhea;
cough; conjunctivitis; headache.

Injections
LEDUM 30c:
Injections: puncture wound from them becomes cold, puffy, pale, mottled, with very
little bleeding and are very sensitive to touch and better from cold compresses; after
affects of steroid and cortisone injections. Jaw stiffness after dental injection of local
anesthesia; for puncture wound from a dental instrument especially if it has not bled
sufficiently and when the site of injury feels cold. Use prophylactically to prevent sideeffects.
HYPERICUM 30c:
Pain from injections when the nerve trunk is damaged.
RUTA 12c:
Pain after injections of local anesthesia in dental work.

Vaccinations
THUJA 12c:
Acute toxic reactions after a vaccination with ailments of: swelling of upper arm and
shoulder, atrophy of right arm after re-vaccination; eruptions; whitlows and suppuration
of fingers; asthma; anxiety; restlessness; insomnia; stomach pain; diarrhea; cough;

conjunctivitis; headache; convulsions; loss of speech and an imbecile-like state; chronic

ailments after and has not been well since; to prevent side-effects.
APIS 12c:
Sudden illness or shoulder swelling after a vaccination; edema at injection site of local
anesthesia with burning or stinging pains.

Medical & Dental Anxiety

ACONITUM 200c:
Great fear and anxiety on going to the dentist, doctor, or medical tests, MRI, CAT scan,
and surgery.
ARGENTUM NITRICUM 12c:
Apprehension, agitation and nervousness with belching. Fear of going to the dentist or
doctor, of heart disease, cancer, strokes, of having an incurable disease, of fainting, and of
hospitals.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 30c:
Great concern and anxiety about their health and their symptoms, which causes even
more stress. They go to many doctors, and try every kind of therapy. Their concern about
diet leads to rigorous health regimes which they follow religiously, even if the chosen
foods are not compatible with their system.
CALCAREA CARBONICA 12c:
Fear of going to the dentist. Of being examined and weighed by the doctor. Anxiety and
fear about germs, contamination, and infection. Anxious about health, cancer, heart
disease, pain, and mental illness.
GELSEMIUM 12c:
Paralyzed by dread and apprehension before dentist or doctor visits with diarrhea. Fear
that heart will cease to beat unless they keep moving.
ARNICA 1M:
Anxiety and Fear of surgery, they cannot bear anything penetrating their body.

Surgical Problems

ARNICA 1M, 200c, 30c:

Pre-op before procedure to reduce pain bruising and hemorrhaging, take 1M or just
before and right after surgery then followed by 200c and then 30c for recuperation period.
Anxiety and Fear before surgery, they cannot bear anything penetrating their body. For
initial pain and trauma of Joint Dislocations, use before, during and after medical
attention to relocate the extremity into the joint; of knee, shoulder, wrist and jaw.
HYPERICUM 30c:
Pain reliever for intolerable "exquisite" pain and the equivalent of a morphine-like
medicine in homeopathy. For surgery to prevent and treat post operative sensory nerve
pain, prostration, trauma, and other disorders as a result of surgery. For pain following
surgery in which nerves are cut or injured; for detached retina, amputation, dental
surgery, to remove a bullet, spinal and abdominal surgery, appendicectomy. Depression
and apprehension before and after surgery.
Amputation pain after amputation of limbs, upper and also lower; traumatic neuralgia in
amputated limb stump, and phantom limb pains. Preserves integrity of torn and
lacerated members when almost entirely separated from body.
ACONITUM 200c:
Shock after surgery.
STAPHYSAGRIA 30c:
Pain around the surgical incision, in which there is cutting with knife; circumcision,
eye surgery, ovarian surgery, abdominal surgery, surgery for urethra/bladder stones;
caesarean, childbirth, long drawn-out, painful birth and exhausting birth.
RUTA 30c:
Before and after joint surgery to reduce the pain and speed healing; (and alternate with
Arnica).
CARBO VEGETABILIS 30c:
For the bad effects of general anesthesia during surgery where the lack of oxygen causes
problems; extreme weakness as a result of, and after surgery.
CAUSTICUM 12c:
Post-surgery paralysis of bladder when cannot pass urine.
ALUMEN 30c:

Post-surgical care after eye surgery for cataracts with prolapse of the iris.
Hemorrhage from leech bites used in re-attaching severed parts.
BELLIS PERENNIS 12c:
Surgery when there is injury to glandular and the deeper tissues and muscles, and it acts
on muscular fibers of the blood vessels. Surgical injury to muscles, nerves, joints and
ligaments with intense soreness. Breast surgery including mastectomy.
PHOSPHORUS 30c:
For toxic affects of General Anesthesia during surgery [30c as needed right after
surgery].
If a known bleeder to prevent hemorrhaging [30c just before and right after surgery].
Amputated finger for pain in stump of.
SILICA 9c:
The "homeopathic surgeon," promotes explosion of pus, splinters, glass, fish bones,
nettles, needles, thorns, bullets; broken bones slow to repair; reopening of old wounds
and scars.

Child-Birthing
ARNICA 200c:
Ailments from a catheter or forceps at childbirth for mother and child; and before and
after childbirth.
HYPERICUM 30c:
Severe pain after delivery and afterpains from instrumental delivery, e.g. forceps, with
violent pains in the sacrum and hips, and severe headaches. Nerve pain from surgical
incisions, e.g. cesarean delivery and episiotomy. Episiotomy, Cesarian delivery, forceps
delivery, etc.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 12c:
Inactive bladder, with suppression of urine and paralysis of splinter after childbirth and
surgery; better from heat and lying in a hot bath.
CAUSTICUM 12c:
Paralysis with no desire and difficulty urinating after childbirth.

Dental Emergencies
MERCURIUS SOL 6c:
This is an amazing remedy when taken at the first sign of dental discomfort or pain, to
either cure the problem or prevent further development until you can get to the dentist if
necessary. Toothaches with pains that are aching, throbbing, pulsating, drawing,
pressing, and soreness of the tooth; pain extending to ears and face; toothaches from
decayed teeth, cold air and change in weather; toothache with an abscess, swollen cheek,
swelling and decay generally at the crown and/or root of the tooth worse in the lower
teeth, and bad breath; inflamed dentine; pain with involuntary flow of saliva; pain can
alternate with dizziness, vertigo, and pain in limbs; teeth feel on edge during menses;
teeth feel sensitive to touch, chewing, cold, and damp weather; pain is worse from cold
foods and drinks, while eating, inhaling cold air, 9 p.m., at night in bed, warmth of bed,
and on going to sleep; pain is better after sleep, from rubbing cheek, and external warm
compresses. Jaw swelling, abscess, inflammation and decay. Gum Boils. Mercury
toxicity from dental fillings.
HYPERICUM PERFORATUM 30c:
Injury to dental nerves; traumatized tooth; injury to front teeth, including in children.
Toothaches to relieve the pain of abscess and in the nerve; also use mother tincture
locally on afflicted gums and teeth; pain is worse from cold, movement, 3-4 a.m., and
better when lying on the painful side and keeping still.
RUTA 30c:
Dental Pain from a dry socket, at the onset of an infected tooth socket. Tooth Trauma
from a tooth loosened in the socket, or dislocated.

Dental Surgery
ARNICA 30c:
Dental Surgery & treatment: take 30c before and after dental visits to prevent physical
shock, bruised soreness, dental pain and bleeding gums after any dental work and
extractions. TMJ in an acute isolated case of, and to prevent an aggravation of TMJ
dental work. Toothache after a head injury, concussion, or dental work. Dental surgery
alternate Arnica and Hypericum before, during and after tooth extraction, root canal, and
fillings.
HYPERICUM 30c:

Dental Surgery hemorrhage in dental surgery, and shooting pains sensory nerves in
gums and teeth after tooth extraction, root canal, fillings; it promotes the regeneration of
the severed nerves.
RUTA 30c:
Before and after a tooth extraction to reduce pain and speed healing; bone and periosteal
pain after dental surgery; bone pain in and after any oral surgery; and scraping of the
periosteum; bone and periosteal pain after dental surgery.
STAPHYSAGRIA 12c:
Tooth extraction for pain and nervousness after.

Eye Injuries
ARNICA MONTANA 30c:
Black-eye; eye hemorrhage. Vision floaters after an accident.
ACONITUM NAPELLUS 30c:
Eye Injuries for acute inflammation from getting something in the eye.
LEDUM PALUSTRE 12c:
Black eye with contused wound, bloodshot or bruised and caused by a soft object, with
pain in the eyeball itself.
RUTA GRAVEOLENS 12c:
Eye Injury if surrounding tissue is more injured or whole eye looks inflamed.
SYMPHYTUM 9c:
Eye injury with pain in eye ball; trauma from a blunt instrument; eye bruises especially
to the eye ball without swelling; black eye.

Bone Fractures & Injuries

ARNICA MONTANA 200c:
Fractures and compound fractures after bone is set; [take Arnica 200c alternating with
Symphytum 12c 3-4 times daily].

SYMPHYTUM 9c:
Bone Fractures, to assist union, fractures that are slow to heal. To know if the bone is
broken give Symphytum 30c and if it relieves the pain then the bone is broken, but if it
does not relieve pain the bone is not broken.
HYPERICUM PERFORATUM 30c:
Fractured jaw for the sensory nerve pain.
RUTA GRAVEOLENS 30c:
Fractures, Broken Jaw: pain from fracture when the bones are severely contused; and to
speed healing. Bone injuries: bruises, pain and injuries that are slow to heal; lumps as a
result of a blow with a stick or a hammer or from bumping the shin bone; ailments from
bone injury; extreme bone pain; broken jaw.

Puncture Wounds
LEDUM PALUSTRE 30c:
Puncture Wounds especially in soles and palms; needles, pins, nails and stab wounds
from sharp pointed objects; wounded parts become cold, puffy, pale, mottled, with very
little bleeding and are very sensitive to touch and better from cold compresses; to prevent
tetanus take 30c immediately.
STAPHYSAGRIA 30c:
Stab Wounds caused by sharp instruments- stab, puncture, cuts.
HYPERICUM PERFORATUM 30c:
Cuts and Wounds with nerve pain that is burning, stinging, shooting, throbbing; more
painful then the wound appears; open and lacerated wounds; wounds with scurf. Injuries
with nerve pain from puncture wounds, incised wounds and laceration; bruises and
contusions; prostration from injuries; injury in which victim lies on their back, jerking
head back.

Back & Spinal Injuries

HYPERICUM 30c:

Spinal Injury after a fall; spine very sensitive to touch; bad effects of spinal cord
concussion; fall on coccyx and tailbone injury; blow or injury to base of spine; pain, great
soreness, irritation and congestion in spinal cord; back and neck pain after injury.
RUTA 6c:
Herniated Disc, slipped or ruptured disc caused by lifting heavy weights, over-exertion,
back sprains and strains; vertebrae slip out of place easily; with chronic back pain; from
spinal wounds.
ARNICA MONTANA 30c:
Herniated Disc Immediately take Arnica 30c every 1/2 hr-up to 10 doses, then every four
hours for up to 5 days and alternate with Ruta 6c.
SILICA 12c:
Injuries: to coccyx from a fall with painful soreness.

Acute and Sudden Illness

ACONITUM NAPELLUS 30c
Early Stages of a sudden illness when the patient is hot, thirsty, shivery, and can have
high fever, pounding pulse, with anxiety and impatience; symptoms come on after
exposure to sudden cold, dry, frosty, windy weather.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 30c
Acute Diseases: bacterial infections; streptococcus; staphylococcus; mumps.
Weakness: with sudden and rapid onset with great exhaustion and collapse, as if about
to die; too weak to move, and excessive weakness from any exertion. Worse from cold,
on rising, wine, after eating and moving bowels, and better lying still.
BAPTISIA 12c
Acute and Sudden Illness: Acute diseases with septic high fevers and complaints have
the appearance of infections like scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhoid, and the plague. With
septic conditions of the blood, malarial poisoning and extreme prostration. Loss of
strength with weakness and low fevers.

Common Colds
BRYONIA 30c:

Taken immediately it will abort a cold with sneezing, headache, aching limbs, or fever; a
chest cold that moves downward into the chest with a dry cough; better in open air.
GELSEMIUM 30c:
Colds that are influenza-like, with aching; watery discharge makes nostrils sore; eyelids
heavy; coated tongue; dull, heavy, achy, drowsy, sluggish, weak; limbs chilly, shivering,
chills up and down spine; with sore throat and difficulty swallowing; sensation of lump in
throat; no thirst; bursting headache; tickling tearing cough; frequent urination; colds are
worse from change in weather, morning, passing urine, and better from open air,
outdoors, near a fire.
MERCURIUS SOL 12c:
Colds in which the nasal symptoms are key, with sudden and frequent sneezing, nose
sore, raw with profuse watery discharge that burns, upper lip and nostrils become raw and
ulcerated; with profuse sweating, excessive salivation, bad breath, sore throat, cough that
is dry, tickling, hacking with green mucus, and nose may bleed during sleep; with
chilliness; watery eyes with sensitivity to light, worse from warmth of bed or heat of fire;
with headache that feels as if head is in a tight vice and is worse at night and when
bending down; sinusitis; preceding fever with heat and chills alternating, feels chilled in
open air but overheated in a stuffy room, and worse at night in bed; mucous becomes
thick and yellowish-green; worse for heat or cold, and at night.
NATRUM MURIATICUM 12c:
Stops a cold in the early stage, that starts with sneezing; also influenza-like colds, with
lots of fluent discharge, sneezing, mucous like raw egg white, blocked nose, cold sores;
with sinusitis; worse in the morning.
ACONITUM 30c:
Sudden head colds with high fevers. Fever with intense, dry, burning heat that is
internal, and alternating with coldness and chills, succession of chills followed by heat
with sweat, waves of chills along the spine, with thirst; sweating profuse; one cheek is
red and hot, the other pale and cold; symptoms are worse in the evening, at night, and in
bed, and better uncovering and from sweating.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 30c:
Colds with thin, fluent, watery discharge (especially right nostril), burning discharge
(possibly blood streaked) causing sore and red nostrils and upper lip; violent and frequent
sneezing spasms; chilly and thirsty; nose is blocked at night and worse initially of right
nostril; lips are cracked and may bleed; eyes are dry and burning; with headaches and
sinusitis; later can become thick, yellow discharge, and move to chest.

Influenza
GELSEMIUM 30c, 200c:
Influenza symptoms with slow onset or to prevent in case having been exposed to
someone infected [30c 2-3 times daily to prevent], or if already manifested [200c 2-3
times daily]; with extreme chilliness, shivering and chills especially up and down the
back, overall weakness, paralyzing exhaustion, numbness, heaviness, muscle aches,
stiffness and heaviness of limbs, stiff neck, neck ache, sore throat, runny nose, shivering,
trembling in limbs; with fever and malaise;
ARSENICUM ALBUM 30c:
Intestinal flu with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and exhaustion; fearful from vomiting;
Flu's that start to come on after a chill, change of temperature and exhaustion; with
neuralgia, fever and thirst.
BRYONIA 30c:
Respiratory flu with chest cold and dry cough; bronchitis; aching in every muscle and
cannot bear to move a muscle. Stomach flu with gastric complaints and fever.
EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM 12c:
Flu with intense bone pain and violent aching as if broken, dares not move, muscle aches
in chest, back and limbs, aching in extremities, fever with great thirst, burning heat,
shivers and chills begin in the small of back, bursting headache with soreness internally
and restlessness, sore eyeballs, desire for warmth; stomach flu with nausea at sight or
smell of food, with vomiting of food and bile, with fever.
BAPTISIA 12c:
Epidemic type flu's, with muscles pains and soreness all over, high fevers, profound
prostration, weak and stiff limbs, aching head, bleary eyes, sore throat, stomach flu with
gastric complaints and severe diarrhea. Onset of possible CFIDS.
ACONITUM NAPELLUS 30c:
Generally for the immediate conditions and early stages of illness that come on rapidly
and should be taken immediately in acute disease, after exposure to very cold winds
while warming.

Fevers

ACONITUM 30c:
Sudden high fevers with intense, dry, burning heat that is internal, external and
ascending, and alternating with coldness and chills, succession of chills followed by heat
with sweat, waves of chills along the spine, with thirst; continual, relapsing and
intermittent in recent cases, with desire to uncover; sweating profuse; one cheek is red
and hot, the other pale and cold; symptoms are worse in the evening, at night, and in bed,
and better uncovering and from sweating.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 30c:
Sudden fevers with the onset of a sudden disease, flu, measles etc., with dry burning
heat, alternating with chills, with sweat and thirst, with gastric problems, with pain,
paralysis, spasms, with anxiety, delirium, exhaustion and restlessness; worse at night and
after midnight. High Fevers that come on in the evening 8-9 p.m., at night with dry,
burning heat and not thirsty, at 2 a.m.

Earaches
BELLADONNA 30c:
Earache sudden onset of throbbing pain and anguish, hot skin, especially on right-side;
with radiating pains that extend to face and neck; middle ear infections; earaches in
children.
MERCURIUS SOL 12c:
Earache piercing, pressing, burning, tearing pain; ear feel blocked; worse from warmth,
and at night. Pain: constant pain; causes fainting; with a sore throat; extending to face;
from taking cold; below ear extending to lower jaw; tearing pain during menses; stitching
pain when stooping, worse from warmth of bed; pain at night; burning pain in meatus.
HEPAR SULPHURIS 12c:
Earache with inflammation inside ear and stitching pain that may extend from one ear to
the other; inflammation of the eardrum and the pointed bone right behind the ear; with
discharges; worse from cold air, drafts, cold compresses, yawning, and at night, and
better from warmth and wrapping up.
PULSATILLA 12c:
Earache pain is cramp-like, darting, pressing, piercing, throbbing and pulsating; ear is
hot, red, swollen; also in children; bursting sensation on sneezing; from head colds; pain
extending to eyes; extreme pain almost deprives one of reason; worse at night, in warm

room, and from suppressed menses, and better from cold compresses and in open air.
Discharge is yellow-green and thick; and fullness on blowing nose.
LACHESIS 30c:
Earache with sore throat.
GRAPHITES 12c:
Earache with pain in left ear.
AURUM METALLICUM 12c:
Earaches with boring pain; pain is better in open air, and covering during motion.

Shock & Trauma of Accidents

ACONITUM NAPELLUS 200c:
In any circumstance when there is an initial traumatic and violent shock to the system,
such as from a vehicle crash. Shock after an injury, accidents or surgery; from animal
bites. Hyperventilation from shock, anxiety, injury, acute illness. Wounds with shock,
and that bleed freely.
ARNICA MONTANA 1M, 200c, 30c:
Accidents experienced during athletic sports or any other physical activity. Injuries with
swelling and aching, soreness, and pain feels bruised or beaten; injury to male genitals;
injuries from blows, including from blunt instruments, and causing much bleeding.
Shock and Trauma to the whole system after traumatic injury; 1st remedy given in
accidents and injury (especially traumatic). Head Injuries concussion, contusion,
unconscious. Headaches from shock or injury; concussions to base of spine (followed
with Hypericum 30c); forgetful, memory loss and amnesia caused by a head injury;
meningitis when symptoms start after a head injury. Arnica an be taken before and after a
physical workout to prevent straining.
Take 1M 1st during initial trauma, then 200c every 20 minutes for up to 6 doses, then 30c
2-4 times daily as needed until cure; depending on injury it may be alternated with
another appropriate remedy such as Ruta.
HYPERICUM 30c:
Faintness caused by the shock of an injury with intolerable nerve pains and
inflammation, from lacerations, deep wounds, stab and gunshot wounds, with
shooting pains which shoots up from the injury. Male genital injuries.

Sprains, Strains & Sports Injuries

ARNICA MONTANA 1M, 200c, 30c:
Sprains that are very painful particularly of the ankles and wrists; with pain; with
bruising; also from over-exertion; worse from warmth, movement and reclining.
Sports injuries and weakness while and after playing sports, work-outs or exercising;
wrenched muscle.
1M immediately upon injury, then follow with several doses of 200c, and next day 30c
every hour for up to 6 doses. 30c can be taken before and after a physical workout as a
preventative.
RUTA GRAVEOLENS 6c:
Sprains with lameness after an ankle sprain; sprained with dislocated feeling; foot turns
under from weak ankle.
Strains and complaints are often brought on from straining the part; over lifting heavy
weights, strains in weight-lifters, overtraining or overexertion of parts but principally
confined to parts that are of a tendinous character; of aponeurotic fibers and white fibrous
tissue; of the flexor tendons especially; flexor tendons that are overtrained by exertion.
LEDUM PALUSTRE 12c:
Sprains when the joints are swollen, cold and numb, but cold applications do not relieve.
BELLIS PERENNIS 12c:
Sprains that feel contracted as from elastic band around joint; sprains with great soreness
and ligament injury; sprains with Injury to Muscles and muscular soreness acts on
muscular fibers of the blood vessels; joints are sore. Good for old laborers especially
gardeners; pain down anterior of thighs. Worse left side, hot bath or cold bathing, warmth
of bed.
BRYONIA 12c:
Sprain to ankle with damage to joint ligaments in which the joints feel hot, painful,
swollen, stiff, with redness; sprain to muscles and tendons from lifting.
Symptoms are worse from least movement, motion, and better from pressure, lying on
painful side.
Torn Muscle if incapable of movement; burning pain.
RHUS-TOX 30c:
Strains to muscles, tendons and ligaments, with painful swollen joints, skin red swollen,
symptoms worse at night. Strains from lifting, with residual stiffness and rheumatic pain.

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM 30c:

Sprains and Strains with severe pain and inflammation. Also male genital injuries with
nerve pain.

Bruises
ARNICA MONTANA 30c:
Bruises to soft sensitive parts of flesh or muscle; black and blue marks (it repairs
damaged blood vessels and reduces swelling); blood blisters after an injury.
RUTA 12c:
Bruises that go away slowly and leave a hardened spot; thickening of periosteum; a
knotty nodular condition it remains sore; slow repair; a lump in the periosteum that has
existed for months or years; sensitive and sore and nodular.
SYMPHYTUM 12c:
Blows from blunt instruments, that cause black and blue marks; injury to hard parts that
are penetrating to perineum and bones.

The following is a more complete text of the information that was given by Erika Price, DHM, in
an interview on the Gary Null Radio program, Natural Health, on WBAI (Pacifica radio in New
York) on July 23, 1997.
Much more complete information will be available in the book she is writing.

Copyright Erika Price, DHM. 2000

First Response Homeopathy Remedies to Use in a Disaster (Part 1)

Floods, wars, famines, accidents, earthquakes.

Hardly a day goes by without a disaster making headlines somewhere they are an inescapable
part of life and whether natural or manmade have always been with us.
Were often transfixed by the media reports of chaos visited on others but for those caught up in
the disaster it may mean injuries and sickness, destruction of property, loss of loved ones,
starvation, and displacement. Long after the physical wounds have healed, emotional trauma
remains.

Homoeopathy is front-line medicine at its best. It has much to offer the victims of disaster and
those who rush to their aid. It is inexpensive, easily distributed, able to be safely used before
other medical help arrives, and can then used beside it without interactive effects.
Over the next three articles we will look at the remedies traditionally used in homeopathy to
reduce the impact of physical injuries, soften emotional trauma, and lessen the risk of epidemic
disease.
We will show you how to compile an emergency homeopathy kit, teach you how to use it and
explain how its remedies can be stretched to not only help you but others, also.
In this, our first article, learn the remedies homeopaths use for the initial problems of shock, fear,
hysteria, and injuries.
Find out about the corpse reviver, why homeopathic opium is considered a fantastic treatment
for shock, and how the London Police Force used homeopathic gunpowder as a remedy for
infections, boils and abscesses.
And, if you ever have the misfortune to be caught in a disaster situation remember the ABCs of
first aid check and maintain the persons Airway, Breathing and Circulation and certainly call
for help.

First Response Remedies

Shock
Emotional shock is the bodys response to extreme fear, stress, pain, or helplessness. It is also
known as acute stress reaction. Symptoms include: disorientation; confusion; agitation;
restlessness; and feeling dazed.
Two key homeopathic remedies for this type of shock are Aconite and Opium.
Aconite napellus (Acon.): Aconite is used when the person is agitated, restless, fearful and
anxious (or even in a state of terror) and convinced they will die. It is capable of relieving not
only these mental-emotional symptoms but other symptoms that may be present at the same time
such as chest pain from an impending heart attack (myocardial infarction) or convulsions.
Opium (Op.): The homeopathic remedy prepared from opium is more useful for emotional
shock in which the person looks and acts like a stunned mullet. They are withdrawn, respond
poorly to what is happening around them, and have a dazed, besotted expression. Be aware
though that in some countries you will not be able to obtain homeopathic opium as regulators of
these countries, unfamiliar with the extreme dilutions of homoeopathic remedies, confuse
homeopathic opium with its crude source and so classify it as an illegal substance.

Guidelines: Either remedy can be given as often as every 15 seconds if the persons symptoms
are severe. Once symptoms start to settle only give another dose when improvement stops or
symptoms start to return. If there is no improvement by 3 doses, stop, as this means the remedy
is incorrect choose another remedy that better matches the symptoms. As long as the person is
improving with each dose, the remedy can be given as often as needed and for as long as is
needed.

Hysteria and Panic

Following shock, panic and hysteria are the next most common reactions to emotional trauma.
People may shriek, scream, have rapidly changing emotions, sob convulsively, hyperventilate, or
frantically clutch at others for help. Two remedies to help reduce panic and hysteria are Aconite
and Ignatia.
Aconite napellus (Acon.): Those needing Aconite, as already mentioned, will be extremely
restless and agitated, fearing they are about to die. They are likely to have palpitations and will
hyperventilate, producing symptoms of pins and needles and numbness throughout the body.
Ignatia amara (Ign.): Ignatia is used for rapidly changing moods and crying with sobbing. The
person may hyperventilate, twitch, jerk, have cramps and display contradictory, unpredictable
behaviour. They will pull away from comfort and reassurance and may sweat from the face.
Guidelines: Either remedy can be given as often as every 15 seconds if the persons symptoms
are severe. Once symptoms start to settle only give another dose when improvement stops or
symptoms start to return. If there is no improvement by 3 doses, stop, as this means the remedy
is incorrect choose another remedy that better matches the symptoms. As long as the person is
improving with each dose, the remedy can be given as often as needed and for as long as is
needed.

Injuries, Wounds and Hazardous Effects

Allium cepa (All-c.): When eyes and nose are streaming from some sort of irritant. Burning
discharge from the nose, bland discharge from the eyes. A good remedy to counter the effects of
tear gas. (Also see Euphrasia.)
Arnica Montana (Arn.): For bruising and damage to soft tissues such as skin and muscles.
Slows bleeding, reduces swelling, promotes healing, helps with shock and reduces the risk of
infection. Ideal as a first remedy for broken bones (fractures) that cause bleeding and swelling
into the tissues (use Bryonia for fractured ribs or Symphytum after 24 hours when swelling and
bleeding is no longer a problem). Do not use in herbal form if skin is broken as it will irritate; it
is safe to use in homeopathic potencies.

Bryonia (Bry.): Fractures such as fractured ribs when the pain is worse for the slightest
movement (breathing) and better for firm pressure or being supported.
Calendula (Calen.): Useful for superficial wounds, grazes and lacerated skin promotes
healing and reduces the risk of infection. Can be taken by mouth or applied topically (directly on
the skin). To apply topically, place 10 drops of the herbal tincture or potentised remedy into a cup
of water, cleanse the wound and then bind with a dressing moistened with the solution. Leave the
dressing intact for as long as possible but keep it moist with the solution to speed healing and
stop infection.
Cantharis (Canth.): A key remedy for 2nd to 3rd degree burns where there is severe pain and
even blistering of the skin. (See Urtica urens for 1st and 2nd degree burns, Causticum for chemical
burns, and Phosphorus for electrical burns.)
Causticum (Caust.): A useful remedy for deep burns and chemical burns. (See Urtica urens
for 1st and 2nd degree burns, Cantharis for 2nd and 3rd degree burns, and Phosphorus for electrical
burns.)
China officinalis (Chin.): Relieves exhaustion and debility that follows the loss of body
fluids such as blood, sweat and diarrheoa.
Carbo vegetabilis (Carb-v.): This remedy has the reputation of being a corpse reviver among
homeopaths. It treats many near-death states with the following symptoms: faintness; collapse;
exhaustion; chilliness; cold sweat; gasping for air; wanting to be fanned; flatulence and
distension; heart failure; blue or mottled skin. (Also see Laurocerasus.)
Euphrasia (Euphr.): When eyes and nose are streaming from an irritant. Bland discharge from
the nose, burning discharge from the eyes. A good remedy to counter the effects of tear gas.
(Also see Allium cepa.)
Gunpowder (Gunp.): Used in its crude form in the past by soldiers and the London Police
Force (of all people) to fight infection, homeopathic gunpowder is still an excellent remedy
today to prevent boils and abscesses developing in cuts and wounds.
Hypericum perforatum (Hyper.): For injuries to nerves and nerve rich areas such as finger
tips and the spine. Numbness and tingling. Pains shoot upwards along the nerve pathways. Also
helpful for lacerations and puncture wounds.
Laurocerasus (Laur.): A good remedy for lack of reaction when the heart and /or respiratory
system is in failure. The person may: be in a state of collapse; have chilliness that is unhelped
by warmth; be gasping for breath or suffocating; and be blue or mottled. (Also see Carbo
vegetabilis.)

Ledum palustre (Led.): Main remedy for mottled puncture wounds. Useful for sprained and
twisted joints.
Natrum sulphuricum (Nat-s): For concussion and head injuries that potentially involve brain
damage or bleeding into the brain. Also useful for some types of spinal injury.
Phosphorus (Phos.): The main remedy for electrical burns or electroshock. (See Urtica urens
for 1st and 2nd degree burns, Cantharis for 2nd and 3rd degree burns, and Causticum for chemical
burns.)
Staphysagria (Staph.): Especially useful for cuts and incisions that have clean rather than
jagged edges. Promotes healing and reduces the risk of infection. Also helps the person process
emotions following violations such as rape.
Symphytum officinale (Symph.): Known as the Arnica of the eye. Helpful when the eyeball
has been punctured, ruptured or damaged. Also used in the ongoing repair of fractures.
Urtica urens (Urt-u): Main remedy for 1st and 2nd degree burns that sting, burn and possibly
itch. An unusual symptom is that the burn may feel worse for cold water. (See Cantharis for 2nd
and 3rd degree burns, Causticum for chemical burns, and Phosphorus for electrical burns.)
X-ray: Minimises genetic damage following exposure to radiation.

Dosage Guidelines
Remedies can be used in any potency from 6C to 200C but remember, good results depend on
getting the remedy right rather than getting the potency right. If none of the above potencies are
available, dose with whatever one you have on hand. Because homeopathy is an intrinsically safe
system of medicine, free of toxic effects, no harm will be done.
How often to dose will depend on the intensity of the persons symptoms and how quickly they
respond to the remedy. Initial doses may be needed as often as every 15 seconds or at intervals of
several hours. To find out more about dosing, read: How Often Should I Take a Dose of My
Remedy.

First Response Homeopathy Remedies to Use in a Disaster (Part 2)

Disaster has struck. Panic and shock are now subsiding. The immediate threat is over.
Those caught in the disaster are literally starting to pick up the pieces of their lives and
possessions.
Homoeopathy is front-line medicine at its best. It has much to offer the victims of disaster and
those who rush to their aid. It is inexpensive, easily distributed, able to be safely used before
other medical help arrives, and can then used beside it without interactive effects.
Over our three First Response articles we will look at remedies traditionally used
in homeopathy to reduce the impact of physical injuries, soften emotional trauma, and lessen the
risk of epidemic disease.
We also show you how to compile an emergency homeopathy kit, teach you how to use it and
explain how its remedies can be stretched to not only help you but others, also.

Moving on to the Next Stage

Once the immediate threat is over, anger, accusations, grief and ongoing fear grip many and raw
emotions may bubble to the surface.
Perhaps the most striking thing that outsiders witness, though, is the compassion and support
people give to each in the middle of what seems an insurmountable tragedy.
Physical injuries that were not seen as severe at the height of the disaster now need attention and
the spread of disease has to be prevented.
Even here, homoeopathy, with its easy production and distribution of remedies should have a key
role to play with problems as diverse as gangrene, sunstroke, boils and abscesses.
The following is a summary of remedies and their traditional indications for the symptoms and
complaints seen in the second stage of a disaster.

Fear, Anxiety and Despair

Argentum nitricum (Arg-n): Anticipatory anxiety with strange fears or phobias. May become
claustrophobic or agoraphobic. Wants company but anxious in a crowd. Fears losing control.
Diarrhoea develops with anxiety.
Arsenicum album (Ars.): Anxious and afraid to be alone. Fear of death or disease. Restlessness
leading to exhaustion. Controlling behaviour of others and circumstances. Anxiety worse after
midnight.
Gelsemium (Gels.): Anxiety with weakness and trembling. Needs support when standing; knees
shake. Heaviness of eyelids and drowsiness. Wants to be alone.
Stramonium (Stram.): Symptoms usually develop after a frightful experience. Violence
towards others from fear of being attacked or hurt. May hit, scratch, kick or bite (children
especially). Fear of the dark. Feel much better in company and light.
Comments: If shock, panic or hysteria are still present, refer back to Part 1 for helpful remedies.

Grief
Ignatia amara (Ign.): Main remedy for acute grief. Hysterical and changeable behaviour. Angry
outbursts and recriminations. Crying when alone rather than in public. Convulsive sobbing.
Brooding and sighing. Sensation of lump in the throat. Refusal to eat.
Phosphoric Acid (Ph-ac.): Indifferent, apathetic or physically weak with grief. Slow to answer.
Silent suffering want to be alone. Lack of energy. Exhausted.
Anger

Chamomilla (Cham.): Anger with contrariness. Discontented and dissatisfied no matter what is
done cant be pleased. Hypersensitive and intolerant of pain, even from minor injuries.
Nux vomica (Nux): Angry, irritable, driven and impatient. Irritable when interrupted or obliged
to answer. Intolerant of others especially if they are perceived as being too slow or doing
inappropriate things. Overindulgence in stimulants or alcohol.
Staphysagria (Staph.): Suppressed anger and indignation following humiliation, insult or
violation. also a key go to remedy for rape victims during disaster or war.

Injuries and Wounds

Many of the first aid and emergency remedies suggested in Part 1 may still be useful during this
mopping up stage. For example:
Broken bones (fractures): See Arnica montana, Bryonia alba, or Symphytum. (Part 1)
Concussion or brain injury: See Natrum sulphuricum. (Part 1)
Bruising and damage to soft tissues: See Arnica Montana. (Part 1)
Superficial wounds, grazes and lacerated skin: See Calendula or Hypericum. (Part 1)
Cuts and incisional wounds: See Staphysagria. (Part 1)
Puncture wounds: See Hypericum or Ledum palustre. (Part 1)
Chemical, electrical or 1st, 2nd or 3rd degree burns: See Urtica urens, Causticum, Cantharis or
Phosphorus. (Part 1)
Sprained or twisted joints: See Ledum palustre. (Part 1).
Additional helpful remedies are:
Bryonia alba (Bry.): Pain that is worse for the slightest movement. Better for firm strapping,
pressure, or lying on the affected part. Useful for fractures, especially fractured ribs.
Hypericum perforatum (Hyper.): Damaged nerves with shooting pains that travel up the limbs,
along nerve tracts.
Rhus toxicodendron (Rhus-t.): Pain and stiffness that is worse after rest and better for ongoing
movement.

Ruta graveolens (Ruta.): For tendon injuries, especially of wrist and ankle. Pain worse after
rest. Hard nodules from blows to shins.

Infected wounds, boils and abscesses.

See Gunpowder as a preventative for infection in Part 1 of this article. Additional remedies
include:
Anthracinum (Anthr.): Intense burning pains. Offensive discharges. Black or blue blisters.
Anxious with fear of death. Weakness with difficulty in swallowing even though very thirsty.
Arsenicum album (Ars.): Burning pain that is better for warmth. The person is anxious,
restless, chilly and thirsty for small sips.
Hepar sulphuris (Hep.): Sensitive wounds with splinter-like sticking pains. Lots of the pus.
Sensitive to cold and drafts but better for warmth. Old cheese odour.
Pyrogenium (Pyrog.): Offensive wounds with foul smelling discharges. High fever with slow
pulse or low fever with rapid pulse. Exhausted but restless. Bruised feeling.
Silicea (Sil.): Abscesses that drain but dont heal. Splinter-like pains. Chilly and worse for cold.

Bites and Stings

In many disaster situations, animals and snakes are displaced just as much as humans. Once out
of their natural habitat, bites and stings are more likely. When this happens, the following
remedies should be considered.
Aconite napellus (Acon.): Rapid, intense symptoms following bite or sting. Restlessness,
anxiety and fear that they might die. Very thirsty.
Apis mellifica (Apis.): The site of the sting will be puffy. Swelling will be warm and white or
rosy pink in colour. Prickling, stinging pains that are improved by cold applications.
Lachesis muta (Lach.): Skin around bite or sting will be hot and look dark red or bluepurple.
Useful remedy for tarantula bites.
Ledum palustre (Led.): Main remedy for puncture wounds, including the bites and stings of
animals or insects. Wound swollen, cold, and discoloured. Pain improved by cold applications.
Cantharis (Canth.): Intense burning pain following insect bites such as from wasps.

Gangrene
Tissue gangrene occurs from infection, crush injuries, obstructed circulation and frostbite. The
correct homeopathic remedy minimises damage and aids recovery.
Anthracinum (Anthr.): Intense burning pains with offensive discharges and blue-black blisters.
Restlessness leading to exhaustion.
Arsenicum album (Ars.): Burning pains that feel better for warmth. Restless, anxious and
chilly. Thirsty for small sips.
Cantharis (Canth.): Intense raw, burning pains. Blackish blisters. Delirium in which they might
bite.
Carbo vegetabilis (Carb-v.): Bluish, ice-cold skin and extremeties yet person wants to be
fanned cannot get enough air. Frequent belching. Exhaustion and breathlessness.
Crotalus horridus (Crot-h.): Rapid spread with offensive odour. Swollen limb. Blackish
blisters. Right side of body feels tender. Easy weeping.

Sunburn or Heat/Sun Stroke

Working in extreme temperatures or facing sun exposure after the destruction of shelter can leave
both victims and helpers at risk of sunburn or sun and heat stroke.
The following remedies can be considered for the pain of simple sunburn plus the fever,
vomiting, weakness, cramping, diarrhoea and delirium of sun or heat stroke.
Apis mellifica (Apis.): Swelling of the tissues (oedema) with stinging, prickly pain. Better for
cold applications. Worse for warmth. Reduced urine output. Drowsiness or irritability.
Belladonna (Bell): Hot, red face. Throbbing headache that is worse from light, noise, lying
down, or being jarred. Eyes red and bloodshot all glassy in appearance.
Cantharis (Canth.): One of the main remedies for painful and blistering sunburn. Smarting,
burning pain relieved by cold applications. Restless and thirsty.
Glonoinum (Glon): Throbbing in head and body. Dark spots before the eyes. Clenching of jaws.
Deathly feeling in the stomach.
Natrum carbonicum (Nat-c.): For the chronic effects of sunstroke. Weakness on exertion.
Urtica urens (Urt-u.): Simple sunburn with stinging, burning or itching pain. Better for lying
down. Worse for touch and after sleep.

Exhaustion and Collapse

Its not just those involved in the disaster who are affected. Those who rush to help may work
themselves to the point of collapse. See Part 1 for details on remedies such as China officinalis,
Carbo vegetabilis and Laurocerasus for exhaustion arising from physical injury or disease.
Additional remedies to consider are:
Arsenicum album (Ars.): Restlessness leading to exhaustion. Anxious and afraid to be alone.
Fear of death or disease. Controlling behaviour of others and circumstances.
Calcarea carbonica (Calc.): Weakness from exertion. Sweats on the least exertion and during
sleep. Confused and under-confident. Cant bear to see or hear of cruelties or horrible things.
Cocculus indicus (Cocc.): Symptoms such as numbness, twitching, dizziness, confusion and
exhaustion especially following loss of sleep from caring for others.
Gelsemium (Gels.): Anxiety with weakness and trembling. Needs support when standing; knees
shake. Heaviness of eyelids and drowsiness. Wants to be alone.
Kali phosphoricum (Kali-p): Nervous exhaustion from overwork or worry. Insomnia from
nervous exhaustion. Tongue is coated yellow.
Phosphoric acid (Ph-ac.): Indifferent, apathetic or physically weak from grief or loss of body
fluids. Slow to answer and unable to think of words. Silent suffering want to be alone. Lack of
energy. Exhausted.

Disease Prevention
Damaged infrastructure, polluted water, lack of sanitation, and decaying matter all encourage the
spread of disease. Whether it be a simple diarrhoea or a more serious epidemic disease such as
cholera, homeopathy has a history of helping with prevention as well as treatment.
Nosodes, for example remedies made from the diseased tissue or discharge are regularly
used for prevention. Many can be obtained from homeopathic pharmacies or, if time is of the
essence, can be made on site by rapidly potentising the source material. (If you have to resort to
this, remember to take all precautions until the remedy has been fully potentised so you dont
become infected yourself).
The other option is to choose the standard homeopathic remedy that best matches the symptoms
of the disease for which prevention is sought.
Both nosodes and standard remedies are listed below. Either can be used preventatively ahead of
an outbreak but if an epidemic is already in progress, the genus epidemicus the remedy that

best matches the characteristic symptoms of the outbreak will produce the best results. That
remedy may be one of those listed or a different one altogether.
Amoebic dysentery: Arsenicum album (Ars.) or nosode.
Anthrax: Anthracinum (Anthr.).
Bubonic plague: Baptisia tinctoria (Bapt.) or nosode.
Chickenpox: Antimonium crudum (Ant-c.) or Pulsatilla pratensis (Puls.) or Rhus toxicodendron
(Rhus-t.) or nosode.
Cholera: Cuprum metallicum (Cupr.) or Camphor(Camph.) or Veratrum album (Verat.) or
nosode.
Diphtheria: Mercurius cyanatus (Merc-cy.) or nosode.
Hepatitis: Phosphorus (Phos.) or Chelidonium majus (Chel.) or nosode.
Hydrophobia: Belladonna (Bell.) or nosode.
Influenza: Gelsemium semervirens (Gels.) or Arsenicum album (Ars.) or Rhus toxicodendron
(Rhus-t.) or Eupatorium perfoliatum (Eup-per.) or nosode.
Lyme disease: Ledum palustre or nosode.
Malaria: Cinchona (Cinch.) or Arsenicum album (Ars.) or Natrum muriaticum (Nat-m.) or
nosode.
Measles: Pulsatilla pratensis (Puls.) or Aconite napellus (Acon.) or Arsenicum album (Ars.) or
nosode.
Meningitis or Encephalitis: Belladonna (Bell.) or nosode.
Mumps: Mercurius vivus (Merc-v.) or Phytolacca decandra (Phyt.) or nosode.
Polio: Lathyrus sativa (Lath.) or Plumbum metallicum (Plb.) or nosode.
Puerperal fever: Pyrogenium (Pyr.) or nosode.
Scarlet fever: Belladonna (Bell.) or nosode.
Small pox: Malandrinum (Maland.) or nosode.

Tetanus: Tetanus toxinum (Tetan.) or Cicuta virosa (Cic.) Hypericum perforatum (Hyper.) or
Magnesium phosphoricum (Mag-p.).
Typhus: Rhus toxicodendron (Rhus-t.) or Baptisia tinctoria (Bapt.) or nosode.
Tuberculosis: Drosera rotundifolia (Dros.) or nosode.
Typhoid: Baptisia tinctoria (Bapt.) or nosode.
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Yellow fever: Crotalus horridus (Crot-h.) or Carbo vegetabilis (Carb-v.) or Arsenicum album
(Ars.) or nosode.

Dosage Guidelines
Remedies can be used in any potency from 6C to 200C; good results are dependent on getting
the remedy right more than using a certain potency.
If none of the above potencies are on hand, dose with whatever is available knowing that
homeopathy has an excellent safety record with non-addictive and non-toxic remedies.
How often a dose of the chosen remedy should be given will depend on the intensity of the
persons symptoms and how quickly they respond. Initial doses may be needed as often as every
5 minutes or at intervals of several hours. To find out more about dosing, read: How Often
Should I Take a Dose of My Remedy.

First Response Homeopathy Remedies to Use in a Disaster (Part 3)

Post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) may not be as obvious as piles of rubble or burnt houses,
but survivors of disaster and emergency situations can struggle to come to terms with the
emotional turmoil for years.
To conclude our series on First Response Homeopathy well look at some of the remedies that
bring emotional healing for the psychological tr

auma inflicted by disasters.

What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

PTSD is an anxiety disorder caused by either seeing, or being involved in, an emotionally
traumatic event. PSTD may occur immediately after the event or many months later.
Sufferers of PSDT often relive the event by going over and over it in their mind or through
unwanted flashbacks and dreams. They may become emotionally numb, lose interest in daily
activities and have a sense of hopelessness or extreme anxiety about the future. Concentration is
difficult, sleep disorders are common and the person may be oversensitive or irritable to stimuli
or people.
Sufferers can develop depression or anxiety-related symptoms such as agitation, dizziness,
palpitations, sweatiness and dryness of mouth. Survivor guilt (feeling guilty about what
happened) is common.
Not everyone who has lived through a disaster will experience PTSD it depends on physical
and psychological make-up, past experiences, the intensity of the trauma, and the amount of
social support a person can call upon following the event.

General Treatment
Standard methods of helping people with PTSD include counselling, support groups, and antianxiety medications or sedatives. Some sufferers of PTSD turn to illicit drugs or alcohol as a way
to self-medicate, but all drugs, whether recreational, legal or illegal, have dangerous or addictive
side-effects.
Support groups and certain counselling approaches are much safer and, surprisingly, can even
have a homoeopathic effect on the problem. Homeopathy is not just about remedies, but
encompasses anything that produces similar feelings or effects to the symptoms being treated.
For example, when a person is encouraged to revisit a traumatic event during counselling or in a
group, a therapeutic like treats like (homeopathic effect) takes place. It is much more helpful
than suppressing symptoms through medication or living in denial. Neither of the last two
approaches bring deep healing, but often worsen health.

Homeopathic Help
Homoeopathy has numerous remedies that help with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Lets
look at some of them and the types of experiences they can be used for.
Ericas Story: Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Five years ago, Erica lost her home and everything she owned to a bushfire. She had always been
a nervous person but since the trauma of that event her anxiety intensified. She was unable to

sleep through the night and would wander around the house at all hours, preparing for the day
ahead. She also suffered burning pain in her stomach which certainly wasnt conducive to a good
nights sleep. Her family said she had become a hypochondriac and neat-freak, and that she was
overly critical. Erica just wanted everything to be right. She lived in fear of something
happening to her family and of once again losing her possessions. Panic attacks began to plague
her. The first was in the middle of the night and she was rushed to hospital with everyone
thinking it was a heart attack. Since then, Ericas family had been telling her that she must do
more to relax; Erica felt like screaming at them.
If only Erica and her family had known about Arsenicum album (Ars.) earlier! It can be a
fantastic remedy for post-traumatic stress disorder when the following symptoms are present:
Anxiety, restlessness, fussiness, irritability, and discontentment. Feelings of insecurity. Anxiety
about what may happen to them or family members. Fear of being alone. Excessive dependence
on others. Not easily reassured. Panic attacks and anxiety about health matters real or
imagined. Worries about finances or poverty. Highly fastidious everything has to be neat and
organised or anxiety becomes overwhelming. Symptoms worse between 12 midnight and 2am.
Sleeplessness from anxiety. Chilliness. Physical complaints with burning pains better for
warmth. Common complaints: gastritis, stomach or duodenal ulcers, anorexia, asthma,
Raynauds disease, and cancer.
With a single dose of Arsenicum album, Ericas anxiety began to soften. Appropriate follow-up
doses resolved her symptoms further and Erica returned to a more comfortable and satisfying
life.
Michaels Story: Theyd Be Better Off Without Me.
Michael was the driver in a car crash, killing his young son Ryan and two occupants of the other
car. He still carries the grief of the event, but throws himself into his work where he is a valued
and reliable employee. Only his wife Kelly knows that his seriousness and strong sense of
responsibility mask the depression and guilt that have dogged him since the accident. What she
doesnt know, though, is that Michael thinks everyone would be better off without him and has
made tentative plans to take his own life.
A remedy that could help Michael is Aurum metallicum (Aur.). It is commonly used to treat the
following symptoms:
Depression from grief, failure or shame. Deep depression. Joylessness. Suicidal depression
may think of jumping from a height, or driving into oncoming traffic. Often have strong religious
convictions and desire for prayer or meditation. Imagine they have failed or neglected their duty.

Thoughts of death are pleasant. Tendency to heart problems. Symptoms are worse at night,
especially pains in the bones. Moaning or crying out in sleep.
Note: Deep depression is a serious disorder. Should you suspect that a friend or family member
is severely depressed, encourage them to seek the help and support of a trusted health
professional as soon as possible.
Weis Story: Angered by Injustice
Wei arrived in this country seven years ago as a refugee. He had escaped corruption and
persecution in his own country but not before his family home had been burnt to the ground and
his parents beaten because of Weis involvement in a protest against the oppressive regime. He
received very little news from his parents and had become increasingly angry. He was wellknown in his local community for his work with other refugees, but his friends were concerned
about his increasing belligerence about stupid rules and regulations and towards those in
positions of authority. They wanted him to take a break from his work before he ended up in
trouble again.
It is likely that Weis reaction to his past experiences would be helped with a remedy called
Causticum (Caust). While several Causticum symptoms seem admirable at first glance, they can
result in states of imbalance or excess. It is a remedy for those who are:
Idealistic and sympathetic. Intolerant of injustice become worried, angry or anxious. Fight for
others and for causes. Defiant towards authority. Health complaints often involve stiffness,
numbness, tingling or paralysis. Anxiety develops in the evening and with the dark. Craves
smoked food. Feels better in rainy weather.
Carmens Story: Indifference and Apathy
Carmen lived through a home invasion. She had been watching TV with her husband and two
children when three unknown men burst through the door waving knives and screaming
obscenities. Carmens husband tried to stop them but was knocked to the ground and a knife
placed at his throat. Carmen was terrified. She immediately told them where their money and
valuables were kept. When they finally left, Carmen collapsed to the floor. Now, three months
later and in spite of intensive counselling, Carmen is struggling to recover from the incident.
While initially traumatised and anxious, she is now apathetic and indifferent. She finds it almost
impossible to get out of bed in the morning and returns to it as soon as her husband and children
have left for the day. She loves her children but finds them emotionally exhausting. She is
frequently irritable and snappy. Her husband says he has lost the wife he once loved and their
marriage is feeling the strain.

The impact of the home invasion has pushed Carmen into what homoeopaths call a Sepia state.
Sepia (Sep.) can help when someone is:
Joyless and indifferent, even to loved ones. Drained of emotional and physical energy. While
symptoms are often improved by vigorous activity in early stages, eventually everything
becomes too much of an effort. Dread of being alone but also dislike of company. Snappy and
irritable or silent and tearful. Dislikes being comforted. Craves chocolate and sour things such as
lemons or vinegar. Feels energised by thunderstorms. Menstrual periods often painful or heavy.
Chriss Story: One Disaster Too Many
Chris had been part of a recovery team sent from Australia to help in the aftermath of an
earthquake. It was the sort of work he had done before, but this time it felt different. Back at
home, he was struggling to return to a normal life. Whenever he looked at the happiness and
relative security of his own family, images would flash before his eyes of the ruined lives he had
left behind. Chriss wife didnt know what to do. Her husband was known for his caring attitude
and strong sense of social responsibility, but this time he wasnt coping. Whenever she tried to
discuss the situation with him he would change the subject or leave the room. He was reluctant to
go back to work and was becoming increasingly withdrawn and troubled.
Chriss reaction to his latest assignment sounds similar to the Carcinosin (Carc.) symptom
pattern. Carcinosin can help bring excesses back into balance when someone is:
Very sympathetic. Cares for others. Strong sense of responsibility tends to take on too much.
Sensitive to criticism and easily hurt. Feels guilty about his or her own troubles or sickness.
Moved by sad stories. Depression from other peoples problems or prolonged fear and abuse.
Loves chocolate, animals, thunderstorms, travel and being by the sea.

Self or Practitioner Treatment?

The immediate problems of injury, shock, panic, exposure and poisoning that follow a disaster
can frequently be helped by anyone with a working knowledge of homeopathy. These are the
situations discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series.
Chronic emotional problems linked to post-traumatic stress disorders are better managed by a
qualified homeopath. A course of treatment with changes in potencies and remedies is likely to
be needed something that is beyond the scope of a home-use kit.
Whether by self-treatment or qualified help, homeopathy has a lot to offer victims in the wake of
a disaster. We recommend the following remedies for a basic emergency kit so that you can be
well-prepared in case of disaster.

Top 20 Disaster Remedies

Note: Remedies such as prophylactics can be added to the following list. Refer to Part 1 and Part
2 of this article for more information on them and other suggestions.
1. Aconite napellus (Acon.)
For: Panic, fear and shock. Hyperventilation. Anaphylaxis. Measles.
2. Apis mellifica (Apis.)
For: Bites and stings with swelling. Anaphylaxis.
3. Arnica Montana (Arn.)
For: Bruising and damage to soft tissues. Fractures.
4. Arsenicum album (Ars.)
For: Anxiety states. Burning pains better for warmth. Food poisoning. Fractures. Pain that is
worse for the slightest movement and better keeping still or firm pressure. Amoebic dysentery.
Influenza. Malaria. Measles, Yellow fever.
5. Bryonia (Bry.)
For: Fractures. Pain that is worse for the slightest movement and better keeping still or firm
pressure.
6. Carbo vegetabilis (Carb-v.)
For: Near-death states with gasping and flatulence. The corpse-reviver.
7. Calendula (Calen.)
For: Superficial wounds, grazes and lacerated skin. Infected wounds.
8. Cantharis (Canth.)
For: 2nd to 3rd degree burns, including sunburn. Wasp stings.
9. China officinalis (Chin.)
For: Exhaustion following loss of body fluids such as blood, sweat and diarrheoa. Malaria.

10. Euphrasia (Euphr.)

For: Irritated streaming eyes and nose. Effects of tear gas.
11. Hepar sulphuris (Hep.)
For: Infected and sensitive wounds with splinter-like sticking pains and cheesy odour. Slow
healing of wounds.
12. Hypericum perforatum (Hyper.)
For: injuries to nerves and nerve rich areas such as finger tips and the spine. Lacerations and
puncture wounds.
13. Lachesis muta (Lach.)
For: Dark red or blue purple infected tissues . Gangrene. Tarantula bites.
14. Ledum palustre (Led.):
For: Puncture wounds. Sprained and twisted joints. Bites and stings. Lyme disease.
15. Pyrogenium (Pyrog.)
For: Offensive wounds with foul smelling discharges. High fevers from infections. Restless
exhaustion and offensive discharges. Prevention of infection following wounds or childbirth.
16. Ruta graveolens (Ruta.):
For tendon or periostium injuries. Sprains and strains.
17. Silicea (Sil.):
Abscesses that drain but wont heal. Embedded foreign bodies.
18. Staphysagria (Staph.)
For: Cuts and incisions. Violation and rape.
19. Symphytum officinale (Symph.)
For: Fractures. Punctured or ruptured eyeball.

20. X-ray
For: Prevention of chromosomal damage from radiation exposure. Treatment of radiation burns
and poisoning.

Dosage Guidelines
For acute problems, remedies can be used in any potency from 6C to 200C but remember, good
results are more dependent on getting the remedy right rather than getting the potency right. If
none of the above potencies are on hand, dose with whatever one you have available. Because
homeopathy is an intrinsically safe system of medicine free of toxic effects, no harm will be
done.
How often to dose will depend on the intensity of the persons symptoms and how quickly they
respond to the remedy. Initial doses may be needed as often as every 5 minutes or at intervals of
several hours. To find out more about dosing, read: How Often Should I Take a Dose of My
Remedy.
Homeopathic Remedies For Common Colds, Coughs and Flu

Homeopathic

Remedies

For

Common

Colds,

Coughs

and

Flu

http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/cold_and_flu_remedies.htm

Aconitum Napellus (Acon.)

A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body. Restlessness. Sudden and great sinking of
strength. Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather. Eyes feel dry and hot,
as if sand in them. Pain at root of nose. Tingling in cheeks and numbness. Gums hot and
inflamed. Tongue coated white. Vomiting, with fear, heat, profuse sweat and increased urination.
Bitter taste of everything except water. Intense thirst. Cough, dry, short, hacking; worse at night
and after midnight. Tingling in chest after cough.

Allium Cepa (All-c.)

Watery and acrid nasal discharge which becomes worse in warm room. Oppressed breathing.
Tickling in larynx. Eyes sensitive to light. Burning in nose, mouth, throat, bladder and skin.
Sneezing, especially when entering a warm room.

Antimonium Tartaricum (Ant-t.)

Respiratory problems, rattling of mucus but little expectoration. Thirst for cold water but little and
often. Great drowsiness.

Arsenicum Album (Ars.)

Influenza with thin, watery and excoriating nasal discharge. Sneezing. Photophobia.
Restlessness. Intolerance of smell of food.

Belladonna (Bell.)

Sudden and violent complaints and inflammations. Headaches with pains which come and go
suddenly. No thirst. Redness of affected organs. Skin sore and sensitive. Eyelids red and swollen.
Spasmodic hiccough.

Bryonia Alba (Bry.)

Excessive irritability. Dryness of all mucous membranes. Great thirst for large quantities of water.
Constipation. Dry cough. Joints red and swollen. All complaints are aggravated by motion.

Causticum (Caust.) Dryness, rawness, hoarseness, aphonia, cough hard, and racks the whole
chest. Chest feels full of mucus, feels as if only they could cough a little deeper it would raise up
the mucus, must swallow the sputum raised, inability to expectorate. Cough with involuntary
emissions of urine. Much better drinking cold water. Intensely sympathetic, sensitive, individuals
who take a great interest in the welfare of others.

Chamomilla (Cham.)

Excessive irritability and impatience specially in children. Violent earache. Diarrhea of children
during dentition. Tickling cough.

Drosera Rotundifolia (Dros.)

Spasmodic, dry, irritating, choking cough (much like whooping-cough) with hoarseness of voice.
Nose bleed. Disinclination to speak because talking creates breathing difficulties. Spasmodic,
nervous and sympathetic cough, deep sounding, hoarse and barking, with pain in the
hypochondrium, must hold the part with the hands. Cough with paroxysms following each other
very rapidly, can scarcely breath, chokes. Harassing and titillating cough in
children which commences as soon as the head touches the pillow at night. Worse immediately
on lying down, after midnight, warmth, drinking, laughing, singing, weeping.

Dulcamara (Dulc.)

For flu aggravated by the transition from summer to fall. This is one of the best remedies in the
acute form; the eyes are suffused, the throat is sore and the cough hurts because of the muscular
soreness. Brought on by damp, cold changes in the weather.

Euphrasia (Ephr.)

Similar to Allium in all respects with profuse bland nasal discharge and acrid, scalding tears which
is reverse with Allium. An eye remedy, conjunctivitis with violent attacks of profuse secretion
stinging eyes, dust or sand in the eyes.

Ferrum Phosphoricum (Fer-ph.)

Headache better by cold applications. Eyes red, inflamed, with burning sensation. Face flushed;
cheeks sore and hot. Ulcerated sore throat. Tonsils red and swollen. Eustachian tubes inflamed.
Congestions of lungs. Expectoration of pure blood in pneumonia. Palpitation; pulse rapid.
Restlessness and sleeplessness.

Gelsemium (Gels.)

Acute influenza (flu) or sore throats, with weakness, limp limbs, chills, fever, headaches with
double vision, and heavy, drooping eyelids. There may be a lack of thirst, even during fever.
Slowly developing acute coryza days after an exposure to warm moist, relaxing weather.
Frequent sneezing with fluent excoriating coryza, sore throat, difficulty of swallowing; dry, tickling
cough; a feeling of hot water passing through the nostrils; relieved near the fire; general
prostration.

Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum (Hep.)

Cough when exposed to dry and cold wind. Croupy cough, with loose, rattling phlegm in
windpipe. Rattling, choking cough, worse after midnight. Severe laryngeal catarrh, with roughness
and pain in the upper part of throat. Cannot bear to be uncovered, least exposure of cold excites
cough (Rumex). Anxious, hoarse, wheezing respiration. Worse cold, dry weather. Better in warm,
moist weather. Suits thin, irritable, impatient, chilly, oversensitive individuals.

Hyoscyamus (Hyos.)

Dry spasmodic cough, especially at night when lying down, relieved by sitting up, from itching in
the throat, as if uvula were too long. Suited to hysterical females and young girls.

Ignatia (Ign.) Dry spasmodic cough in the evening, feels as if there is fumes or dust in the throat
pit.
The
longer
they
cough
the
more
irritation
they feel. Suited to nervous, young people or women with hysterical tendencies. Cough due to
emotional difficulties such as grief, unrequited love, and sadness.

Ipecac (Ip.)

Nausea and vomiting due to any reason. Diarrhea with grass-green stool. Sleep with eyes half
open. Suffocating and wheezing cough.

Kali Bichronicum (Kali-bi.)

Thick, ropey, sticky secretions. Loss of smell. Loose cough, with rattling in chest. Cough with
thick, heavy expectoration of bluish, yellow, or white lumpy mucus. Cough with expectoration of
tough, stringy, mucus which adheres to the parts and can be drawn out in long strings. Catarrhal
laryngitis, coughs have a brassy sound. Suits far, light-haired persons, or fat, chubby, shortnecked children disposed to croupy affections.

Kali Carbonica (Kali-C.) Cough, wheezing, asthmatic, must lean forward with head on knees.
Cough with cutting or stitching in chest with respiration and between the breath (Bryonia, stitching
on breath only). Sputum of small, white, round lumps that fly from the mouth when coughing or
hawking. Edema, above the eyes, morning, disappearing during day, constipation. Suits
conservative, rigid, possibly dogmatic individuals, who dislike change. Never quiet or contented,
desires to be with people but treats them outrageously.

Lachesis Mutus (Lach.)

Left sided sore throat. Other complaints related with throat and respiratory system.

Lycopodium (Lyco.)

Aggravated on the right side. Symptoms go from right to left. Aggravated 4 to 8 pm., afternoon,
in morning on waking, on fasting. Ameliorated in evening and in open air. Ear infection (Otitis
media) aggravated on the right side. Sinusitis which is aggravated on the right side. Complete
stoppage of nose, breathes with open mouth and protrudes the tongue; frontal sinuses involved.
Obstruction is aggravated at night. Snuffles of infants. Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis. Aggravated or
starts on right side, ameliorated by warm drinks. Cough is a chronic, dry tickling cough.
Bronchitis, pneumonia, aggravated on the right side.

Mercurius Vivus - Mercurius Hydrargyrum (Merc.-v)

Yellow, bloody discharge from ears. Sneezing in sunshine. Swelling of nasal bones. Intense thirst
for cold drinks.

Mercurius Sublimatus Corrosivus (Merc. Cor)

Inflammation and soreness of eyes. Red, swollen and painful throat.

Mercurius Solubilus (Merc.)

Ear infections either chronic or acute. Nose has chronic coryza with offensive, greenish
discharge. Sneezing ameliorated by lying. Cough is aggravated at night, by warmth of bed, lying
on right side. Mouth ulcers or canker sores. Throat INFLAMMATION, acute or chronic.
Pharyngitis, tonsillitis. Swelling of glands. Diarrhea with strong urging. Stool is offensive,
greenish, bloody, slimy.

Nux Vomica (Nux-v.)

Initial stage, caused by dry cold weather or by sitting on cold steps or in cold places. Headache
in sunshine and on waking in the morning. Right sided complaints. Sneezing, nose stuffed up at
night and in open air but fluent in a warm room and during day, with scraping rawness in the
throat. Dullness or oppression in the frontal sinuses and watering of the eyes.

Phosphorus (Phos) Dry cough, arising from tickling in the throat and chest, excited by reading
aloud, talking, laughing, drinking (Bryonia., Drosera, Pulsatilla). Dry tickling in the evening, with
tightness across the chest. Trembling of the whole body with the cough. Sputum frothy, bloody,
rust colored, purulent, white and tough, cold mucus, tasting sour, salty or sweet. Cannot lay on
left side or with head low, pains in the chest compel them to sit up. Desire for cold water and cold
food. Suits tall, slender individuals, who are open, bright, sympathetic, suggestible, and lively in
the beginning of an illness but become slow, tired and apathetic as the disease
advances. Worse physical and mental exertion, twilight, change of weather, in evening, lying on
left or painful side, during thunderstorm. Better lying on the right side, cold food, cold open air,
sleep.

Phytolacca Decandra (Phyt.)

Dark redness of throat with swollen tonsils.

Podophyllum (Podo.)

Profuse, painless, watery, gushing diarrhea.

Pulsatilla Nigra (Puls.)

Mouth is dry but no thirst. Taste of mouth keeps changing. Secretions from eyes, nose and mouth
are all thick. Measles. "Ripe cold" in which the discharges are green and bland, not in the least
excoriating; bad smell in the nose, as of old catarrh. Secretions from eyes, nose and mouth are
all thick. Measles.

Rumex Crispus (Rumex)

Conditions are aggravated by cold, open air, undressing or uncovering, or change of temperature.
Violent sneezing, aggravated in evening, night. Throat has a scraping, raw feeling, aggravated by
open air.

Spongia Tosta (Spong.)

Dry, hacking, croupy, barking cough, day and night, exhausting the person. Worst at midnight.
Better with hot drinks. From exposure to dry cold winds. This remedy is indicated when a cough is
loud, harsh, dry, and sounds like barking or sawing wood. The person may wake up feeling
suffocated, as if the throat is plugged or the breathing passages are dry. Problems are usually
made worse from being in a room that is too warm, or from lying down with the head too low.
Talking aggravates the cough, and so does exposure to cold air and smoke. Sitting up usually
helps, and drinking something warm or eating small amounts brings some relief. This
remedy is often helpful during croup and asthma.

Stannum Loose cough, with heavy, green, sweet or salty sputum. Sensation of great weakness
and emptiness in the chest, worse from talking, laughing, reading aloud, singing. so weak they
can hardly talk. Sad, despondent, feels like crying all the time, but cry makes her worse.

Sulphur (Sulph) Night cough, suffocating at night, wants the doors and windows open.
Congestion of blood to the head and chest with burning chest, head, face and soles of the feet at
night, must stick them out from under the covers. Worse bathing.

Veratrum Album (Verat.)

Extreme coldness, blueness and weakness. Pale face. Painful diarrhea followed by great weakness.

Bryonia: This, in my experience, is one of the most frequently indicated flu medicines. The
emphasis is on the fact that motion exacerbates the symptoms, and the person prefers, therefore,
to remain quiet and still. There is often headache, dry cough and body aches, all of which
become aggravated by moving around. The person can be irritable, and doesnt mind if he/she is
left alone. The person is usually chilly, and may have chills or a fever spike around 9 p.m. There
tends to be thirst for cold drinks, which the person gulps down at long intervals.
Gelsemium: The emphasis here is on drowsiness, sleepiness and fatigue. The person often sleeps
all night, additional hours during the day, and is still exhausted. The person also experiences
chills, complains of being cold and feels achy. There is a notable decrease in the normal level of
thirst. It is as if the person is just too tired to bother to drink. This medicine may be easily
confused with Bryonia, which lies in bed all day because motion aggravates the symptoms.
Gelsemium lies there all day out of sheer fatigue.

Arsenicum: The most telling clue here is the onset of illness in the middle of the night,
especially between 1 and 2 a.m. The person may wake with chills, diarrhea or vomiting at this
time. Likewise, the symptoms may flare up again at the same time the next night. The person is
often anxious, may fear that he/she is seriously ill, and prefers not to be left alone. He/she is
usually quite chilly, and desires frequent small sips of liquid. Unlike the first two medicines, this
one is anxious and restless and is, therefore, not likely to lie still.
Eupatorium: The keynote or telltale symptom here is bone pain. Most flu sufferers complain
of muscle aches, but this medicine is best suited for individuals who literally complain of pain in
their bones aching in the bones as if they are broken. This flu often begins in the morning
with chills first, followed by fever. In spite of feeling cold, there is a desire for cold drinks.
Nux vomica: The person who needs this medicine is very chilly and usually has some type of
digestive complaint like nausea or intestinal cramping pains. The person may be so cold that just
moving the hand to a cool spot on the bed may send chills through the body. Unlike Arsenicum,
which is also quite chilly, this person is usually unafraid.
Rhus tox: This flu may come on after exposure to cold, damp wet weather. Stiffness and pain
causes the person to be restless, tossing and turning in bed. This person frequently changes
position in order to be physically comfortable.
Aconite: The main clue here is the sudden onset of symptoms, usually high fever, especially after
exposure to very cold, dry windy weather. The person is often anxious, and feels worse in a warm
room and worse at night.
Baptisia: This flu is accompanied by a type of delirium. The person may become confused, and
the headache may be stupefying. Reality becomes distorted and the person may experience odd
sensations or say strange things. The person is sore all over and complains that the bed is too
hard or uncomfortable.
Phosphorus: This type of flu can quickly go to the chest. There is a strong desire for large
quantities of cold drinks, and the person prefers to have the company of another person.
Mercurius: The helpful clue here is that the person is alternating hot and cold, like the mercury
in a thermometer. There can also be sore throat, bad breath, bad taste in the mouth and
perspiration. This person tends to smell sick.
Belladonna: The main clue here is a bright red face with sudden onset of high fever often around
3 p.m., as if all the blood has rushed to the head. The person may complain of a pounding or
pulsating type of headache.

Never well since the flu: For some individuals, the effects of a bout with the flu can last for a
very long time. Some may complain, for example, of fatigue and other chronic symptoms.
Constitutional homeopathic treatment can be effective in restoring ones vitality, however, this is
a complex issue that should be handled by a homeopathic professional.
There are a variety of good quality first-aid homeopathic reference books available that can
help one become familiar with the symptom profiles of the medicines. I usually prescribe the
indicated medicine in a 30C or 30X strength (as in Bryonia 30C), although lower potencies (6X,
12X, etc) can also be used. Three to four doses dissolved in the mouth, spread out over the
course of a 24-hour period, for adults and children alike, should be sufficient to elicit a positive
response. Medicine kits that contain commonly indicated homeopathic medicines are also
available for purchase from homeopathic pharmacies.
If the prescription is incorrect there will likely be no effect. If the correct medicine is taken,
improvement may be noted within hours. Initial positive signs may be obvious or more subtle
the person might sit up from the bed, ask for a drink or some food, or wish to engage in some
activity. Once symptoms subside and steady improvement is noted, there is usually no further
need to repeat doses of the medicine. If no progress has been made after 24 hours, another
medicine can be tried in the same manner.
Common cold is a viral infection characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
lining the upper respiratory passages and usually accompanied by malaise, fever, chills,
coughing, and sneezing.

Common Cold & Flu Homeopathy Treatment & Homeopathic

Remedies
#Aconite [Acon]
When the attack comes on suddenly after an exposure to a cold, dry wind, with chilliness,
followed by fever, Aconite will be the remedy. It should be administered just as soon as the
patient realizes that he is taking cold. There is as yet no discharge, but from the congestion the
nose is swollen, hot, dry and stopped up, and this stoppage is apt to change from side to side;
there is tingling and burning in the nose and a throbbing frontal headache; there may be sneezing
also. These symptoms are all better in the open air. Nux vomica has colds caused by cold
weather, with a dry, stuffed up nose and rough, scrapy throat. In Belladonna there is more
cerebral excitement and swelling in the throat is a prominent symptom. China has headache with
pains, worse in open air, not better, as in Aconite. Ferrum phosphoricum is very similar to
Aconite and may be used when the onset is less sudden and violent and when there is no anxiety
and restlessness. It is also, like Nux and Calcarea carbonica, excellent for predisposition to take
cold.

#Arsenicum [Ars]
is especially useful in winter colds where there is a thin, watery discharge from the nostrils which
excoriates the upper lip, yet in spite of this fluent discharge the nose feels stopped up. There is a
dull, throbbing frontal headache and sneezing, photophobia,and contrary to what one would
expect, the sneezing does not relieve in the slightest and the irritation continues as before and is
worse on going into sir. It corresponds well to patients who are rarely without a cold. These
symptoms of watery discharge and sneezing place Arsenic in the front rank in the treatment of
hay fever. Catarrh based upon a malarial miasm in poorly nourished subjects calls for the
remedy. Arsenic iodide may be found indicated when burning in nose and throat is marked.
Allium cepa has this excoriating nasal discharge also, but, if and anything, there is more
lachrymation, which, by the way, is bland. Sinapis nigra resembles Arsenicum in the heat in the
nose, but with Sinapis there is dryness and no discharge. The discharge of Mercurius, though
excoriating and acrid, is thicker. The cold of Arsenic always settles in the nose, that of
Phosphorus in the chest. The Arsenic patient is chilly and wants to be near the fire all the time;
the nose burns both externally and internally.
#Allium cepa [All-c]
One of our best remedies for cold in the head, indeed, is said by come to be the best, and
probably it is when indicated. The discharge is profuse, thin and acrid, with great smarting in the
nose and eyes, and the distinguishing feature between this remedy and Euphrasia is the profuse
lachrymation which here is bland, and under Euphrasia is excoriating, while the opposite
condition obtains in the nose. Under Allium the edges of the eyelids burn and the eyes are red
and sensitive to light. The nasal discharge is thin and flows constantly, excoriates the upper lip,
and there is prolonged sneezing. A peculiarity of Allium is that the discharge ceases when the
patient goes into the open air, but returns when entering a warm room again. It is a drug Which
should be given early, and if there be a splitting laryngeal cough, causing the patient to wince
and crouch with pain, it is all the more indicated. Farrington, however, claims that Allium is apt
to drive the trouble to the chest, and adds that when it reaches the chest Phosphorus is the
remedy. Arsenic, too, is similar, but Arsenic has sneezing in the cool air after leaving a worm
room, and it lacks the laryngeal symptoms so common in Allium. The Mercurius discharge is
acrid, and not as thin as that of Allium.
#Euphrasia [Euph]
Here the upper part only of the respiratory mucous membrane is affected. Like Allium cepa it has
a copious, fluent discharge from nose, and copious lachrymation, the latter being most acrid,
excoriating the cheeks, and being so profuse as to keep them wet all the time. It differs from
Allium, as we have seen, in the character of the discharge, from the eyes excoriating, from the
nose bland. Euphrasia is often well indicated in the coryzas which precede measles, when there
is a cough which sounds decidedly measly. Eruptions on the wings of the nose.

#Arum triphyllum [Arum-t]

Under Arum all of the secretions are acrid, and there is a discharge if ichorous fluid from the
nose; the nostrils and lips are sore. There may be a discharge from both nose and eyes which is
yellow and acrid. There is thirst, but drinking causes pain. The nostrils are sore, and there is
constant desire to bore the finger into the nose. The nose may be completely stopped up, and at
the same time there is a fluent acrid discharge. Drowsiness and an inclination to sneeze
accompanies. Lycopodium has complete stoppage of the nose night and day, with some
discharge, which may be excoriating. Dryness posteriorly and discharge anteriorly is also
characteristic of Lycopodium.
#Gelsemium [Gels]
This remedy is often underestimated in the early stages of cold in the head. It will break up a
cold at the beginning quicker than any other remedy with these indication: Fullness of the head,
hot fever and chilliness, as if a cold were coming on. The patient is dull and weak, chills run up
and down the back, with a watery, excoriating, or bland discharge form the nose and sneezing.
There is also a marked inclination in the patient to hug the fire. Colds brought on by warm
relaxing weather especially indicate Gelsemium, hence it seems to be most useful in spring and
summer weather, and corresponds well to some epidemic colds. There is a predisposition to take
cold on any change of the weather. It has been found specially useful in influenzas with fever. It
is a remedy that must be used early in the cold. The 1X dilution will often suffice. Lachesis is
often suitable for spring colds and catarrhs, with sensitiveness of throat. Quillaya. In the
incipiency of a cold, with very sore throat, this remedy has been found to be of signal use. Sepia.
Colds at onset of menstruation.
#Nux vomica [Nux-v]
The first stage of ordinary cold in the head may be met by Nux vomica, when it is brought on by
damp, cold weather, or from sitting on damp, cold steps; associated with sneezing and stuffed up
feeling in the nose. The nose is dry, there is very little discharge, the eyes water, and there is
scraping in the throat, and dullness and oppression about the front sinuses; it should be given as
soon as dryness and tickling in the nose begins; the nasal passages are alternately free and
obstructed. These symptoms are worse in a warm room and better in the open air. It is of little
use after the cold is established. Mercurius is similar, having rawness and soreness in the nose,
but it is especially aggravated in damp weather. Pulsatilla is more for a ripe cold, and Arsenicum
also has heat and burning in the nose, but the coryza is relieved by warmth and aggravated by
cold, which is opposite of Nux. Another symptom indicating Nux is a fluent coryza during the
day and a stuffed up sensation at night.
#Mercurius [Merc]
There is a profuse coryza which extends to the frontal sinuses, burning in eyes and nose, acrid
discharge, violent sneezing, and tendency to perspiration which aggravates. When a cold begins
with coryza, Mercurius is a valuable remedy. Kali iodatum has great distress in frontal region,

worse at 3 A.M. Mercurius is especially aggravated in damp weather and the coryza is worse by
heat of stove room; nose is sore; wiping nose is painful. Thin watery discharges belong to Allium
cepa, Euphrasia, Arum triphyllum and Arsenicum. The Mercury discharge is thin mucus, not
thick as in Pulsatilla, Hydrastis, and some other drugs, or it may be yellowish green in color.
#Pulsatilla [Puls]
Pulsatilla is more indicated in an advanced stage of cold in the head, what is known as a ripecold, hence it should not be given at the beginning of a cold, for it is never indicated. There is no
sneezing or excoriating discharge with Pulsatilla. The discharge is thick, yellow, muco-purulent,
and, above all bland. Penthorum sedoides. Coryza with raw nose and throat; later it has the thick,
yellow discharge of Pulsatilla, but the keynote of this remedy is a sensation of wetness in the
nose. Hydrastis is also similar to Pulsatilla, but there is no burning and rawness and tenacity to
the discharge; sensation of a hair in the nostrils; constant desire to blow the nose, which feels raw
and excoriated; the cold has settled in the back of the nose and throat. This remedy alone will
cure more sinusites than any remedy because it is more often indicated. Thick, yellow, tenacious
mucus in posterior nares, more distinctly yellow than Kali bichromicum and profuse. If you have
a Pulsatilla cold, and in addition to it you have sneezing, give Cyclamen, also for attacks of
sneezing without a cold. Chromico-kali-sulphuricum in the 2X or 3X is highly recommended in
chronic rhinitis. With the pulsatilla cold there is usually loss of smell and taste, and there is relief
in the open air, even though the patient be chilly. Magnesia muriatica. Loss of taste and smell
after catarrh. Drosera suits the last of colds with a cough coming on by fits.
#Camphora [Camph]
First stage of cold in the head when nose is stopped up and is dry, and the inspired air feels
cooler than usual. It will often check an incipient cold when the chill is first felt, and is a useful
remedy in chronic or rather paroxysmal coryzas, which occur upon every change ;of weather; it
may be used by olfaction. The patient feels chilly, frontal sinuses involved, dull headache.
Increased secretion of watery mucus from nose, with and without sneezing. It really comes in
along with or even before Aconite, but it has not the wide range of application that Aconite has.
#Kali iodatum [Kali-i]
Thin, excoriating and very profuse, scalding discharges from the nose and coryzas, which
involve the frontal sinuses and antra ;of Highmore in scrofulous or mercurialized individuals,
with profuse, watery discharges, call for this remedy. The eyes smart, lachrymate and become
puffed. The throat is irritated and the no;se is apt to be red. Kali bichromicum. Discharge tough
and stringy, sometimes extending to throat, causing choking. It often follows Aconite well,
catarrhs involving whole respiratory tract. It is a frequently indicated remedy in chronic nasal
catarrh, hypertrophic rhinitis, first fluent acrid coryza relieved by warmth, then tough, stringy,
discharge; wants to blow nose; no discharge; feeling of dryness in nose. Lemna minor. Putrid
smell, putrid taste. Nasal polypi, atrophic rhinitis, glairy mucus, post-nasal discharge.

#Natrum muriaticum [Nat-m]

Colds with watery, transparent discharges, causing vesicular eruptions about mouth and nose,
with watery, clear frothy discharge, worse on going into colds air and on exertion; great dryness
of posterior nares. There is entire loss of taste. This is the Schuessler remedy for coryzas, the
watery exudations being the biochemic indication for coryzas, the watery exudations being the
biochemic indication for its use. Dropping of mucus from naso-pharynx in the morning. It also
removes the tendency to take cold. Sticta. Constant desire to blow the nose, though nothing
escapes; stuffed feeling at root of nose. The leading and most annoying symptom is dryness of
the mucous membrane of the nose ( Senega), secretion dries rapidly, forming scabs difficult to
dislodge. Clarke considers Natrum muriaticum one of the most valuable remedies we possess for
colds. The use of salt baths by the old school and the popular use of salt food would seem to
verify this observation.
#Dulcamara [Dulc]
Dry coryza renewed by slightest exposure, worse after getting wet, in the open air and at night. It
suits especially torpid phlegmatic constitutions, those who take cold when the weather changes
to a lower temperature, and so it becomes of great use in nasal catarrhs and influenzas of autumn.
The Nux coryza is worse in the house and better in the open air, which will easily distinguish.
Colds which come on from change of weather and gradually involve the whole respiratory tract
may indicate Dulcamara. Cold sores may accompany the colds. Colds which come on
suddenly, with a discharge dropping at times like clear water from the nose, should call for
Calcarea and it will be found of great service. Sanguinaria nitrate. Acute colds with sneezing,
profuse discharge, burning and rawness in posterior nares. Chronic catarrh, thick, yellow
discharge, with much burning and irritation, husky voice must clear throat before speaking.
La Grippe (1899)
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A summary of Dr. Bogers experiences with the Influenza of 1899

The following remedies, with their accompanying indications, are a summary of my experience
with our late visitor.
ACONITE
Chills and creeps over the back; now hot, now cold.
Violent head and neck pains, of a shooting, neuralgic or tingling character.
Intense restlessness and erethism.
Bilious vomiting.
First stage, suitable to 40 per cent of the cases; its administration usually was followed by
profuse, drenching sweats, then relief. Swans dmm. potency.

RHUS TOX
Shooting, tearing pains in all the limbs, with great restlessness. Tearing in chest on coughing.
Stiffness of upper eyelids. Easily chilled on slightest uncovering.
Tongue indented on edges, or later red at the tip.
Every surface he lies on seems hard.
Covers 35 per cent of the cases. 45m., Fincke.
ARSENICUM
Restlessness, must sit up in bed. Tongue flabby, indented on the edges and coated with a faint
white film. Advanced stages when the patient constantly picks at the lips and nose (Aru. tri.); this
symptom frequently occurred in children. 30x trit or 40m.
CAUSTICUM
Rawness in the larynx and trachea. Cough provoked by a tickling in the larynx or supra-sternal
fossa (Rumex, Nux, etc.), without expectoration in early stages; later, when loose, the
expectorate cannot be expelled, but is swallowed on account of muscular debility.
Weakness of the upper eyelids (Gels.).
General debility and relaxation, old people without fever or reaction. Sometimes involuntary
escape of urine on coughing; fully 15 per cent of the cases required Causticum, 1m. potency.
GELSEMIUM
Prostration, aching and lethargy. Heavy eyelids, disturbances of vision. Occipital or basilar pains;
sneezing; vertigo; face looks heavy and expressionless.
CHINA
Severe brachialgia, especially in cervical region, scalp sensitive. Bitter taste.
Noises in ears.
Pains in marrow of bones.
Every little draught chills him.
20m., fluxion.
EUPATORIUM PERF
Severe bone pains, with bilious vomit and tendency to sweat. 45m., Fincke.
EUPATORIUM PURP

Intermittency, bone pains and alteration in the amount of urine passed; given this combination of
symptoms, a cure always followed. 45m., Fincke.
COCCUS CACTI, 3X
Paroxysmal cough, ending in gagging and vomiting, the latter often caused by the expectorate
adhering to the posterior pharynx or velum; much post-nasal discharge, with hawking and
gagging. Expectoration transparent and stringy. Urinary organs involved urine, thick (Aspar.),
dark or coffee coloured; hot, painful, soreness over region of kidneys. Leucorrhea of transparent
lumps. Pulsation in glans penis. This remedy is not used as frequently as it should be, the
combination of pulmonary and nephritic symptoms is not at all uncommon, and occurs especially
in whooping cough, pneumonia, etc. It is one of my favourites and has given me many successes.
It is worthy of remark that Lachesis has many points of resemblance and that both are animal
poisons. One patient for whom the remedy was indicated had the intolerance of the pressure of
clothes about the neck, just like Lachesis. This aggravation from pressure of clothes applies
equally well to several of the other symptoms of the cochineal and is of a piece with the
sensitiveness of the buccal cavity to gargling, brushing the teeth, hawking, etc. This remedy
occupies a middle place between Cantharis and Lachesis, having many of the modalities of the
latter and a milder type of the urinary symptoms of the former. This unique position enables us to
cover a group of symptoms hitherto found quite difficult to handle. Remember whooping or
spasmodic coughs with nephritis.
CISTUS CAN
Mouth and throat feel as if full of sand. Expectoration of immense quantities of tenacious, gluey
mucus, amounting to over a pint and a half a day. Patient an old asthmatic, contracted catarrhal
pneumonia, was called in after patient had tried home treatment and failed; high potencies
seemed without effect; 2x. cured.
KAL IOD
Giant urticaria, with right-sided face ache, and a sanious, excoriating nasal discharge. Pain in
malar bones. Intolerant of heat. 1m. potency.
STANNUM
Yawning followed by griping pains in abdomen; pains slowly increase to a certain height, then
slowly decrease. 5m. potency.
MERC. IOD. RUB

Aching in malar bones, with increased saliva and indented tongue. 200, B. and T.
DAPHNE ODOR
Hot saliva; left tonsil swollen; suppuration seemed impending; cold drinks caused sharp shooting
into ears; is subject to quinsy. 30x., B. and T., aborted whole process.
VERATRUM VIRIDE
Oppression of breathing, with faintness or giddiness on rising. Dry stripe down center of tongue.
Sometimes simultaneous vomiting and purging. 20 dilution.
KALMIA LAT
Violent, shooting, neuralgic pains over entire body; very quick pulse and intense prostration;
stiffness of upper eyelids. 30, B. and T.
SANGUINARIA CAN
Pneumonia, with circumscribed redness of cheeks; tendency to hectic, supra-orbital pains, having
the modality of sun pains.
KALI PHOS
Golden yellow, putrid, hot stools, with tendency to sweat. Pain at the base of the brain. Great
weakness.
BAPTISIA
Prostration from start; illy defined general aching; bed seems hard; apathy; dark face. Answers
questions and relapses into sleep. Stools dark and very foetid. 20, dil.