Flu and Homeopathy: Suggested Medicines for flu:.

ACONITE – Aconite is indicated at the very on-set of symptoms of colds or ‘flu. Take one
hourly for 3 doses to “nip cold symptoms in the bud”.

ARSENICUM ALBUM – Arsenicum is indicated when breathing is difficult or asthmatic.

Anxiety, weakness and fatigue accompanies ‘flu symptoms. There is extreme anxiety about
health for both the self and loved ones. It is one of the most useful remedies in gastrointestinal
‘flu symptoms which involves vomiting and diarrhoea. Take one pillule hourly initially for three
doses and then every 3-4 hours during waking hours until symptoms subside. This can also be
taken for Anxiety and difficulty sleeping. 

ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM – For ‘Flu states that involve excessive mucous. Choking at
the end of coughing. Indicated for later stage pneumonia – so much mucous in the lungs there is
a feeling of drowning in mucous.

BELLADONNA – For an acute high-grade fever that is very dry heat.  Along with temperature,
there may be a severe throbbing headache, sensitivity to noise, light, and touch. Belladonna 30C
can be taken hourly to help support a patient during fever in the early stages of the virus.

BRYONIA – For a characteristically dry cough. Pain in the lungs when coughing. desire to lie
still. A cough that comes on after exposure to cold wind.

CARBO VEG – Indicated in pneumonia when the person feels the need to fan the space in front
of their face to get enough air. Oxygen starvation.

DROSERA – Deep dry cough. Barking cough.

FERRUM PHOS – Take after ACONITE in the early stages of  a cold or ‘flu if symptoms
persist. 3-4 times per day.

GELSEMIUM – It is mainly indicated in cold and cough or seasonal flu where a person gets
very dull, feels drowsy, with lack of thirst, the body aches, heaviness in muscles accompanied by
anxiety or fear. One pillule to be taken every 2 -3 hours during waking hours for flu symptoms.

HEPAR SULPH –  A chesty and incessant cough, made worse by lying down.

IPECACUANHA – Nausea and vomiting accompanying cough.

KALI CARBONICUM – Wheezing respiration. Dry hard cough. Pain in lower lung lobe. Sharp
cutting pain in lungs. For pneumonia and pleurisy. Irregular beating of heart.

LOBELIA INF. – Constriction of chest, difficulty breathing, threatened with suffocation.

Rattling in chest but no expectoration.
NUX VOMICA – For colds with feeling of being blocked accompanied by fluent coryza and
watery nasal discharge. Sensitivity to draughts.

OSCILLOCOCCINUM 200C [ANAS BARB 200C]- This is to be taken at the very onset of
cold and ‘flu symptoms. Take three times a day.

PHOSPHORUS – For difficulty breathing, increased thirst for cold water, exhaustion
accompanying cold and ‘flu symptoms. In a gastric ‘flu vomiting bile. One dose hourly. Stop
with improvement.

PNEUMOCOCCINUM – A homeopathic nosode of bacterial pneumonia. Take three times a

day if lung symptoms worsen after other well-indicated remedies fail to act.

PULSATILLA – For asthmatic breathing and lots of greeny-yellow mucous from chest and
nose.

SANGUINARIA – Spasmodic and hacking cough. Rust coloured sputum. Burning soreness on
chest. Indicated for pneumonia with severe constriction of chest and difficulty breathing.

SENEGA – Much watery mucous and violent and long-continued sneezing. Hacking cough
which ends in a sneeze. Constant accumulation of mucous in bronchial tubes. Great sensation of
pressure on chest.