Flu Natural Remedies

It's so annoying! I had a terrible flu and now I have had this mocus cough for over a week...it is so discusting! Please help me!

Drink some hot tea with a little sugar & honey. You could also try this little trick that is used for runny noses. Boil some water. Just as it starts to bubble, pour it into a pour. Grab a towel. Lean over the bowl & cover your head & the bowl. Breathe in the steam for about 15 mins. Worked like a charm for me!

2006-05-04 20:45:36 by Dessert

Home remedies for helping a cold and flu include chicken soup, teas made with ginger, cayenne, chamomile or common yarrow, a long shower, and ...

My son is REALLY sick. He's been sick for five days with a high fever (102-104,) congestion, wet cough, and vomiting. He hasn't eaten for two days. It's no longer considered safe to give cough medicine to young children. Does anybody know any safe-for-kids natural remedies that can get him better quicker and ease his symptoms. (I'm already using Tylenol and Motrin to control the fever when it gets over 102.)

Saline nose drops will help with the congestion as will running a humdifier in the room where he sleeps. Also, applying Vicks to the bottoms of his feet, putting is socks on over his feet when he goes to bed each night seems to help with the coughing which disrupts their sleep. Often, when there is a lot of mucus, the drainage causes children to vomit or harsh coughing can precipitate a vomting spell. Continue pushing the fluids - solid foods don't really matter. Make sure you are dosing him by his weight only, not his age - children come in all sizes. He should be getting to the end of this illness by the time frame you have stated. Warning symptoms, continuous vomiting and unable to keep anything down, no voiding, lethargy - wanting to sleep all the time. These should take you to your doctor immediately.

2008-01-24 18:18:30 by springofexpression

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i think im on the verge of getting a flu but i dont want to use lemsip or paracetomol because over time this makes the immune system weaker and more dependant on the medicines.

So what natural remedies can i use?

thanx
thats not what doctors say phoenix. how come i always get colds even though i always use lemsip

First of all, Lemsip or paracetamol will not weaken your immune system neither are either of these drugs addictive. Lemsip or paracetamol will never CURE a cold, they only reduce symptoms.

There are no natural or conventional cures for colds and virus's in general. They will go away on their own. You just have to ride it out I'm afraid. Push fluid intake, get some rest and take paracetamol for any pain relief and/or to reduce any temperature.

Also, Vitamin C, Echinacea, garlic and zinc have all proven to be worthless in curing a cold and there is little evidence to suggest it prevents one from occurring either!

2008-11-23 01:11:59 by Majorie Dawes

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I got the flu and my muscles hurt insnaely, I can barely get out of bed! If I can get rid of some of these aches I can go on a lovely island holiday in a about 3 days, but I gotta recover!

I need some natural remedies to help relieve aching muscles, and maybe something to relieve congestion too.

I hear ginger tea is a good to get rid of congestion in the chest.
Doesn't anyone know anything for muscle pain?

Homeopathic Remedies for InIluenza/Cold/Catarrh/Coryza :-

INFLUENZA :-

Head remedy; restlessness with prostration and excessive thirst at short intervals Arsenic Alb.30, every 4 hourly

Intercurrent remedy Influenzinum 200 and Sulphur 200, 4 hourly

Early stage with chill and sneezing;heaviness and tiredness of body and limbs; loss of thirst, bursting headache; relief from passing large quantities of pale urine Gelsemium 30 or 200, 4 hourly

Severe pains in limbs and back; bones feel broken, bursting headache; shivering and chills in back; eyeballs sore Eupatorium perf.30 or 200, 3 hourly

Rapid prostration; high fever, gastric symptoms; dull red face, nervousness Kali phos.6X or 30, 4 hourly

With dry, hacking cough; headache is worse after least movement; wants to lie still and alone; better by pressure, tongue is coated white; great thirst Bryonia Alba.30 or 200 4 hourly

Patient very chilly; feels cold even in bed; least movement or exposure intensifies the sensation of cold; fresh shivering and chill after drinking; aching in limbs and back; nose stuffed up at night Nux vomica 30 or 200, 4 hourly

Severe pains in back and thighs; chilliness, no fire or heat can warm up the patient; rapid pulsation with temperature not proportionately high; restlessness; violent pulsations; bruised feeling all over Pyrogenium 200, 3 hourly (3 doses in all)

COLD / CATARRH / CORYZA :-

1st Stage :-

Icy coldness of whole body; internal and external both.To give heat to the system Camphor 6 or 30 1/2 hourly

Cold due to sudden exposure to dry cold wind; chilly feeling; headache, watering of eyes and sneezing; anxiety and fear; feverish feeling Aconite 30 or 200 2 hourly

Running of nose during day and blockage at night with chilly feeling Nux vomica 30 3 hourly

Cold with sneezing and profuse from eyes and nose; worse in warmth and indoor; better in open air Allium cepa 30, 3 hourly

Dryness of nose with headache; worse from motion; thirst more; lips parched and dry; stools constipated Bryonia 30 or 200, 3 hourly

Sneezing; watering of nose and eyes; throat sore with constant desire to swallow saliva; foul smell from mouth; feverish feeling with sweat which do not relieve. Worse at night Mercurius sol.30 3 hourly

Watering and burning of eyes with streaming nose; acrid discharges Euphrasia 30 3 hourly

Chilly feeling though face is hot; restlessness; un-quenchable thirst, drinks often but little at a time; better hot drinks Arsenic alb.30, 3 hourly

Acrid discharge from the nose which corrodes the upper lip. Nose filled with phelgm; breathes through the mouth Arum triph.30, 3 hourly

Cold; running of nose and sneezing; redness and pain forehead; watering eyes Sabadilla 30, 4 hourly

Cold; pain throat; red face, rush of blood towards head Belladonna 30, 4 hourly

Aching pain; dullness; chilliness in back; sneezing; bland and thick discharge from nose; feverish; better by passing urine Gelsemium 30, 3 hourly

Coryza with sneezing and aching in bones of extremities with soreness of flesh Eup Perf.30, 3 hourly

Cold; better from cold bathing Calcarea sulph.30, 4 hourly

Dripping of nose while eating Trombidium 30 or 200, 6 hourly

Dripping of nose while going to sleep Thuja Oc.30 or 200, 6 hourly

Dry coryza; sniffles of infants, blockage of nose Sambucus ***.30, 4 hourly


2nd Stage :-

Discharge from nose; yellowish or greenish; stringy Kali Bich 30 4 hourly

Greenish yellow mucous from nose; loss of taste and thirst; better open air Pulsatilla 30, 4 hourly

Thick yellow discharge from nose; post nasal cattarh; constipation Hydrastis Can 30, 4 hourly

Watering from nose like a tap; thirst more; stools constipated; cold aggravates till noon and ameliorates after noon Natrum mur.30 (in acute stage Bryonia 30) 4 hourly

In fat and flabby patient; worse after bathing; chilly patient Calcarea carb.200, 6 hourly

Watery discharge from the nose and finally it becomes thick, yellow. Pain in the throat on swallowing as if full of splinters; sensitive to cold Hepar sulph.30, 4 hourly

Cold worse early morning; chronic; dry catarrh; aversion to take bath Sulphur 200, once weekly (3 Doses)

Chronic catarrh; dry coryza, with blockage of nose; worse change of weather and cold Psorinum 200, once weekly (3 doses)

Chronic cases with tubercular history Tuberculinum k.200 or 1M once fortnightly (6)

Obstinate chronic cases when indicated remedy fails Bacillinum 1M once weekly (3 doses)

Take the remedy which is similar to your symptoms. No side effects or complications if taken as directed, please do not exceed the given dosage and under any circumstances do not try to mix any remedies and avoid Chocolates, Mints, Coffee, Red Meat, Alcoholic and Carbonated drinks, Spicy Rich Food while taking any Homeopathic remedies, and keep the medicines away from direct sunlight, heat strong smells and perfumes and do not store them in the fridge.
Curing without any side effects or Complications Thats the Beauty of Homeopathic Medicine

Please read this too :- http://www.hpathy.com/diseases/common-co ...
Take Care and God Bless you.

2009-03-10 20:28:02 by Takoda m

Hi Lotus of Peace!

The most powerful and most natural remedy to fight flu pandemics is Grapefruit Seed Extract combined with homeopathic Influenzinum.

Grapefruit Seed Extract: 15 drops a day in a little warm (not hot) water with honey (it's very bitter, so take just a quarter cup full of liquid or you'll never be finished swallowing that stuff)

Influenzinum in 30 CH (5 pills a day for 2 weeks).

The flu is caused by a virus and Grapefruit Seed Extract is a natural antiviral substance.

All the best and I hope you don't catch the flu at all.

Lisa J

2009-04-25 21:09:53 by lotus_of_peace™