The flu is quickly becoming an epidemic. People are afraid and looking for solutions and flu remedies wherever they can. Homeopathic medicine has various flu remedy alternatives that can be safe alternatives to others that don’t seem to work.
The flu is short for the influenza virus. The flu virus is not the same as a cold, though they can share the same symptoms. Many people feel it’s possible for a cold to turn into the flu. However, how a cold feels and how flu feels is different. As well, how they are treated is also different. Flu remedies are not cold remedies.
Compared to a cold, which can last for about a week, the flu lasts much longer, up to twelve days. The persistent cough that comes after a flu can last even longer than that. The symptoms of the flu can be body aches and throat pain, hot and cold sweats with fatigue, fever and nausea as well as a loss of appetite. Homeopathic flu remedies try to address each of the symptoms in turn.
More so today than in the past, people who have come down with the flu are encouraged to stay at home until it has passed. If they have to go out into public places, they should be prepared to cover all coughs and sneezes with their elbow. Sneezing and coughing on the hands spreads the germs that cause the virus. The flu comes in so many variations and is airborne, making it easy to spread and to catch. Thankfully flu remedies also come in a large variety.
There are different homeopathic flu remedies for people suffering different symptoms. How people experience flu is often different per person. If someone is having cough, throat and chest pain, a dry mouth and lips, and are very thirsty, they might want to take a homeopathic remedy including bryonia. If someone is experiencing chills, aches, fevers, and they are not thirsty, they might consider gelsemium. Never try a homeopathic remedy for flu without first researching the ingredients for side effects and reactions, and talking to a homeopathic specialist.
The flu virus can affect different parts of the body. That is a big reason why there are so many different flu remedies. The virus can get into the throat, the bronchial tubes in the lungs and chest, infect the nose and sinus cavities, and even get into the middle ear. Homeopathic flu remedies will take into consideration every symptom a patient has, even ones that don’t seem to be flu related.
There is a vaccine put out at least once a year, sometimes more, to help prevent people from getting the vaccine. It is very difficult for medical science to make a vaccine for something that keeps on changing and mutating into different variations. And the flu can hit people so very hard sometimes. It is scary. Finding out options in the way of flu remedies is a good idea. People should do more research, see what is available in homeopathy and beyond. No one has to be sick from the flu. Prevention and treatment are possible.