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Preventative medicines for flu ?

Dear All,

I was sent this prescription from a friend who received it as a preventative measure for Swine Flu in a circular from her children's school doctor:

(My friend could not clarify any further, and I am not in touch with this doctor)
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For children below 15 years

1.Arsenicum Album 30 3-3-3 for the first 3 days
2.Ceano thus 30 3-3-3 Next 3 days only after the first dosage is over

The above 6 day treatment is to be repeated after 15 days again.

For children above 15 years and adults

1.Arsenicum Album 1 M 3-3-3 for the first 3 days
2.Ceano thus 200 3-3-3 Next 3 days only after the first dosage is over

The above 6 day treatment is to be repeated after 15 days again.

Along with these a Vit C tablet can be taken 1 everyday ------------------------------

Q: WHat a medicine is prescribed without a X or a C( I have seen this on this forum as well for many prescriptions) what should be assumed? Ex: Arsenicum Album 30 - is this a 30X or 30C?

Q: What views do the doctors/experts or this forum hold on the above medicine as a preventative medicine for Swine Flu?

Q: When I asked my friend to clarify about the X or C she said it was neither, but is was a 'K', How is a 'K' different than a 'H'?

Appreciate any input on this!

Thank You,
M.
 
  mimo28 on 2009-08-27
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Here are the questions without typos:

Q: When a homeopathy medicine is prescribed without a X or a C( I have seen this, on this forum as well, for many prescriptions) what should be assumed? Ex: Arsenicum Album 30 - is this a 30X or 30C?

Q: What views do the doctors/experts on this forum hold on the above medicine as a preventative medicine for Swine Flu?

Q: When I asked my friend to clarify about the X or C she said it was neither, but it was a 'K': How is a 'K' different than a 'H'?
 
mimo28 last decade
HI Mimo

Check out this link:

http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/179541/1

Q1: If some strength is mentioned just with numbers then it's C standing for Centesimal Scale. So mere 30 of ars. alb is ars. alb 30c and not ars. alb 30x.

Q2: I've already give you a link. And there have been some other threads too on this forum please check out all to find out the views of members of this forum.

Q3: K and H are not strengths. Instead they denote how the potencies have been prepared. K- stands for Korsakovian method of preparation and H-stands for Hahnemann method. (Method of preparation is related to homeopathic pharmacy). So for e.g when Ars. Alb is followed by 30CH it means it's been prepared by Hahnemann method and if its followed by 30CK then it's been prepared by Korsakovian method. This difference doesn't matter much in therapeutics though!
 
maheeru last decade
correction:

*I've already given you a link.

You can type Swine flu on Search panel on this forum and can see other threads too.
 
maheeru last decade
Maheeru has provided all necessary information to you. But let me clarify in clear terms that Arsenicum Album 1 M 3-3-3 for the first 3 days as a preventive measure without any symptoms is disastrous to say the least.
 
kadwa last decade
Thank You Maheeru and Dr.Kadwa for your input on this! So I feel that I do not want to go for these medicines as Dr.Kadwa expressed his clarification on this.

I did read about the nosodes argument on the Swine Flu link as well. And I don't think it is clear that that is the way to go either for preventative measure for flu.

Are there any safer(no disastrous effects) 'preventative measures' homeopathy has for impending Swine Flu for children and Adults?

Or I think the question should be how can we 'build immunity' in children and adults against any kind of viral attack?

Thank You All.
M.
 
mimo28 last decade
Oh M, did you miss my comments on the given link? That thread has got some off -topic posts too but there were some useful posts made regarding flu. Any way in my opinion, Influenzinum 200c is the best preventative measure against this flu strain. Take 2 doses on a single day and follow it up with another dose after a week. And if a person has come across that virus, then influenzinum 200c three doses on a single day. Ferrum phos 6x thrice daily for 3 to 5 days. If still it develops into a full blown acute episode then, remedy based on symptom profile can take care of the problem. Arsenicum album has been a prominent first remedy for many cases in parts of India. Potency to be used is 200c. But some cases may require some other remedy like mercury, sulph. etc after ars. alb. to finish the problem.


Generally those who have taken right constitutional treatment will be robust enough to withstand such pandemics but still they can be affected in rare instances, in that case they will have to take a medicine based on their current symptom profile.
 
maheeru last decade
And talking about the above circular you've given in the first post, I'd say to keep the number of doses of preventative medicine(yes also keep to one med.) minimum otherwise preventative measures can bring up new problems. Yes Ars. Alb 1M thrice daily for three days is a bad idea in this regard. One should stop with one or two doses, if they only have access to 1M of the med. to protect themselves against the virus.
 
maheeru last decade
Thank You Maheeru.

God Bless.
M.
 
mimo28 last decade
Dear Maheeru,

Recently :
In the news:
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The union health ministry recommended preventive homeopathy medicine, Arsenicum album 30. The decision to advise people to take the preventive medicine was taken after the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy (CCRH), a state-run research wing, gave the suggestion for curbing the spread of the diseases.

'It has recommended one doze of the medicine daily on empty stomach for three days. The dose should be repeated after one month by following the same schedule in case flu like conditions prevail in the area,' the ministry said in a statement.
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Should the Arsenicu ALbum 30C be taken after the influezinum dosage is over? Also same question for ferrum phospate?

If okay to take on same day then should there be a time gap in between the two different medicine?

Plz could you clarify as I am new to homeopathy?

Thank You
God Bless.
M.
 
mimo28 last decade
Swine flu does not require preventive medicines.

It is a media hyped epidemic with a handful of cases (even after 1 month of the first person testing positive) in a country of over a billion people.

Nearly 100 people die out of normal viral fever every day in USA. Only 50 have died in one month in India out of swine flu.

Do you see the odds, (a normal viral fever is 100 times more dangerous than this Swine Flu statistically speaking) ?

To answer your specific question, this is not how these medicines are to be given. If I were you, I would not give anything at all.
 
sameervermani last decade
Dear Mimo

Yes recently the said ministry has issued some recommendations for homeopathic, ayurvedic and Unani medicines.

Q1) There is no need to take ars. alb. after taking influenzinum.

Ferrum phos. 6x is a tissue salt which works on physical plane. It can be taken just as a supplement too. It can be taken separately or along with homeopathic medicines. But if its just for preventation without being exposed to the virus you can skip this.



But if you want to take ars. album as according to the ministry guidelines, you can stick to ars. album schedule itself. Please stick to one remedy and minimum number of doses. Influenzinum or Ars. album both are fine for prophylactic purpose for this specific problem.
 
maheeru last decade

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