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You can go to Online ordering to order any of the following 5 Remedy Kits, or you can purchase from the Individual Remedies section. Those not in the Online Store can also be ordered by email.
The Cold & Flu Kit: This kit helps you to achieve the healthy immune system that is vital to ward off those colds and flu that are often a threat during changeable weather. Anas Barbariae, used as a preventative, is always good to take throughout the winter. Anas Barb is an excellent preventative for colds & flu and can be taken fortnightly or monthly depending on susceptibility, especially the elderly and those who suffer respiratory problems. A dose can also be taken when you have been in contact with someone who is infected. It is also advisable to take Echinacea with Vitamins ACE and Zinc. Echinacea Herbal Liquid is available for children.
Other remedies that would be good to have on hand are Aconite for sudden onset, Arsenicum for wheezy coughs, Belladonna earaches etc. that come on suddenly and are right sided, Gelsemium for classic flu symptoms and Ferr Phos for being generally 'off colour'. These remedies are available individually or purchase the five remedy Cold and Flu kit.
If your cold is well under way then consult the Centre or your Home prescribing books and leaflets for appropriate remedies for the presenting symptoms. We are also able to help you with simple consults by email.
The Convalescence Kit: Recovering from a severe bout of influenza can be a slow process. Time and patience may be required but the process can be accelerated or stimulated by the use of our mini Convalescence Kit. This kit contains the following individual remedies to assist in convalescence - Arsenicum, Arnica, Carbo Vegetablis, Phosphoric Acid and a Tissue Salt remedy to assist the body in the recovery process and raise vitality after severe illness with debility. If home prescribing fails to resolve any situation within a reasonable time period then consultation with your homeopath is advised to facilitate a return to health.
COUGHS - ACUTE AND CHRONIC
Coughs can occur as accompaniment to cold or flu symptoms or as a chronic state, persistent over a long period of time. There are many remedies for coughs depending upon the symptoms eg. dry, spasmodic or loose. Close attention is needed to differentiate the presenting symptoms for a remedy choice. A 6c potency is usually sufficient for home prescribing.
Dry Cough - Ferrum Phos: short, acute, painful, no expectoration. Belladonna: dry, barking, repetitive, flushed face, dislikes being uncovered. Bryonia: difficult breathing, dry throat, worse moving. Nux Vomica: dry, fatiguing cough, always worse in the morning.
Spasmodic Cough - Sambucus: sudden, suffocating, inability to exhale. Blocked nose prevents baby feeding. Drosera: tickling, wheezing, worse lying down, holds chest while coughing, worse after midnight. Mercurius: wracking cough at night, sore throat, sweat greasy.
Mucus Clear - Nat Mur: mucus clear, watery & salty to taste. Excessive discharge.
Mucus White – Kali Mur: hoarse, rattly cough. Mucus thick, white & difficult to expectorate.
Yellow-Green Mucus – Hepar Sulph: Raucous, noisy, rattly cough. Splinter like feeling in the throat. Pulsatilla: thick bland yellow mucus by day. Cough dry at night. Calc Sulph: loose cough, mucus streaked with blood. Silica: cough with chronic thick mucus. Worse – cold drinks, morning on rising & when lying down at night.
Winter Blues: Although winters in Perth are relatively mild, some people feel the effects of autumn and winter quite deeply. Some "winter blues" are caused by the fact that physical problems such as rheumatism or arthritis, chest complaints and sinusitis can be much worse in the winter months making us feel generally down.
Rhus tox is useful for joint problems that are worse from cold and damp. Better – movement. Calc carbonicum has similar problems in the winter and is susceptible to infections at this time. Kali bi is especially useful for sinusitis. Pulsatilla generally dislikes the cold & wet and feels worse for it. But winter weather can also bring on depression in some people. Aurum can be deeply depressed during dark & cloudy months. Arsenicum alb is depressed, anxious and hates the cold and being alone. Phosphorus is sensitive to external impressions & feels worse on cold, dark, windy days but will cheer up once the sun comes through. Sepia well known as a remedy for PMT & Baby Blues can also be depressed on cloudy days while on the other hand Causticum feels better on cloudy rainy days.