Homeopathic solutions to the flu?

Thanks Jaylee, I'll try and remember to get some just to have on hand!

Hi Everyone

Huggles, i finally remembered to get the details of the tissue salts i currently use. Here it is:

Make: PharmaNatura
Coughs and Colds Combo.
Indicated for: Coughs, colds and flu, chestiness, mucous congestion and sore throats.

Composition per tablet: Ferr Phos 6x, Kali Mur 6x, Kali Sulph 6x, Nat Mur x6.

Hope this helps

Hi girls, I only use homeopathic stuff for my little one, and now and then a bit of panado. He had a fever the other day (for the first time at about 10 months!!) and I had to go buy nurofen as I don't own anything for fewer (except the homeopathic stuff...)

For anything with mucous ie runny nose etc, you use nr 5 tissue salt.
Nr 4 is for inflamation so I normally use it with nr 5 for colds. It helps for any kind of inflamation.
Nr 8 is great for any spasms, headaces and period pains, it also helps for a easier childbirth.
Nr 1 is for tissue elasticity so if you get little sores in the corner of you mouth during winter or dry skin or stretch marks, use nr 1 daily.
While pregnant use nr 2 daily, it helps you carry baby to term.

There is a little book about all the tissue salts, it written by Margaret Roberts and called something with like tissue salts for healthy living (i think...) You can get it at Dischem for under R120.

The Natura tissue salts costs about R25 per bottle and there is about 120 pills in a bottle so it lasts a while. But you can use any brand, they are all the same. I think the blue ones are made by Weleda.

I also use Natura Pentagen drops, its great!! Add Natura Gripless drops if baby has an acute cold (just once a day will do).

Echinaforce drops can be used from a young age in moderation. If you want to use it daily as an immune booster, use 1 drop a day. I just use it as I see a cold coming, then I use 1 drop per bottle of milk, and not longer than 3 days. After a year you can use more, they reccomend 1 drop per year of child up to 10 drops for everyone over 10. So if kiddie is 3 years old, give him 3 drops at a time...

Hope this helps, and please feel free to ask if you need more advice (I was raised on homeopathic stuff) I am not a homeopath, but know a lot of the stuff from experience. If I don't know, I won't guess, I'll just tell you I have no idea...

Lientjie, I don't change the onion often at all. I don't cut it open - i just put a whole onion out. Sometimes, if i start to feel a mild tingling in my throat or if there's lots of sick people around then i peel off the outer layer to give it a "fresh layer" to absorb the new germs. Not sure if it helps or not.

Also, when i'm at home, if we use half an onion or if lots of sick friends come around then i leave the freshly cut open onion half out to absorb the germs there, but in general i just leave a whole onion lying around and it seems to work. If i have cut one open i only leave it out a day or two as it dries out quite quickly.

I agree on the Pentagen drops(mix Pentagen in a teaspoon of water as it has a strong taste).It is also a Natura product. As soon as anyone in the family starts showing signs of a cold, I pop the Pentagen drops. Normally, the symptoms never develop into a full blown cold/ flu, but die down within a few days.

@Huggles - I've read about your onion remedy on another post (you keep one on your desk if I remember correctly). How often do you replace it?

I also believe in Tissue Salts. Natura has a combination one especially for coughs and colds. You can buy it at Clicks. (white and purple bottle)

jaylee - it should have a number on it somewhere, and underneath the name of the mineral.

I would also be interested to know which one you are using for colds, cos it is "that time of the year" again, and even tho the boys are not actually sick, the sniffles are making an appearance