The temperature is dropping and winter is on its way. While this time may be a good opportunity to spend more time at home and get cosy, it also presents a challenge to the immune system, which is where homeopathy comes in.
Now is the time to restock your home pharmacy with cough, cold and flu remedies to make sure your recovery is as speedy as possible. It’s also the time to contact a professional homeopath in order to receive treatment to raise your immunity and lower your susceptibility to winter bugs.
To help you and your family get through the symptoms speedily and lastingly, make sure you have the following remedies at home:
Aconite - at the first sign that symptoms are building, especially after being caught out in a cold wind.
Allium Cepa - this is the onion in its homeopathic form for the common cold with stinging eyes that water, sneezing and a runny nose that turns the space between your nose and your upper lip red and sore.
Belladonna - again at the onset of illness if your child wakes at night feverish with a red face, dilated pupils and a fast pulse.
Eupatorium Perfoliatum - for the horrible deep bone ache of fluey viruses.
Gelsemium - again for flu - with chills and shaking, exhaustion, heavy head and droopy eyelids.
Kali Bichromicum - this remedy is a great one for post nasal drip and unblocking stubborn sinuses.
Pulsatilla - for very snotty people who are feeling very sorry for themselves and become very needy - or rather even needier - when they are ill.
All these remedies are available from the superb homeopathic pharmacies Ainsworths and Helios.
Let me know if you need any further advice or you would like to improve your immunity.