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cold & flu 30C | the bluebox | individual remedies | cross referencing symptoms with remedies |
Indications: Treats typical head cold symptoms e.g. headache, thick stuffy head and nose, body aches, runny nose etc. This remedy can safely be taken in conditions where regular cold & flu medication is contra-indicated e.g. high blood pressure.
Ingredients:
| Remedy |
Symptoms covered by specific remedy |
| Allium cepa |
Copious, acrid watery nasal discharge which burns upper lip and nostrils; red, burning and watery eyes; sneezing; headache from congestion; raw throat with pain extending to ear; incessant hacking, tickling cough. |
| Belladonna |
Sudden onset of symptoms; burning high fever; hot, dry and flushed skin; throbbing headache; tickling in nostrils and sneezing; tonsillitis with raw and painful epiglottis; tickling, dry cough; swollen glands in neck. |
| Chamomilla |
Fever and thirst; body aches; hot runny nose; blocked nose with loss of smell, restlessness. Also useful in gastric flu with colicky pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. |
| Euphorbia lathyris |
Body aches and stiffness; laboured breathing with hacking cough, may develop into whooping-type cough; high temperature with perspiration, later cold, clammy forehead. |
| Euphrasia |
Inflammation of conjunctiva producing profuse, irritating lachrymation (tears) from the eyes; non-irritating discharge from the nose; violent cough with abundant expectoration; raw, sore throat; whooping cough; patient feels chilly and cold with feeling of a "cold in the eyes"; headache from mucous congestion; conjunctivitis (inflammation) and pus in the eyes. |
| Ferrum phosphoricum |
Gentle remedy for early stages of febrile conditions and mucous congestion. Bruised soreness of chest, shoulders and muscles; ear infections with discharge of pus; ulcerated sore throat; tickling, hacking cough. |
| Gelsemium |
Useful in influenza and measles (aids in bringing out the skin eruptions). Summer colds that begin with chills up and down the spine; muscular aches; violent headache "as if a band around head"; sneezing in early morning with weakness; hot, watery discharges from the nose; inflamed throat, pain extends to the ear. |
| Kali bichromicum |
Mucous congestion of pharynx, larynx, bronchi and nose; frontal sinuses may be dry and inflamed; general weakness without fever; aversion to light and noise; bones and scalp feel sore. |
| Meningococcinum 200C |
Nosode of meningitis (viral infection of membranes of brain) as a preventative - risk of high fevers. |
| Salicylicum acidum |
Body and joint pain; headache; dizziness; runny nose and sneezing; painful, red swollen throat with difficulty in swallowing, hot burning skin. |
Dosage: Suck 3 - 5 pillules in a clean mouth every hour for 3 doses, then every 2 - 4 hours until relief is obtained. Continue dosing 3 times daily until condition resolves. If no response within 48 hours i.e. fever persists or worsens, seek professional medical help.
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