Hi- Bre has a cold. In the past we would have given her Tylenol Cold medicine or Dimetapp but now that I am a little more knowledgeable I would like to look in to some alternatives.

She woke up with the cold this morning. At this point she is very stuffed up, blowing nose often(clear), quiet and soulky, slight temp, lack of energy, complained of pain in lower forehead a couple of hours ago- belly has been hurting off and on and neck (but hasn't been eating well today and belly and neck could be a result of that).

Anyway, nothing major at this point but wondering if there is anything that I could give her to relieve the stuffiness and help her feel better. She has had 2 doses of echinacea (12 drops in 1 oz water) today and had 2 pellets of Apis Mellifica last night for swelling and itching from mosquito bites. Besides this she has not had anything since a week ago Friday(10 days ago) when she had her last dose of China LM1.

Thanks for you help ( hubby just got over the same cold- hopefully Bre and I may fare better).

A cold now and again does wonders for clearing out toxins!! The Echinacea is fine and add lots of Vit. C.

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As your condition is not chronic ,use some acute remdies.Here it seems to be Gels.

Some other medicines for first stages of colds are-acon,fer phos,saponaria etc.

jayakumar pannakkal

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Dear Dr. Pannakkal,

I read about Saponaria but never used it. What potency I should be using because there is no mention of it in MM. Please also advise, how effective it is and your experiences with this remedy?

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I agree with Ricky here--no need to give anything as colds are the body's way of clearing out all kinds of gunk its been accumulating. Suppressing the discharges of colds, which is what tylenol cold medicine does, only makes you sicker--so why bother?

I'd add these things to the echinacea (which should be taken at the beginning, then not repeated too often), especially since it is summer--drink plenty of fluids, take vitamin C and other anti-oxidants like vitamins A, E, and selenium, and get plenty of rest. Eat lightly and take it easy! The worst part of the cold's "draining" will be over in a few days, and the body will have begun to refresh its energies by then.

Do I have to say it again? Tylenol's (and any) acetominephen is a LIVER TOXIN. Tylenol cold was taken off the market last winter because of a deadly ingredient--but put back on when a formula without this ingredient was drummed up. Best not to use drugs which act this way in the body at all.

Divina

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Dear Sashi Roy,

I am using sapon.30.It is very effective in the begining.

Disagree with the view of Divina .

In homoeopathy we give medicine according to smiliarity.That means for eg- a medicine for cold can produce the cold in healthy.So by homoeopathy there is no way of hindering or suppressing natural process.

Disagree with unwanted application of vitamins.Overdose of vitamins do harm more tha good.Especially about vit c ,it is carcinogenic in overdose,the latest reserch say.So pleease don't take unnecessarry overdose of vitamins if you have sufficient and if the body is capable of absorbing from common food articles.

Jen ,if you are constantly under attack of cold,you have to take your constituitional medicine .

jayakumar

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Dear Jayakumar,

I must disagree with you on one point, Homoeopathy is unfortunately quite capable of suppressing illness, and causing very serious problems to appear. The Law of Similars can be used in a superficial way to suppress the common symptoms eg using Allium-cepa on all hayfever. Suppression by poorly trained homoeopaths, especially pathological prescribers, cause quite alot of problems.

Suppression can happen whenever the symptoms are addressed without looking for the cause. I have often seen colds suppressed with Aconite, becoming croup or bronchitis. I have seen eczema suppressed with Sulphur, becoming chronic diarrhoea, headaches suppressed with Bothrops becoming chronic psoriasis.

If the symptoms common to the disease are prescribed on , rather than the unusual symptoms or those unique to the patient , then suppression is EASY with homoeopathy. Way too easy.

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Another sleepless night. Her days have been pretty good until about 4pm then she goes downhill.

Her nose is still running a lot- light yellow- lack of energy, whiny and soulky (after 4ish), lack of appetite, left eye is running and she sais it is sore, discomfort in neck, woke up coughing this morning and said it hurt her throat- gave her a teaspoon of lemon-honey mixture at 5 am. She went back to sleep at 7am. Have continued with echinacea and will give last dose this morning.

Have a great day and thanks for your help. Jen

Hmmm. 4 pm aggravation stands out. Could she be Lycopodium at the moment? It has the yellow discharge from the nose and fluent coryza with redness of eyes and lachrymation.

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Jen, what do you mean by "goes downhill"? Is there a change even in the mental/emotional behaviour, as you've seen in the past? Or does she suddenly start to feel her cold symptoms more strongly, after spending the day doing her usual things despite having these cold symptoms? It might help us to clarify things a bit.

It still seems like this is just a cold, as opposed to a flu. If this is truly what's going on, you want to avoid suppressing the cold (I was taught in my first year that a cold which develops after a remedy's been given is a very good sign that the body is purging itself of stored waste, and is very healing--no need to treat it with anything homeopathic, just let the body do its thing). I don't know where anyone could mistake what I wrote earlier as a suggestion that you overdose Bre on vitamins (?) and water, but I'll say again that they are an excellent way to support the body through a clearing out process like a cold. The body needs more fluids when its hot, anyway; and no one gets enough A, C, E, or Selenium when they're not eating properly for any reason. They can't hurt here, even if you do decide to give a remedy.

But, let's be accurate: what happens after 4pm?

Divina

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