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Flu-like Conditions

Fever

High Fevers with Rapid Onset

Aconit

9 CH
  • high fever after chills — the "shivering fever" following sudden chilling or exposure to intense cold following sunstroke or heatstroke
  • sudden onset with very high fever between midnight and 2am
  • red mucous membranes, flushed and radiating burning face, dry skin (no sweating)
  • anxious, sthenic restlessness with intense thirst for cold water
  • early laryngotracheitis.

5 pellets every 2 hours. Space out as the fever begins to drop.

Belladonna

9 CH
  • rapid-onset fever, then oscillating (bell-shaped) fever
  • red, hot skin with sweating, especially on the face
  • congestion of the head and face
  • dryness of the mouth and other mucous membranes with intense thirst
  • cough with spasm and dryness of the respiratory mucous membranes
  • sensory hyperesthesia (worse from light and noise)
  • restlessness or prostration. In practice, Belladonna is given after Aconitum as soon as sweating appears.

5 pellets every 2 hours. Space out as the fever begins to drop.

Moderate Fevers

Ferrum phosphoricum

7 CH
  • mild fever (38°-38.5°C), onset stage of eruptive illnesses
  • localized congestive and hemorrhagic signs (nosebleeds)
  • earache with congested eardrum: acute congestive ear infections
  • tracheitis and dry cough with retrosternal pain.

5 pellets every 2 hours. Space out as the fever begins to drop.

Plateau Fevers

Gelsemium

9 CH
  • adynamic febrile syndrome
  • high fever with gradual onset and a flushed, crimson face
  • frontal and occipital headache with heaviness in the eyeballs, preceded or accompanied by visual disturbances (double vision)
  • listlessness, prostration, dullness, body aches, great fatigue
  • chills that may progress to trembling, followed by sweating
  • no thirst.

5 pellets every 2 hours. Space out as the fever begins to drop.

Rhus toxicodendron

9 CH
  • adynamic febrile syndrome
  • high fever with gradual onset after getting soaked in the rain or chilled while sweating from exertion
  • body aches and peri-articular pain with stiffness relieved by motion, constant need to move about in bed
  • seeks warmth, burrows under the covers, and feels as if ice-cold water were poured over them when uncovered, causing chills and coughing
  • thirst for cold water or cold milk
  • perioral herpes (cold sore).

5 pellets every 2 hours. Space out as the fever begins to drop.

Eupatorium perfoliatum

7 CH
  • adynamic febrile syndrome
  • muscle and bone pain ("broken bones" sensation)
  • headache and eye pain worse from pressure on the eyeballs
  • thirst for cold water.

5 pellets every 2 hours. Space out as the fever begins to drop.

Bryonia alba

9 CH
  • dynamic febrile syndrome
  • high fever with gradual onset, then plateauing
  • sweating that brings relief
  • band-like ("helmet") headache worse from coughing, better from firm pressure and lying still
  • intense dryness of the respiratory and digestive mucous membranes
  • thirst for large quantities of cold water
  • dry cough worse from movement.

5 pellets every 2 hours. Space out as the fever begins to drop.