Flu-like Conditions

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.