Influenza Remedies Flashcards
Aconite
SUDDEN ONSET w/fever, chilliness, throbbing pulse & GREAT RESTLESSNESS FROM ANXIETY
chill internal w/coldness in BLOOD VESSELS
FEVER at night w/DRY BURNING HEAT
FEVER w/INTERNAL HEAT & EXTERNAL CHILL
Apis
HOT RED DRY FACE w/SWELLING or congestion
NO SWEAT, pt longs for it
ALL sxs ameliorated by COLD/COLD APPS
Oppression in chest agg in WARM ROOM
chill in AFTERNOON 3-4PM, agg in warm room, BEGINS in CHEST or ABD
FEVER in MORNING and/or AFTERNOON w/chill
BURNING DRY fever at night w/o THIRST, w/STINGING sensation
Arnica
terrible ACHING of whole body body aches, as from a FALL bed feels TOO HARD chill in lower half of body, as if COLD WATER DASHED OVER HIM chilliness from SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT OF BEDCLOTHES chill - SHAKING W/HEAT of the HEAD intense heat of HEAD/FACE w/COLD BODY SORE pain on parts LAIN ON
Arsenicum Album
CHILLY, RESTLESS W/ANXIETY & FEAR of DEATH, NEEDS COMPANY
BURNING (like red hot needles) pains ameliorated by HEAT
sensation of ice water running thru veins OR boiling water
thirst for SIPS of COLD water
flu w/VOMITING/DIARRHEA & WEAKNESS
drinking INCREASES CHILL, CAUSES VOMITING
Baptisia
rapid onset, SINKING into DULL TYPHOID state
DULL RED face, BESOTTED, DRUGGED appearance
comatose, falls asleep while answering
delusions body is SCATTERED about the bed
FOUL, OFFENSIVE odor from mouth
‘gastric flu’ w/putrid diarrhea, eructations, vomiting
RED, DUSKY face
Belladonna
RAPID ONSET OF EXTREMELY HIGH FEVER
Bryonia
white tongue
EXTREME THIRST for COLD drinks (big gulps)
attacks of DRY heat w/EVERY MOVEMENT, EVERY NOISE
wants to LIE QUIET, STILL & be LEFT ALONE
flu accompanied by pleurisy
HA & pains are > w/CONSTANT PRESSURE
Camphor
chill beginning in abd chilliness before stool ICY COLDNESS, BLUE DISCOLORATION DOES NOT WANT TO BE COVERED, COLD SWEAT, COLD BREATH COLDNESS in chest coming from stomach RICE WATER STOOLS external COLD as in CHOLERA shaking w/COLD BLUE SKIN influenza begins RAPIDLY
Causticum
pain in extremities during influenza, WEAKNESS during influenza
CHILL on LEFT SIDE, AT MIDNIGHT, DURING HA – DRINKING AMELIORATES
chill BEGINNING IN FACE, coldness of SINGLE PART, external chill IN SPOTS
perspiration AFTER CHILL
DRINKING COLD WATER AMELIORATES FEVER
Chelidonium
tongue brown and/or cracked during influenza
chill on RIGHT SIDE
chill BEGINNING IN FEET and/or HANDS
chill as if COLD WATER DASHED OVER HIM
BURNING HEAD SPREADING FROM HANDS ALL OVER BODY
gastric fever
China
chill FROM SLIGHTEST DRAFT OF AIR, beginning in LEGS
DRINKING AGG CHILL
FEVER BURNING W/PRICKLING OVER WHOLE BODY
DRY BURNING HEAT W/DISTENDED VESSELS
motion AGG fever
PERIODICAL FEVER (alternate days)
fever–>succession–>chill, heat, perspiration
Eupatorium perfoliatum
sore eye pain, BONE PAIN during INFLUENZA
VIOLENT CHILL 7-9AM w/slight CHILL NEXT DAY at NOON, CHILL 8AM
chill beginning in dorsal region
DRINKING HASTENS & INCREASES CHILL & NAUSEA
fever only during the DAY FROM INFECTION
stages: chill then heat, then perspiration
Gelsemium
chill BEGINS IN HANDS/FEET, AGG BY FRIGHT
CHILL - SHAKING, FRIGHT AGG
CEREBROSPINAL FEVER
HEAVY SENSATION AFTER INFLUENZA
OCCIPITAL PAIN, SORE EYE PAIN DURING INFLUENZA
COLDNESS IN SPINE IN WAVES during influenza
HEAVINESS in LEGS during flu
NEVER WELL SINCE flu
Mercurius
inflam of lungs during flu catarrh of eyes during fever, coryza w/fever SALIVATION DURING FEVER vomiting of bile during fever CONSTRICTION OF CHEST, palpitation DURING FEVER DESIRES COLD FOOD/DRINKS W/FEVER PAIN IN COCCYX during fever FEVER AT NIGHT W/PERSPIRATION succession: heat ALTERNATING W/SHIVERING
Nux vomica
complaining, nervous excitement, irritability during fever SENSITIVE TO TOUCH DURING FEVER VERTIGO DURING FEVER HEAD PAIN IN OCCIPUT DURING FEVER WHITE TONGUE, difficult speech w/fever ERUCTATIONS DURING FEVER CHILL IN AM IF UNCOVERED,
