The common cold vs. flu

What makes us sick?

Micro-organisms live in and around us all the time but do not harm us. However, any stressor, whether emotional, physical or mental, can create the ideal conditions for micro-organisms to flourish and then make us sick…

Stressors include toxicity, trauma, pathogens, mental and emotional factors (fear, anxiety, anger), electro and environmental pollution, poor nutrition, heredity factors, poor living conditions, lifestyle issues, lack of sleep, excess physical or mental labour, and extreme environmental changes (temperature, altitude, damp, dryness, deficiency syndrome, etc.) First comes the stressor which causes the conditions for dis-ease – later comes the illness. Only after an internal or external stressor has disturbed our vital force, will bacteria or viruses thrive.

Example: A sudden change in weather may bring on a bout of colds or flu within a family. The family share certain micro-organisms, but none of these harmed them until the sudden change in weather conditions. Only then were the bacteria able to thrive and multiply. Therefore, to bring about an improvement in health, one should focus on boosting the vital force rather than killing the bacteria.

What are symptoms of illness?

 Natural medicine recognises symptoms as the body’s healing mechanisms, which the genius self-healing system produces in response to an underlying cause such as a virus. These healing mechanisms should therefore not be suppressed but rather encouraged toward completion of the healing process and restoration of order within the body. 

How does Eugenie Rowson’s Vibrational Medicine work?

By choosing a remedy that encourages the individual’s particular symptoms (healing mechanisms), healing becomes rapid and effective.

What is the difference between the Common Cold and Flu?

Common Cold:

 This is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the mucus membranes lining the nose and throat, resulting in symptoms which are generally confined to the nose and throat. The common cold is also popularly known as a head cold and symptoms may include:

Headache
Watering eyes
Stuffy or runny nose or post nasal drip with tickling cough
Sneezing
Sore throat; scratchy or tickling throat
Hoarseness
Listlessness
Chills

Influenza (Flu):

 This is a viral infection of the respiratory tract (air passages) that leads to the body producing healing mechanisms (symptoms) such as:

 Sore throat
Blocked or runny nose
Sinus inflammation or congestion
Headache
Fever
Chills
Muscular aches, stiffness
Bone pain
Loss of appetite
General weakness and fatigue
Some influenza strains may also include gastric / digestion disorders such as:
Nausea
Dizziness
Vomiting
Diarrhoea

Remedies for the Common Cold or Flu

 The following remedies can be used to overcome symptoms of cold and flu and ideally, use these prophylactically to prevent indicated symptoms – use one or a combination of these remedies twice daily for immunity support.

 Always choose the remedy/ies that best match your healing mechanisms (symptoms). Here are some of the most popular and effective single remedies : 

Aconitum: First remedy for colds / flu. Start taking at first signs of cold / flu to nip it in the bud. Cough, croup, fever, loss of voice, runny nose, hayfever, eye inflammation, sore throat
Rhus Tox: For aching, stiffness; can’t get comfortable, restlessness, flu, fever, sore throat
Gelsemium: First remedy for flu; fever, hayfever, chills, headache, migraine; use for any viral infections
Ferrum Phos: First remedy for any kind of inflammation, chills, fights infection, colds, runny nose, hayfever, fever, eye inflammation, sore throat
Hepar Sulph: Sore throats, cough, croup, hayfever, sinusitis, cold sores, mouth ulcers
Dulcamara: Fever blisters, cold, runny nose, hayfever, mouth ulcers, chapped lips, coughs

Easy-to-use, easy-to-choose combination formulas: 

Eugenie has created a hassle-free range of combination formulas for cold and flu related symptoms, as follows:
Cold, flu & viral infection formula (use with an additional formula for your predominant symptoms)
Cough formula – wet, phlegmy
Cough formula – dry
Croup & hoarseness formula
Earache, inflammation & infection formula
Fever & inflammation formula
Headache & migraine formula
Immunity support formula
Muscular aches, pain & stiffness formula
Tonsillitis & sore throat formula
Sinusitis, rhinitis & post-nasal drip formula

For more remedies shop online at www.theremedyshoppe.co.uk for world wide delivery, or visit The Remedy Shoppe retail outlet at 24 Pipers Road, Douglasdale, Johannesburg.