A cold (also: feverish infection, flu-like infection, cold infection) can be treated with homeopathic medicines.
At the beginning of an infection, it is important to distinguish between sudden and gradual onset.
Also read:Homeopathic medicines for coughs
Homeopathic medicines
The following homeopathic medicines can be used for a cold:
Aconite
Belladonna
Ferrum phosphoricum
Gelsemium
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Eupatorium purpureum
Echinacea augustifolia
Apis mellifica
Mercurius solubilis
sudden, violent onset
Aconite:
With colds, but also with many other infectious diseases in the first stormy, often febrile phase.
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Dry, hot skin
frosty showers
Face red when lying down, pale when sitting up
The symptoms can be triggered by a cold east wind, but also the result of anger and shock
Often starts around midnight
Great anxious restlessness up to panic fear
Fast, hard pulse
dry cough
violent thirst
At this stage the disease has not yet localized. The symptoms get worse in the evening, at night and in the warmth. Aconitum is only available on prescription up to and including D3.
Belladonna:
Sudden onset, red head, steaming sweats that bring no relief.
Throbbing pulse that can be felt up to the neck
dilated pupils.
The patients sweat a lot but still want to stay covered because otherwise they will freeze
Mucous membranes in the throat dry, bright red and painful
The body is feverishly hot, arms and legs cold
Any headaches that may be present are felt unbearable at the slightest shock or when the head hangs down when bending over
Belladonna is often the second remedy after aconite as soon as patients start to sweat. The symptoms are aggravated by cold, drafts, and excitement.
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gradual onset
Ferrum phosphoricum:
The infection begins slowly, the symptoms are similar to those described for Aconitum, but there is no restlessness or fear. In children, Ferrum phosphoricum is particularly effective in the beginning otitis media.
In general, patients are exhausted quickly, and hoarseness occurs after physical overexertion
Only low resistance
Tendency to frequent colds, nosebleeds, in children frequent otitis media
Patients are alternately pale and red in the face
Pulse fast and soft, easily suppressible
The onset of otitis media shows a throbbing, pulsating pain, and the affected side of the face is often more reddened than the healthy side.
Dry cough with no sputum, with tickling sensation in the throat
The symptoms get worse at rest, the children's earache worsens at night, improvement with light movement.
Gelsemium:
The infection develops, often within 1 to 2 days after hypothermia.
The patient is shivering, shaky drowsiness
Chills run down your spine
Feeling bruised
Fever with red head, often without thirst
Soon a watery, sore, sharp runny nose begins
Sore throat, difficulty swallowing
Pulse is usually moderately accelerated and soft.
The symptoms worsen with warmth, sun, movement, fear and shock. Gelsemium requires a prescription up to and including D3
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During the infection
Eupatorium perfoliatum:
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The fever is highest in the morning
Pain in all limbs and bones, the whole body hurts
The patient is hot during the day, the face is hot and red, but hardly any sweat
Often chills at night, after a sweat the general condition improves somewhat
Often great thirst for cold water, but drinking provokes vomiting
Dry cough that is very painful, you have to hold your chest when coughing
A strong, watery runny nose develops
Eupatorium purpureum:
As soon as an inflammation of the urinary organs occurs in addition to the symptoms described above, Eupatorium purpureum must be considered.
The pain in the limbs described here moves from the bottom up.
Echinacea augustifolia:
Has a positive effect on the body's defenses and increases biological immunity.
Echinacea is used for many infections because of its antibacterial effect. Echinacea can always be given with colds.
Apis mellifica:
This remedy is indicated as soon as the febrile illness exceeds the normal level and considerable swellings occur, which can quickly become life-threatening in the throat area.
The medicinal picture of Apis mellifica can best be described using the example of a bee sting
After the bite, the skin swells up, there is severe pain, burning, stinging, the area is reddened and hot
Extreme sensitivity to touch and pressure
Swollen eyelids, photophobia, heart stitches, shortness of breath, great restlessness
The patients are not thirsty and sleepy
Worsening of symptoms in the warmth and after sleep, in the afternoon. Relief from cold and fresh air.
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Mercurius solubilis:
The time for this remedy has come as soon as the first signs of suppuration appear. Specks of pus appear on the tonsils and small ulcers appear on the oral mucosa, often gray or greenish.
The tongue is thickly coated, teeth impressions
Saliva is stringy and has an unpleasant smell
The nasal secretions turn yellowish to greenish
When coughing, there is also greenish to yellowish expectoration
Teeth are very sensitive to temperature.
At night the patient is prone to strong, foul smelling, sometimes yellowing sweats
All inflammatory secretions are caustic, sharp, and purulent in character
Worsening of the complaints at night when warm in bed
