Forever Flu - Phooey! - Powers of Homeopathy

No flu ‘get your vaccine’ hoopla this year. The Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organization picked the wrong circulating strains for a vaccine. That can happen because picking the 3 strains for a season is an educated guess based on what flu strains are circulating in the southern hemisphere.

But flu is here to stay, whether it actually arrives in our winter season or any other season. Phooey! And I know whole families who have all had the flu this winter season. No fun.

Vaccine Free: Now What? Influenza Class

Because a new vaccine is offered yearly, Influenza will be one of the classes offered in the Vaccine Free: Now What? 12-week e-course. Influenza is an annual infectious illness so of course, every year there is more and more pressure to ‘get your flu vaccine’. And every year, parents are told that the flu vaccine is safe for babies and small children. You are already well-informed parents but how many of you are aware that the H1N1 Influenza vaccine Pandemrix that was promoted in Canada as being safe for pregnant mothers, babies and children (remember this was going to be the BIG swine flu pandemic in 2009?), is now linked to narcolepsy (involuntary falling asleep and/or uncontrollable sleepiness) in children. Research from Europe is linking the oil-based adjuvant (chemical used to simulate an immune response) AS03 commonly known as squalene as the culprit for this adverse reaction. To read all about the 2009 flu vaccine adverse effects and current research, go to the bottom of the page for links.

This is a sample of the kind of information/research that you will get in the 12-week course. So if you are vaccine free or definitely flu vaccine free, come join us in the course and learn how you can use homeopathy to help your children, your elderly parents/grandparents and your self heal from flu should you ‘get it’. And as well, learn how you can use homeopathy to prevent flu.

I Got It Again – Double Phooey!

At the end 2012 and beginning 2013, I had flu in the fall and just four weeks after that, another bout of flu. Many of you likely have a similar story. Some patients I have heard from this year have also had the Norwalk virus (diarrhea and vomiting) as an added challenge. (Check out the January 2013 newsletter)

With every illness, there is always something to learn about homeopathy, especially with flu. There are a number of options with over the counter homeopathic preparations. You can buy one yearly to prevent the flu (Boiron Influenzinum) and then there is another one to use if you get the flu (Boiron Oscillococcinum). It can be confusing, especially when you read a previous newsletter about using single homeopathic remedies! AGGGHH! How do you know what to use and when, especially when you are in the ‘thick of being sick’?
You really are not alone. I found myself in the same situation two years ago. After starting out with Arsenicum (I woke at midnight sneezing, was chilly, wanted warm drinks) but no improvement. What to do?

Out of simple desperation, I turned to a homeopathic nosode called Influenzinum from Helios Pharmacy in England. It made a huge difference.

Join the Class

To take the AGGGGHHH! and hair pulling out when trying to support healing from the flu, come learn. The plan is to make your choices a little easier. One of the places of support is also the Facebook group where we help each other figure out remedies and share our learning when kids/adults are sick.

Check out the links below for additional information on flu, flu vaccines and flu remedies. And please consider joining me and 11 others for the 12-week teleseminar class where you will get even more information including homeopathic philosophy – potency, remedy preparation and dosage. Everything you would want to know to be a better home prescriber!

Important dates!
Early Registration Friday March 6, 2015
Regular Registration Monday March 9, 2015