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Over 5 million French people and over $20 million dollars is spent on a little known but much used homeopathic remedy to treat the flu. Homeopathy has recently become Europe’s fastest growing form of alternative medicine. Last year sales of homeopathic medicines in Europe topped £3billion.
Debate about how it scientifically works are heated but most Europeans are now going to a homeopath as their first course of treatment and 20 per cent of Scottish GPs currently practice this medicine. Many scientific studies have been carried out that proves its efficacy medically and especially in flu outbreaks like this swine flu H1N1.
This medicine could be the natural solution for the epidemic. No nasty chemicals and it reduces the flu symptoms by three days in comparison to a vaccine that has not been tested and will take up to six weeks to create an effect. Most importantly this remedy could help regulate the deadly ‘cytokine storm’ effect of this flu.
Oscillococcinum was first studied in France during the 1987 flu epidemic caused by an H1N1 virus similar to the swine flu of today. This multi-centre study examined the effect of Oscillococcinum (200C) on the early symptoms of flu. Results were published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. More patients in the treatment group recovered completely in the first 48 hours than the control group (17 percent of patients with active treatment compared to 10 percent of controls). More patients in the treatment group also judged the treatment as better compared to the placebo, 61 percent vs 49 percent.
In 1990 German scientists replicated the French study of Oscillococcinum. They used the same criteria as the previous study. After 48 hours of treatment with Oscillococcinum the treatment group had considerably milder symptoms than the control group, and the number of patients with no symptoms from day two onward was significantly greater in the treatment group 17.4 % compared to the control group 6.6 %.
Both of these studies show a significant curative effect of a homeopathic medicine in the treatment of flu in carefully conducted, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. Conventional antiviral drugs reduce the duration of flu by about one day if taken within the first 48 hours of illness. These studies shows that homeopathy carries the potential to make a dramatic difference in any flu epidemic without the risk of drug side effects. Some of those drugs have now been linked to heart problems and do not address the ‘cytokine storm’ of this swine flu H1N1.
Private European insurers cover homeopathic treatments and The World Health Organisation recommends them. A few years ago Spain took an initiative to incorporate homeopathy into its national health service. There are over 250,000 homeopaths in India.
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Homeopathy is out and out quackery. None of teh studies stand up to scientific rigor. Nonexistant molecules do not cure disease. But they can sure suck money from the pockets of the gullible. Any physician who practices homeopathy should be ashamed of himself.
I have used this product in my family and have found that it does a very good job of shortening the duration and the severity of flu symptoms. I highly reccommend it. I will be keeping it on hand at my home this flu season.
Homeopathy is not a medical therapy. Unless of course someone wants to burn their cash on bunch of placebo pills.
the science of hpathy is not known..but if u known the signs and symptoms and modalities and if a remedy matches the details in totality,the remedy cures..its a difficult art...i was once a skpetic..now i know ,it cures..now if u talk abt flu..the procedure is..collect the symptoms(cure individual patients..and u know for sure ,the correct symptoms and correct remedies,each patient may require different remedy based on the symptom/modality/temperment/etc)..now from the symptom set,one can filter the most prominent symptoms over a group of patients and decide on a single remedy for a community to be given as preventive...
but nothing should betray the individualisation of each patient rule...
like..flu with diarrhoea may need gelsinium..
flu with changebilty(symptoms change) may need remdies of TB miasm..
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hence i conclude,....it takes a lot to crack the GENIUS EPEDEMIC(for preventive)..it take a lot to crack the individual remedy..
i hope people know from me..
bye..
My daughter had a fever and sinus issues and a few hours later complained of bachaches and was really fatigued whihc indicated a virus to so I started her on oscilliococcinum that instant and she later tested positive for swine, the next day she was up and perfectly fine other than her sinuses were running. She has not had a fever in more than 12 hours and I have not given her anything but the oscillio. She is up dancing around and playing like nothing is wrong what-so-ever.
Shame, Joe. What proof can you present, other than your very biased opinion, that Homeopathy is quackery? Organized medicine said the same about Chiropractic til the Chiro. World Asso. took the AMA to court a few years ago (I have copies of the indictments)& won a lawsuit against them. Did you read about it in Readers Digest? Look it up. I hope you're not on the payroll of the AMA. The FDA "studies" are always flawed & set against anything they disagree with. Please do some research before you go off half- or fully-cocked in the future. An apology should be forthcoming from you to natural healing systems. Please accept this challenge. Thanks.
I was feeling ill and had aches and a fever and other flu symptoms a few weeks ago, so my wife gave me Oscillococcinum and broccoli and miso soup. I was 100% better in less than 24 hours. I'd never, ever, ever take Tamiflu. Just my experience, I don't care what anyone else says. Oscillococcinum worked for me.
Every well-conducted to date has shown that homeopathy has no effect beyond that of placebo. Let's examine how profound this is: in order for homeopathy to work, one would have to rewrite the laws of physics, chemistry and biology as we know them. So much so, in fact, that life itself would be incompatible. That requires an incredible amount of evidence, which no study has yet been able to give.
Placebos have an effect too; they're effective in up to 60% of the population. That's why you hear the positive testimonials; you'd likely get the same effect from a piece of candy with the right labelling. Placebos have been found to increase endorphin levels in the body, thus reducing pain, and other effects. So, they can work. The trouble is, promoting a placebo for something that could kill -- such as in place of a proven remedy or vaccine -- is medically irresponsible in every sense of the word, and it removes a patient's autonomy. I won't recommend placebo in good conscience.
Ars: Best preventative is Ars taken three times a day when epidemic is around.
Bapt: Nearest specific to flu. Take any strength every hour. I prefer 30x. In general one or two drop doses of 3x is probably best.
Acon: Sharp fever, dry skin, great restlessness, depression, anguish, sense of impending death. Take 3x, one or two drops or six pellets every hour.
Bell: Intense throbbing headache, very flushed face, tendency to delirium, thirst, sore throat. Facial pain and earache, esp. right side. Take 3x every hour.
Bry: Worse from any movement.
Rhus-t: The opposite of Bry. Person can’t keep still and much move to relieve pains. Typical cause is getting wet.
Gels: Paralytic symptoms are strong, esp. in lower limbs. Intense headache, strong full pulse, giddiness.Take 3x every hour.
Phyt: Specific when throat is inflamed and spotty. Glands are hard and tender on the outside.
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