Dr. Mercola's Comments: This needs a comment from me; Please insert following and put comment at BEGINNING of the article While I believe homeopathy can provide great improvements for some, I am not trained in it. I am seeking to provide a more comprehensive view of natural medical options and that is why I posted this article. However, as most of you know, I am all about, simple, practical and inexpensive. In that light, I would have to recommend that if you have not been able to follow the Total Health program and do become sick, then you will want to consider going to your bathroom and using hydrogen peroxide in your ear canals. I can't tell you how it works, but it has literally worked for thosands of people that I know of. I wrote a comprehensive article on it two and a half years ago and now it has become widely reviewed on the internet. If you type in Google "hyrdogen peroxide flu" it is the first link. It only requires a capful of peroxide which costs less than a penny and if it doesn't work not much is lost and you can always progress to the next level, like homeopathy. It is important to note though that the peroxide treatment works best if done early on in the course of the illness. It is also very useful for the common cold and many other viral illnesses. By Miranda Castro, FSHom Homeopathy works. And it works spectacularly well for acute diseases like the flu. In fact, it has been working successfully for millions of satisfied patients around the world for more than 200 years. Consider this: In the deadly Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, which killed 20 million people worldwide and more than 500,000 in the United States, homeopaths had a death rate of only 1.05 percent compared to a 30 percent fatality rate for those receiving conventional medical treatment. 1 One of the main reasons for the growing popularity of homeopathy during the 1800s was its success in treating a wide variety of epidemics including the following: Cholera Typhoid Yellow fever Flu Smallpox Energetic Medicine Because homeopathy works at an energetic level, it is often erroneously considered by skeptics to be little better than a placebo, simply because there is nothing measurable at a molecular level in a homeopathic preparation. However, a new model for research trials -- the outcomes research trial -- is becoming attractive for testing alternative modalities like homeopathy, whose whole person approaches do not easily work when it comes to the traditional double-blind trial. The outcomes survey described below proves homeopathy can have a higher degree of effectiveness than conventional medicines, and study after study shows a lower incidence of side effects. A survey carried out in Indian factories and offices compared the results of allopathic and homeopathic treatment of influenza between 1968-70. Its purpose was to determine the effectiveness of the homeopathic remedy Influenzinum given as a preventative (prophylactic). Almost 20 percent of the patients treated by conventional medical physicians contracted the flu. Among the homeopathically treated patients, however, only 6.5 percent came down with the disease. Furthermore, homeopathic patients who did become ill recovered considerably more rapidly than did the allopathic patients. Also, the number of working days lost by allopathic patients was nearly eight and a half times greater than those lost by homeopathic patients! 2 Killer Flus The flu can be an uncomfortable inconvenience, or it can be deadly. There have been three serious flu epidemics over the past century: 20 million died of the Spanish Flu from 1918-20 100,000 died of the Asian flu in 1957 50,000 died of the Hong Kong flu in 1968 Flu strains can move quickly across communities, states and countries, changing and mutating as they go. Each year, 10,000-20,000 people die in the U.S. from complications of the flu, mainly pneumonia in those who are vulnerable (the elderly and those with certain chronic diseases such as emphysema). Sharing Information to Save Lives For homeopaths, the sharing of information is crucial to identifying homeopathic remedies that are suitable for treating a particular season's flu epidemic. This information includes the symptoms being experienced in that particular season's flu -- especially any unusual or striking symptoms. It is also important for homeopaths to share their clinical experiences -- information about which remedy or small group of remedies they have used successfully. Identifying these remedies can be a matter of alleviating minor misery or it can be a matter of life and death, as it was in the worldwide Flu Pandemic of 1918. The National Center for Homeopathy (NCH) is America's leading open-membership organization dedicated to supporting and promoting homeopathy in the United States. Last year, the organization decided to create a central place where flu information could be systematically shared. Using cutting-edge technology to help the homeopathic community keep in touch and spread the word about which remedies were working, the NCH has developed a Flu Tracking database. This year, there's a shortage of flu vaccines -- and a tremendous amount of panic -- because for years now, a repeat of the 1918 pandemic has been feared and even predicted Easily Accessible to All Luckily, there's a tremendous amount of healing information in the homeopathic "treasure chest." In fact, there are usually a relatively limited number of remedies that are needed for most flus, and the indications for those remedies are easily learned. You can find out more about homeopathic treatment of the flu and common flu remedies at the NCH's Web site. The NCH's Flu Tracker pages are open and accessible to all. On those pages, you can read articles about which remedies to take and when; learn how homeopaths use homeopathy to fight the flu; and review flu information/statistics at the CDC and other sites. Also, I strongly encourage naturopaths to participate in the NCH's Nationwide Flu Data Collection Project. Report remedies that have helped your patients, contribute your cured cases and see which remedies are working in your area. Miranda Castro, FSHom is a Fellow of the Society of Homeopaths (UK), professional homeopath and author, Castro is renowned for making classical homeopathy accessible to all through her articles and her books: The Complete Homeopathy Handbook, Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and Your Baby's First Years and A Homeopathic Guide to Stress. Related Articles: Hydrogen Peroxide For Colds and Flu Alternatives to the Flu Vaccine Flu Crimes at the CDC Six Ways to Avoid the Winter Flu--and a Flu Shot Isn’t One of Them Nursing Home Residents Get Flu Despite Getting Flu Shot Flu Shot Demand Rises Sharply BUT Don't Be Fooled References Perko, S. The Homeopathic Treatment of Influenza: Surviving Influenza Epidemics and Pandemics Past, Present, and Future with Homeopathy, Benchmark Homeopathic Publications, San Antonio, Texas (1999). Krishnamurty, P.S. Report on the use of Influenzinum during the outbreak of epidemic in India in 1968. Hahn Glean 1970;37:225-6.
This needs a comment from me; Please insert following and put comment at BEGINNING of the article
While I believe homeopathy can provide great improvements for some, I am not trained in it. I am seeking to provide a more comprehensive view of natural medical options and that is why I posted this article. However, as most of you know, I am all about, simple, practical and inexpensive.
In that light, I would have to recommend that if you have not been able to follow the Total Health program and do become sick, then you will want to consider going to your bathroom and using hydrogen peroxide in your ear canals. I can't tell you how it works, but it has literally worked for thosands of people that I know of.
I wrote a comprehensive article on it two and a half years ago and now it has become widely reviewed on the internet. If you type in Google "hyrdogen peroxide flu" it is the first link. It only requires a capful of peroxide which costs less than a penny and if it doesn't work not much is lost and you can always progress to the next level, like homeopathy.
It is important to note though that the peroxide treatment works best if done early on in the course of the illness. It is also very useful for the common cold and many other viral illnesses.
By Miranda Castro, FSHom
Homeopathy works. And it works spectacularly well for acute diseases like the flu. In fact, it has been working successfully for millions of satisfied patients around the world for more than 200 years.
Consider this: In the deadly Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, which killed 20 million people worldwide and more than 500,000 in the United States, homeopaths had a death rate of only 1.05 percent compared to a 30 percent fatality rate for those receiving conventional medical treatment. 1
One of the main reasons for the growing popularity of homeopathy during the 1800s was its success in treating a wide variety of epidemics including the following:
Energetic Medicine
Because homeopathy works at an energetic level, it is often erroneously considered by skeptics to be little better than a placebo, simply because there is nothing measurable at a molecular level in a homeopathic preparation. However, a new model for research trials -- the outcomes research trial -- is becoming attractive for testing alternative modalities like homeopathy, whose whole person approaches do not easily work when it comes to the traditional double-blind trial.
The outcomes survey described below proves homeopathy can have a higher degree of effectiveness than conventional medicines, and study after study shows a lower incidence of side effects.
A survey carried out in Indian factories and offices compared the results of allopathic and homeopathic treatment of influenza between 1968-70. Its purpose was to determine the effectiveness of the homeopathic remedy Influenzinum given as a preventative (prophylactic).
Almost 20 percent of the patients treated by conventional medical physicians contracted the flu. Among the homeopathically treated patients, however, only 6.5 percent came down with the disease. Furthermore, homeopathic patients who did become ill recovered considerably more rapidly than did the allopathic patients. Also, the number of working days lost by allopathic patients was nearly eight and a half times greater than those lost by homeopathic patients! 2
Killer Flus
The flu can be an uncomfortable inconvenience, or it can be deadly. There have been three serious flu epidemics over the past century:
Flu strains can move quickly across communities, states and countries, changing and mutating as they go. Each year, 10,000-20,000 people die in the U.S. from complications of the flu, mainly pneumonia in those who are vulnerable (the elderly and those with certain chronic diseases such as emphysema).
Sharing Information to Save Lives
For homeopaths, the sharing of information is crucial to identifying homeopathic remedies that are suitable for treating a particular season's flu epidemic. This information includes the symptoms being experienced in that particular season's flu -- especially any unusual or striking symptoms.
It is also important for homeopaths to share their clinical experiences -- information about which remedy or small group of remedies they have used successfully. Identifying these remedies can be a matter of alleviating minor misery or it can be a matter of life and death, as it was in the worldwide Flu Pandemic of 1918.
The National Center for Homeopathy (NCH) is America's leading open-membership organization dedicated to supporting and promoting homeopathy in the United States.
Last year, the organization decided to create a central place where flu information could be systematically shared. Using cutting-edge technology to help the homeopathic community keep in touch and spread the word about which remedies were working, the NCH has developed a Flu Tracking database.
This year, there's a shortage of flu vaccines -- and a tremendous amount of panic -- because for years now, a repeat of the 1918 pandemic has been feared and even predicted
Easily Accessible to All
Luckily, there's a tremendous amount of healing information in the homeopathic "treasure chest." In fact, there are usually a relatively limited number of remedies that are needed for most flus, and the indications for those remedies are easily learned. You can find out more about homeopathic treatment of the flu and common flu remedies at the NCH's Web site.
The NCH's Flu Tracker pages are open and accessible to all. On those pages, you can read articles about which remedies to take and when; learn how homeopaths use homeopathy to fight the flu; and review flu information/statistics at the CDC and other sites.
Also, I strongly encourage naturopaths to participate in the NCH's Nationwide Flu Data Collection Project. Report remedies that have helped your patients, contribute your cured cases and see which remedies are working in your area.
Miranda Castro, FSHom is a Fellow of the Society of Homeopaths (UK), professional homeopath and author, Castro is renowned for making classical homeopathy accessible to all through her articles and her books: The Complete Homeopathy Handbook, Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and Your Baby's First Years and A Homeopathic Guide to Stress.
Related Articles:
Hydrogen Peroxide For Colds and Flu Alternatives to the Flu Vaccine Flu Crimes at the CDC Six Ways to Avoid the Winter Flu--and a Flu Shot Isn’t One of Them Nursing Home Residents Get Flu Despite Getting Flu Shot Flu Shot Demand Rises Sharply BUT Don't Be Fooled
Hydrogen Peroxide For Colds and Flu
Alternatives to the Flu Vaccine
Flu Crimes at the CDC
Six Ways to Avoid the Winter Flu--and a Flu Shot Isn’t One of Them
Nursing Home Residents Get Flu Despite Getting Flu Shot
Flu Shot Demand Rises Sharply BUT Don't Be Fooled
References
Perko, S. The Homeopathic Treatment of Influenza: Surviving Influenza Epidemics and Pandemics Past, Present, and Future with Homeopathy, Benchmark Homeopathic Publications, San Antonio, Texas (1999).
Krishnamurty, P.S. Report on the use of Influenzinum during the outbreak of epidemic in India in 1968. Hahn Glean 1970;37:225-6.
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