The holiday season often coincides with epidemics of winter viruses: gastro, colds, bronchitis… So to avoid spending New Year’s Eve bedridden, it is best to react at the first symptoms. Martine Gardénal, homeopathic doctor and Sonia Dantin, naturopath and professor at the Higher Institute of Naturopathy, give us their advice for treatment.
A gastro? Laurel and herbal teas without delay
Cold sweats, nausea, vomiting… Bad news as the feast approaches: these are the signs of gastro.
Gastric hydration and dressing
- A tablespoon, 3 or 4 times a day, of laurel hydrosol, indicated against the microbes of gastroenteritis. You can add a drink to white clay, as a digestive dressing: mix a tablespoon of white clay with half a glass of water. Wait for the clay to settle to the bottom of the glass. And drink the water without consuming this deposit.
- Of course, in case of diarrhea, you must drink: water and herbal teas of mint, lemon balm, fennel, chamomile and liquorice, in order to better digest.
The homeo solution
- Mercurius solubilis (15 CH) and Yersin serum (15 CH), 5 granules, 5 times a day.
- If digestive disorders are accompanied by diarrhea and vomiting : China (15 CH), 10 pellets, 4 or 5 times in a row.
- If you are sick after eating oysters : Lycopodium (5 CH), 3 granules, 3 to 5 times a day.
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A toothache? Quick, a clove
After biting into a toast, a searing pain woke up. Since then, it radiates everywhere in the mouth: it’s toothache.
Cloves are effective
- Brush a drop of clove (or clove) essential oil with your finger or a cotton swab, 3 to 5 times a day.
- Make an antiseptic mouthwash with warm salt water which will calm the inflammation. You can also add 20 drops of Calendula mother tincture, calming and disinfecting. 3 times a day.
Homeo depending on the case
- 3 granules of the following remedies, 4 or 5 times a day if needed : Chamomilla (9 C) associated with Hypericum (5 C) and Magnesia carbonica (9 C), 3 granules of each every 2 hours until the consultation.
- If pain occurs as a result of trauma : Arnica (15 C).
- When the gums are swollen : Apis mellifica (5 CH).
- If the gums are red and congested : Belladonna (5 CH).
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Rising anxiety? The flower elixir reflex
Whether spent alone, with family or friends, the end-of-year celebrations can be a source of anxiety.
Bach Flowers to regulate emotions
Flower elixirs (or Bach Flowers) to offer an answer to the emotional troubles that prevent you from moving forward. You can take 5 drops of the elixirs below, to keep for a few moments under the tongue or to dilute in 1/2 glass of water.
- To soften emotional shocks or crisis situations: the Rescue complex (or rescue remedy) of Doctor Bach.
- If we are afraid of not ensuring : larch floral elixir (Larch).
- We are angry, even without showing it: the elixir of holly (Holly).
- We are afraid of everything, for no specific reason : the elixir of aspen (Aspen).
- We have the jitters: the elixir of yellow mimulus (Mimulus).
- We worry about our loved ones : the elixir of red chestnut (Red Chestnut).
It is quite possible to combine up to 5 remedies.
Homeo to calm down
- If you feel anxious, chilly and restless : Arsenicum album (9 C). Take 3 pellets, 3 times in a row, then on demand.
- In case of anger : Nux vomica (7 C), 10 granules to renew if necessary.
- Following a fear : Aconite (15 CH), one dose.
- If you feel like you have a lump in your throat: Ignatia (7 CH), 10 granules to renew if necessary.
- During paralyzing anxiety: Gelsemium (9 CH), 10 granules, to be renewed if necessary.
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A nasty virus? Hop, in the bath!
Bad surprise: chills, sore throat, runny nose, cough… An ENT disorder is triggered a few hours before the evening.
Heat against viruses
- Brush his skin dry with a brush.
- Then take a hot bath by adding a large handful of Epsom salt that can be impregnated with a few drops of essential oil of eucalyptus radiata or thuja-nol thyme. The bath will cause a rise in temperature which will help fight the virus. But we first slip into lukewarm water and add hot water little by little.
- We don’t stay more than 15 minutes, we get out of the bath, then we wipe off and wrap ourselves in a big bathrobe or blanket to keep sweating.
Homeo remedies depending on the case
- If you feel chills and body aches associated with a feverish state, take Eupatorium perfoliatum (9 CH), 10 granules, 2 or 3 times a day. Accompanied by Arnica (9 CH) for body aches, 3 to 5 granules, 3 to 5 times a day.
- If it is rather a nasopharyngitis, take Pyrogenium (7 CH), 3 granules, 3 to 5 times a day. It can also be accompanied by Kalium bichromicum (5 CH), 3 granules, 3 to 5 times a day in case of runny nose.
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Lumbago? Hot as soon as possible
The back that freezes without warning: it’s because we’ve done too much or we have problems. In both cases, you have to slow down, but keep moving and help yourself from the heat.
A poultice for quick relief
- Apply a green clay poultice by mixing 100 g of ventilated green clay powder with a large glass of hot water. We must obtain a paste that is easy to apply, but not liquid. Add 5 drops of noble laurel essential oil and mix before applying.
- Cover with a compress and place a hot water bottle.
- Keep the poultice for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Rinse it and apply an arnica massage oil combined with 2 or 3 drops of wintergreen or juniper, or magnesium oil.
- Continue to keep your back warm.
Arnica, the homeo solution
- Arnica (9 CH), here is the medicine almost made to measure. You should take 3 pellets every 2 hours. Treatment can be supplemented with the drugs listed below.
- If the lumbago occurs after an effort : Ruta graveolens (5 CH).
- If we can’t move : Bryonia (7 C).
- If you need to move for relief: Rhus toxicodendron (7 C).
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