The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War,
known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people.
It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history.
More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black
Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe"
the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster. Influenza constitutes the most
widespread and significant respiratory infectious disease in the world,
resulting in increased morbidity, mortality and economic loss each epidemic
year. Pandemic influenza is a worldwide epidemic usually caused by a new virus
variant to which the majority of the population has no immunity.
A
pandemic virus may infect 30 to 50% of the worlds population and kill 1 to 2% of
those infected. Pandemic control must be a concerted and co-ordinate world
strategy and under the auspices of the World Health Organization. Pandemic
preparedness plans have been formulated, including: intensified surveillance for
more rapid identification of new reassortant viruses with potential human
virulence and infectivity, laboratory characterization of the new viruses so
that vaccine may be prepared, development of techniques for more rapid vaccine
production and the manufacture and stock piling of antiviral drugs. Perhaps the
most recent use of homeopathy in a major epidemic was during the Influenza
Pandemic of 1918.
The Journal of the American Institute for Homeopathy,
May 1921, had a long article about the use of homeopathy in the flu epidemic.
Dr. T A McCann, from Dayton, Ohio reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated
allopathically had a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated
homeopathically had a mortality rate of 1.05%. This last figure was supported by
Dean W.A. Pearson of Philadelphia (Hahnemann College) who collected 26,795 cases
of flu treated with homeopathy with the above result.
The most common
remedy used was Gelsemium, with occasional cases needing Bryonia and Eupatorium
reported. Dr. Herbert A. Roberts from Derby, CT, said that 30 physicians in
Connecticut responded to his request for data. They reported 6,602 cases with 55
deaths, which is less than 1%. Dr. Roberts was working as a physician on a troop
ship during WWI. He had 81 cases of flu on the way over to Europe. He reported,
"All recovered.
The following substances are some of most often
prescribed by Homeopaths:
The above named substances are manufactured in FDA approved
facility under Good Manufacturing Practice, as Homeopathy is more regulated than
herbal supplements.
Next to the name of the substance is a number
followed by an X or by CH. For example Sulphur 1X indicates that the mineral has
been diluted at 1 part per ten. A 2X has been diluted at 1 part per 10 then re
diluted at one part per ten.
CH indicates a dilution at one part per 100.
1 CH = 1/100, 2 CH the 1CH has been re diluted a second time (CH stand for
centesimal Hahnemanien by the name of the inventor of Homeopathy Samuel
Hahnemann).
While the scientific evidence is open to discussion millions
of users worldwide have used homeopathy during flu epidemics without side
effects.
Facing the risk of a pandemic, emerging new viral strain with
resistance to antiviral medications it is urgent to evaluate the medical and
economical benefit of Homeopathy as an adjunct to established Flu treatments.
Many formulas exist on the market, which combine several homeopathic substances
realizing a Homeopathic antiviral cocktail, they do not require a prescription
and are affordable.
I created such a formula in 2000 based on my 17 years
experience in Homeopathy the formula is called Flu Terminator.
Gelsemium
3X (a dilution of Yellow Jasmine) Influenza, fever, chills
Zincum
Gluconicum 3X (a dilution of Zinc Gluconicum) Flu, fever
Zincum
Metallicum 3X (a dilution of Zinc Metallicum) Flu, fever
Aconitum
napelus 4X (a dilution of Monkshood) Influenza, fever, inflammation
Eupatorium perfoliatum 4X (a dilution of Thoroughwort) Influenza, coryza, fever
Sulphur 4X (Dilution of the mineral Sulfur) Fever, Cold
Phosphorus 5X
(Dilution of Phosphorus) Fever, Cold, Chills
Asclepias vincetoxicum 6X
(Dilution of vincetoxicum) Antiviral
Influenzinum 12X (a safe dilution
of the inactivated and sterilized virus of influenza) Fever, Flu, Viral
infection
Anas barbariae hepatis and cordis extractum 200 K (The
ingredient of OscollicocinumTM the leading product of the Boiron Laboratories)
indicated for flu and fever
Our feedback has been extremely positive
among patients and physicians, however a study is necessary to confirm the
impression.
About the Author:
Richard Clement is a French Medical Doctor
with more than 20 years of practice worldwide he teaches Homeopathy and
Pharmacology at the ATOM school of Acupuncture in Fort Lauderdale Florida
and has developed his own line of homeopathics and nutritional products
http://www.web-outpatients.com
An alternative treatment of disease involving the consumption of natural
materials that simulate the symptoms of the disease. These materials are
first diluted in pure water to such an extent that there are generally no
molecules of the original material left. The efficacy of this treatment is
rejected by most medical experts. It has the potential of causing harm,
because individuals may seek a cure through homeopathy, and ignore the
potential for a cure from a physician.
A natural pharmaceutical science that utilizes substances from the plant,
mineral, and animal kingdoms and is based on the premise that these
naturally occurring substances can cure disease symptoms similar to those
they produce if taken in overdose. Each medicine is individually prescribed
according to how it stimulates the immune and defence systems of the sick
person. Sometimes it is called the “royal medicine.
A form of medicine that relies on minute amounts of herbs, minerals, and
other substances to stimulate natural defences against disease. It is more
widely used in Western Europe than the United States. Developed in the late
18th century by Samuel Hahnemann, MD, the therapy uses the "law of
similars" to treat disease. That is, if large amounts of a substance such
as quinine cause symptoms of an illness in a healthy person, then smaller
amounts should be used for the cure.
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