INFLUENZA REMEDY DIFFERENTIAL

REMEDY FEVER ONSET ACONITE HIGH104 sudden ARNICA head hot/body cold sudden
< damp cold face red, dull, bruised sore all over

BAPTISIA HIGH sudden

BELLADONNA HIGHTO 105 RAPID onset

begins in hands & arms red face, dilated pupils severe H/A c. throbbing bounding pulses

CHILLS < from sudden dry cold LOCAL

dry cough

terrible aching, bed feels too hard Whole body aches

GENERAL

> fresh air, Flushed face Restless

offensive breath & eructations

pt. falls asleep in midsentence; stomach flu w. putrid diarrhea mastoiditis following flu soreness of body great confusion dullness of mind stuporcoma

Rt. Sided H/A, eye pain sore throat, < jarring motion hands & feet icy cold, thirstless face & body hot; < bright light craves lemons & lemonade rapidly developing delirium or hallucinations

Constricted pupils Wants cold drinks

MENTAL

great anxiety Worry, fear Thinks about death

CHART UPDATED and COMPILED by Lois Bergman 1/1/2011

REMEDY FEVER

NUX VOMICA HIGH

Nausea & aches

ARSENICUM HIGH102 104

APIS HIGH102+

BRYONIA
perspiring heat < 9 pm

ONSET CHILLS

Rapidall in 1 day cold

Intense chills c. rigor

slow2 to 3 days face hot, body cold

slow rt.sided, w. anger

LOCAL

severe H/A, raw sore Raw sore throat Nausea with vomiting Body aches, > w. warmth

pale face, anxious expression nausea, vomiting diarrhea thirst for small sips tongue coated white restlessness, collapse marked anxiety needs company

hot red face face swollen no sweat at all dry heat alt. w. sweats sore throat c. swelling of uvula; > cold drinks > cold, cold apps. irritable, controlling

pneumoniart. Side left sided or frontal H/A tongue coated white or dirty brown burning coryza warm, < warm rooms, thirst for large gulps, < sl. Motion Restless; < rt. side irritable, dull, averse to answering desires to be left alone, delerious sx < by financial issues

GENERAL sensitivity to all stimuli

Horrible, intense chills With rigor;

MENTAL over excited, fastidious

Oversensitive, sleepless

Fears may dies, clutter upsets

REMEDY FEVER

ASCLEPIAS Bilious fever

< motion, deep breathing

GELSEMIUM hot, then cold

MERCURY high106
< heat & cold

RHUS TOX moderate to high

< getting chilled from getting chilled esp from uncovering or drafts as if dashed with cold water chilly

ONSET CHILLS

SLOW: 1 to 3 days
w. flushes of heat up & down back Paralytic weakness

slowas illness deepens thirsty

LOCAL

flu w. marked weakness on walking

H/A from occiput radiating to forehead head heavy, eyelids droopy

dirty smelling drooling; increased increased salivation

sore throat; red triangle on tip of tongue, herpes lesions on lips with the fever

GENERAL shooting pleuritic pain

During flu, lingering after Short of breath on walking

< @ 10 am; thirst minimal weakness, heaviness of limbs; sleepy feeling debility, heaviness

filthy tongue, sore large flabby tongue bad breath

whole body aching; terrible stiffness pains > constant movement > warm baths, applications or drinks anxiety & restlessness during flu

MENTAL

REMEDY FEVER ONSET CHILLS

EUPATOR. PERF.
HIGH 102 OR +
w. terrible aches begin @ 9 am Sensitive to cold air < p drinking, cold air

PYROGEN.
HIGH 102-106

FERR. PHOS
HIGH (102)
lasts for days

CAUSTICUM
FLUSHES of heat, chills

felt deep inside bones < cold

from extremes of temp. evening or 3 to 4 am change of weather

LOCAL

terrible aching of bones as if they would break both muscles & bones ache

muscle aches < motion > motion, > heat/warmth abnormal consciousness of heart

rt. sided sx H/A; chest pa pharyngitis

cough & respiratory flu dull, pressive H/A sore chest from cough scanty productive cough lachrymation during flu acrid coryza, hoarseness involuntary urination fr cough Stiff neck during fever

GENERAL

thirst for cold drinks Craves cold foods & ice Cream; severe H/A

soreness disparity between pulse & temp rapid dev bed sores

REMEDY FEVER
WORSE

HEPAR
HECTICLOW FEVER
uncovering, drafts, open air Motion, in bed

CHINA

SAM. NIGER

COLD, regular intervals regular intervals, every 7 days, marked prodrome

lyingfeels suffocated

ONSET CHILLLS
extremely chilly fr cold wind or uncovering cold from loss of fluids, blood loss vomiting, diarrhea face: deathly pale or flushed red anemic, pale, weak, sensitive, tired limbs, need to stretch sensitive to: touch, cold air, motion painless diarrhea w. lots of gas

croup, pertussis, avian flu body hot, feet icy cold

LOCAL

swollen tonsils & glands of neck Hawks mucous, longing for acids Drinks hastily

nasal obstruction. Child unable to nurse; hoarseness w. much mucous in larynx cyanosis during cough, respiration difficult @ noc; pt jumps upfeels suffocated

GENERAL

yellowish discharge, profuse

Profuse sweat day & noc; night sweats Chills alternate w. noc sweats

MENTAL
Irritable, dejected, sad, cross children

REMEDY FEVER
WORSE FR

SULPHUR
HOTHEAD VERY HOT, FEET cold
open air & drafts partially recovers then relapses sensitive to open air & drafts

CARBO VEG
COLDvery pale, air hunger, shortness of breath must sit up in bed corpse reviver

ONSET CHILLLS

LOCAL

soles of feet burn @ noc

bloating indigestion, lots of gas

GENERAL

burning sensation Skin irritations Hungry @ 11 am, but not before Complaints often left-sided

often an ICU remedy when life seems to be draining away

MENTAL
Wants to be appreciated