Homeopathy has Preventive

for Swine Flu
Writes Vinod Varshney
The American and European vaccine for swine flu is several months away and the Indian one further away, no chance of getting it before January next year. You can’t do anything about this. The H1N1 specific swine flu vaccine development has to take its own time. No need to despair, a broad spectrum preventive against flu is available in Homeopathy which shall give strong immunity against swine flu as well, asserts Dr Sushil Kumar Vats MD, BHMS, a member of Delhi Homeopathic Research Committee, a Delhi Government organization. Following are excerpts of a chat with him in his clinic in East Delhi:
Is there really any preventive available for Swine Flu in Homeopathy?
Influenzinum-200 is there. Take just five drops of liquid Influenzinum-200 morning and evening for five days. This will develop enough immunity in the body to take care of swine flu.
Swine Flu virus is new, how come an old medicine will be effective against it?
The current virus is definitely a variant in as much as it is genetically mutated, but essentially it is the same virus strain which causes other kinds of flu. It is the same A type influenza virus. Therefore Influenzinum would work. It should also be understood that Homeopathy is essentially based on the principle of vaccination. Homeopathic medicines cure diseases by increasing body’s immunity against diseases. Vaccines also play the same role.
Swine Flu is totally a new disease, how can Homeopathy claim that it can treat and prevent it?
Swine flu is erroneously being described as a new disease. The fact is Europe had several episodes of swine flu in early twentieth century. It was the Homeopathy which rescued people from this. Homeopathy can certainly claim that it has the right experience to deal with swine flu. This is yet another matter that media is busy only creating the scare and not telling about the existing preventives available at a very low cost.
If somebody is really down with it, then what hope does Homeopathy offer?
Homeopathic mechanism is different. Here the medicines enhance body’s capacity to takes care of the virus. According to different stages of the diseases there are different Homeopathic remedies. In the initial stage when one has cough, cold, body ache and fever, Gelsemium, Rhus Tox, Eupatorium Perfoliatum and Sabadilla are the medicines. By examining the constitution and symptoms a qualified doctor can choose the right medicine.
What are the later stages of Swine Flu?
Vomiting starts along with other symptoms described above. In this second stage Ipecac and Ferrum Phos is given. When the condition has further deteriorated and there is breathlessness and feeling of suffocation, then Arsenic album is prescribed. This helps even in fast deteriorating and hospitalized cases. In the last stage afflicted person gets delirium and disorientation. In such cases Bapticia is given. Most of the time people’s own immunity is able to take care of the virus. But when the immunity is compromised the patient catches flu.
General understanding about Homeopathy is that every patient has his specific medicine on the basis of his constitution, then how come Influenzinum gives immunity against Swine Flu to everybody?
In epidemic diseases the source of disease is one. Since Swine Flu is also a cause-based disease, all people would get immunity against that cause which in this case is H1N1 virus. Here let me also tell you that Influenzinum is made from actual viruses. Since it is prepared by using 3 parts of Asiatic Virus and 1 part of European Virus, the remedy is bound to be effective in India. People should not be over-scared.
So taking Influenzinum is enough precaution?
As I told you earlier Homeopathy works by increasing body’s immunity. So long as immunity is strong enough, one will not catch Swine Flu. But it is a matter of intensity also. Repeated exposure to an area where virus has deeply and widely entrenched, the probability of getting infected increases. Therefore timely use of Influenzinum is advised before getting any exposure to high risk area

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