Homoeopathic Remedies for Winter Ailments

It's official; the sneezing season is upon us. This year, give homoeopathic remedies a try, using this remedy guide from Weleda (UK) Ltd. Find your major symptom by reading down the left-hand column, read along the row until
you find the best match to the way you feel, then find the best remedy for the job at the top of the column.

For the relief of symptoms of:	Aconite	Allium cepa	Arsen alb	Belladonna
CATARRH		Profuse watery discharge with sneezing and burning of the nose and lips	Copious burning and clear watery discharge, chilliness, craving for heat, great exhaustion, watery eyes
COLDS & FLU	Beginnings of colds and flu particularly from exposure to cold winds. Fever, chills and thirst	Common cold with much sneezing. Watering of eyes and acrid nasal discharge	Eyes and nose stream. Exhaustion. Desires sips of water	High temperature/fever. Incoherent behaviour
COUGHS	Dry, tickly, irritating cough. Sudden onset from exposure to old wind		Restless and anxious, wheezy, with burning sensation in chest	Dry, tickly, barking cough. Violent coughing fits end in sneezing
SORE THROATS	Develops after exposure to cold wind. Should be started as soon as possible at the outset of the illness			Face and throat red and hot. Swallowing is painful

For the relief of symptoms of:	Bryonia	Euphrasia	Nat mur	Gelsemium	Nux vom	Silicea
CATARRH	Catarrh lying on chest which feels tight	Bland nasal catarrh with watering eyes	Frequent sneezing and constant nasal dripping		Early stages of cold with dry nasal catarrh. Nose blocked at night	Sinus cata rrh with headaches. Obstinate nasal obstruction and sneezing in morning
COLDS & FLU		Pronounced sneezing and watering of eyes		Hot and cold shivering flu symptoms. Weakness, tiredness and aching limbs	Colds with much sneezing. General aches and pains. Nose stuffed up during day and runny at night
COUGHS	Hard dry cough with stitches in the chest and headache		Cough originating from tickling in pit of stomach, with pain in head		Dry, tearing, spasmodic cough with retching
SORE THROATS	Mouth and throat dry. Feeling of thirst			Throat raw. Pain extends to the ears	Sore throat from over use of the voice of too much smoking

Dosage: Adults - 2 tablets Children - 1 tablet

For acute cases, 1 dose every 2 hours for up to 6 doses. Less acute cases, 1 dose 3 times a day between meals until symptoms improve.

When you notice and improvement, increase the time interval between doses. Continue taking the medicine while the symptoms improve, until they either settle at a steady level or disappear altogether, at which point stop taking the medicine. Repeat only if the original symptoms recur.

You should experience some improvement within a week at the most, even though the symptoms may not be completely gone. If there is no improvement after two weeks then another medicine offering a better match to your symptoms and personality should be selected.

Homoeopathic medicines work with the body to help it overcome the illness rather than suppressing the symptoms. In rare cases, a slight aggravations of the symptoms is experienced at first. This may indicate the medicine is working. Stop taking the medicine if this happens and wait until your symptoms settle back to their original level before starting dosing again.

If symptoms do not go away, talk to your doctor, homoeopathic practitioner or call Weleda on (0115) 9448222 for further advice.

Weleda homoeopathic tablets contain Lactose. Other formulations for vegans are available from the Weleda dispensary.

Warning Consult a registered medical practitioner before taking any homoeopathic product. If you are already receiving treatment, tell your doctor that you are also taking this product.

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