If you are good at matching games and puzzles, you will love homeopathy.  Take the symptoms of your child's flu and match them to a homeopathic remedy that is most similar to your child's complaints.  Find a great match and watch your child improve in a matter of hours.

For over 200 years, homeopathy has been helping families stay healthy and recover from many chronic ailments.  The remedies are inexpensive and easily available at health food stores and furthermore, homeopathy is completely safe – no side effects, adverse reactions. 

In a moment, I will tell you some of the secrets and shortcuts to finding the right remedy.  Before we go there, I want to remind you that your goal is to match the most unique and powerful symptoms – this is called "keynote prescribing."  It is fast, easy and can be very accurate. 

Here are some examples:

A. Billy the Kid has the flu.  He has chills up and down his spine.  He feels weak, sleepy and dull.  No thirst, no appetite.  He just lies in bed and worries about when he will feel better.

SOLUTION:  Gelsemium 30c – a perfect match to his symptoms.

B.  Susan the Executive has the flu.  She has been burning the candle at both ends – working full-time, single parent raising two small kids, overwhelmed with holiday obligations.  She wakes up exhausted.  Uses coffee and spicy food to push through the day.  She is abrupt and rude because of her desire to get the job done perfectly in the midst of too many distractions and duties.  Binging on food or alcoholic beverages "helps" her to calm down at night.

SOLUTION:  Nux-vomica 30c – a perfect match to her symptoms.

Just like the word 'homeopathy' suggests ('homeo' for similar/same and 'pathy' for suffering/pathos), it is the medical art and science of finding a natural remedy that is most similar to the suffering of the patient.  When people ask me if homeopathy can cure migraines, insomnia, gastric reflux, etc., I politely explain to them that the remedy is selected by the matching symptoms, not the diagnosis.  So the real question is:  can I find a remedy that is most similar to your symptoms, sufferings and personality?  The more precisely the patient describes their experience and feelings of being ill, then the greater the odds are that a remedy can be found.

Keynote prescribing for colds and flu is quite easy.  You can quickly learn the main symptoms of these homeopathic remedies:  Aconite, Arsenicum Album, Baptisia, Belladonna, Eupatorium, Gelsemium, Nux-vomica, Oscillococcinum, Veratrum Album.  I have made a chart of simple matches of cold and flu symptoms with their corresponding homeopathic remedies.  To download the chart for home use, please go to www.AliveandHealthy.com and look for the Remedies for Colds and Flu.

Blair Lewis, PA-C, is the co-founder of Blue Sky and has practiced clinical homeopathy for over 25 years.  He is the author of five books, including Homeopathic Remedies for Health Professionals and Laypeople, which has sold over 35,000 copies.  His books are available at Blue Sky and online at www.aliveandhealthy.com.  For private health consultations, please call 1-888-414-9500.