Homeopathic remedy for fatigue and tiredness after having a cold and flu
- hirokohomeopathy
- Feb 20, 2023
- 5 min read
Updated: 6 hours ago
After catching a cold or the flu, some individuals may experience fatigue and find it difficult to regain their strength. Below, I will explain some tips and homeopathic remedies for combatting fatigue and tiredness after recovering from a cold or the flu.
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In recent years, people have reported longer recovery times and difficulty overcoming colds and flu.
In recent years, more people have complained about long recovery time after having a cold or flu. The symptoms of a cold or flu get better, but they cannot gain their energy or they feel tired for a long time.
We had to spend time at home and were not exposed to bacteria or viruses, which led us to weaken our immune system.
This blog will provide tips for alleviating tiredness and fatigue following a cold or flu.
Tip #1 - Do not overexert yourself
You might say "I know, of course!" but you may be preoccupied with looking after your family or working from home, making it difficult to take care of yourself.
When you feel tired, it's important to take a break and get enough rest. Remember to prioritise your health and well-being.
When you eat, it is advisable to choose easily digestible foods.
It’s best to avoid heavy or difficult-to-digest foods if you're not craving anything specific, as they require more energy to digest.
When you are tired, you are better to focus on healing yourself.
Tip #2 - Vitamins and Minerals
Be sure to eat foods that contain vitamins and minerals that support your immune system, such as vitamin C, zinc, and vitamin D, as well as B vitamins and magnesium, which help recover from fatigue. You may also want to use supplements temporarily.
The following supplements are products made with vitamins and minerals to boost immunity.
Biocare Immune Intensive
This product is recommended when you catch a cold that doesn't heal completely or feel weak and develop a cold sore. I also keep it at home. Contains vitamins A, D3, and C, zinc, magnesium, elderberry extract, and more.
Biocare NutriGuard Plus
This product should be taken during the winter when you are prone to catching colds.
It is a good product for maintaining immunity, containing vitamins A, C, E, and zinc.
Terranova Mushroom Synergy
In recent years, the efficacy of mushrooms has been attracting attention in Europe and America. This product was created with the expectation that mushrooms would have the ability to boost immunity.
Terranova Advanced Synergy B-complex
Supplementing with B vitamins helps in recovering from fatigue. Terranova is a vitamin B supplement made from natural plant-based ingredients.
N - Acetyl Cysteine
N-acetyl cysteine has excellent detoxification functions and supports cell regeneration. It is a component that helps when physical strength is low. It is also recommended after a cold or when you are prone to catching colds during the winter.
L-glutathione is a substance that repairs areas of the body damaged by free radicals and scavenges free radicals to prevent cell damage.
Taking N-acetylcysteine increases plasma cysteine, increasing glutathione (GSH), which helps detoxification and cell regeneration.
British supplement companies Viridian and Biocare also sell it.
The above products can be purchased at Helios Homoepathy, Natural Dispensary, and various health shops. We ship to Japan and almost all countries around the world.
Tip #3 - Flower essences
When you are tired, one way is to borrow the power of flowers from flower essences. If you're feeling really tired after catching a cold, try these essences as well.
Olive (Bach Flower Essences)
When you are mentally and physically tired, have no energy, and feel like you can't do any more. Even when you feel that you lost enthusiasm and feel dull.
Life Force (Findhorn Flower Essences)
This essence that can be used for burnout syndrome. It can be used when your physical strength is exhausted and cannot be recovered even by sleeping.
Dynamis (Australian Bush Flower Essences)
An essence that can be used when fatigue accumulates and you can't get rid of it.
Focus (Australian Bush Flower Essences)
Essence that can be used when you lack concentration and can't concentrate on work or study. It can be used when you are tired, your head is foggy, and you can't think straight.
Tip #4 - Biochemic tissue salts
Biochemic tissue salt is a general term for the 12 types of minerals defined by Dr. Schussler. The process of grinding minerals and mixing them with lactose at a ratio of 1:10 is repeated 6 times (potency is 6X). It is used for a variety of conditions due to its mineral properties.
The combinations below can be used especially during colds or when recovering.
Twelve Tissue Salts
A mixture of 12 mineral salts. It can be used for weakness and malaise.
Combination F (Kali Phos, Mag Phos, Silicea)
It is useful for Tiredness, physical lethargy and mental fatigue.
Combination J (Ferr Phos, Kali Mur, Nat Mur)
A combination that can be used during the winter cold season. It can also be used throughout the winter to help replenish minerals that tend to be deficient during colds. When you have cold symptoms.
Kali Phos
In Schussler's tissue salts, Kali Phos is said to be a mineral necessary for the brain, nerves, muscles, blood, and intracellular membrane fluid.
It can be used not only for physical strength, but also when you are tired due to overuse of your mind or emotional stress, and it takes time to recover.
Tip #5 - Homeopathic remedies
Homeopathic remedies are used according to individual symptoms.
You may want to try using the following five remedies depending on the characteristics of your symptoms.
Gelsemium
First-line remedy for influenza. You may want to try using it when your physical strength recovery is slow after the flu. When your eyelids feel heavy and sluggish.
Kali Phos
It can be used as a tissue salt and also as a homeopathic remedy. It can be used not only when you feel tired from small tasks or movements, but also when mental work or emotional stress triggers fatigue.
Phosphoric Acid
It can be said to be the second most commonly used remedy after Gelsemium. It can be used to treat symptoms of emptiness, mental fatigue, and neurological weakness. Especially when mental fatigue spreads to physical fatigue.
Picric Acid
When mental fatigue and cerebral nervous breakdown are severe. When you feel unmotivated, unmotivated and tired.
Sarcolactic Acid
Even a little exercise makes you tired. Weakness after influenza. Especially for recovering from fatigue after the flu, where symptoms such as nausea and vomiting are severe.
Sepia
Mentally and physically worn out. Mentally sluggishness and dullness. Poor memory and confusion. Despair about recovery. Disconnected and indifferent to the family. In an early stage, physical exertion rouses the patient, dramatically easing the sluggishness and stasis. However, in the latter stages, Sepia patients are too exhausted to exercise or even aggravated by exertion.
How to choose potency and dose, please check this blog.
If you still can't regain your physical strength even after trying the above, don't worry about it alone, consult a homeopath.
If you notice any symptoms that seem strange, or if they persist for an extremely long time, do not put up with it and seek medical attention.
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Love and gratitude
Hiroko
