Homeopathy "Awesome" for Flu
by Shidfar Rouhani
Homeopathy is awesome! You might be wondering what the prompt is for such a bold statement. Well, last week I had a dip in my vital force that presented like a flu, a strange one with symptoms unlike any other flu I've had before. I left my Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine student-clinic shift Tuesday night feeling a little more tired than usual. I thought it was because of the busy shift I had just finished, but when I got home and lay down I couldn't get back up. "Oh well," I thought. "I guess I'll listen to my body and sleep."
I woke up the next morning and had all the typical flu-like symptoms: arthralgia (joint pain), myalgia (muscle pain), malaise (weakness), and fever. Not fun at all. I tried to take care of myself (lots of fluids, juice, Vitamin C, etc.) but I just wanted to stay in bed and not move. I didn't want to move because my joints would hurt a lot initially, but the strange thing was that they hurt less once I got moving.
I called our clinic and made an appointment on the homeopathy shift that Dr. Stephen Messer supervised. Since it was an evening appointment, I went back to sleep for the rest of the day. Arriving at the clinic that night, I expected to be greeted by students but was surprised to be greeted by Dr. Messer himself. He was going to demonstrate how to take a homeopathic case while the students watched on a video feed in another room. I described my condition as above. When I got to the strange symptom—being worse upon first movement and better with motion—I mentioned that it was just like what we had learned in class about the indications for the homeopathic remedy Rhus toxicodendron. A few minutes later the students arrived, did a physical exam, and then returned shortly with my prescription: Rhus toxicodendron (Dr. Messer had taught us well)!
I was to take my remedy every two hours. I felt a noticeable improvement with each dose, and by morning, the joint pains were all gone. My fever was gone by noon (less than 24 hours after my first dose). I still felt extremely tired and slept like a rock those three days.
When I called Dr. Messer on Friday to follow up on my case, I said, "Dr. Messer, you are awesome," to which he replied, "No, homeopathy is awesome."
From Homeopathy Today November/December 2004
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About the Author
Shidfar Rouhani is in his fourth and final year of studies at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. He has attended NCH Summer School on two occasions and has served as a volunteer.
This article first appeared on the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine's website in the student diaries section: www.scnm.edu/admissions/student_diaries.php