Greetings,
Well, after a long, odd, complex season, the influenza
season is finally letting up. Yes, people will still become sick over the next
couple of months, but overall, the intense epidemic nature of these illnesses
is passing. This is great news to me, since February is typically still a very
busy flu season, and in some ways the busiest month for influenza in North
America. We are finally getting
less telephone calls and less worried patients.
What is still occurring, in the same frequency is the common
cold. As I write this brief note, I can say that I am sneezing myself. After so
many people shaking hands, or sneezing in my face, I got this as well. In terms
of the most common symptoms associated with the cold, at this time, if the
patient does not need their constitutional remedy, consider Sulphur, Pulsatilla, Gelsemium, Nux vomica,
Allium cepa, and Euphrasia.
Temperature differences and emotional states are the most useful ways to differentiate
among the remedies on that short list.
And lastly, the vertigo epidemic seems to be leaving us now.
Thank goodness.
Good luck. Hang in there. Just 1-2 more months before most
of these epidemics are gone for good. Then we can think about seasonal
allergies!
Sincerely,
Paul Herscu, ND MPH
