Many people we speak to are suffering the effects of ‘post viral’ symptoms.
We are finding the following remedies, sometimes in conjunction with a remedy made from the particular virus, to be helpful in overcoming this malaise when chosen based on your symptom picture. You wouldn’t expect to have all symptoms of the remedy for it to be a good choice but more that there is a resonance with your symptoms.
Arsenicum: Mind is anxious, worried about one’s own health, despairing of recovery. Tight chest, weakness and shortness of breath. Very restless. Fussy and tidy. Worse around midnight. Thirsty, drinks often but only in small sips.
China: Exhaustion, weakness, anaemia, headache, and digestive upsets that arise after a virus or from loss of body fluids (haemorrhage, diarrhoea, sweat, vomit, etc). Sensitive to the cold. Symptoms can return at regular intervals such as the same time each day, or every seven days.
Cocculus: Dizziness and an empty hollow sensation. Reflects and takes a long time to answer. May suffer violent headaches with nausea and vomiting. Tendency to incoordination and jerkiness of the limbs. Sensitive to noise, jarring and sudden movement. Vertigo. Weakness felt in the knees and back. Appetite lost and there may be an aversion to food. Much worse from loss of sleep.
Gelsemium: Weak and lethargic, trembling, aching through the body. Brain fog. Heaviness. Apathetic, drowsy, droopy and dull. Dizziness on rising, worse sudden movement and walking. Concentration difficult, feels vacant, thoughts vanishing. Desire for quiet, averse to being disturbed. Falling sensation.
Kali phos: This tissue salt acts as a tonic for the nervous system. Consider on its own or along with the indicated remedy for anxiety with despair, insomnia and nightmares. Muscle weakness and aches and pains worse after exertion. Slightest labour seems a heavy task. Memory loss.
Phos acid: Complete exhaustion, weak, apathetic and indifferent. Can’t collect their words or even talk they are so exhausted. Poor memory. Disposition to lie down. Mild, yielding and resigned. May crave fruit and juice, refreshing things. Cold extremities and sensitive to cold. Hair falling out. Bone pains as if scraped. Indigestion and attacks of diarrhoea. Photophobia and aversion to sunlight.
Picric acid: There may be a violent headache. Trembling, faintness, numbness and extreme lassitude from any attempt at mental exertion. Indifferent. Brain fag. Must lie down worse any exertion. Better evenings.
Scutellaria: Vertigo with a sensation of being off centre, anxiety, nausea, weakness, dull frontal headache, sleeplessness with fear. Sleep is unrefreshing.
Please use these remedies in conjunction with common sense. If you are struggling to recover from post viral symptoms despite your best efforts please seek professional help.
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