Mitchell
A. Fleisher, M.D., D.Ht., D.A.B.F.M
As a busy homeopathic family physician,
I see a lot of patients, of all ages, come down with
many variations of viral influenza. Usually my patients
respond well to a series of specific, acute homeopathic
remedies uniquely suited to the individualizing characteristics
of their flu symptoms, along with additional buffered
vitamin C and hot lemon ginger tea. But when the virus
is particularly aggressive and the immune system is
unprepared, more is required to support the healing
process.
Last month, my nurse and I unfortunately
experienced this dilemma firsthand. Put simply, we
practice what we preach, take good care of ourselves
and we’re virtually never ill. However, my lovely
wife returned from a faraway seminar infected with
a very virulent, nasty strain of viral influenza that
apparently spread from the Belgian participants at
her conference.
This was a new bug, freshly introduced
to the Americas that none of us have developed immunity
to, i.e., effective antibody defenses to this particular
virus. Needless-to-say, after being exposed to my wife’s
constant sneezing and hacking cough for a week, I too
began to come down with symptoms over the weekend.
Beginning as slight burning in my
throat and upper chest, my symptoms rapidly progressed
into a severe sore throat, accompanied by thick, copious,
sinus congestion, postnasal drip, raspy, irritating
cough, lightheadedness, fatigue and severe muscle aches
in my lower back and thighs. I felt sore all over,
as if I‘d been beaten with a club, and worried
about being able to work the following week, since
I had to attend to a full schedule of patients coming
from far and wide.
At first a series of acute homeopathic
remedies took the edge off, but my symptom patterns
changed so rapidly that it was difficult to keep up
with them and I often relapsed. High dose vitamin C,
tinctures of Echinacea, Astragalus, Lomatium and Aloe
helped somewhat, but didn’t hold.
Finally, in desperation, I happened
to email a friend and colleague on the west coast to
ask if they were also experiencing this horrible flu
out in California. Sure enough, he’d already
seen several cases and warned me that, without adequate
treatment, the illness was lasting three to six weeks,
and some elderly patients required hospitalization
for viral pneumonia.
My colleague strongly recommended
the following regimen: ImmunoPhase, 3 capsules every
3 to 4 hours; BronchoPhase, 4 capsules every 3 to 4
hours; and, Aller-Phase, 2 capsules every 3 to 4 hours.
I had several bottles overnighted for myself, my poor
ailing wife, and my nurse, who’d also been struck
by this belligerent bug.
“3
Phases” of Rapid Healing
We all began with the prescribed regimen and soon thereafter,
within 24 to 36 hours, noticed significant improvement.
I augmented the therapeutic program with 2,000 mg of
buffered vitamin C every 3 to 4 hours. Thankfully,
I was physically able to tend to my scheduled patients
that week without mishap. It was a fortunate thing
too, because many of my patients were also suffering
with a similar, nasty viral illness for which the usual
remedies weren’t working well. Consequently I
prescribed a lot of the “Three Phases,” as
we now like to call them, and was able to observe rapid
recoveries in my afflicted patients.
Many of these patients reported that
their neighbors, friends and co-workers had been sick
for several weeks with this virus. After they caught
the bug they were very grateful to heal so much more
rapidly.
To reiterate the antiviral flu regimen
that really worked the best: ImmunoPhase, 3 capsules
every 3 to 4 hours; BronchoPhase, 4 capsules every
3 to 4 hours; AllerPhase, 2 capsules every 3 to 4 hours;
and buffered vitamin C with bioflavonoids, 2,000 mg
every 3 to 4 hours.
Healing
Mists
 About
the Author: Mitchell
A. Fleisher, M.D., D.Ht., D.A.B.F.M., Dc.A.B.C.T.,
is a board-certified family physician specializing
in classical homeopathy, nutritional and
botanical medicine, chelation and bio-oxidative
therapy with over twenty years experience
practicing the gentler art and science of
integrative medicine.
|
When the cough is very deep and there
is an obvious viral bronchitis (for which antibiotics
are useless and probably harmful), I also recommend
the following supportive care that I call the “Healing
Mists:” purchase a cool mist, ultrasound humidifier
and several pint bottles of 3% hydrogen peroxide at
your local pharmacy; pour the entire contents of a
one pint bottle of 3% hydrogen peroxide into the reservoir
of the humidifier; next, pour two pints of water into
the reservoir (this results in a 1% solution of hydrogen
peroxide); set up the ultrasound humidifier by your
bedside, or wherever you’re resting, and breathe
in deeply the cool vapors for several hours; this will
help your immune system fight the viral infection in
your lungs (your white blood cells actually use little
packets filled with hydrogen peroxide to fight off
infectious pathogens).
Finally, what has been working very
well as an antiviral flu ‘prevention program’ is
the following: ImmunoPhase 2 capsules daily; BronchoPhase
3 capsules daily; and, buffered vitamin C 2,000 mg
daily.
Good luck, be prepared and stay healthy
this flu season.
