Tape this chart inside
your medicine cabinet,
and you ll be ready the
CHOOSE THE RIGHT REMEDY FOR
next time you feel those
sniffles coming on.
Colds, Flus, and Coughs
You will also need a
book or two to help you
by Stephen Messer, ND, DHANP
differentiate among the
remedies suggested in
this chart. Boericke s
Go to
Is there a
Aconite?
YES NO NO
Pocket Materia Medica
Flu
Belladonna?
high fever?
with Repertory is a
Symptoms.
Ferrum phos?
good choice, or use the
NO
materia medica section
of one of your favorite
Are there homeopathic home
Nux vomica?
YES NO NO
Gelsemium? Restlessness?
predominantly
care books.
flu symptoms?
Bryonia?
Rhus tox?
NO
Mercurius?
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Cold
Eupatorium perf?
NO
Symptoms.
NO
Arsenicum? Pyrogen?
Nux vomica? Allium cepa?
Go up to
Are there Flu Symptoms
NO NO
Mercurius? Arsenicum?
YES
mostly cold or down to
symptoms? Cough
Pulsatilla? Natrum mur?
Symptoms.
NO
Aconite?
Does the cough
YES YES NO
Is the cough croupy? Spongia?
NO
predominate?
Hepar sulph?
NO
Rumex?
Is the cough
THROAT NO
from the throat
NO
Kali bich?
or the lungs?
Pulsatilla?
LUNGS
Bryonia?
Phosphorus? NO
Go to the
Causticum?
Repertory
or look for
keynotes.
Please note: This information is meant to supplement the advice and guidance of your health care
practitioner and is not a replacement for appropriate medical care. ©1983, Stephen Messer, ND
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Homeopathy Today " October 2001
YES
NO