Oscillococcinum for the flu

[BusyMommy]

Hey, I read last night in Janet Zand's book that it's great to take this as a preventive measure for the flu AND immediately if you think your child has the flu. And, I just read Hilary mention it in the other thread.
Has anyone taken this? Will you?
I'm planning to pick some up today from Fred Meyers. I know Zand said to give 1/3 tube every hour for 3 hours if your child has the flu. OR, a dose/week for prevention. But, would that be a whole tube/week or just 1/3 tube.

And, Hilary-you mentioned giving a dose a month I think?

I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts!

Knock on wood, I think we're being proactive enough...maybe...

[amnesiac]

I've never taken it myself but people I know have said that they've started taking it when they've felt they might have the flu coming on & it has worked well for them.

[RachelGS]

Wait, can someone clarify how to give this for prevention? Boiron distributes it in tubes, right? (That's what is easiest to get my daughter to take.) How long do I give it to her preventatively? Every week from now until spring? More info would be greatly appreciated!

[Jazmommie]

It is sold in tubes of 3 or 6 -
the pellets are tiny-my 4 year old takes them easily-
I read SOMEWHERE to take 1/3 tube a week for prevention of flu.

It does work much better when taken at the first sign of flu-aches,fever,tiredness -after 1 dose every 6 hours x3 doses ,we are always feeling much better.

[cobluegirl]

I used it this year. I swear it is the reason, dh, Josie, & I didn't get it. Tristan and Lorna both had it. Tested for it. I didn't have any of the oscillococcinum when they came down with it. I will next year. Here is some info i have gathered this week:



Flu Prevention by Phyllis

Get your Oscillococcinum 200c and place one pellet into a one ounce dropper bottle of distilled water. Succuss it vigorously 5 to 9 times and take a few drops at least once every 28 days. It may prevent the flu. It does not always work for everyone, but it is a "plan of action" at this point.


Info url http://www.homeoinfo.com/06_materia_...lococcinum.php

Interesting similar discussion on homeopathy list
Several us said one little granule is enough and asked why they say the whole tube
Because then the company can sell more!!!!!!!!
> >
I had a run in with them a few years ago at a seminar they sponsored (Boiron) where I described that my way of taking it was to dissolve one little granule in a glass of water and give one teaspoon to each member of the family, keeping the glass covered then and repeating every week during the flu season. This way one tube lasts for an eternity. Of course they were up in arms and told me I was utterly stupid, the dose would not be enough!!! So I asked " The remedy is diluted and potentised 200 times (200C), and you sell it as an active remedy. But when I dilute it one more time, you claim it looses activity? where is your logic and coherence here?" I was banned from attending further Boiron conferences.................

> >Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
> >"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind"

[Bestbirths]

We love it!!

We use it for the flu. Yes, I agree about using one pellet and diluting it. Say you are at a birth and you run out of your remedy and there is nothing but fligbits left......Oh no!!! What to do???? Not to worry, just add distilled or spring water to the fligbits or to the empty bottle, and you will get the remedy. This is one of my favorite things about homeopathy.

edited for safety

[cobluegirl]

Bestbirths
I wish I had known all that about the potency and reproduction of...a few days ago..I just bought 3 boxes of the stuff...hehe..oh well I won't run out!

[Tracy]

Did you know that you can purchase empty pellets and mix them with the active pellets to make more active pellets?

where do you get empty pellets?

[Bestbirths]

Trabot,

pm'ed ya! I have a source, but I don't want to blab it all over the internet. But, If I can help sweet Santa's helper in anyway, I am glad to do it. Hey everybody, check out what Trabot has going on over there in the christmas poor thread. It's amazing!

[beebs]

this might be a dumb question, but can you give the diluted stuff to a baby? dd is 3.5 mo. is there any flu prevention we can do for her? she's not vax, don't know if that matters or not. and we're traveling, as i'm sure a lot of people will be, in a few weeks, so i'm getting a few things ready as preventatives...

[mirlee]

DH swears by this stuff. I haven't taken it because my understanding is that it isn't vegetarian friendly. Does anyone know this for sure?

Anyway, when he takes it at the first sign that something could come on, he doesn't get it. If he doesn't get his supply in time and he actually gets ill, he feels better within the first day.

[dot2dot]

Just seconding Beeb's not-so-dumb question... is it ok for babies?We just spent an hour in a full ped. waiting room

[lovelee]

yes it is ok for babies

[Bestbirths]

I would love to share some of our experiences with using diluted homeopathic remedies.

A homeopathic doctor taught me this when my kids had whooping cough. You can put one tiny pellet of a remedy in spring or distilled water, stir it, then dose your entire family with a teaspoon each of the remedy, many times per day. He showed me how to put one pellet of homeopathic pertussin in a small glass filled with spring water for them. I covered the glass and saved the remedy and dosed them over the next few days with the same water from that one pellet. It's amazing! You could do the same with Oscillococcinum, I'll bet.

The events surrounding this whooping cough experience is such a heartwarming story.

This wonderful homeopathic physician drove two and a half hours from Ennis, Montana to Dillon, Montana over mountains in the snow for a house call!!! He didn't want us to have to take the kids on the drive because our baby with whooping cough was only a month old, and my two year old had it too. Two weeks after this the four year old got it. He showed me this secret on how to dilute, because he wanted to make sure that we wouldn't run out of the remedy. It was a hard to find remedy that couldn't be bought at the regular health food store. And they say Dr.'s don't make housecalls anymore!

We made it through the whooping cough experience, without having to resort to conventional medicine. We used only homeopathics and herbs. At the time, it was our greatest triumph since switching from conventional medicine to alternative, and we were very proud!

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[lovelee]

When you are talking about grafting remedies, I was taught to add about 3 drops of alcohol to the bottle with the "blank" pellets and the last few remedy pellets and then succus.

[chellemarie]

BusyMommy...
Me and my youngest two children have the flu. We didn't know about oscillicoccinum until we'd had symptoms for a few days, so we didn't take it. My husband, mother and oldest son took it and so far, husband and mother have mild symptoms (husband was already battling a cold and mother has other health concerns) and oldest son is almost annoyingly healthy and feeling super.

[cobluegirl]

Bestbirths you pm box is full.. I want to know where you get your remedy's and blank pellets too!

[Curious]

Vegetairans have to decide whether homeopathic duck liver is for them or not. Tha't's what it is.

[TigerTail]

well, dh has had the flu for a few days, and usually anything he gets we get, but so far, (taking it not as much as prescribed on pkg, but more than the dilutions some of y'all are recommending: for my first homeopathic experience, i'm not ready for infinite dilution, lol! give me time!), me and the kids are doing well (knock on wood.) and dh was really ill yesterday, but after the dosages yesterday was able to go to work today and feels much better.

do i understand how it works? no. am i still sceptical of homeopathics? yes. did i recommend it to my pharmacist today (whom i am chatty with- he seconds hilary on the vit c, incidentally)? YES. lol, the british (french?) study was controlled enough, with realistic enough sounding results in scientific-ese, to convince me that there was something going on (and ducks? well, there's your flu carriers- i still don't really understand, but if it works, great!)

OT: curious, the whole veggie thing reminds me of (one) of my many reasons for foregoing vax- the abortion thing. being against abortion for ethical reasons, i would not feel comfortable using vax derived from human fetuses, even infinitely diluted (tho' i am aware that catholic organizations and other religious opponents to abortion are pretty much saying, 'hey, it's already dead, go for it. no prob. just don't whack any more!')

so i am guessing for a vegetarian, this issue would be kind of analogous? e.g., an ethical vegetarian couldn't take the oscillo-whosit, but one who is a veggie for say, health reasons (which i disagree with, but that's neither here nor there!), could just say, 'well, i don't want that meat crud in my body, but this little bit won't hurt.' (ok, the analogy fails with the rcs etc there, so please no rcs get your panties in a wad, i was a cradle catholic, no offense intended in any way! i still read 'my sunday visitor'!)

am i reasoning correctly, or is my blood sugar still too low and i'm just babbling, lol? (the babies have woken me three nights running, all night, so that could be it, too. sleep, babies!)

gosh, how i love to digress. anyway, my two cents: worth 7 bucks, get some! (unless you are an ethical or religious veggie!)

suse

[BusyMommy]

Great info!
I did ask our dr. about it and he said definitely don't take the whole vial. Nothing harmful, just a wasteo of $. He said to fill the little plastic cap. Take once/week. Until flu season is over, I guess.

I assume it's true of this remedy also not to drink/eat for a few minutes before/after.

He said one dose every 6 hours, 3x but Zand says one every hour 3x.

He said same dose for my 2 y.o.

Here's hoping!