Covid-19/SARS-Cov-2

(Updated with new information on February 1, 2022) In this article, learn about the symptoms of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and how the symptoms differ from the previous COVID-19 variants. Then learn about practitioners who have been using homeopathy for Omicron, and about the homeopathic remedies that have been used successfully for Omicron.

Introduction

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 was first discovered in South Africa in late November 2021. This variant has a very high infectivity rate compared with other variants, but is overall far less threatening, with a lower fatality rate than other variants such as Delta. Many experts agree that due to its high infectivity rate, Omicron will soon overtake the Delta variant.

Omicron Symptoms

Typically, the symptoms of infection with the Omicron variant resemble those of a common cold or flu. Common symptoms include coryza, throat pain (either mild or severe), a scraping sensation in the throat, severe or mild body pain, headache and low grade fever. 5-6 days after the fever breaks, there can be post viral scrapy throat and cough. In some cases there is nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and/or stomach pain. Omicron tends to infect the upper respiratory tract vs. Alpha and Delta which tend to infect the lower respiratory tract. With Omicron, the infection tends to be localized around the nasal mucosa and the throat. There are very few cases of breathlessness or low oxygen levels. Loss of smell is rare. The fevers tend to be low grade, though there may be high grade fevers, especially with younger children. With severe cases there may be may be mental confusion and dullness, breathing difficulties, chest heaviness, and chest tightness.

Dr. Bhawisha and Dr. Shachindra Joshi have divided the most common Omicron symptoms into 3 main groups:

1. Mainly only throat symptoms. They have a scrapy sensation in the throat. They need to clear the throat often. Sometimes there is a feeling of a lump in the throat. Always hawking or coughing. Postnasal drip. Cough that is aggravated from lying down and from cold air/weather.
2. They do not have very many throat symptoms but instead they have headaches, low grade or high fever, and body ache.
3. Mainly nasal symptoms. Coryza and runny nose. Then they may have a sore throat following the runny nose.

Disclaimer: The homeopathic remedy or protocol for Omicron should be selected in consultation with a professional homeopath. In case of infection, an individualized consultation with a professional homeopath is strongly recommended.

Omicron Homeoprophylaxis

If someone has been exposed to family who are COVID positive, or has been exposed to a lot of people who are COVID positive, Bryonia is the homeopathic remedy of choice for Omicron homeoprophylaxis. Give the 200C potency once a day for 3 days every week for 2-3 weeks to boost the immunity. 200C matches the pace of the Omicron variant which is very fast. The COVID-19 nosode has also shown promising results in research trials.

Homeopathic Remedies for Omicron

Remedies as per the Joshis: Bryonia, Phosphorus, Rumex, Arsenicum album, Dulcamara, Eupatorium, Abrotanum, Pulsatilla, and Merc sol. Dr. Herscu recommends giving Gelsemium and/or the client’s constitutional homeopathic remedy for the Omicron variant. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Gupta has helped the majority of his 803 Omicron cases so far with homeopathic Hepar sulph 200C. Additionally, Dr. Rajan Sankaran has had good success with Nux vomica, Rhus tox, and China. Ferrum Phos and Influenzinum were used successfully by Dr. Dhanipkar.

The Joshis feel that Bryonia, Phosphorus and Rumex will cover most cases of Omicron.

Bryonia is the first choice for the #2 (see above) cluster of symptoms – fever, headache, and malaise. Use Bryonia 200C for milder cases and 1M for the stronger cases. Use the 1M 3 times per day for rapidly developing cases.

For cases of fever and chill during Omicron, Dr. Gaurang Gaikwad has often used China, as well as Phosphoric acid.

If there is sore throat and no fever and no body ache, just a scraping sensation in the throat, then the drug of choice is Phosphorus. Then the next remedy to think of would be Rumex. Once the cough sets in Rumex is the better choice. The Rumex cough is worse from cold air and change of weather to cold. Note that the Omicron variant first emerged when winter set in. Rumex is a good remedy in areas where there is a change to winter and change to cold air (for example, in the northern hemisphere).  Dulcamara is also indicated in colder climates, as well as Aconitum.

After the fever breaks, sometimes Pulsatilla is the indicated remedy for Omicron. This is a great remedy to give post influenza. It is also a great antiviral remedy. Pulsatilla is more effective in warmer weather locations and in southern climates.

Merc sol is for when the throat pain is intense, with a lot of redness and swelling in the throat. Other remedies for burning throat pain include Merc-i-r, Merc-i-f, Hepar sulph, Arsenicum album, and Baryta carb. If the throat symptoms are vague, the top remedy used by Dr. Gaurang Gaikwad is Streptococcinum 1M.

For cough, the main indicated remedies are Rumex, Phosphorus and Pulsatilla. Also consider, in some cases, Bryonia, Drosera, Spongia or Senega. For dry cough Dr. Gaurang Gaikwad also recommends Hyoscyamus and Bromium and for loose cough he recommends Manganum aceticum if the cough is better from lying down.

Dr. Andre Saine has helped most of his Omicron cases with the homeopathic remedy Carboneum oxygenisatum (Carbn-o). The most characteristic symptoms Carbn-o are great to extreme lethargy, apathy, loss of will, mental dullness and prostration, confusion, weakness, great sleepiness and extreme shortness of breath that are worse from the slightest exertion and better from open air. Another interesting symptoms that can be present when Carbn-o is indicated are disorientation in time and space and awkwardness.

To dry up mucus in the nasal passages, throat, and/or lungs, Dr. Gaurang Gaikwad recommends giving Kali mur 6X homeopathic cell salt along with one of the above indicated remedies.

Post COVID Homeopathic Remedies

For fatigue and weakness post COVID, Eupatorium and Abrotanum are the main remedies, according to the Joshis. Think of Abrotanum for elderly people who have tremendous weakness and dullness and fatigue after COVID, who are irritable and angry. Abrotanum 200C can be a good remedy for irritable, weak children after COVID – irritable weak children. Abrotanum is a great remedy for children and/or elderly post COVID. If there are a lot of joint and body pains then use Eupatorium. If there is bone breaking body pain and weakness, take Eupatorium 200C once per day for even a week, post flu or post COVID. Dr. Andre Saine recommends using Bryonia or Carbn-o for COVID long-haulers. For cases of depression and/or anxiety post COVID, Dr. Girish Gupta has found that most cases respond well to Arsenicum album.

Homeopathic Potency Selection for Omicron

Though the Joshis favour the 200C potency and sometimes the 1M potency, I have found that using the 30C potency also works very well for Omicron.

Natural Remedies for Throat Pain

In addition to using homeopathic remedies, there are a number of ways to ease throat pain. Some find that gargling with salt water, diluted oregano oil or diluted hydrogen peroxide is helpful. Propolis spray, colloidal silver spray, and/or throat lozenges can relief the pain. Make sure to stay away from menthol lozenges since they will interfere with the effectiveness of your homeopathic remedy.

Natural Supplements for COVID

The World Council for Health recommends taking the following natural supplements for COVID-19 infection:

References

Covid Symposium 2022 with Dr. Rajan Sankaran, Dr. Girish Gupta, Dr. Prabhakar Devadiga, Dr. Gajanan Dhanipkar, Dr. Rajesh Shah and Dr. Gaurang Gaikwad

December 26, 2021 update Part 30 Paul Herscu ND, MPH Herscu Laboratory. Entering the last phase of the COVID-2019 Pandemic: The End of Numbers

Homeopathy 2022 Feb;111(1):49-56. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1735235. Epub 2021 Sep 30. Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Feasibility Study, Evaluating the Efficacy of Homeopathic Medicines in the Prevention of COVID-19 in a Quarantined Population Gitanjali Talele ¹, Shashikant Vaidhya ², Abhay Chowdhary ³, Paul Herscu ⁴, Rajesh Shah ¹

Joshi Webinar 8 Jan 2022 on current management of symptoms with homeopathy

Disclaimer: This article is a compilation of homeopathic professionals’ experiences with treating their patients with individually selected homeopathic remedies. This article is not intended as medical advice and does not substitute for the advice of a health practitioner. Health Canada has not authorized any NHP to treat, prevent or cure COVID-19.

This is a written transcript of a 5-minute speech given by Sonya McLeod (BA, DCH) to the City Councillors at a council meeting on October 22, 2020 in regards to a proposed Mandatory Mask Policy in Vancouver Civic Facilities. References were emailed to councillors before the meeting took place. All speakers were against the policy, and the proposal was later struck down by council members.

Mandatory masking is not based on good science

Randomized double blind placebo controlled trials are the gold standard of science, and we can neither disprove or prove whether a strategy works without doing these studies. There are no randomized controlled trials which prove that masking reduces transmission of viruses, including the COVID-19 virus. A recent analysis published in May 2020 (1) of 14 randomized controlled trials concludes that face masks do not protect against pandemic influenza infection 

Proper scientific studies done on masking so far to date show either that masking makes no difference, or it may actually increase the rate of virus transmission (for further reading, see references 2-5, below). One very recent study that just came out this week (6), for example, reports that 71% of the people studied who became ill with COVID-19 wore a mask in public at all times.

The health authorities, including Vancouver Coastal Health, have spoken out against mandatory masking. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, all of the health authorities, including Bonnie Henry, Theresa Tam, Anthony Fauci, The US Surgeon General, the CDC Director and the World Health Organization, advised against the use of masks to stop the spread of COVID-19. A short time later, they changed their minds, not because the science changed, but because of public pressure, and pressure from various lobby groups.

Mandatory masking can be dangerous. And where there is risk, there must be choice.

Science shows that prolonged mask wearing can cause headaches. A 2009 study done in Japan (7) showed that the use of masks did not prevent the common cold (the common cold is a close relative of COVID-19 because it is a type of coronavirus). But the use of masks was strongly associated with an increase in headaches. Another study done in 2005 (8) on the wearing of N95 masks showed that the wearers were more likely to get headaches, dizziness and shortness of breath, vs non mask wearers. A recent study done in 2020 (9) also reported that a whopping 80% of healthcare workers developed headaches as a direct result of wearing PPE (which included the wearing of N95 face masks).

A 2015 study done in Vietnam (10) compared the use of medical masks, cloth masks, and a control group. The cloth mask group had a higher rate of virus transmission. Scientists concluded that increased risk of infection in the cloth mask users was a result of moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration.

Face masks can give the wearer the illusion of protection, which can be dangerous, according to a scientific study published in June 2020 (11). Also, a pre‐symptomatic or mildly infected person wearing a face mask for hours without changing it and without washing their hands every time they touched the mask could paradoxically increase the risk of infecting others.

Humans are social creatures, and our emotional well-being depends on social interactions with other human beings. A study done in Hong Kong in 2013 (12) showed that doctors’ wearing of face masks reduced patients’ ability to relate to and empathize with their doctors.  

Lawsuits Against Mandatory Masking

Dr. James Meehan MD is part of a group of professionals who are suing the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma for their mandatory mask mandate. (13) Dr. Meehan is seeing patients that have facial rashes, fungal infections, and bacterial infections. Reports coming from his colleagues, all over the world, are suggesting that the bacterial pneumonias are on the rise. “Why might that be? Because untrained members of the public are wearing medical masks, repeatedly… in a non-sterile fashion… They’re becoming contaminated. They’re pulling them off of their car seat, off the rearview mirror, out of their pocket, from their countertop, and they’re reapplying a mask that should be worn fresh and sterile every single time.”

The city of Edmonton is facing a $565 million dollar lawsuit over their mandatory mask bylaw (14). The mask bylaw has led to the discarding of disposable masks on the ground, creating unsanitary conditions, which is a health hazard (as well as a hazard to our environment). 

Disposable masks are terrible for the environment

Mask mandates lead to increased mask use, including the increased use of disposable masks. An article in “The Conversation” says that coronavirus face masks are “an environmental disaster that might last generations” (15). The majority of masks are made with long-lasting plastic materials, and will contribute to plastic pollution of the environment, which was already a huge problem before the pandemic. These disposable masks have now made their way into our oceans, according to an article in “The Guardian” – we now have “more masks than jellyfish” in our oceans these days (16).

In Summary:

Masks have not been proven by science to be effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and in fact, if used incorrectly by the general public, masks could actually increase the spread of COVID-19 and could encourage complacency when it comes to other preventative measures such as handwashing. Masking for long periods of time also has health risks, and disposable masks are a threat to our natural environment. Instead, let citizens choose whether to mask or not, and encourage other preventative measures, such as handwashing, and the adoption of a healthy lifestyle.

References

1. Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article?fbclid=IwAR1wgGi1n82n8eGLEFTIbzV3atyHqop9DqK-rhx7itJ0SY3eZm5erwTZw6g
2. “Masks for prevention of viral respiratory infections among health care workers and the public: PEER umbrella systematic review”, by Dugré et al., Canadian Family Physician (July 2020) 66: 509-517. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343047403_Masks_for_prevention_of_viral_respiratory_infections_among_health_care_workers_and_the_public_PEER_umbrella_systematic_review
3. “PEER simplified tool: mask use by the general public and by health care workers”, by Moe et al., Canadian Family Physician (July 2020) 66: 505-507. https://www.cfp.ca/content/66/7/505 
4. “Rapid Expert Consultation on the Effectiveness of Fabric Masks for the COVID-19 Pandemic” (8 April, 2020). By National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25776  
5. “Masking lack of evidence with politics”, by Jefferson and Heneghan, Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM), Oxford University (23 July 2020) https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/masking-lack-of-evidence-with-politics/ 
6. Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6936a5.htm#:~:text=Findings%20from%20a%20case%2Dcontrol,associated%20with%20COVID%2D19%20positivity.
7. Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan: a randomized controlled trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19216002/
8. The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00173017
9. Headaches Associated With Personal Protective Equipment – A Cross-Sectional Study Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32232837/
10. A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers
    https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577
11. Do facemasks protect against COVID‐19? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323223/
12. Effect of facemasks on empathy and relational continuity: a randomised controlled trial in primary care https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879648/
13. Medical Doctor Warns that “Bacterial Pneumonias Are on the Rise” from Mask Wearing https://www.globalresearch.ca/medical-doctor-warns-bacterial-pneumonias-rise-mask-wearing/5725848
14. City of Edmonton facing $565-million lawsuit over COVID-19 mandatory mask bylaw https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/city-of-edmonton-facing-565-million-lawsuit-over-covid-19-mandatory-mask-bylaw
15. Coronavirus face masks: an environmental disaster that might last generations https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-face-masks-an-environmental-disaster-that-might-last-generations-144328
16. ‘More masks than jellyfish’: coronavirus waste ends up in ocean https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/08/more-masks-than-jellyfish-coronavirus-waste-ends-up-in-ocean

Please refer to part 1 of this series for a brief overview of the typical symptoms of infection with the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) virus.

Cuba promotes homeopathy as ‘weapon’ against the coronavirus

As scientists around the world speed up clinical trials to find a vaccine for the coronavirus, in April 2020 it was announced that the Cuban government will begin distributing a homeopathic remedy to the elderly and other vulnerable people to mitigate the spread of the disease, a top health official said.

Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, said in a press conference on Sunday that “sublingual drops” of the compound PrevengHo-Vir mitigate “different diseases such as influenza, the common cold, dengue, and emerging viral infections such as this one.”

Dr. Mirtha Rosa Hernandez, head of the Department of the Elderly in Villa Clara, reported that the supply of the preparation began in the Grandparents’ Homes and Elderly Homes of the Santa Clara territory of Cuba, which has 184,000 people over 60 years old, 23.9 percent of the local universe. The medicine is administered by doctors and nurses of the basic working group where the Grandparents’ Homes and Nursing Homes are located in the 13 municipalities of this province.

PrevengHo-Vir Combination Medicine:
Anas berberiae 200
Baptisia tinctora 200
Bascilinum 30
Pyrogenum 200
Eupetorium perf 200
Influezinum 200
Arsenicum Album 200

What? Only 23 pandemic deaths out of 35 million people in a state in India? How did they do it?

According to Dr E.S.Rajendran who practices in Kerala “The total number of people who received the homeopathic medicine Ars alb 30 through Kerala government as of June 1st 2020 was 10 million. An equal number of people have also received the same through voluntary organisations. The remaining population is expected to receive the medicine in another one month.” This distribution was carried out in each district with the help of resident associations and was achievable because there is a huge demand for homeopathy from the people.

The people and the government of Kerala has appreciated the work of RAECH in the mitigation of Cholera, Gastroenteritis, Japanese encephalitis, Dengue, and Chikungunya.

Perspectives in the Homeopathic approach to Covid-19

In Brazil, more than 500 of Dr. Rajan Sankaran’s colleagues gave Camphora 1m to more than a million people.  Based on the good results, the municipalities of 3 cities in Brazil are now distributing Camphora 1M to more than a million citizens. In  Romania 1500 high-risk people were given Camphora with almost no incidence of the disease. Mr. Rajiv Bajaj, the MD of one of India’s top Auto companies, was one of the first ones to use it. In Pune, about 25,000 of his employees and their families were given Camphora 1M, in mid-March. Until today there is not a single positive case from this group even though Pune city has a very high incidence of Covid-19. Mr. Bajaj suggested to the Police Commissioner of the city of Pune, who gave Camphora to 9000 policemen. 6 weeks later, in these very high-risk individuals out of 9000, only 5 of them developed Covid positive and all 5 were mild cases

Note that it is important to select one protocol and to not use all of the following remedies at once for risk reduction. The remedy or protocol should be selected in consultation with a professional homeopath.

For more information about using homeopathy for risk reduction, please refer to Part 1 of this series.

Doctors Suspect Mystery COVID-19 Lung Problems, Plea for New Approach

Some doctors are questioning the way ventilators are being used for people with serious cases of COVID-19. Why? More data shows a high death rate for patients treated under current ventilator practices.

At the same time, these doctors are saying their patients behave more like they have high altitude sickness than a viral infection. They talk about two different types of COVID-19 patients with differing severe lung problems.

While some patients respond as expected, doctors also describe patients whose lungs seem relatively fine, but who still can’t get enough oxygen into their blood. These patients may make up the majority with severe infections.

Some COVID-19 patients have little trouble “blowing up the balloon” of their lungs, yet still suffer from low oxygen. For patients of COVID-19 who show these symptoms, Brooklyn emergency room physician Dr. Kyle-Sidell began to apply an “oxygen first” method. This means getting patients’ blood-oxygen levels as high as possible, and doing so using the lowest air pressure possible, he said.

Covid-19 had us all fooled, but now we might have finally found its secret

A mountain of anecdotal evidence has come out of NYC, Italy, Spain,
etc. about COVID-19 and characteristics of patients who get seriously ill. It’s not only piling up but now leading to a general field-level consensus backed up by a few previously little-known studies that we’ve had it all wrong the whole time.

There is no ‘pneumonia’ nor ARDS. At least not the ARDS with established protocols and procedures we’re familiar with. Ventilators are not only the wrong solution, but high pressure intubation can actually wind up causing more damage than without, not to mention complications from tracheal scarring and ulcers given the duration of intubation often required.

COVID-19 causes prolonged and progressive hypoxia (starving your body of oxygen) by binding to the heme groups in hemoglobin in your red blood cells. People are simply desaturating (losing o2 in their blood), and that’s what eventually leads to organ failures that kill them, not any form of
ARDS or pneumonia. All the damage to the lungs you see in CT scans are from the release of oxidative iron from the hemes; this overwhelms the natural defenses against pulmonary oxidative stress and causes that nice, always-bilateral ground glass opacity in the lungs. Patients returning for re-hospitalization days or weeks after recovery suffering from apparent delayed post-hypoxic leukoencephalopathy strengthen the notion COVID-19
patients are suffering from hypoxia despite no signs of respiratory ‘tire out’ or fatigue.

Without the iron ion, hemoglobin can no longer bind to oxygen. Once all the
hemoglobin is impaired, the red blood cell is essentially turned into a Freightliner truck cab with no trailer and no ability to store its cargo.. it is useless and just running around with COVID-19 virus attached to its porphyrin. All these useless trucks running around not delivering oxygen is what starts to lead to desaturation, or watching the patient’s o2 levels drop. It is INCORRECT to assume traditional ARDS and in doing so, you’re
treating the WRONG DISEASE. Think of it a lot like carbon monoxide poisoning, in which CO is bound to the hemoglobin, making it unable to carry oxygen.

How does chloroquine work? Same way as it does for malaria. You see, malaria is this little parasite that enters the red blood cells and starts eating hemoglobin as its food source. The reason chloroquine works for malaria is the same reason it works for COVID-19 — while not fully understood, it is suspected to bind to DNA and interfere with the ability to work magic on hemoglobin. The same mechanism that stops malaria from getting its hands on hemoglobin and gobbling it up seems to do the same to COVID-19 (essentially little snippets of DNA in an envelope) from binding to it. On top of that, Hydroxychloroquine (an advanced descendant of regular old chloroquine) lowers the pH which can interfere with the replication of the virus. Again, while the full details are not known, the entire premise of this potentially ‘game changing’ treatment is to prevent hemoglobin from being interfered with, whether due to malaria or COVID-19.

Coronavirus: 18 nurses at Pune hospital test positive, doctor uses HCQ, homeopathy

Eighteen nurses at a private hospital in Pune tested positive for Covid-19 on April 18, a doctor said on Sunday.

“A week ago, 600 of the medical staff were tested for coronavirus and out of these, 18 nurses have been tested positive,” Dr Purvez Grant, Managing Trustee at Ruby Hall Clinic said.

Speaking exclusive to India Today TV, Dr Purvez Grant said that 18 nurses have tested positive but no one has any critical symptoms. It was 15 days back that his 3,500-member staff at Ruby Hally clinic was administered with Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), he further said.

Purvez Grant said that by administering HCQ along with homeopathy, the complications in Covid-19 patients have reduced tremendously. “In fact, there are no complications in any of my patients. Homoeopathy and HCQ together have worked positively as all of the 18 nurses don’t have respiration problem,” he said.

Natural and Homeopathic Remedies for COVID-19

In case of infection, an individualized consultation with a professional homeopath is recommended. Please consult your local homeopath, or try the following help line: homeopathyhelpnow.com

Dr. Paul Herscu believes that the majority of people in this epidemic need a chronic remedy, not an acute or genus epidemicus remedy. This situation is unlike most flu epidemics where people need acute remedies. He believes that only 15% of COVID-19 patients need acute remedies, such as Bryonia. The most common chronic remedies that Dr. Herscu has used for the pandemic are Sulphur and Lyc, Phos, and Ars; and then Nat mur and Nux vomica. These are the chronic remedies that cover the constitutional states most affected by COVID-19. So far in their clinic, Dr. Amy Rothenberg and Dr. Herscu have use homeopathy with approx. 200 COVID-19 patients, none of whom have been admitted to the hospital.

As of May 3, 2020 Jeremy Sherr supervised the use of homeopathic remedies for 204 coronavirus cases, with a 93% success rate. Out of those 204 cases, 131 got very much better, and 58 got much better. Only 12 got a bit better and 5 cases experienced no change. Sherr has currently had the most success with using the following remedies: Acon, Ars-x (alb,iod), Ant tart, Bryonia, Gels, Kali Bi, Merc-x, Ozone, Phos, Phos-ac, Stann, Spig. Sometimes he has found that higher potencies are needed for COVID-19 cases, such as 1M or 10M.

Petr Simeon Gajdos (Czechia) has repeatedly used the remedy Ozone/Ozonum successfully during the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes this remedy is well indicated during these modern times, due to the ecosystem disruption that is happening around the world. During the proving of Ozone, provers felt disconnected from others, and divided from their environment, like they were in a bubble, which matches with the state of modern-day society during the pandemic. Global warming, fires, pollution and smoke all lead to an increase of ozone in our atmosphere. It is worth noting that dust and particulates are vehicles for viruses.

Dr. Robin Murphy states that 5G radiation weakens our immune system making us more susceptible to coronavirus. 5G also suppresses melatonin levels. Murphy points out that kids don’t often have severe coronavirus symptoms because melatonin depletion increases with age. Adequate melatonin levels can make the COVID-19 infection less deadly and it also protects the lungs. Melatonin Dosage for Covid-19 Infection: 1 mg, 5 mgs, 10 mgs, up to 50 mgs.

As per Dr. Robin Murphy, Dr. James Robb, a pathologist who carried out some of the early work on coronaviruses back in the 1970s, claims that zinc lozenges are the “silver bullet” against the coronavirus. Dr. Robb referred to research that had demonstrated an inhibition of the replication of many viruses, including coronaviruses, by exposure to zinc. He indicated that this could also be the case for the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, but pointed out that he has no experimental support for the claim. When we speak of zinc supplements, we are not referring to metallic zinc, but to one of its salts, such as zinc gluconate, zinc acetate or zinc citrate. Current evidence indicates that up to 150 mg of zinc a day over a short period does not result in zinc toxicity. Maintenance dose: 15-30 mg. Therapeutic dose: 50-80 mg.

Dr. Andre Saine has found Bryonia to be the most useful remedy for all stages of COVID-19 infection. For the severe and critical states, his team has used many remedies successfully but the most commonly and successfully prescribed have been: Bry., Ant-t., Ars., Carbn-o., Carb-v., Op., Hyos. Remedies he has used in the critical stages include: Bryonia, Antimonium tartaricum, Carboneum oxygenisatum, Hyoscyamus, Opium, Carbo vegetabilis, and Ammonium carbonicum.

In cases where well indicated remedies for COVID-19 remedies don’t work as they should, Ton Jansen (Holland) has used the COVID-19 nosode successfully. Clients who need this remedy are usually fearful of the disease, is obedient with lockdown measures, sees everyone as a potential carrier of the virus, and can have a fear of dirt.

The Joshis have provided an easy reference guide in pdf format, for the use of homeopathic remedies for COVID-19: http://drjoshisclinic.com/images/Covidprotocol2020.pdf

The Government of India, Ministry of AYUSH, has put together a booklet, Guidelines for Homeopathic Practitioners for COVID-19. This well-referenced guide can be found here: https://www.ayush.gov.in/docs/homeopathy-guidelines.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0315cd1YxRcZUx5K-KSHKR5Q-1fmZjKSfSMnBPd06cMuRCkHrL4uYIOsw

Please refer to Part 1 of this series for further discussion about using homeopathic remedies for COVID-19.

Homeopathy for Post-COVID Syndrome

According to a presentation done by Dr. Andre Saine, many COVID-19 sufferers characteristically have persisting symptoms, such as daily episodes of low-grade fever marked by great weakness for weeks and months, or experience of relapsing cycles every few days.

A post-COVID-19 viral syndrome is one potential explanation for the chronic fatigue, headaches, joint and muscle pain, and cognitive fuzziness that can linger after a viral illness. 

One of the most common post-viral syndromes is the myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), which according to the Institute of Medicine afflicts 836,000 to 2.5 million Americans of which up to 91% remain undiagnosed. It is estimated that three-quarters of these cases were triggered by viral or bacterial infections. CFS is not new, as there has been at least 75 documented outbreaks of CFS since the 1930s. It is now known that different viruses can trigger an inflammatory response that will culminate in the same chronic endgame. In a study of 233 Hong Kong residents who survived the SARS epidemic of 2003, about 40% had chronic-fatigue problems after three years or so, and 27% met the CDC’s criteria for ME/CFS. Other studies following SARS and MERS suggest an even higher proportion (50%) of survivors develop ME/CFS.

Neuroinvasion and neurotropism are common features of human coronaviruses. There is mounting evidence that SARS-CoV-2 impacts the brain similarly with potentially long-lasting consequences. In a study of COVID-19 patients, one-third experienced neurological symptoms, including agitation, confusion, dizziness, headaches and cognitive impairment. It is however not clear whether the virus is directly infecting neurons, or it is the result of an inflammatory immune response or it is due to damage from oxygen deprivation, like after carbon monoxide poisoning. 

In one study out of China, more than a third of 214 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 had neurological symptoms, including dizziness, headaches, impaired consciousness, vision, taste and smell impairment and nerve pain while they were ill. These symptoms were more common in patients with severe cases, where the incidence increased to 46.5%. Another study in France found neurologic features in 58 of 64 or 91% of critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Persistent neuromuscular abnormalities have been observed amongst SARS survivors. In a study involving 128 health care workers with musculoskeletal complaints 2-years after the SARS infection, it was found that they experienced difficulties in performing 9 activities of daily living and work tasks, which persisted despite acute rehabilitation measures received.

Data on SARS, MERS and now COVID-19 patients show that pulmonary function may never be restored to baseline in those who developed pneumonia. In a study, 71 SARS survivors were followed from 2003 until 2018 and found that more than a third had residual scarring, which can mean reduced lung capacity. In 55 MERS pneumonia survivors, CT scan after one year still showed the ground-glass changes in the periphery of their lungs. In one study, 91% of the patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were diagnozed with pneumonia. One study from China found that the ground-glass appearance showed up in scans of 77% of COVID-19 patients.

Conclusion: SARS-CoV-2 can attach to human cells in many parts of the body and penetrate many major organs and tissues, including the heart, kidneys, brain, and even blood vessels, and leave its victims with multiple short and long-term sequellae with a heavy burden on a considerable segment of the population for decades to come. While some patients may fully recover, others will suffer long-term damage, including lung scarring, heart damage, and neurological and mental health effects. 

Remedies for Post-Covid Syndrome as per Dr. Andre Saine: Scutteleria, Conium, Kali Phos, Gels, Avena, Carboneum oxygenisatum (symptoms of covid are similar to symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning).

Homeopathy for Mental Issues Post COVID-19/Lockdown

For clients with COVID-related anxiety, which may include fear of dirt and/or disease, Dr. Rukshin Master (Singapore) recommends Ars , Calc, Carc, Phos, Puls, and Psorinum.

Anoinette Byrne (Ireland) recommends the matridonal remedies for clients who are having issues with transitioning to regular life again after having been in lockdown. For these issues, she recommends remedies such as Placenta, Aqua amniota humana (amniotic fluid), Umbilicus humanus, and Vernix caseosa.

Homeopathy for Hospital Related Issues and Ventilator Side Effects

According to Dr. Robin Murphy, some patients who survive COVID-19 can experience longer-term physical complications including from organ failure that came up while the patient was on a ventilator, and the potential for long-term lung damage. Researchers say that a minimum of 30% of patients in intensive care units (ICU) suffer some form of mental dysfunction, such as anxiety, depression, and most commonly, delirium. SEDATIVES: DANGEROUS SIDE EFFECTS: Sedation is commonly used to make patients on mechanical ventilation more comfortable, and less anxious. But sedation can have serious side effects, including delirium, that can endanger a patient’s life. The incidence of delirium in patients who are mechanically ventilated is around 80%. Dr. Murphy recommends the following remedies to help with the various side effects of being put on a ventilator: Am-carb, Ars, Aurum, Carcinosin, China, Kali Brom, Opium, Silica, and Stannum.

Dr. Farokh Master recommends the following remedies, which help with issues related to weaning patients off ventilators: Carb veg, Mustard gas, Hydrocynic acid, Laurocerasus, Lobelia pupuras, Solanin, and Solaninum Aceticum.

For symptoms of PTSD after returning from the hospital, Dr. Farokh Master recommends: Plumbum, Opium, Conium, and Aur-m-n. And for depression from prolonged care in hospital he recommends: Phos, Kali Carb, and Saccharum off.

References

“Coronavirus, Homeopathy and Pneumonia 3” April 16, 2020, London, U.K. Centre for Homeopathic Education and Lotus Health Institute taught by Robin Murphy, ND

“Coronavirus, Homeopathy and Pneumonia, 4”
May 14, 2020, London, U.K. Centre for Homeopathic Education and Lotus Health Institute taught by Robin Murphy, ND

Free Webinar with Paul Herscu ND, MPH from Monday April 20, 2020. TOPIC: A Concise Framework to Understand and Use Homeopathy During COVID-19, For the Time Period January-April 2020

Jeremy Sherr’s Fifth Update on the Coronavirus Genus Epidemicus May 3, 2020

The London College of Homeopathy United Kingdom. Homeopathy for Mental and Physical Issues Post COVID-19/Lockdown. 24th May 2020.

Disclaimer: This article is a compilation of homeopathic professionals’ experiences, in consultation with their clients, using individually selected homeopathic remedies. This article is not intended as medical advice and does not substitute for the advice of a health practitioner. Health Canada has not authorized any NHP to treat, prevent or cure COVID-19.