I just took a trip to New York City for the first time in two and a half years. It was freezing and I caught a cold. A friend recommended that I take a homeopathic medicine called “Coldcalm” by Boiron.
It was amazing; while it didn’t cure my cold, I didn’t feel as if I had one. I had only one uncomfortable night, and I think that was because the place I was staying was so overheated. I sneezed only three times during the whole period and so did not feel I was transmitting my cold to others.
I have had other good experiences with homeopathic medicine, and this only reinforces my opinion of this alternative to over-the-counter drugs. Coldcalm is non-drowsy and has no drug interactions. It is very safe to use, even for people who may be allergic to other medications.
This is what Wikipedia says about Homeopathy:
“Homeopathy (also homœopathy or homoeopathy; from the Greek ὅμοιος, hómoios, “similar” + πάθος, páthos, “suffering” or “disease”) is a controversial form of complementary and alternative medicine created in the late 18th century by German physician Samuel Hahnemann.[1] The principles of homeopathy were laid out in his textbook, The Organon of the Healing Art, which remains in wide use today.
Homeopathic remedies are made from substances that, in undiluted form, cause symptoms similar to the disease they aim to treat.[2] These substances are serially diluted, with shaking at each stage, that homeopaths believe removes side-effects from those that may be toxic, “adds to their power to stimulate a response”, and “develops the special properties of the remedy” – even in those that are chemically inert or past the point where any molecules of the original substance remain.[3][4] Hahnemann proposed that this process aroused and enhanced “spirit-like medicinal powers held within a drug”.[5] The therapeutic applications of the remedies used in homeopathy are recorded in homeopathic materia medica, and practitioners select treatments according to a patient consultation that explores both the physical and psychological state of the patient.”
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