One cold after another

Is this you?

It used to be me but using homeopathy and having longer term homeopathic treatment has made my immune system stronger. I no longer get repeated colds and coughs and when I do have a cold the symptoms are less severe and often clear up more quickly.

Frequent respiratory illness was a pattern for me since childhood and well into adulthood, it was and is my area of susceptibility or weakness. As a child I would get a sore throat which would develop into a cold and then go into my lungs, I had many bouts of bronchitis which were always treated with antibiotics as I got older it turned into sinusitis along with bronchitis and this carried on for years.

After starting to use homeopathic medicine for my sinusitis I started no notice it was getting less frequent but after I sought help for a different reason from a homeopath, I realised I wasn’t having sinusitis or bronchitis any more. Which goes to show that whatever you seek help for your health will improve in many ways, as homeopathy can help to strengthen your immune system.

I will add that I have also cleaned up my diet considerably, consuming far less sugar, no processed food and a filter for my drinking water, which I think also helps.

We all have different susceptibilities, some people hardly ever get colds but they will have other areas perhaps that are their weakness. Having one or two colds a year is not seen as a bad thing homeopathically speaking, it can be a chance for the body to detox. But, if you are getting frequent and debilitating colds which take weeks to clear then it may be time to look at how you can improve your immunity.

Self care

As I mentioned a clean diet is part of improving immunity, cutting out processed food is a must, cutting down on sugar and alcohol are advisable. We can’t expect our bodies to achieve and maintain good health if we are not nourishing them.

Making sure you exercise in some way shape or form, good quality regular sleep and Vitamin D3 and Zinc supplements are all going to help, as well as consulting with a homeopath to work with your susceptibilities to strengthen them. Stress is now recognised to make any health issues worse and it’s a part of how homeopaths treat people as individuals, is to look at what causes you stress.