Influenzinum 2025-2026

Q. Can this remedy be given to children? A. It is always advisable to check with your child’s healthcare practitioner or homeopath first. Q. Should I check with my homeopath before taking this remedy? A. If you or your child are under the care of a homeopathic practitioner you should definitely check with them first. Q. I’m confused about how to take this remedy and Thymuline. Can you please clarify? A. I can! Here’s a (hopefully helpful) summary: Influenzinum

• Flu preventative: take once a week for 4 weeks then once a month for the rest of the flu season.
• If in contact with someone who has the flu: take a repeat dose.
• If flu symptoms develop: take 2-4 times a day for up to 3 days.

Thymuline

• Immune booster: take once a week for 4 weeks then once a month for the rest of the flu season.

Q. Does the size of pill matter? A. The size of the pill really doesn’t matter. Whichever you prefer is my most frequent response. Some people like the little poppy seed granules (#10 and #15 are pretty much the same size). Some people prefer the larger pilules (#25) and others like the largest ones (#40).  It’s up to you! If you have a remedies from another pharmacy in another size of pillule don’t worry about it – just take the recommended number of pillules per dose! For sure the smaller sizes will dissolve more quickly in your mouth or in water. Q. What is Influenzinum made from? A. In the US there’s only one remedy that is approved by the HPUS (Homeopathic Pharmacopœia of the United States). It is required to be made fresh each year from from the current year’s flu vaccine. Some homeopathic pharmacies/companies have specific flu strains in potency i.e. the 1918/19 Spanish flu, the 1957 Asian flu, the 1968/69 Hong Kong flu and the 1976 Swine flu, or some influenzinums from previous years. These remedies are usually beyond the scope of the home prescriber. Q. Is a new Influenzinum made each and every year? A. Mostly Influenzinum is made fresh each year. However, if the flu vaccine doesn’t change (some years it does not) then the homeopathic remedy doesn’t change either. Q. Will last year’s Influenzinum work or do I need to buy it anew each year. A. My experience is that last year’s Influenzinum works just fine – or any year’s for that matter. This is because in homeopathy it is the ‘similar’ remedy that works not the exact same one. It is a bit confusing to be making the remedy fresh each year and although it makes logical sense, homeopathically it doesn’t really matter. Q. My health suffered after a bad bout of the flu a few years ago. Will Influenzinum help me? A. It might help – but please bear in mind that it is only one of many remedies for people who have “never been well since a bad bout of the flu.” If it doesn’t help then you will need a homeopath to work up a better remedy based on your whole symptom picture that including taking any inherited weaknesses into account. Q. My homeopath says 200C is a better potency. What do you think? A. I always recommend home prescribers stick with the lower potencies i.e. 9C, 12C and 30C. They are super-safe. Your own homeopath may recommend a higher potency and you should, of course, follow their recommendation. Typically the higher potencies are not repeated as often. You wouldn’t want to take a 200C (or a 30C) more often than once a month. Q. Can I give Influenzinum to my mother – she had a bad reaction to the flu vaccine? And if so in which potency? A. Yes you can give her a few doses of Influenzinum 30C. If it doesn’t help she’ll need a homeopath to work up her whole symptom picture carefully. It’s worth bearing in mind that some of the cases of guillaume barre syndrome as a result of the H1N1 flu vaccine surfaced 90 days after the vaccine. Because of this I might give a few doses of Influenzinum 30C routinely to anyone who has had the flu vaccine just in case.