Instructions for all Remedy Charts:
Each chart can also be used for specific acute symptoms that appear
on their own. If you are unsure, seek counsel from a professional homeopath or expert study group.
Please follow these instructions for each chart.
• Your strongest, most obvious, and annoying symptoms usually can lead you to choosing the correct remedy.
• Homeopaths don’t try to match every symptom listed for a remedy, but they do usually look for a strong cor-
relation, especially with the symptoms in bold type.
• Match your exact and obvious viral or acute symptoms to one remedy picture. If they don’t match one remedy
picture very well, then pick the three or four remedies that match your symptoms the closest. Read about them
in the MEDICINE GUIDE, then choose one and take it as needed.
• Bold type: Indicates “key symptoms” (the strongest and most characteristic symptoms of that remedy).
• Regular type: Characteristic symptoms of that remedy picture that can be used to confirm a remedy or be a
deciding factor. Regular type (not bold) is not the main focus, nor as important for matching your symptoms to
remedy.
• Better for (>): Factors like motion, warmth, etc. which make some or all symptoms better, or which seem to
give some general relief from suffering.
• Worse for (<): Factors such as cold, heat, motion, noise, etc., which make some or all symptoms worse.
• Thirst: Traditionally, this is an important factor in remedy choice. Note: There are only three remedies for the
flu that are usually not thirsty: Gelsemium, Pulsatilla, and sometimes Belladonna.
• Mental: This refers to new mental and emotional symptoms since the onset of flu or acute illness. Obvious, or
unusual symptoms are important indicators. When mental symptoms are not obvious, homeopaths usually just
focus on obvious physical symptoms. Ex: Severe anxiety and fear of death since the onset of the fever.
• See the section on How to use Homeopathic Medicines for help on dosing, etc.