calliecritturs
Posted : 11/12/2006 2:58:34 PM
You can get Oscillococcinum (when you can spell it you know you've taken it for a while *grin*, and once you've mastered SAYING it you become a real pro LOL) at any health store, and EVEN WAL-MART!!!
Yep, good old Wal-Mart!! Usually it's in the cold stuff section either all the way at the top of all the way on the bottom. It's a while box with orange/yellow/black lettering. Here's what it looks like:
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http://www.oscillo.com/]http://www.oscillo.com/[/link]
It's not at all bad tasting -- like most homeopathics it is in a sweet base in tiny little pellets (way way way smaller than BB's). You pour this tiny little vial of them under your tongue and simply follow package directions.
Their intent is to use "at first sign of flu" -- but if you take them when you ARE sick it helps you get over whatever it is faster. But you have to be totally zealous about the directions -- you don't eat/drink for at least 15 minutes after, nor do you take it for like half an hour or an hour after eating. And when it says take the next one in SIX hours it means it!
Literally if you took the first vial at 9:00 p.m. -- you'd want to set your alarm and take the next battery at 3:00 a.m. This stuff works on your internal body clock - and if you take it like it says, man NOTHING works better. But get sloppy about taking it and you've wasted your money. Avoid caffeine too -- it also messes with blood vessels and absorption.
There are 3 vials in a 'battery'. -- so like you'd take those every 6 hours (noon, 6 and midnight or whatever). In the big box that Wal-Mart sells there are two 'batteries' of it and you can repeat it again tomorrow with no problem. If I'm battling a big flu I might take it several times in a week. It's about $10 (less actually) at Wal-Mart for the 2 battery box but that's a whale of a lot cheaper than having to go to the doctor even if you take it a bunch of times.
No side effects to it at all -- but it's not your conventional remedy. It doesn't treat 'symptoms' -- it simply boosts your own body's immune-response so you either get better faster or don't get sick. And DO finish the battery of 3 -- I've used this stuff for years and when you use it right it works like a charm. like I said -- use it wrong and it's a waste.
But all 'medicine' should taste so good. It's absorbed directly into your bloodstream from your mouth under your tongue. So the goal is that you don't want to swallow those little pellets - you want them to dissolve SLOWLY.
I don't mean to over-instruct -- but most of the time when I've recommended these and people say "Oh, I didn't think it did much" I found out they didn't take it right. It's worth arranging your sleep and meals around taking it to feel better ... at least to me. And what you're describing sounds SO much like that virus I had several years ago and man, I went thru h-e-double-hockey-sticks with all the tests and crap then. They were ready to do surgery on me because they couldn't figure what else to do, with the one doctor claiming all the time that HE thot it must be viral.
Well, dang it, it WAS. But I can haved total sympathy on you -- being so ungodly ill for weeks and weeks is just awful. You can't concentrate when you're convinced you're gonna ralph at any second. Hope it helps you.