Press Release From Homeopathic Medical Association of Canada Regarding the Norovirus;

Press Release: FEBRUARY 14, 2008.


“Homeopathy ” help for winter vomiting bug.



As per the latest news about “Viral outbreak in Mississauga” causing ER jam in at Mississauga's Credit Valley Hospital into gridlock forcing the hospital to cancel scheduled operations, including some cancer surgeries, homeopaths, have seen an increase in calls for help.

As doctors estimate more people a week are catching the Noro-virus, and many hospitals would be forced to closed wards, if the condition further worsens , with many patients turning to complementary medicine for a solution.

Norovirus causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches and mild fever. It can be spread by contact with an infected person or their stool or vomit. It does not usually cause serious illness in healthy individuals. Norovirus is more prevalent in the winter and the number of cases usually peaks in January and February. Hospitals and nursing homes often take precautions when they suspect an outbreak.

According to reports published in today Toronto Star of February 14, 2008, “In the early winter months of 2002, scores of people in the GTA came down with norovirus. Several hospital emergency rooms, including Sunnybrook, Toronto General and the Etobicoke branch of the William Osler Health Centre were closed because of the outbreak.”

Bhupinder Sharma, President, Homeopathic Medical Association of Canada said: “The effects of the bug, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, with some people also suffering from fever and flu-like pains, can be eased with homeopathic remedies and the process of recovery speeded up.

“In homeopathic medicine, the symptoms as they are experienced by the individual are taken into account to help find the best remedy. How the patient feels in themselves is also taken into account.”

Because remedies are non-toxic, they are suitable for use by people of all ages, including babies and pregnant women.

Homeopathy is patient centered and remedies are prescribed to suit the particular individual and their set of symptoms.

There are many possible remedies that could help symptoms of sickness and diarrhoea and expert help is best. Any persistent symptoms should be seen by a doctor. It is therefore always advisable to consult a qualified homeopath for a proper treatment. However, here are a few remedies that might be useful and are easy to find in health shops.

Arsenicum Album : alternating between vomiting and diarrhoea, with a burning pain after stool. Aggravated by sight, smell or even the thought of food. Exhaustion which can be sudden and extreme. There can be a faint feeling, with a fever alternating with chills. Very thirsty for sips of water. Worse after midnight. There might also be a restlessness anxiety not easily reassured.




Veratrum Album:- Profuse watery stool, focibly evacuated. Pain in the abdomen preceding stool. Cold sweat, coldness and blueness of the body generally. Nausea, too, is often an accompaniment Vomiting & purging with cold sweat. Great thirst for very cold water in large draughts.


Nux vomica: constant nausea with lots of saliva and inability to vomit, with retching. May feel faint, with headache. May be a bloated feeling with belching and heartburn. Chilly and irritable.



Phosphorus: great thirst for water and ice cold drinks but vomits up shortly afterwards. Vomits even the smallest amount of food and drink. Diarrhoea gushes out painlessly. Wants sympathy and reassurance. Exhausted.

Ipecac: violent and persistent nausea, worse at night. No relief from vomiting. Worse for any movement, after eating and for smell of food. Hot or cold sweat. Chills, pains in bones as though torn to pieces. Often with a cough, but mucus difficult to get up.

Gelsemium: a popular flu remedy. Symptoms come on slowly, with intense weariness, aching in the muscles, chills up and down the spine, hot flushes, sticky skin, acute nasal discharge and sneezing. The patient wants to be left in peace, has a feeling of instability and feels better for sitting still with the head propped up. Nausea and burning in the stomach, with sour belching. Diarrhoea with wind.