Food Poisoning

USE THIS REMEDY IF:

you have severe vomiting and diarrhea with abdominal pain, nausea, and weakness. Food poisoning can occur after eating food containing unfriendly bacteria. Your symptoms are your body's attempt to rid itself of this harmful influence.

To prevent dehydration, try to consume bland liquids, get plenty of rest, and in warm climates avoid the sun.

To speed your recovery, you can use the remedy STIMULATING YOUR HEALING RESPONSE, page 253, at the same time.

SPECIAL INDICATORS: (You should have one or more of these)

Can have both vomiting and diarrhea at the same time
Feeling of great debility, exhaustion, weakness
Anxiety and restlessness
Fear that one might die
Burning pains in esophagus, stomach and intestines
Thirsty for sips of cool water
Complaint worse at night

HOW TO USE THIS REMEDY:

Make and drink this remedy every 15 minutes until your symptoms improve. For mild conditions two to four glasses will be all you need.

Stop using the remedy as soon as you feel recovered.

If you experience no improvements after 3 glasses of this remedy, switch to the most appropriate among the alternative remedies listed below, or use the RESISTANCE, page 229.

ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES TO CONSIDER:

Nausea And Vomiting, page 193
Diarrhea, page 109
Indigestion, page 161
(if fever, try) Sudden High Fever, page 265
Fatigue, page 129
Stress, page 261

MEDICAL ALERT:

Substance poisoning is a potentially life-threatening situation requiring immediate medical attention. Substance poisoning includes tainted food, drug overdoses, and inhaling or indigestion non-food substances of all sorts, including household chemicals. Stay alert to this possibility. If you experience symptoms of severe distress, including high fever or bloody diarrhea, get immediate medical help.

The Well Adult: page 349 begins a discussion of the medical aspects of food poisoning.

Food Poisoning

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