This past month at some point every one of the five of us living in our home had the flu. Here’s what I did to facilitate healing.

1. Oscillococcinum, pronounced, “oh-sillo-cox-anum,” or “oh-sillo” for short. This is a homeopathy remedy from Boiron, a company in France. You can get this from a health food store in the homeopathy section. It is packaged in a small box, as shown above. Inside the box you will find these teeny tiny tubes full of teeny tiny balls, coated with the homeopathic medicine. According to Dr. Tom Cowan M.D., in this article, it helps relieve flu symptoms. He says to take one of the tubes twice a day. If you read the comments below the article, one reader says that what works for her is not following the full dosage instructions. She says to take just take 2 little balls every 15 minutes until symptoms subside. That’s a much cheaper option! We did that and we still have some left over after all 5 of us using the box and getting better.

According to Boiron’s website here, Oscillo “Works best when taken at the first sign of symptom. The latest study published in a British scientific journal found that when patients took Oscillococcinum within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms nearly 63 percent showed ‘clear improvement’ or ‘complete resolution’ within 48 hours.” (This is also the remedy that healed us a few years ago, when I really wanted to go see Mary Poppins Returns in the theater as a family before my mother-in-law had to fly back home after a visit, which I blogged about here.) It is magical stuff!

2. Cod liver oil. Before you ran away gagging, hear me out. Why would you want to take this? Because the flu comes from a Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is in cod liver oil. We use Green Pastures brand because it is recommended by the Weston A. Price Foundation. Take 3 capsules three times a day.

3. Chicken broth or bone broth. There’s truth to the old saying that chicken soup is good for illness. My husband gobbled it up when I made it for him. Dr. Boz has a great recipe for gelatinous broth in the video below. I didn’t bother getting the chicken feet, LOL. I am interested in making the recipe though to have my broth look as solid as flubber like in the video! I am going to get my chicken feet from a grocery story that caters to Hispanics, next time I’m there.

4. Plenty of fluids. We used water of course, plus Throat Coat, Breathe Easy and whatever herbal tea sounded good to the person. Hot lemon ginger tea, as pictured above, sounds yummy but I never thought of that.

5. Plenty of rest. Sometimes you just have to let go of your commitments and stay home and rest. Enjoy reading and watching some movies and videos, and taking naps.

6. Used the humidifier at night. The humidifier really made a difference for the two nights when my throat was so tremendously sore. Before I used it, every time the furnace would kick in, I’d wake up with my throat feeling as dry and raw as the Sahara Desert. Ricola cough drops helped too, but don’t use those within 15 minutes of taking homeopathy. We ran it in everybody’s room at some point.

I’d love to hear what any of you use to cure the flu. What works for you?