Influcid® active substances and their actions
The unique selection of the Influcid® active components was based on their homeopathic remedy pictures. Each substance adds to the positive appraisal of the combination. Thanks to their synergetic characteristics, Influcid® allows a highly effective and well tolerated treatment of acute feverish colds and the supportive treatment of flu.
Aconitum
Starting material:
Fresh whole plants of Aconitum napellus L., Monkshood, collected at beginning of flowering
Action:
• Sudden onset of high fever with freezing, dry heat,
restlessness and thirst
• Well-proven for the treatment of the first stage of
acute inflammations, colds and common flu with
typical symptoms
• Clinically proven for highly acute inflammatory
diseases
Bryonia
Starting material:
Fresh root of Bryonia cretica, Red Bryony, or Bryonia alba L., White Bryony, harvested before flowering
Action:
• Is frequently used for acute and chronic
inflammations of the respiratory organs
• Conditions are characterised by great dryness of the
mucous membranes, dry, crampy coughing, increased
thirst, aching in the forehead and hoarseness
• Leads to quick improvement of soreness and pain of
larynx, trachea, chest and extremities
• Clinically proven for acute inflammations of the
respiratory organs
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Starting material:
Fresh aerial parts of Eupatorium perfoliatum L., boneset, collected at the beginning of flowering
Action:
• Very famous for its use in common flu and feverish
colds
• Typical symptoms are high fever, chills, painful
coughing, knocking headache and great soreness of
muscles and bones
• Disease may be caused and worsened by humid and
cold weather
• Clinically proven for common flu, flu-like and
feverish diseases
Gelsemium
Starting material:
Fresh underground parts of Gelsemium sempervirens L., Yellow Jasmine
Action:
• Frequently used for the treatment of persistent
inflammations
• One of the first choice remedies for headache and
fatigue
• Well-proven for the treatment of diseases with
general weakness, tiredness, dull headache, sharp and
fluent coryza, dry coughing with sore chest, rough and
burning throat, swollen tonsils and pain from throat to
ear
• Clinically proven for headaches and infectious
diseases in general
Ipecacuanha
Starting material:
Dried rhizome and roots of Cephaelis ipecacuanha L., Ipecac‐root
Action:
• Very useful for the treatment of diseases of the
respiratory tract such as bronchitis, asthma or
whooping cough
• Typical symptoms are shortness of breathing,
constrictions in chest and rattling mucous
• Acts as an expectorant and to soothe and assist in
coughing up of thick phlegm
• Relieves dry, incessant, violent coughing which may
lead to vomiting
• Clinically proven for bronchitis, bronchial asthma,
whooping cough
Phosphorus
Starting material:
White phosphorus, P
Action:
• Acts especially on diseases of the respiratory tract
and conditions of weakness
• Characteristic symptoms are exhaustion, heavy
burning headaches, chronic catarrh of nose with
tendency to bleeding and painful coughing
• Mucous membranes are very dry, larynx is rough and
painful, leading to loss of voice
• Especially suitable for recurring respiratory infections
• Clinically proven for inflammations of the respiratory
organs, severe infectious diseases, disturbances of
recovery and states of exhaustion; neuralgia and
headache bronchitis, bronchial asthma, whooping
cough
