The pharmacist of Émile, auditor of Europe 1 suffering from nasopharyngitis, gave him homeopathy to cure this benign disease but these granules do not work.

In the program "Sans Rendez-vous", Wednesday afternoon, doctor Jimmy Mohamed gives him some advice to treat this cold.

Granules for little?

In any case, this is what Émile, listener of Europe 1, who has been suffering from a cold also called nasopharyngitis for three days, thinks.

The pharmacist of this inhabitant of Prades, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, sold him homeopathy, namely Sticta Pulmonaria 5 CH, but nothing helped: his nose continues to run, with a slight fatigue, a sign of the ineffectiveness of this method, which has been reimbursed by Social Security since January.

On Europe 1, doctor Jimmy Mohamed looks at these symptoms and the appropriate remedy.

"I went to Harry Potter's grimoire to find out if Sticta Pulmonaria was a spell: I didn't know it was medicine, if it was called that. The pharmacist said it was necessary. take it four times a day. Be careful, if you take it three times a day, it works the same way… Voltaire says that medicine is "the art of distracting the patient by hearing that nature is doing its thing. job".

An imperative test for Covid-19

In case of nasopharyngitis, I have no objection to people taking homeopathy.

It is always better than taking anti-inflammatory drugs or drugs that are going to be harmful to your health.

All the more so since homeopathy is no longer reimbursed and is therefore no longer the responsibility of the taxpayer.

So I don't see any objection.

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A cool runny nose should always get you to an antigen test, at a minimum

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The only useful advice we can give him is to get tested for Covid-19.

With the English variant, the symptoms are a bit different.

It can be a simple nasopharyngitis and it was found that there was less loss of taste and smell, especially with the English variant.

This therefore means that a runny nose should systematically lead you to a minimum antigen test, or even a PCR.

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Nose wash and rest

For the rest, we take a little paracetamol, tea, honey, lemon.

We wash our noses, especially those of children, since children who have a cold can get an ear infection behind.

And in adulthood, you can get sinusitis.

The nose wash and rest are therefore recommended. 

How long should you wait before healing?

At the moment, I have the impression that the organizations are quite weakened.

Any nasopharyngitis is quite loud and brutal.

People take a long time to recover, a good week, at least, during this period.

Maybe in a while it will be better. "