Influenza
The winter period is when Influenza most often strikes. It can be an unpleasant disease, although for most people, in good general health, it is usually not a dangerous disease.
This remains the case despite recent mainstream media publicity about avian flu, swine flu, and the like.
This publicity has largely been led by the conventional medical establishment, and in particular large, multi-national drug companies, who have flu vaccines to sell!
Many people ask homeopaths for advice about avoiding influenza. I usually recommend the remedy Oscillocochinum, and/or the remedy Influenzinum (often in combination with Bacillinum). Simply by taking a single remedy on a monthly basis, more regularly, perhaps fortnightly, for those people most at risk.
I have done this with my family and friends, and with many patients, for nearly 10 years now - and we have been entirely flu-free.