Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 Hello all! I catched a horrible cold-flu, but I don;t feel like take comercial pills. I have a trip this week, what can I take to accelerate my healing process? so far it has been 2 miserable days. ANy sugestion is welcome! Send FREE video emails in Mail! http://promo./videomail/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 - " t santorini " <santorini692001 <0-herbs-for-health >; Monday, January 07, 2002 10:20 AM COLD-FLU > Hello all! > I catched a horrible cold-flu, but I don;t feel like > take comercial pills. > I have a trip this week, what can I take to accelerate > my healing process? so far it has been 2 miserable > days. ANy sugestion is welcome! > First the bad news. The best way to treat a cold or flu is thru prevention & by catching it before the symptoms get bad -- too late for this now, but something to think about for next time. The first is daily dose of vitamin C. I take 4,000 mg of Vitamin C twice a day when I do not have a cold. At the first sign of cold symptoms, I put hydrogen peroxide into each ear (tipping head so it does not run out) & hold there for 15 seconds or so. Most cold & flu stuff comes in thru the ears not the mouth, so if this is done at first symptoms, colds can be stopped dead in their tracks. I also use Echinacea. I do not take daily or even regularly. Just when I am feeling a slight bit " off " . I use non-alcoholic liquid drops. I use 2 droppersful once a day. I squirt directly into my mouth & let it slowly trickle down my throat. Echinacea plus goldenseal is wretched tasting, goldenseal is expensive, and goldenseal is not nearly as effective for colds/flu as Echinacea. So I use plain Echinacea. Now the good new. Once can combat a cold in progress. It just takes more work. I do the peroxide ear washes twice daily, even though it won't do a lot of good with the cold one already has -- it just helps stop reinfection. Next I up my Echinacea dose to 2 ml x 4 times a day. And I take much more vitamin C. Taking too much vitamin C will give one the runs. The sicker one is, the more vitamin C one can take without getting the runs. Some take 100-150 grams a day. I do not take nearly that much. I start out with 8 grams in the morning & have another 2-4 grams every 4 hours. If I am not feeling better by nightfall, I start taking 2 grams every hour. Before bed I take another 8 grams, and anticipate having to run to the bathroom once before dawn. Water is another big thing. Most people are chronically dehydrated & do not even know it! They drink all sorts of stuff which quenches thirst, but which really cause more problems. Quenching thirst is like using pain killer for pain instead of dealing with stopping the reason why one hurts. Water is (IMO) the *only* thing to drink when one is thirsty. When I am well, I drink at least 2 quarts of water a day. When it is hot out, I am exerting myself, or if I have a cold, my water intake goes up. The sicker I am, the more water I try to drink. Proper sleep is another thing many people are chronically deficient in. We train ourselves to sleep less & less. Not good! One needs a *minimum* of 8 hours each & every day. When one is sick with a cold, 10-12 hours is more advisable. When sick, I tend towards 8-9 hours at night plus 1 or 2 naps of 1/2-2 hours each. I would also make sure I took a good multi vitamin with plenty of B, drank some home-made chicken soup with no sugar, MSG, or salt made from organic chickens if possible (roast the chicken first, then make into soup for best flavor). If I am not sleepy but know I should rest, I try doing some strenuous indoor exercise, take a hot bath, and have a small glass of warm milk. Keeping the mucous flowing is real important in clearing up a cold. So I drink some milk so I produce mucous & avoid the drugs (pseudofed) which dry up the mucous. If mucous gets too thick, I use guaifensin syrup. Robitussin is a good tasting brand, but I usually buy a cheaper drugstore brand which duplicates the formula. Be sure to avoid syrups which contain anything other than guaifensin. In case you are wondering why I learned so much about cold care, I work outside at night year round. Even in New Orleans, winter night temperatures are often below 40 & I sometimes work in light rains. It took me years to figure out I am best off by making sure I did not get colds, so a lot of time was treating bad colds so I could get back to work with as little lost time as possible. Good luck with your flu. Alobar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 Vit C of course does help. A friend uses a brand called Emergent C. It's powder to mix with juice or water. Seems to work well. Although I have not had a cold for several years, last time I used a blend of essential oils. If one has the oils to blend it, it can be extremely helpful -- midigates all colds and flu I have administered it for within 24 hours. Any therapeutic oils that have anti-viral action, and most do, will help a great deal. Placing them on the feet allows them to be absorped into the body within 20 minutes and the feet are usually not an uncomfortable place to put the " hot " oils. I use oregano, thyme, basil, and marjorum. The blend is extensive, if anyone wants the recipe, I'll post it. Eucalyptus is wonderful to diffuse or put in steaming water and breath vapors. Peppermint also works wonders used this way. Blessings Francie Gettingwell, t santorini <santorini692001> wrote: > Hello all! > I catched a horrible cold-flu, but I don;t feel like > take comercial pills. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 Monday, January 07, 2002 10:20 AM > COLD-FLU > I take 4,000 mg of Vitamin C twice a day when I do not have > a cold. A Echinacea plus goldenseal is wretched tasting, goldenseal is expensive, and goldenseal is not nearly as effective for> colds/flu as Echinacea. So I use plain Echinacea. > Caution: I found out the hard way. If one is allergic to ragweed, do not use Golden Seal. It can cause serious problems for breathing. Also: having a " comprimised " liver at one point in my life an ND suggested I be careful with Vit. C as too much of it when liver is not healthy can cause liver to work at even lower capacity. He suggested I take no more than 150 -200 mg per day and to do that a little at a time. These are good reasons why, as someone just recently said in a post, it is important to work with a good ND or Chiropractor with some of these issues. Francie - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 Francie, I'm glad you mentioned that,...I take between 1,000 and 2,000 daily, but am very aware of the way excess C can deplete some mineral stores. Stinging Nettle is an excellent remedy for allergies. I've heard quite a few adverse things concerning Goldenseal. It is said to be good for recovering from chemo. That I wouldn't know...I don't think anything would help one recover from that. Echinacea is good for short term use, although over a long period of time it's said to cause memory loss. Hmmm, not good at all. One is supposed to use it only two weeks at the max, I've heard. JoAnn JoAnn Guest joguest Friendsforhealthnaturally http://canceranswer.homestead.com/AIM.html > Monday, January 07, 2002 10:20 AM > > COLD-FLU > > I take 4,000 mg of Vitamin C twice a day when I do not have > > a cold. A Echinacea plus goldenseal is wretched tasting, goldenseal > is expensive, and goldenseal is not nearly as effective for> colds/flu > as Echinacea. So I use plain Echinacea. > > > > Caution: I found out the hard way. If one is allergic to ragweed, do > not use Golden Seal. It can cause serious problems for breathing. > > Also: having a " comprimised " liver at one point in my life an ND > suggested I be careful with Vit. C as too much of it when liver is not > healthy can cause liver to work at even lower capacity. He suggested I > take no more than 150 -200 mg per day and to do that a little at a > time. > > These are good reasons why, as someone just recently said in a post, > it is important to work with a good ND or Chiropractor with some of > these issues. > > Francie > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 I use echinaea with cayenne pepper tincture from Dr.Schulze and it knocks out a cold overnight.. Donna In a message dated 1/7/02 8:12:01 PM, francies2 writes: << Monday, January 07, 2002 10:20 AM > COLD-FLU > I take 4,000 mg of Vitamin C twice a day when I do not have > a cold. A Echinacea plus goldenseal is wretched tasting, goldenseal is expensive, and goldenseal is n >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2002 Report Share Posted January 13, 2002 In the future I have found coldeez to be very helful in stopping a cold and sore throat if you take it immediately when feeling anything coming on Donna In a message dated 1/13/02 8:37:08 PM, santorini692001 writes: << Thanks a lot for all the sugestions. It were pretty useful, and my trip was great. I have another question: the awful feelling (headache, fever, sore throat) went away really fast, in about 3 days. but i still having some cough and a bad runny nose. what can i do to get rid of that nasty stuff??? shoul i keep doing the same? Alobar <alobar wrote: >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2002 Report Share Posted January 13, 2002 Thanks a lot for all the sugestions. It were pretty useful, and my trip was great. I have another question: the awful feelling (headache, fever, sore throat) went away really fast, in about 3 days. but i still having some cough and a bad runny nose. what can i do to get rid of that nasty stuff??? shoul i keep doing the same? Alobar <alobar wrote: - " t santorini " <santorini692001 <0-herbs-for-health >; Monday, January 07, 2002 10:20 AM COLD-FLU > Hello all! > I catched a horrible cold-flu, but I don;t feel like > take comercial pills. > I have a trip this week, what can I take to accelerate > my healing process? so far it has been 2 miserable > days. ANy sugestion is welcome! > First the bad news. The best way to treat a cold or flu is thru prevention & by catching it before the symptoms get bad -- too late for this now, but something to think about for next time. The first is daily dose of vitamin C. I take 4,000 mg of Vitamin C twice a day when I do not have a cold. At the first sign of cold symptoms, I put hydrogen peroxide into each ear (tipping head so it does not run out) & hold there for 15 seconds or so. Most cold & flu stuff comes in thru the ears not the mouth, so if this is done at first symptoms, colds can be stopped dead in their tracks. I also use Echinacea. I do not take daily or even regularly. Just when I am feeling a slight bit " off " . I use non-alcoholic liquid drops. I use 2 droppersful once a day. I squirt directly into my mouth & let it slowly trickle down my throat. Echinacea plus goldenseal is wretched tasting, goldenseal is expensive, and goldenseal is not nearly as effective for colds/flu as Echinacea. So I use plain Echinacea. Now the good new. Once can combat a cold in progress. It just takes more work. I do the peroxide ear washes twice daily, even though it won't do a lot of good with the cold one already has -- it just helps stop reinfection. Next I up my Echinacea dose to 2 ml x 4 times a day. And I take much more vitamin C. Taking too much vitamin C will give one the runs. The sicker one is, the more vitamin C one can take without getting the runs. Some take 100-150 grams a day. I do not take nearly that much. I start out with 8 grams in the morning & have another 2-4 grams every 4 hours. If I am not feeling better by nightfall, I start taking 2 grams every hour. Before bed I take another 8 grams, and anticipate having to run to the bathroom once before dawn. Water is another big thing. Most people are chronically dehydrated & do not even know it! They drink all sorts of stuff which quenches thirst, but which really cause more problems. Quenching thirst is like using pain killer for pain instead of dealing with stopping the reason why one hurts. Water is (IMO) the *only* thing to drink when one is thirsty. When I am well, I drink at least 2 quarts of water a day. When it is hot out, I am exerting myself, or if I have a cold, my water intake goes up. The sicker I am, the more water I try to drink. Proper sleep is another thing many people are chronically deficient in. We train ourselves to sleep less & less. Not good! One needs a *minimum* of 8 hours each & every day. When one is sick with a cold, 10-12 hours is more advisable. When sick, I tend towards 8-9 hours at night plus 1 or 2 naps of 1/2-2 hours each. I would also make sure I took a good multi vitamin with plenty of B, drank some home-made chicken soup with no sugar, MSG, or salt made from organic chickens if possible (roast the chicken first, then make into soup for best flavor). If I am not sleepy but know I should rest, I try doing some strenuous indoor exercise, take a hot bath, and have a small glass of warm milk. Keeping the mucous flowing is real important in clearing up a cold. So I drink some milk so I produce mucous & avoid the drugs (pseudofed) which dry up the mucous. If mucous gets too thick, I use guaifensin syrup. Robitussin is a good tasting brand, but I usually buy a cheaper drugstore brand which duplicates the formula. Be sure to avoid syrups which contain anything other than guaifensin. In case you are wondering why I learned so much about cold care, I work outside at night year round. Even in New Orleans, winter night temperatures are often below 40 & I sometimes work in light rains. It took me years to figure out I am best off by making sure I did not get colds, so a lot of time was treating bad colds so I could get back to work with as little lost time as possible. Good luck with your flu. Alobar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2002 Report Share Posted January 14, 2002 Donna Can u explain me what is coldeez? and where can I get it? thanks/ Send FREE video emails in Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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