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I don't think anything helps, but anyway I'm going to ask bec. I feel like sh*T.. I feel worse now than when it started 4 day ago.
I did echinacae, I did garlic, I did mullein+hyssop tea, I did apple cidar vinegar+lemon+honey--
I did ginger tea...
still seem to get worse--
i'm open to any other suggestions anyone has.
I've heard zinc helps?
but I don't have zinc, I'd have to go out. groan...
Lots and lots of fluids...water, tea, broth. Drink and drink more. Vitamin D. Garlic. Ginger. Whole, raw ginger. Cut an inch off the root and just chew and suck on it. Yes, it's spicy. Yes, it works! Oh, and oregano oil! Talk about spicy! Wowza. So dilute it with a carrier oil, like coconut or olive. Oregano oil is a virus killer! I swish diluted oregano oil in my mouth every day. Sometimes I swallow it. (Knock on wood) I have avoided getting the crud that 90% of my people at work have had this year.
Lots and lots of fluids...water, tea, broth. Drink and drink more. Vitamin D. Garlic. Ginger. Whole, raw ginger. Cut an inch off the root and just chew and suck on it. Yes, it's spicy. Yes, it works! Oh, and oregano oil! Talk about spicy! Wowza. So dilute it with a carrier oil, like coconut or olive. Oregano oil is a virus killer! I swish diluted oregano oil in my mouth every day. Sometimes I swallow it. (Knock on wood) I have avoided getting the crud that 90% of my people at work have had this year.
thank you for your suggestions. I have heard oregano oil is a great thing.
I should keep it around.
i'm going to the park and sit under a tree and read.
I can't stay in any more.!
When I feel something may come on cold-wise, I Echineaca it 2 caps every 2 hours and it never materializes. Key is every 2 hrs. I take zinc picolinate most days in the last year. Grape seed ex rules.
Fresh Lemons too. Feel Better.
Last edited by jaminhealth; 08-11-2016 at 11:24 AM..
When I feel something may come on cold-wise, I Echineaca it 2 caps every 2 hours and it never materializes. Key is every 2 hrs. I take zinc picolinate most days in the last year. Grape seed ex rules.
Fresh Lemons too. Feel Better.
thank you.
most times the echineacae works to prevent it but not this time.
tomorrow i'm going to a health food store see what homeopathics they have - bec. i cannot stand feeling this miserable.
I have not had a cold/flu in over 20 yrs. I don't know if you take grape seed ex, but you could end those colds.
When I got my mom on it at 86 and she lived with colds, cold sores the whole nine yards, she never had another cold sore or cold. She passed at 91 but with old age and other stuff. I didn't find grape seed until I was 57, so she was 86 when I got it to her.
I'm not sure if this will be helpful, as I realize the normal thing to do in our society when we feel unwell is to take medications and just power through it, but ever since I learned that a cold is your body's way of saying, "Slow down," whenever I feel the first symptoms I hunker down and just rest. I might take some Airborne or I might not.
I used to have terrible colds that lasted 7-10 days with all the symptoms. Then I decided that whenever I started to have symptoms, I would stop doing everything and just go to bed and take care of myself as if I were really sick, and each time I did that, by the next morning I felt fine again.
At this point I don't even recall the last time I had the beginnings of a cold, but it was probably five years ago, because I've also started resting when I'm tired instead of just ignoring my body's signals, so my body doesn't have to give me the actual symptoms to say, "I'm tired, please let me rest."
I have not had a cold/flu in over 20 yrs. I don't know if you take grape seed ex, but you could end those colds.
When I got my mom on it at 86 and she lived with colds, cold sores the whole nine yards, she never had another cold sore or cold. She passed at 91 but with old age and other stuff. I didn't find grape seed until I was 57, so she was 86 when I got it to her.
i don't get them frequently. It's been years since I had a cold. but then I do get them they are beasts!
do you take the grape seed ex tract all the time, or just when you feel a cold is imminent?
I don't think anything helps, but anyway I'm going to ask bec. I feel like sh*T.. I feel worse now than when it started 4 day ago.
I did echinacae, I did garlic, I did mullein+hyssop tea, I did apple cidar vinegar+lemon+honey--
I did ginger tea...
still seem to get worse--
i'm open to any other suggestions anyone has.
I've heard zinc helps?
but I don't have zinc, I'd have to go out. groan...
If you don't treat a cold it will last for about a week and a half.
If you do treat a cold it will be over in about 10 days.
Having said that, I use Nasalcrom to stop post-nasal drip and generally clear up my sinuses.
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