the common cold/flu: what are your recommendations?
so, what are your recommendations for the common cold?
I usually take vitamin C, hot soup, lemon juice and tea.
in flu season, i try to remember to take elderberry.
if I think i'm coming down with the flu, I up the elderberry, and Vitamin C. I have added oregano oil to this.. although when I had a kind of cold/flu recently, it made me upchuck after a while. probably took too many.
I usually let the fever go, as I feel this is part of the healing process.. but it started going pretty high last time. so, I took some aspirin. which brought it down. but... what do people use to bring fever down other than aspirin?
I'd add vitamin D to the list - either high-dosages of supplemental D or prolonged sun-exposure.
As far as the vitamin C is concerned, I usually take as much as my body can handle (without GI symptoms). The key, in my opinion, is to take smaller amounts very frequently - hourly even (during an illness).
Extra probiotics and fewer refined carbs (as they can suppress your immune system).
I try to get lots of sleep.
And, I drink strong green/white tea and/or ginger tea - sweetened with stevia, as it may help to fight certain viruses.
This is in addition to all the other supplements I take daily.
PS - I like staying up-to-date on what the newest-and-hottest supplements are. Cold & Flu-wise, the newest stud is called Blockade. It's supposed to be a special (of course) elderberry extract.
I get a cold about every four years--had one in 1999, another that lasted a day and a half on New Years Day 2003, and a 5 day cold in March of 2007. My husband has not had a cold in the past three years. I believe it's just what we do on a daily basis that makes the difference.
I'd add vitamin D to the list - either high-dosages of supplemental D or prolonged sun-exposure.
Sounds like good advice. Would love to go outside and soak up some rays.
Now if it would just stop snowing! 3-4in since this morning and more on the way. (3-21-08)
Sounds like good advice. Would love to go outside and soak up some rays.
Now if it would just stop snowing! 3-4in since this morning and more on the way. (3-21-08)
where are you that it is snowing?
It is cold where I am.. kind of disappointed - they said the weather would be great and I was looking forward to taking a long walk outside. but.. at least it was sunny.
(OT) - why the small font? makes me squint..
I want to make sure i can read your posts, Mad Scientist!!! especially with a name like "Mad Scientist" !
Last edited by scorpiotiger; 03-21-2008 at 07:12 PM.
Yes going to have to add that to my "things to save list".
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where are you that it is snowing?
It is cold where I am.. kind of disappointed - they said the weather would be great and I was looking forward to taking a long walk outside. but.. at least it was sunny.
(OT) - why the small font? makes me squint..
I want to make sure i can read your posts, Mad Scientist!!! especially with a name like "Mad Scientist" !
I�m in a suburb of Chicago just west of O�Hare airport where I can watch the jets making chemtrails. It was a virtual blizzard, although today it is about half melted.
I write all my posts using a word processor. With my spelling ability this is imperative. What it is unable to correct on the fly I�m then able to go back a correct.
The fonts that I am using are actually quite large over there, but when I cut & paste they magically shrink.
Yes going to have to add that to my "things to save list".
I�m in a suburb of Chicago just west of O�Hare airport where I can watch the jets making chemtrails. It was a virtual blizzard, although today it is about half melted.
chicago... ok. my brother-in-law lives around there.. so, I know what you mean.
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I write all my posts using a word processor. With my spelling ability this is imperative. What it is unable to correct on the fly I�m then able to go back a correct.
sounds like a good plan. I am a pretty good speller, but queen of typos. I use a firefox extension for spelling.. but it isn't as nice as a word editor. so, I understand the need to be able to correct. and it is probably better to do it somewhere else. I have a tendency to be in a hurry, hit the post button, then read it 5 minutes later, and think, "holy toledo.. how did I miss that? . but I'm better than I used to be.
too much
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The fonts that I am using are actually quite large over there, but when I cut & paste they magically shrink.
So let me try a new font. How about this?
MUCH BETTER!!!! Thank you! now I can read your posts easily!!!
btw, if you click the A/A button in the upper right hand corner, it will show you the "source". being a "mad scientist", I bet you can see what VB is doing, and how VB is doing it. You can change the source.. not that you want to do this, but it is nice to know. but this might give you a clue as to what is happening between your word processor and VB.
so, what are your recommendations for the common cold?
I usually take vitamin C, hot soup, lemon juice and tea.
in flu season, i try to remember to take elderberry.
if I think i'm coming down with the flu, I up the elderberry, and Vitamin C. I have added oregano oil to this.. although when I had a kind of cold/flu recently, it made me upchuck after a while. probably took too many.
I usually let the fever go, as I feel this is part of the healing process.. but it started going pretty high last time. so, I took some aspirin. which brought it down. but... what do people use to bring fever down other than aspirin?
I am curious to know how much oil of oregano you would use...According to my own experience and research, I have found that filling a "00" capsule with 35 or 36 drops will clean all viruses/flu bugs in the blood. If you take one capsule in the morning and another at night, you should be fine the next day!
CAUTION: Drink a glass of water or juice with the capsule, for it is potent.
As far as preventing cold/flu, it is best to keep your immune system in good condition. This can be done by supplementing with Echinacea, Ginkgo, and other immune system boosters.
My wife and myself have both used our GB-4000 Rife machine using the cold frequencies.
Since the virus is almost always different from one time to the next we run it in the channel sweep mode. This makes it more likely to hit the proper frequency to disable the given virus as it is changing all the time.
It seems to work. Our colds only last about four days, while everyone in our office is ill at least twice as long with colds.
My wife and myself have both used our GB-4000 Rife machine using the cold frequencies.
Since the virus is almost always different from one time to the next we run it in the channel sweep mode. This makes it more likely to hit the proper frequency to disable the given virus as it is changing all the time.
It seems to work. Our colds only last about four days, while everyone in our office is ill at least twice as long with colds.
D Bergy
D Bergy, when you do a sweep, how do you know that you aren't disrupting normal cells? This is what I've never understood.
are the ranges that disparate between bacteria, viruses, and normal cells?
Knock on wood, I'm batting 1,000 on colds and flu. I call out the Marines, Air Force, and heavy Naval bombardment.
At 1st sign of a sniffle, I sniff colloidal silver (10ppm freshened with 1 drop of 35% food grade H2O2 to 1 oz CS). That usually works in minutes. If additional symptoms ensue, I take 200,000 IU of Vit D3, beta 1,3/1,6 glucans, Culturelle probiotic, Stonyfield Farm yogurt, and sip red onion skin tea. If I do all that the 1st night, I'm always fully recovered by morning.
My brilliant geek friend(but nutritionally stupid), David, called me about 10 days ago, complaining about being nauseous and achy all over. I rushed over and gave him everything but the CS(too late for sniffing CS). He called me the next morning and was completely well.
About 8 years ago, when I was working in a retirement home and was away from my own pantry and supplements, I came down with a bad cold. I beat it by a keeping a raw garlic clove in my mouth all day, giving it a light chew every few minutes. That knocked out the worst symptoms in about 24 hours. My breath probably rid the entire retirement home of the cold virus.
Knock on wood, I'm batting 1,000 on colds and flu. I call out the Marines, Air Force, and heavy Naval bombardment.
At 1st sign of a sniffle, I sniff colloidal silver (10ppm freshened with 1 drop of 35% food grade H2O2 to 1 oz CS). That usually works in minutes.
so, Iggy... how do you "sniff" it? how many drops of silver to 1 drop of H2o2?
and what do you, put it in your palm and sniff it? (trying to picture Iggy sniffing silver )
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If additional symptoms ensue, I take 200,000 IU of Vit D3, beta 1,3/1,6 glucans, Culturelle probiotic, Stonyfield Farm yogurt, and sip red onion skin tea. If I do all that the 1st night, I'm always fully recovered by morning.
what does the red onion skin tea do?
btw, I now save the red onion skins for my bone broth (I freeze the skins)
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Originally Posted by Iggy Dalrymple
My brilliant geek friend(but nutritionally stupid), David, called me about 10 days ago, complaining about being nauseous and achy all over. I rushed over and gave him everything but the CS(too late for sniffing CS). He called me the next morning and was completely well.
so.. what did he say? is he now under your nutritional wing?
does he think you are a witch doctor?
(what you should do next time is tell him to take the pills, while you dance around him and chant... JUST KIDDING!!!)
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Originally Posted by Iggy Dalrymple
About 8 years ago, when I was working in a retirement home and was away from my own pantry and supplements, I came down with a bad cold. I beat it by a keeping a raw garlic clove in my mouth all day, giving it a light chew every few minutes. That knocked out the worst symptoms in about 24 hours. My breath probably rid the entire retirement home of the cold virus.
well, then, Iggy.. I think you are ready to try the plague brew. Your mission.. to mix this up next time you feel like you are coming down with something, drink it down, and report back to us. ok?
the common cold/flu: what are your recommendations?
but.. at least it was sunny. 
It was a virtual blizzard, although today it is about half melted. 
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