“Did you get the license number of the truck that hit me?” American saying to express the feeling of body aches during an illness.
Cold and flu are invasions and the proliferation of microbes (bacteria or virus) that look for opportunities to proliferate with the least amount of resistance. By giving off the signals of increased systemic acidity the microbes that are inherently in our body are told to grow and begin breaking down the body. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. This is a natural occurrence. We just do not want it to occur until we are dead. Eating incorrectly and throwing off the balance of pH in our system is one way to encourage the growth of these inborn cleanup crews (microbes). Using your immune system, your body will try to fight this invasion. Should your function not be up to par (due to stress of varying sources such as lack of sleep, poor diet, emotions, structural subluxations, or lack of exercise) your body gives in to the illness. As you get healthier, you avoid the colds as often or get over them faster. Lifestyle choices are the key to improving your function. Make sure you get adjusted regularly by your Chiropractor to allow your nerve impulses from your brain to be unencumbered and improve your nerve flow as much as possible. Regularly means some will need to be adjusted weekly due to their stressed lifestyle, or for the more calm individuals who do not play contact sports, once a month may be sufficient. By improving nerve flow, your brain may more appropriately control all of your body’s activities. This is a good thing. Open communications with the brain – allow the boss to take charge and put things in the proper order.
Steps to take in the event of a cold and/or flu:
1. Eat plenty of veggies, grains and soups.
2. Drink plenty of fresh pure water (bottled, purified, or home filtered water).
3. Take 1st Defense Chinese tea as soon as the symptoms appear.
Use the pink version for cold (winter) colds and green for hot (summer) colds.
4. Use Standard Processes Congaplex should 1st Defense be unsuccessful.
5. Include Zinc in your supplementation up to 60 mg a day for adult.
6. Take d-Lenolate/Flu Ban as a bacterial, viral, yeast inhibitor
7. Avoid sugar in all forms – refined goods (like Twinkies or Poptarts), fruit (natural sugars).
8. Avoid dairy products – milk, yogurt, and cheese.
9. Use ASAP Silver Solution as soon as possible.
10. Mediherb’s Diaco, Echinaecea Premium, and Andrographis complex are excellent possibilities as well.
Eating the veggies, grains, and soups are beneficial in nutrition. They will clean the system and not weigh it down handling needless foods. Water will provide the body a way to transport toxins out of the system. The lymph glands will be under stress to get the excess waste from fighting off the cold out of the body. Water and massage will do wonders to get it moving out.
The 1st Defense tea taken every four hours in the first day will in half the time stop the cold or flu from getting a hold in the body. It must be taken at the first sign of the cold. If you wait, the cold will be entrenched and the tea will be much less effective.
Congaplex is a formula of whole food high in nutrition. Taking Congaplex has shown to be beneficial in reducing the longevity of the cold and lessening the symptoms. An adult should consume eight capsules per day when 1st Defense has not worked (or has not been taken in time). It also comes in a chewable form for children and it is 1/2 as potent. This means children should take eight capsules as well, to help them fight off a cold.
Zinc has been shown, in clinical trial, to reduce the amount of time a cold lingers. They have measured an average of one-third to one-half the time to get rid of a cold when zinc is taken.
d-Lenolate and Flu Ban are wonderful herbal tools recently discovered in the last decade. They also reduce the time and severity of a cold or flu.
Colloidal silver is a product that years ago was used to clean wounds and help fight off bacterial infections. I have seen good success with it (using ASAP Silver Solution, not inferior products available) when infections are taking place in the body. It may be swallowed straight to help throat and gut infections or used in the nasal wash to encourage the sinuses to heal properly. It has been shown to get into the blood stream quickly (97% bioavailable) and once there, work to eliminate bacterial infections. It also may be used on non-porous surfaces to kill bacteria within minutes. In labs it has shown to kill the worse offenders of our infections. A great resource to staying preventative and eliminating trouble after it hits too.
The avoid list includes sugars because they will feed bacteria. If you had a fire you definitely would not want to throw gasoline on it if you want it to die down. Sugar is gas to bacteria. Viruses are less stimulated, yet you should still be avoid sugar with them as well.
Dairy products are also on the avoid list for really one reason. They create lots of mucus, and you really do not want more mucus to cause difficult breathing with a head cold. The positive effects of yogurt are offset by the mucus production.
Hot style colds will give symptoms of flushed cheeks, fever, and a yellow tongue coating. Herbs such as Echinacea and Golden Seal are cold herbs and will help establish balance in the body.
Cold style colds will present symptoms of pale cheeks, no fever and a white tongue coating. Onions, garlic and horseradish will generate lots of heat and will therefore offset the cold and bring balance back. The white vegetables (onions, garlic, and horseradish) will also reduce the mucus considerably. A form of garlic is Dr. Christopher’s Super Garlic Immune Formula. I have had good success with it and patients who tolerate the strong taste.
Fever is one of the bodies natural defense systems and should not be stifled. Rarely will a fever go above 105 degrees. The danger point is above 104.5 degrees. When the fever internally reaches 108 degrees, proteins separate. Your tissues, like brains, are made of proteins. When a patient has a measurable 105 degree temperature it may be 106°-107° on the inside if it is continuing to rise. So, monitor every 5-10 minutes when the temperature is rising and it is at 104°. Continue to monitor until it stabilizes. Should it go above 104.5°, start the bath and use the fever reducer of choice (beware of Reye’s syndrome and the use of aspirin). Begin to cool the bath water off gradually. Reducing the fever before it runs its course will generally prolong the infection. Allowing the fever to spike on its own will permit the body to rid itself of the offending invaders by cooking them out.
Sore throat symptoms may be treated with several alternatives. Gargle with straight apple cider vinegar 3-4 times a day. For the truly brave, use 1/8th teaspoon of cayenne pepper in 1/2 glass of warm water and gargle 3-4 times a day. Note – it’s hot, no joke! Cayenne works very quickly and well, but it is quite uncomfortable for a few minutes. This is where avoiding sugar is so important. Bacteria love warm moist sugary environments in which to grow. Adding sugar in the form of cough syrups, throat lozenges, or sweetened drinks will feed the offending critters as well as opening up your home to them. ASAP Silver Solution may be gargled in conjunction with the vinegar and cayenne at alternating times.
Relief from sinus congestion is sought after by many that suffer from colds. Use of a nasal aspirator and warm salt water to flush out the sinuses can be extremely effective. This is best if used at the onset! Use 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt (table salt is okay if that is all you have) and 1 and 1/2 cups of water at body
temperature. Mix up the solution and fill the aspirator by squeezing it in the saltwater solution until it is full. By turning the aspirator upside down and squeezing until all the air is out of it, you may completely fill the aspirator with the solution. Hold your breath and gently place and squeeze the aspirator up the one nostril while you lean over the sink. The solution will go up the sinus cavity and down the other side until it comes out the opposite nostril. You should slowly and gently squeeze the aspirator until it all is out. Repeat the process up each side as many times as necessary to free up the mucus in your sinuses. You may add 1-3 drops of Echinacea tincture into the solution if you have a current infection that concerns you. Use ASAP Silver Solution straight as a nasal wash by either misting it up the sinuses or placing 5 to 10 drops with the head held back to allow the solution to reach the full sinus cavity. Note that you may feel pressure buildup in the ears as the solution is pushed up. Several Chinese herb formulas have been effective in treating such conditions. Life Rising is the company name and the formula is known as CB for cold conditions and HB for hot conditions.
Coughing is a sign that there is an irritation in the lungs and needs to come out. MB8 is a homeopathic cough syrup that acts as an expectorant and has been useful in limiting conditions that could have become bronchitis or pneumonia if left alone. Another Chinese formula is QCJF and helps in strengthening the lungs. Add more rice (brown and wild) to the diet more often to help protect the lungs.
Alternative remedies include aromatherapy, homeopathy and herbs. Experience says, use homeopathy when a small child is not able to take teas or pills. The small lactose tablets dissolve very quickly thereby eliminating the dispensing problem. There are no side effects or complications. Unlike pills or liquid remedies, the child or infant will like the taste.
Herbs have shown over the millennia to be non-toxic and effective. Know that to be used properly you should not wait until you need them to start learning about them! Gather some good reference material and bone up on it to become familiar with it before the middle of the night finds you desperate to understand the whole chapter. Remember an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The best company to use for herbal products is MediHerb distributed by Standard Process. Their quality is excellent. A product from Dr. Christopher that has good results is Super Garlic Immune Formula. It is an herbal tincture that stimulates improved immune function. The use of d-Lenolate or Flu Ban (olive leaf extract) from East Park has also been shown to be effective as well.
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