As some of you many know, the 3 youngest and myself have been battling this insistent cold for some time now. Now that I finally had a chance to clear my head and think, think, think...I sent dh to the health food store to replenish our stores of herbs and other homeopathic meds and vitamins. I am taking the bull by the horns, and just in case you're interested, this is what we will be doing to get this bug out of the house:
Nutritionally eliminating all: sugar, dairy (esp. milk), salty (fatty)foods and meat (heavy proteins). We substitute cow's milk with Rice milk (vanilla flavor). We drink an insane amount of fluids (warm chicken broth in sippy cups works great). I myself have a lot of hot tea with toast. Chicken noodle soup and other soups are the main fare.
Herbs4kids tintures: echinacea/goldenroot (for little ones w/fever) and echinacea/astragalus (for little ones w/o fever)
Fish oil/Cod liver oil (flavored chewable gels) or flavored liquid in a brown bottle
Wild Cherry Bark cough syrup (our whole family responds really well to this when we have sinus/respiratory/bronchial irritations)
Garlic oil (many many ways to use this...taken internally and rubbing it on chests, bottom of feet, behind ears, IN ears, etc)
Vitamin C (chewable for the kids)
I know there are a variety of "other" things we could do, but I tend to stick to the things I "know" and can remember easily. I will let you know how we all do with this (we've had success many times before!)
We won't be out and about until this is eradicated, so say a prayer and we look forward to fellowshipping with our friends and family soon!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
How to get rid of this cold!!!
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Don't forget Zinc! We also use a kid's immune boost that has a light blue label and has sea animals on it...I can't remember the brand name! It seems to work wonders though. We also have taken to taking the Emergen-C every day during cold and flu season! It took me two months to get over some horrible bronchitis/pneumonia stuff. I finally got the third round of antibiotics to work! Blessings!
Yes, yes yes! After I posted that, I was rummaging around in my vitamin cabinet and found our zinc supplement! I also LOVE Emergen-C and so do the kids! Great stuff! Thanks for posting! It's nice to know someone reads my blog! HA!
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