| COLD AND FLU SEASON RECOMMENDATIONS
Cold and flu season is upon us again and making news. Here are
some guidelines from Benedictine Healing Products for patients and friends.Remember the COMMON SENSE and necessary suggestions that truly
help throughout time.
1. REST. IT's a verb and means taking charge of time
and planning for it just as you plan to exercise or go out to dinner and a movie…
Going to bed a few minutes earlier, sitting once or twice a day with your feet
up and eyes closed -–even for 5 minutes—does make a difference.
2. CONSUME WARM FLUIDS. Drinking warm herb teas and making
more delicious soups with onions, garlic, and veggies in bone soup or strong
veggie broth hits the spot.
3. VITAMIN C. This no longer controversial as it once
was when Linus Pauling first suggested it nearly 45 years ago. There are several
delivery systems to choose from. My favorites, depending upon the need, are
fresh fruits and veggies, and a special form of degradated C that bypasses the
intestinal system and stays in the intestinal tract a couple of days instead
of 4 hours before being eliminated.
4. GENTLE MOVEMENT and JOINT ARTICULATION. A short
walk, a few minutes of yoga stretching or chi gung breathing, even splashing
in a hot tub for movement of the joints and articulation of the body. There
is a belief in Chinese thought that “evil” (read virus and bacteria)
lurk near the joints so gentle movement allows them to be thrust from their
hiding places where the blood constituents can eliminate them efficiently.
PROGRESSION OF COLDS AND FLU
These attacks on our immune system are conceptualized as occurring
in three stages. In STAGE 1, the cold enters the body via the upper respiratory
tracts as a virus. ( In Chinese thought you need to protect the back of the
head, neck, and chest for “wind”) Symptoms include achy muscles, stuffy
head and nose or headache, sore throat, low grade fever, cough, and clear or
colored phlegm. This is obviously the best stage to arrest its development with
home remedies and herbs. If the cold progresses to STAGE 2 it has progressed
to include a bacterial response to the initial viral invasion (the really sick
stage)( If you’re inclined to use western medicine, this is the stage to
use it.) The symptoms become worse and more interior, such as really sore throat
with swollen glands, ear ache, movement into the bronchi or lungs with lots
of highly colored mucous from sinuses and chest. STAGE 3 is the final stage
of infection where the virus returns to the sinuses before resolving and completing
its cycle.
USEFUL PRODUCTS
1. ANTI X. All herbs are antiviral and some are additionally
antibacterial. It is useful in stage 1,2, and 3.
2. CHINESE COLD & FLU. This formula is especially
useful for sore throat, lymph, and to keep the liver open in dealing with infection.
I’ve added Evodia to slightly warm the stomach as the other three herbs
are considered very cold and would compromise the digestive system. Adding this
fourth herb allows the formula to be used with more confidence by the young,
pregnant and nursing mothers,as well as the elderly, and infirm.
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