Ashley James shares all of her most effective cold and flu home remedies that every family should have in their medicine cabinet. YOUR SHOPPING LIST: Throat Coat Tea: https://amzn.to/2QU0fix Colloidal Silver Nasal Spray: https://amzn.to/2GkFubP OLBAS: https://amzn.to/2A3gZKy Epsom Salt, high-quality bulk bag: https://amzn.to/2GiTaEi Rebounder - See below 4 Organic Lemons 2 Packets of Fresh Thyme 2 thumbs of Fresh Ginger Cayenne powder, optional:...
Ashley James shares all of her most effective cold and flu home remedies that every family should have in their medicine cabinet.
YOUR SHOPPING LIST:
Throat Coat Tea: https://amzn.to/2QU0fix
Colloidal Silver Nasal Spray: https://amzn.to/2GkFubP
OLBAS: https://amzn.to/2A3gZKy
Epsom Salt, high-quality bulk bag: https://amzn.to/2GiTaEi
Rebounder - See below
4 Organic Lemons
2 Packets of Fresh Thyme
2 thumbs of Fresh Ginger
Cayenne powder, optional: https://amzn.to/2GhKhut
Neti Pot, optional: https://amzn.to/2GvmZ4L
Two pairs of organic cotton socks: https://amzn.to/2rBDFNs
Large wool socks: https://amzn.to/2GgAbdi
REBOUNDER FOR ADULTS - LYMPH CIRCULATION
What to look for in a rebounder for Lymph circulation:
- The kind that does not have springs, but instead has bands that hold the trampoline mat in place. This will make it a quiet experience so it doesn't squeak every time you bounce.
- Be sure the max weight is above what you weigh.
- Get one that folds away so you can store it under your bed or couch when not in use.
- Get one with a handlebar for safety and stability.
- For fun, you can also pay a bit more and get one that comes with attachments and workout DVDs so you can also use the rebounder for great home cardio workouts that are fun!
High Quality, around $200 New: Sportplus Silent Fitness Mini Trampoline:
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VITAMIN D test from Walkinlab.com is about $60. Get your vitamin D tested at least once a year. If it is still low after taking a daily supplement please consult a Naturopathic doctor or a physician that is trained in understanding vitamin D deficiencies and how to address them.
TAKE YOUR SUPPLEMENTS - Buy the liquid vitamin, amino acid and mineral drink that Ashley and her family take from takeyoursupplements.com. You can also get a great vitamin D spray for your kids and an outstanding liquid mineral supplement for your whole family.
Immune-supportive activities would include resting, staying warm and doing things that make you happy.
AVOID:
Any form of sugar and juice (with the exception of the recipes listed below)
Processed foods that contain flour
Cow Dairy
Eat:
Lots of veggies!
Protein-rich foods - in your case would be eggs and wild-caught fish as well as lentils.
The immune system is made of, so it only makes sense to give the body what it needs.
A colorful variety of veggies contains all of the antioxidants and immune boosting phytochemicals we need!
Mushrooms and onions, for example, are excellent immune boosters.
Below is my list of proven activities to help relieve the suffering and support your immune system in recovering faster. Do what you can, when you can. Relaxing and giving the body time to heal is the best thing you can do.
The Cold Sock Treatment is a simple hydrotherapy technique that is especially effective for relieving nasal congestion in bed at night (frequently better than medications and without the side effects).
It also helps to stimulate the immune system in the upper respiratory tract and is relaxing for aches and chills and helps bring on a more restful night’s sleep when sick.
We find it helpful in such conditions as colds, "flu" (not the "stomach flu"), earaches, sore throats, and sinus infections. It is useful with people of any age from infants to the elderly. The Cold Sock Treatment is especially good to use with the nasal congestion of colds and influenza.
You want to do this treatment for five or more nights in a row. And do it whenever you feel the onset of a cold or flu as sometimes it is all the stimulation your immune system needed to get the job done!
Most sporting goods stores and some department stores carry wool socks. For small children you can use safety pins to hold a wool sock on that is too large, or rap wool cloth around each foot.
For this treatment, you will need two pairs of large cotton socks and a pair of wool socks. They must be at least 90% cotton and 90% wool, respectively.
Preparations: In the evening before going to bed, prepare by having two pairs of large cotton socks and a pair of wool socks.
At least 1 hour before bed soak both pairs of cotton socks in cold water and place in the freezer. The wool socks are to remain dry and warm.
Step 1. Remove socks from the freezer and add a bit of cold water to them to make them damp and malleable. Place the cold socks close to the basin or bathtub used in the next step.
Note: If your feet are already warm (e.g., you have already been in bed, or you just took a hot bath) you can skip to Step 3.
Step 2. Put your feet into a basin or bathtub of hot water to warm up your feet. Soak them for a few minutes until they are hot and pink.
Step 3. Remove your feet from the hot water and quickly dry them off. Immediately put on the two pairs of cold, wet cotton socks, and then over them, put on the dry wool socks.
Step 4. Go directly to bed and keep the feet covered through the night. The therapy does not work if you or your feet are uncovered, such as when walking around or sitting in a chair uncovered.
Use extra blankets to create an artificial fever. See my instructions on creating a good fever using a hot bath and extra blankets below.
When the Cold Sock Treatment procedure is followed correctly the feet will start warming up within a few minutes of getting covered in bed. The congestion will usually begin to be relieved within 30 minutes.
It will often work better than a decongestant or antihistamine to alleviate congestion during sleep.
Also, it is not uncommon to see a small child or infant fall immediately to sleep after they are put to bed with the Cold Sock Treatment. After approximately four hours the socks should be totally dry, the feet warm, and the symptoms will be much improved (if not gone).
If necessary, the Cold Sock Treatment can be repeated through the night or used on consecutive nights. Just add more pairs of wet cotton socks to the freezer ion the evening if you want to repeat it a few times in the night.
In repeating the treatment in the same night or if an illness starts during the night, it is not necessary to warm the feet in hot water since they will already be warm. Just apply the cold, wet socks and the dry wool socks and go back to bed, using extra covers to stay warm. And be sure to drink plenty of warm calming tea.
Supporting A Healing Fever:
We want to create an artificial fever to support the body in killing the germs! One thing that is very interesting about the immune system is there are powerful white blood cells that do not even turn on until the body is in a fever state. So doing things like hot baths, drinking hot fluids and saunas can help to stimulate all of our immune system to fight a cold or flu when we feel one coming on.
Preparations:
Prepare a bath as hot as you can stand it. Do not burn yourself but make it very warm. Keep the door to the bathroom closed while drawing the hot bath to keep the warm steam inside. You will want to breathe it in along with the essential oils you will place in the tub.
Add 4 cups of Epsom salt, roughly half the bag, to the bath as the tub is filling up with hot water.
In the kitchen prepare a large kettle of Throat Coat Tea or chamomile tea. I found I need to use two bags of the Throat Coat tea for 16oz of water so you will want to buy a few boxes of it as during one bad cold you may go through a few boxes because it really does bring relief from the scratchy, itchy throat!
You can also make this concoction:
4 cups water
The juice of 2 lemons
One teaspoon Cayenne
1 thumb of freshly grated ginger
Stevia, maple syrup or honey if you need it to taste good. However be cautious as germs feed off of sugar, so stevia is the safest option.
Simmer the water and add the ginger and Cayenne. Then remove from heat and the lemon and optional sweetener. This helps with sore throats and congestion.
Bring a large mug of your hot drink to the bath.
Have ready several blankets in your bed as you will create a cocoon once you come out of the bath.
Before getting into the bath add ten drops of the OLBAS and stir the water to make sure it mixes in and that the salt has dissolved. Close the bathroom door, so you can breathe in the OLBAS and warm, moist air while in the bath.
Get in, relax and drink your hot beverage. See if you can get your husband to refill your drink. Soak for 20min minimum. You can add more hot water to the bath to increase the temp as you will become accustomed to the heat. When you start to sweat stay in 5 min longer, then you can get out. Do not stay in longer than 60min. Make sure you have drunk at least 2 mugs of hot tea while in the bath.
If at any point you feel dizzy or light-headed, ask for assistance in getting out of the bath. You can try adding some cold water to the bath to bring down the temp a bit to see if the dizziness resolves itself. Make sure your husband is within earshot in case you need help. SOmetimes hot baths can make people feel light headed when they stand so to prevent an accident, please be aware that you may need to ask for a hand in getting out of the bath safely.
If you develop a headache while in the hot bath, take a hand towel, the kind that is long enough to wrap around your neck, soak it with cold water from the tub's faucet and wrap it around your neck. This will cool the blood flowing to your brain and trick your brain into thinking you are not as hot as you are.
Have another mug of hot tea waiting for you by your bedside.
When you are ready to get out of the bath, towel off quickly and wrap yourself in one of your many blankets, then get into bed and create a cocoon. Cover everything, even your head. Just have your face exposed so you can breathe and sip tea.
At this point, you can do the cold sock therapy as well. Get your husband to bring you the frozen socks and dry wool socks. Stay bundled up for at least an hour. You will begin to sweat and feel feverish. Fight the urge to throw off the blankets! You want to create a little sauna in your bed. This is stimulating your immune system to kill the germs AND germs also cannot live in a feverish environment as their proteins denature at higher temps. SO they literally explode and break apart when we get too warm for them to handle. YAY! Visualize your white blood cell soldiers coming to life and winning the battle with the bugs as you lay in your cocoon.
At this point, you can fall asleep like this, or if you did this during the daytime you can take a nap or simply get out of bed after the hour is up. You will want to shower off when you do get out of bed, and likely the blanket you initially wrapped yourself in will be wet from sweat.
Still, bundle up and keep as warm as possible both day and night for the next week. You can do this daily while your cold or flu symptoms are around. Please be sure to drink extra water and make it warm or hot instead of cold.
OLBAS Steam Towel Treatment for Sinus congestion:
You need:
A large bowl or pot
OLBAS
Boiling hot water
Large towel
Tissues
Place something safe on your kitchen table to protect the table from the hot bowl or pot.
Place the big bowl or pot with boiling water on the table and sit in front of it.
Have more water boiling in a kettle on the stove.
Add 1 or 2 drops of the OLBAS to the hot water
Take your large towel and put it over your head and over the pot making a tent to trap the steam. Your head is now leaning over the pot directly above it. Keep your eyes closed as the vapors will sting your eyes.
Take a deep breath through your nose.
Do this for the next 2 minutes.
Then remove the towel. Blow your nose a bunch, cough up any mucus you feel the need to expel and repeat by adding only one drop of OLBAS this time.
After a minute or two add more hot water from the stove and repeat a third time adding 1 or 2 drops of OLBAS, using the towel as a tent and inhaling all the vapors through your nose. Taking breaks to blow and clear your sinuses.
You will want to do this more than once a day as your sinuses may refill in a few hours. Be sure to do it before bed if you are not going to take the hot bath I have outlined above.
After you have completed the OLBAS treatment and you have blown everything out of your nose use the colloidal silver nasal spray liberally. With each spray change the angle of your head, so you start to look up making the last spray so that you are looking directly at the ceiling. This angle change as you spray and inhale into your nose will help to direct the solution into all sinus passages.
Even when you have not done the OLBAS treatment, please use the silver spray liberally through the day. I have killed sinus infections with this one supplement alone! You also want to keep a bottle by your bedside and do it whenever you wake in the night to blow your nose. Three to Five sprays per nostril while inhaling. And you can also spray the back of your throat while inhaling as well.
FRESH THYME TEA:
This is a WONDERFUL herb for expelling congestion and also as an antiviral. You will take 4 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Remove from heat. Add half a package of fresh thyme and cover for 6 minutes. Serve with lemon or honey or just drink plain.
You want to drink this earlier in the day as it will stimulate you to cough because it loosens the mucus and helps get rid of it! If drank too late into the night the coughing might keep you awake. The thyme does not cause you to cough. It causes the mucus to break up and move. Your body then wants to cough it up. So best if you are not lying down when that happens.
Because this works so well as a decongestant, I like to drink about 8 cups of this a day when I am really congested, so I will easily go through two to four packets of fresh thyme during a bad cold.
Learn more about fevers in children and what to do from this doctor I interviewed: http://learntruehealth.com/healing-autism
Cilla Whatcott, Ph.D. - Article on Using Homeopathy to prevent Flu and to relieve flu-like symptoms: https://realimmunity.org/homeopathy-influenza
Listen to my four interviews with Cilla Whatcott:
305: http://learntruehealth.com/flu
228: http://learntruehealth.com/homeopathy
155: http://learntruehealth.com/real-immunity
137: http://learntruehealth.com/homeoprophylaxis
