Twelve Steps to Better Cold Care
December 15, 2009 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Aging & Longevity, Boosting The Immune System, Holistic Living
Here is a a wonderful excerpt from Linda Page’s “Healthy Healing: A Guide to Self-Healing for Everyone” that describes the Twelve Steps to Better Cold Care. With cold season upon us, I thought this might be helpful.
A daily walk revs up immune response and gives you some fresh air. A walk puts oxygen into your lungs, and stops you from feeling sorry for yourself. It works wonders!
- Take ascorbate vitamin C or Ester C, 1000 mg every hour, preferably in powder form with juice, throughout the day. (The book calls this an “ascorbic acid flush” and recommends doing it for the first two days of the cold at a minimum .) Take zinc lozenges as needed, or propolis throat spray.
- Don’t smoke or drink alcohol (other than a little brandy and lemon). They suppress immunity. Avoid sugary foods, fried foods, and dairy foods. These increase production of thick mucous.
- Eat lightly but with good nutrition. Nutrient absorption is less efficient during a cold. A vegetarian diet is best at this time so the body won’t have to work so hard at digestion.
- Drink plenty of fluids; 6-8 glasses daily of fresh fruit and vegetable juices, herb teas and water flush toxins through and out of your system.
- Keep warm. Increase room humidity so your mucous membranes will remain active against the virus or bacteria. Don’t worry about a fever unless it is prolonged or high.
- Take a long hot bath, spa or sauna. Lots of toxins will pass out through the skin. For prevention, take daily alternating hot and cold showers at the beginning of cold season to stimulate immune response. Repeat any time you feel the first signs of discomfort.
- Stay relaxed. Let your body concentrate energy on cleaning out infection. Go to bed early, get plenty of sleep. Most cell regeneration is between midnight and 4 a.m.
- Use a saline nasal rinse every day to help keep any bacteria that enters your breathing passages from multiplying.
- Think positively about becoming well. Optimism is often a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Wash hands and clean countertops frequently to prevent virus spread.
- Rest is important. Light exercise is better than vigorous during a cold.
Learn more about Healthy Healing: A Guide to Self-Healing for Everyone by Linda Page
Source:
Page, Linda, N.D., Ph.D., Healthy Healing: A Guide to Self-Healing for Everyone. Healthy Healing, Inc., 2006.
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