week with a summer cold that knocked him for a loop, and I felt as the morning continued, I was the next victim. Now keep in mind that I RARELY get sick - if ever. I attribute this to my natural lifestyle; whole foods diet, use of herbs and essential oils and avoiding medications. So for something to start coming on, and for how strong it was hitting me, I just knew it HAD to be something nasty!So I began using my oils right away and made a Lemon Infection Fighting Drink- Kid's Wellness on my feet every 15 minutes (normally I would have used Defense blend, with being pregnant, Kid's Wellness is the best choice and works wonderfully!) I also did a Tea Tree lick off the back of my hand, alternating with the KW, or at the same time. Whatever
my body told me to do I did it! I also had my major fruit for breakfast and avoided anything that wasn't produce for the rest of the day.One thing I was missing on this day was my White Dragon plant concentrate. I had loaned it to my brother in law, who after taking it for one day was clear of his cold. How I wanted it! The whole day continued with a runny nose and lots of sneezing. Other than that I felt normal :)
Before I went to bed that night, I made sure to rinse my sinus' out with a mixture of baking soda, a touch of salt, warm water and a couple drops of Tea Tree eo. It stung a bit, but I was grateful to know to do it!
Next morning the cold was mostly gone from my sinuses but had settled in my chest, and it was my daughter's 7th birthday. I began the day with a Liver Cleanse, rinsing my sinus' out, and continued with the KW and the Tea Tree lick. I drank lots of water and stuck with my clean eating. I also used a honey cough syrup to soothe my throat and chest, it is made as follows -
- 1 tsp. Honey
- 1/4 tsp Cayenne
- 1 minced garlic
Mix that up and swallow. You don't drink anything after taking it so the honey can coat the throat and the Cayenne and garlic can go to work. This is a GREAT remedy for strep throat. Garlic has powerful anit-bacterial properties. It kills the bad stuff and protects the beneficial bacteria so crucial to our immune system and gut health.
This was a nasty bug, and I wasn't about to let it get the best of me.
I rested most of the day, feeling a lot of mucus build up but felt fine other than my aching hips! I ached most of the day, pain killers suppress the immune system so I avoided taking any, trusting my body to work hard to rid itself of whatever was ailing it. When my husband came home, he told me I was fevering. I didn't recognize it because I just felt hot, and my normal for a fever is to feel cold.... but there was those aching hips :) Had I consciously realized I had a fever, this is what I would have done to support this natural defense and cleansing process of the body;
- taken a hot, hot bath
- drank lots of very warm Red Raspberry tea ( which I had also loaned to my brother in law...lol)
- done the cold sheet treatment
My daughter was happy to have watermelon instead of birthday cake, so we went ahead with her party. I got my White Dragon plant concentrate back, took it and enjoyed myself.I was feeling SO much better!
The next morning, I felt my normal self! No aches and pains, no sharp pains in chest and I could breathe easily through my nose. I used the White Dragon 2 more times to be on the safe side and have felt great since.
Moral of this story is -
- You are most susceptible to getting a cold when you eat mucus forming foods (dairy, anything processed, chocolate, eggs, refined sugar and flour)
- That cold doesn't have to be the end of you for days and days
- supporting the body in it's natural defenses is the best choice to heal your body quickest
- make sure when you loan stuff out to others, that you still have some at home in case you need it so you don't have to wait to use it!
- LISTEN to what your body tells you - it knows what it needs more than anyone else, including you!
- Attack harder than whatever is attacking you with a variety of firepower!
- If I wasn't pregnant, I would have used Defense instead of Kid's Wellness and Spice of Life in this case because of how hard it was hitting me.
- Sickness can leave just as quickly as it comes!
There must have been something going around last week, from Colorado to Utah, lol, because I got hit with a cold last week too. My first one in a looooong time!
ReplyDeleteIt started in my sinuses, I wasn't so great about cleaning up my diet, and ate some Saltwater Taffy, (just that little bit of sugar made my symptoms last longer than they should have), but I made the lemon garlic drink and drank it all day. I put 3-4 cloves of garlic in mine, with 3 cups of water and a lemon, for tougher symptoms.
That night, I made another batch of the drink, doubling the recipe, because I though my husband might want some. Instead I ended up waking up every hour, because of a pregnancy bladder, and drank some each time I woke up, and blew my nose every time too. I felt my throat getting sore, also, and my sinuses were full, so I was determined to battle hard with the drink and be consistent with it. At 2:30 am I went to put my daughter back to bed, and realized my body was gearing up for a fever, because I was shivering so bad, my body was shaking uncontrollably. I got back in bed and let the fever do its work the rest of the night. By 4:30am, my sore throat was relaxing and I could tell it was going away. I could breath out of my nose at this point too. At 8:30, my sinuses were clear, and my sore throat was gone. I still felt slightly warm, and just rested in bed for another 4 hours. I was feeling to chilled to get up and get chores done, so instead I got dressed into warm clothes, and went to the grocery store to get some soup. I should have made some homemade tea, or lentil soup, but I didn't have the energy to, so I settled for the unhealthy msg ramen noodle soup, lol. When I got home and made the soup, the heat from the soup warmed me up before I could eat it so much, that I ended up changing into cooler clothes. This was a good indication that my fever had done its work, and I was starting to feel a lot better. I kept up with the lemon garlic drink for one more day, even though I felt great. I know I have been hit with a cold fast like that with the same symptoms before, and when I didn't know what I know now, it was something that would have lasted me easily a week or two, and would have turned into bronchitis, and sinus infection. I know that if I had attacked it with a cleaner diet sooner, and some oils, that it would probably have gone away a lot quicker, but hey 2 days of mild symptoms, and one night of battling isn't so bad compared to a miserable week or two :)
Awesome Julia!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these type of blog posts - practical, informative, and it gives me a plan of action and preparation. I'm sharing this!
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