How to fight the cold and flu

[Sly1]

We are used to the Over the counter drugs and the Prescription drugs.
So maybe it is time to look and alternatives and some natural stuff.

To summaries... BAKING SODA is and has been an OLD proven preventative and germ killer. It has been proven to work with out SIDE EFFECTS to elevate the symptoms of the cold and flu very quickly.
Wash, clean, sanitize and drink the stuff in hot water a few times per day. The quantity one drinks is about 1/4 teaspoon per glass of hot water. To cleanse the sinus, where alot of the germs grow...disolve a pinch of salt and baking soda in warm water and inhale through one nostril and then the other.

Keep a bowl of water mixed with baking soda to rinse your hands as often as needed. If you can you can also fix a spray bottle with it to sanitize during the day. Using it around babies? Wow how simple, a game, open hand and sprits and wipe. Clean their faces just the same way..what fun...USE FINE SPRAY.

Personal... my Mother in law 85 years old, she got the flu and was sick sick sick..so I called her and told her to start this stuff and I told her that I would call her back in 2 days and that she would tell me she would be well....Yes! IT WORKED.
My husband is puny, he can hear someone is sick and he gets sick :) darn if he did not come down with cough and cold...I set him on the routine and he has done fantastically..this time around he was not a baby :)
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COLDS AND FLU

http://sodiumbicarbonate.imva.info/index.php/administration-methods/for-cold-and-flu/ FLU & COLDS TOO ?

http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38130 In a 1924 booklet published by the Arm & Hammer Soda Company/COLD & FLU

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NAH/is_10_35/ai_n15784316/ pH power: maintain a proper acid-alkaline balance to curtail colds and keep inflammation in check
http://ezinearticles.com/?Colds-and-Flu---A-Couple-of-Unusual-But-Highly-Effective-Remedies&id=998217 Slowly breathe the water up your nose until it reaches the point where it begins to overflow into your mouth. Then expel it and rinse your mouth out.
The next method is to fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water. Tilt your head back and spray it into your nostrils. It will bubble up and help to kill the bacteria in your nose. Hold for a few minutes and then blow your nose into a tissue.


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[Lystra Kochin]

your immune system fights microbes... just give it time

[Sly1]

your immune system fights microbes... just give it time
You are 100% correct...the time which you are giving it....get busy and work with your body to help it overcome the microbes.
Oh how much time are you talking about anyway? 3 days to 5 days? what happens when it continues for loooonger than that?

And then this is a very personal approach to health....

[Aurea]

It seems to me I always gettin d damn flu - everything that goes around when it comes to d flu I get. Mostly will get a lil fever and runny nose, but the stuffiness is the worse! At nite I feel like ah cyar breathe! And during the day it's only a lil better - and inhaling vicks vapours like mom tell meh to do doh always help.

[vaio]

Nyquil :)

[demented]

Redoxon works for me. Flu leaves the next day!

[draja]

C-h-i-c-k-e-n S-o-u-p - still the best.
S-h-r-i-m-p - who would have thought.

[Aurea]

I load up on my vit C and it goes awa a lil faster. ( well normally anyways)

Aurea

[Sly1]

Aurea: and her Vicks :rofl: gosh girl, I cya do without my Vicks. I love my Vicks hmm I wonder if I am addicted to that stuff...I use just a smidgen of it each night...it is a must have....if I have to be gone for an overnite trip or weekender...the Vicks goes too.

[Sly1]

C-h-i-c-k-e-n S-o-u-p - still the best.
S-h-r-i-m-p - who would have thought.

Yes chicken soup a big pot, and drink and drink!
But what U talking about shrimp? That is new to me, never heard that one.

[Aurea]

Sly1 ah have a neice like that, d gyul cyar do without she vicks. :)

Aurea

[Angie]

I haven't had the flu in years ... however when I get it, I don't use anything to get rid of it. I allow my body to build up my immunity to that strain of the flu.

[BW]

I haven't had the flu in years ... however when I get it, I don't use anything to get rid of it. I allow my body to build up my immunity to that strain of the flu.

take d vaccine angie. it have easier ways to build the immunity.

surprised i didn't notice this thread. for colds, this is what i do. meds- something OTC for congestion, some tylenol for headache, fever and sinus pain, and something to knock me out at night. i try to keep active, gets adrenaline going and distracts from the suckiness. i also get some saline (salt water) up the nose, either by my own contraptions at home or nature's version:

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[Solachica]

BW tht tylenol ent work for me nah. I was sick over a wk with on and off fever. Still have cough and still feel sick.
The dr check me for dengue too.

[BW]

BW tht tylenol ent work for me nah. I was sick over a wk with on and off fever. Still have cough and still feel sick.
The dr check me for dengue too.

:(

[Solachica]

So one bottle of the cough syrup she gave me didn't help. The wk of some antibiotics didn't really help. And I know I've been stressing and pushing myself 2 wks and haven't had time to rest and recover.

[BW]

So one bottle of the cough syrup she gave me didn't help. The wk of some antibiotics didn't really help. And I know I've been stressing and pushing myself 2 wks and haven't had time to rest and recover.

I want to make you feel better

[Solachica]

:) awww :p

[Poser]

Sola girl i have the same thing for a week now ... ah resting in bed .. drinking fluids ... and have a cough syrup with codeine that seems to help at night ... i just start to feel better today ... once ah reach in that sun .. it will pass... when ah come ah will rub you down with Vicks.. :)

[Angie]

take d vaccine angie. it have easier ways to build the immunity.

surprised i didn't notice this thread. for colds, this is what i do. meds- something OTC for congestion, some tylenol for headache, fever and sinus pain, and something to knock me out at night. i try to keep active, gets adrenaline going and distracts from the suckiness. i also get some saline (salt water) up the nose, either by my own contraptions at home or nature's version:



BW, It have plenty people who have had the vaccine still getting the cold and somehow it seems as if they get it worse. NOT ME ... I didn't take anything to get and I am not taking anything to get rid of it.

[Solachica]

Angie, when the fever take you you still don't take anything? I cud take the cold but I can't stand the fever and aches.

[Angie]

Nope ... I take enough Meds as it is ... It's Metformin [diabetes] Altace [as an Ace Inhibitor for Kidneys] Amlodipine [High Blood Pressure] Flexeril, Meloxicam and Neurontin for my back problems.

A lil fever eh nutten fuh me to deal with lol

[mivs]

I got the cold an flu while in Trini, meh sister in law made some zabapeak (sp)tea, not best the taste but it helped

[vaio]

Angie, when the fever take you you still don't take anything? I cud take the cold but I can't stand the fever and aches.

every single joint on my body hurts and have fever, also have vomiting and diarrhea, no cold though :s:

[Solachica]

Vaio, with those symptoms they didn't want to check you for dengue?

[Falcon]

that certainly requires a thorough investigation vaio......dengue, influenza among other things

[vaio]

went to the doc y/day and dengue is out, got some meds and feel much better - I'm at work today :blink

[Solachica]

Thts good.
I went dr and didn't feel any better. Didn't get any injection though, just cough syrup and antibiotics.

[vaio]

still feeling a bit dizzy and weak though with some back pain but much better than yesterday and saturday!

[Falcon]

sounds like a good bout of man flu there vaio

[vaio]

sounds like a good bout of man flu there vaio

umm what is that? :s:

[Poser]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ah feeling nice ... ah had ah cough for 11 days ...went by the doctor yesterday .... he tell me ah have ah choice ... he could give me antibiotics or ah could buy ah Neti Pot ..

Ah almost had to change my pants ... when he tell me about this Neti Pot ... now fuss ah glad ah went an buy the thing ... ah use it twice and me sinuses done start to clear up ..

if you see you boy ... pouring water through he nose ... well i would advise allyu to get this ..

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[Aurea]

Ahhhh, my flu finally all gone! Just wish I could never get it again!!!

Aurea

ps: and no d flu shot doh always protect u from it.