What To Do When You Have A Cold?
Cold season has hit yearly in my household. My son brought home a wonderful cold from daycare, and passed it down the line to us. My husband and I have two distinct views on how to treat these viruses. My [...]
Cold season has hit yearly in my household. My son brought home a wonderful cold from daycare, and passed it down the line to us. My husband and I have two distinct views on how to treat these viruses. My husbands like to use traditional western medicine i.e. dayquil and nightquil. I on the other hand use the traditional eastern medicine. I must say it has shortened my cold and symptoms much better then my husbands. Even my son recovered fast with Boericke and Tafel Children’s Cough and Bronchial Syrup. I used this too.
The most interesting part of this cold was learning about a remedy using hydrogen peroxide. If you have not heard of this remedy you put a cap full of 3% hydrogen peroxide in the cap and poor it into your year. You live it in for 7-10 minutes and then repeat on the other side. The theory is that cold and flu virus enter through the noise and ears.
According to Dr. Simmons, keeping your fingers out of our ears will greatly reduce our chances of catching colds and the flu, but we need to keep in mind that these 2 are microscopic and can be air-born and may land on/in our ears. Once these microscopic bodies have entered the inner-ear, they then begin to breed, and from there they have access to every avenue throughout our bodies to travel, and infect and make us sick.I have to say that this works. It wasn’t like my cold immediately went away, but I started healing instead of my body fighting.
The other remedy I used was miso soup. This is traditional soup that you will find often in Japanese restaurants.
In 300 AD famous herbalist, Ge Hong, writes about Miso Soup with Scallions in a book called, Bei ji zhou hou fang or Emergency Formulas to Keep Up One’s Sleeve.
The soup is indicated for the onset of a cold when a person is just beginning to feel a headache, stuffy nose and a slight fever. So, the next time you feel a cold coming on, be sure to have your miso. That worked so well. It is very healthy and did such a great job making us both feel well.
Ingredients:
* 6 cups water
* 3-4 Tablespoons Aka Miso or red soy bean paste (usually sold in the refrigerated section)
* 3-5 green onions stalks, chopped
Directions:
* Dissolve the miso in a little bit of boiling water (about 2 tsp.)
* Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and add the miso & scallions.
* Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
* Remove from heat top with green onions and serve.
Variations: you can add various other ingredients to make a more substantial soup, such as tofu, seaweed, fresh mushrooms, cooked shrimp, snow pea sprouts, cooked rice noodles, or paper-thin slices of fresh ginger. I add 3 cups dashi soup stock to mine. This adds the perfect taste.
My also, made my husband try a apple cider vinager and honey tonic. His cough was worse then mine, and didn’t allow for much sleep.
3 Tablespoons AVC
2 Tablespoons Honey
1 Cup Water
Mix ingredients together and heat lightly. You can add lemon to it as well. Very good for coughing. It keep his cough away all night.
If you have any other great cold and flu recommendations feel free to leave them in the comments.
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I am a Holistic Life Coach, health coach and meditation teacher. My goal is to help people find inner peace and contentment during times of stress and worry. I have a passion for assisting those with anxiety disorders, stress, health and nutrition. I believe we are made of mind, body, soul, and environment. It is of much importance to keep good health in each one of these areas.