I thought I'd title this post 'Winter Healers', but the remedies I use to heal myself and my family can be used all year round. I just really notice over the winter when we are getting into hibernation mode that our bodies are craving vitamin D and greens, but the sun has no heat and the greens are now in stews.Kids are fantastic at sharing when they want to be and if you have kids in school or daycares, they love passing their bugs and snot around, so you're going to end up with something or other whether you like it or not. Its how you deal with those symptoms, that's where you have choice.
I used both these remedies before a cough gets to the chest or a runny nose becomes a full out cold.
Use your head and your heart when your kids are sick though. You know in your heart when they just aren't quite right and then your head will tell you that perhaps this time anti-biotics are the medicine of choice.
Information is knowledge and maybe one of these remedies will work as well for you as they do for me.
Colloidal Silver -
This is a new one to me this winter. My lovely Teresa at our local health food store Mere Enough Health Foods recommended this one to me.
We have lived in Nova Scotia for 3 winters now and the first two were pretty brutal, weather wise and sickness wise. My 2 young boys both had serious chest infections which lead on to pneumonia. I don't know if it was the severe cold and their body's were saying wtf, -25 wind chill, can we board that plane back to balmy Scotland? Or if it was just an unlucky winter. Regardless, both of them ended up on antibiotics to combat the infection, despite my various attempts at home remedies. Ces't la vie.
Welcome winter 2015/16 and I'm back with a cough heading into the chest of my 4 year old. I head on out to stock up on Manuka Honey (which I'm a HUGE advocate for) and Teresa suggests Colloidal Silver. I'm baffled as to why you would ingest silver particles, but I was intrigued. That's the thing with have a trustworthy, knowledgeable, friendly person working in your health food store.
Colloidal silver has been known as a remarkably effective natural antibiotic for centuries. And in past several decades, research has shown colloidal silver can eradicate antibiotic-resistant microbes like MRSA, the Avian Influenza (bird flu), and Human Corona virus (SARS).
As usual there are lots of major Health Bullies out there discrediting Colloidal Silver even with its ancient history. But we know these guys aren't truly interested in your health they are just after your illness and your wallet! (Don't get me started on that or you will be reading for days!)
We give the kids a teaspoon of silver when they are at the beginning stages of a cold, chest infection or sick and we follow it up with a probiotic, like kombucha, within a few hours.
The reason to give the probiotic a while after is because Colloidal Silver does indeed act as a broad spectrum natural antibiotic. As such, if enough mineral silver reaches the intestinal tract it most certainly can kill off the friendly (i.e., beneficial) bacteria that live there.
Stay calm in the knowledge that the gut has between 3 and 7 pounds of beneficial microorganisms living in the entirety of the intestinal tract at any one time and you would have to glug down soup ladle after soup ladle to kill all these guys. But when kids are involved, you just want to be on the safe side. And if they're sick, probiotics are always a good idea.
Since there are health risks involved if you select the wrong formula, (as there are various types of Colloidal silver out there) it is recommended you use colloidal silver only under the guidance and supervision of a qualified alternative health practitioner, who can help you select a high-quality product.
Oil of Oregano -
This amazing essential oil was also new to me over here in Nova Scotia. ( It is available all over, as we have Grandad Robertson in Scotland on it now. And who says your too old to learn new tricks??)
As the name suggests, it is the oil extracted from the oregano plant, like the greens you use in pasta sauce or over pizza, only this baby is way more potent.
This oil is loaded with free radical fighting anti-oxidants, vitamin E and C, magnesium and zinc, to name a few, which is why I use it when I feel a little run down or when my kids are starting to cough and sniff at night.
One study straight from the United States Department of Agriculture reported that oregano oil has such a strong action against germs that it could easily fight Salmonella and E. coli. (now that's a statement and a half!)
I'm not going to lie, this stuff is pretty hard to get used to ingesting. It has a burning, menthol type taste to it (sorry there is no essence of pizza going on there AT ALL!). The theory is, if you take it under your tongue, it is carried rapidly in your blood stream and dispersed to where it is needed. But if you have a sore throat, cough or chest infection, take it right on your tongue and swallow it down. My kids have 3 drops on a small teaspoon of sugar. (They actually ask for it these days when they feel a little rough, but I'm not sure they'd participate if the sugar wasn't involved.) Adults can have it in a glass of water, but there really is no getting away from the taste, even with dilution, so pull up your big boy panties and get it down you!
I also make a chest balm with Oil of Oregano as one of the main ingredients, as it can be used topically to treat internal ailments too.
When searching for an oregano oil product, make sure to look for one that is organic, in liquid form, has an organic extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil base and has at least 80% carvacrol content. Carvacrol is the main ingredient in this Superhealing Oil.
Colloidal Silver -
This is a new one to me this winter. My lovely Teresa at our local health food store Mere Enough Health Foods recommended this one to me.
We have lived in Nova Scotia for 3 winters now and the first two were pretty brutal, weather wise and sickness wise. My 2 young boys both had serious chest infections which lead on to pneumonia. I don't know if it was the severe cold and their body's were saying wtf, -25 wind chill, can we board that plane back to balmy Scotland? Or if it was just an unlucky winter. Regardless, both of them ended up on antibiotics to combat the infection, despite my various attempts at home remedies. Ces't la vie.
Welcome winter 2015/16 and I'm back with a cough heading into the chest of my 4 year old. I head on out to stock up on Manuka Honey (which I'm a HUGE advocate for) and Teresa suggests Colloidal Silver. I'm baffled as to why you would ingest silver particles, but I was intrigued. That's the thing with have a trustworthy, knowledgeable, friendly person working in your health food store.
Colloidal silver has been known as a remarkably effective natural antibiotic for centuries. And in past several decades, research has shown colloidal silver can eradicate antibiotic-resistant microbes like MRSA, the Avian Influenza (bird flu), and Human Corona virus (SARS).
As usual there are lots of major Health Bullies out there discrediting Colloidal Silver even with its ancient history. But we know these guys aren't truly interested in your health they are just after your illness and your wallet! (Don't get me started on that or you will be reading for days!)
We give the kids a teaspoon of silver when they are at the beginning stages of a cold, chest infection or sick and we follow it up with a probiotic, like kombucha, within a few hours.
The reason to give the probiotic a while after is because Colloidal Silver does indeed act as a broad spectrum natural antibiotic. As such, if enough mineral silver reaches the intestinal tract it most certainly can kill off the friendly (i.e., beneficial) bacteria that live there.
Stay calm in the knowledge that the gut has between 3 and 7 pounds of beneficial microorganisms living in the entirety of the intestinal tract at any one time and you would have to glug down soup ladle after soup ladle to kill all these guys. But when kids are involved, you just want to be on the safe side. And if they're sick, probiotics are always a good idea.
Since there are health risks involved if you select the wrong formula, (as there are various types of Colloidal silver out there) it is recommended you use colloidal silver only under the guidance and supervision of a qualified alternative health practitioner, who can help you select a high-quality product.
Oil of Oregano -
This amazing essential oil was also new to me over here in Nova Scotia. ( It is available all over, as we have Grandad Robertson in Scotland on it now. And who says your too old to learn new tricks??)
As the name suggests, it is the oil extracted from the oregano plant, like the greens you use in pasta sauce or over pizza, only this baby is way more potent.
This oil is loaded with free radical fighting anti-oxidants, vitamin E and C, magnesium and zinc, to name a few, which is why I use it when I feel a little run down or when my kids are starting to cough and sniff at night.
One study straight from the United States Department of Agriculture reported that oregano oil has such a strong action against germs that it could easily fight Salmonella and E. coli. (now that's a statement and a half!)
I'm not going to lie, this stuff is pretty hard to get used to ingesting. It has a burning, menthol type taste to it (sorry there is no essence of pizza going on there AT ALL!). The theory is, if you take it under your tongue, it is carried rapidly in your blood stream and dispersed to where it is needed. But if you have a sore throat, cough or chest infection, take it right on your tongue and swallow it down. My kids have 3 drops on a small teaspoon of sugar. (They actually ask for it these days when they feel a little rough, but I'm not sure they'd participate if the sugar wasn't involved.) Adults can have it in a glass of water, but there really is no getting away from the taste, even with dilution, so pull up your big boy panties and get it down you!
I also make a chest balm with Oil of Oregano as one of the main ingredients, as it can be used topically to treat internal ailments too.
When searching for an oregano oil product, make sure to look for one that is organic, in liquid form, has an organic extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil base and has at least 80% carvacrol content. Carvacrol is the main ingredient in this Superhealing Oil.
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