Colds

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Kitchen Remedies and Natural Cures for Colds
Also see: Allergies

Wash hands regularly, especially after handling money, going to the restroom, and before handling food.

Andrographis paniculata and Siberian ginseng

Zinc Lozenges (we have been told that if it gives you nausea then you are over doing it and need to stop taking all zinc and zinc products for a few months)

Vitamins D and C (Some claim that Vitamin D prevents winter colds)  People in general should take 1 gram each of Fish Oils and Vitamin C daily.

Astragalus

Garlic

Raw Honey (add Ceylon Cinnamon)

Echinacea

Ginseng

Ginger (Crystalized Ginger): One lady from Jamaica says that the Crystalized Ginger gives you relief in less than 30 minutes.

Probiotics like Natural Yogurt and Kefir

Elderberry

Hydrogen Peroxide (3% from drug store) drops in each ear. Many claim it gets rid of the flu and colds in less than 15 hours. (1928 Richard Simmons, M.D.)

Antibiotic Dilemma
Doctors refuse to give anti-biotics if they think it is viral. But when a person is not getting well, then that needs to be re-considered. Sometimes a person has a combination of viral and bacterial.

Jim Henson: He first said he felt ill (tired and sore throat) on May 4, 1990. On May 13, 1990, Henson consulted a physician in North Carolina, who could find no evidence of pneumonia by physical examination and prescribed no treatment except aspirin. Henson returned to New York on an earlier flight and cancelled a Muppet recording session scheduled for May 14, 1990. May 15, Henson was having trouble breathing and began coughing up blood.

His wife took him to the hospital. By the time he was admitted at 4:58 A.M., he could no longer breathe on his own and had abscesses in his lungs. He was placed on a mechanical ventilator to help him breathe, but his condition deteriorated rapidly into septic shock, despite aggressive treatment with multiple antibiotics. During his twenty hours in the hospital, he had two cardiac arrests. Jim Henson died on the morning of May 16, 1990, at the age of 53. The official cause of death was first reported as Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacterial infection. Bacterial pneumonia is usually caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, an alpha-hemolytic species of Streptococcus. Henson's cause of death, however, was organ failure resulting from Streptococcus pyogenes, a severe Group A streptococcal infection. S. pyogenes is the bacterial species that causes strep throat, scarlet fever, and rheumatic fever. It can also cause other infections.

Unfortunately, seeing a doctor does not mean that the person received proper treatment. The doctor can be wrong.

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