Beauty Care Tips:Your Respiratory Defense Against the Flu
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With the CDC’s newest report that the Swine flu is now spreading too fast to even count, I wanted to arm you with more information on fighting respiratory viruses with whole herbs and food based medicines.
For many, the flu hits hard. We spend over 192 million days in bed because of it, and complications from flu actually kill 36,000 people each year. Like a cold, the flu is an upper respiratory infection caused by a virus. Unlike a cold, the flu is more severe, longer-lasting, and highly contagious. The elderly and those with weak immune systems are especially vulnerable.
Natural therapies help your body fight the flu, warming it against chills, releasing congestion, and relieving feverishness by promoting perspiration.
Nutritional Therapy Plan for the Flu:
1. During the acute stage: take only liquid nutrients - plenty of hot, steamy chicken soup, hot tonics and broths to stimulate mucous release. Vegetable juices and green drinks rebuild the blood and immune system. Have Systems Strength broth mix every day.
2. During the recuperation stage: follow a vegetarian, light, “green” diet. Have a fresh green salad every day, cultured foods like yogurt and kefir to help you replace friendly flora, and steamed vegetables with brown rice for strength.
3. For ongoing immune support: Avoid fast foods, sugary foods and dairy foods; they increase congestion and allow a place for the virus to live. Avoid alcohol and tobacco; they are immune suppressors. Avoid caffeine foods; they inhibit iron and zinc absorption.
4. If you just can’t seem to “get over it:” try this effective make up 1 gallon of Cleansing & Purifying tea, take 5 to 6 cups daily with 10 Herbal Laxa caps daily until the virus is removed.