Re: cold and flu treatments

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Vitamin C is good, but not sure of other things during the pregnancy, like OLE

or Echonisia/Goldenseal

Natalia

From: bty18626645 <ebrandt@...>

Subject: [ ] cold and flu treatments

Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 12:23 PM

Hi everyone I was really hoping that someone would be able to point me

in the right direction re something I could take to help me keep going!

I don't want to take over the counter meds as am in the early stages of

pregnancy and am wary of meds but am feverish and feel terrible and of

course the kids esp my asd kiddo are full of energy so any help v

gratefully received thanks for reading emx

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Very quick thoughts...Hot lemon water & honey comes to mind. One of

my own personal standbys I tolerate next to no medications, even

when not pregnant, lolol - big sigh...Peppermint, ginger, (teas or

such) if feeling nauseous come to mind. Epsom salt wipedowns might

help with the feverish thing. what about herb teas? not sure which

need to be avoided for preg...Raspberry leaf tea is inhaled here, and

that is actually recommended for pregnancy We (super) stock up on

grapefruit & avocadoes around here, when things start getting overrun

with flu & cold stuff (yes, a weird combo, but works for us maybe

pineapple would be one alternative, tho we don't do the canned, just

fresh - could get pricey, depending wishing you the best, elizabeth

>

> Hi everyone I was really hoping that someone would be able to point me

> in the right direction re something I could take to help me keep going!

> I don't want to take over the counter meds as am in the early stages of

> pregnancy and am wary of meds but am feverish and feel terrible and of

> course the kids esp my asd kiddo are full of energy so any help v

> gratefully received thanks for reading emx

>

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> Posted by: " bty18626645 " ebrandt@... bty18626645

> Date: Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:23 am ((PST))

>

>Hi everyone I was really hoping that someone would be able to point me

>in the right direction re something I could take to help me keep going!

>I don't want to take over the counter meds as am in the early stages of

>pregnancy and am wary of meds but am feverish and feel terrible and of

>course the kids esp my asd kiddo are full of energy so any help v

>gratefully received thanks for reading emx

Coconut oil is known to be anti-viral, and it's been a common food

among many for ages so I don't see how it could hurt but advise you

to do some reading on your own too.

FWIW my family's been cooking with expeller pressed coconut oil (less

expensive and not nearly so strong an odor/taste) for several years

now and we seem to get fewer, less severe colds.

OTOH there is also supposed to be a 'die off' reaction when starting

to use coconut oil, so take it easy if you do try it.

My two cents,

Marty

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Ditto-ing the coconut oil thought - coconut oil rubdowns are huge

around here - another " for everyone " thing Moreso during the

winter. We did use coconut oil alot for cooking, especially during

the first six months or so that was about 1-2 yrs ago...we don't

use it for cooking quite so much anymore, simply because we really

like our butter for cooking better wishing you the best, elizabeth

>

>

> > Posted by: " bty18626645 " ebrandt@... bty18626645

> > Date: Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:23 am ((PST))

> >

> >Hi everyone I was really hoping that someone would be able to point me

> >in the right direction re something I could take to help me keep going!

> >I don't want to take over the counter meds as am in the early stages of

> >pregnancy and am wary of meds but am feverish and feel terrible and of

> >course the kids esp my asd kiddo are full of energy so any help v

> >gratefully received thanks for reading emx

>

> Coconut oil is known to be anti-viral, and it's been a common food

> among many for ages so I don't see how it could hurt but advise you

> to do some reading on your own too.

>

> FWIW my family's been cooking with expeller pressed coconut oil (less

> expensive and not nearly so strong an odor/taste) for several years

> now and we seem to get fewer, less severe colds.

>

> OTOH there is also supposed to be a 'die off' reaction when starting

> to use coconut oil, so take it easy if you do try it.

>

> My two cents,

> Marty

>

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You could look at homeopathy...

belladonna is usually helpful for breaking a fever.

ossillococcinum (might not be spelled right but we've all seen the

commercials)..or at least we used to till the push for flu shots. for flu

Honestly I would trust echinacea over any medication. But look it up

first to be sure, many herbs are safe during pregnancy, but some are

not. Same with olive leaf. I think virastop is fine, it's an enzyme

that dissolves the outer coating on viral cells so the immune system

can kill them better.

ditto on lots of C and zinc and A for viruses. You can use A but not

in insane doses, sensible doses like 25,000 IU.

A nice hot epsom bath is wonderful also.

>

> Hi everyone I was really hoping that someone would be able to point me

> in the right direction re something I could take to help me keep going!

> I don't want to take over the counter meds as am in the early stages of

> pregnancy and am wary of meds but am feverish and feel terrible and of

> course the kids esp my asd kiddo are full of energy so any help v

> gratefully received thanks for reading emx

>

[Guest guest]

We used Aconite (homeopathic) 1st few days of onset..then followed

with high Vitamin C, Zinc drops, transfer factor, small doses of

vitamin D...

> >

> > Hi everyone I was really hoping that someone would be able to

point me

> > in the right direction re something I could take to help me keep

going!

> > I don't want to take over the counter meds as am in the early

stages of

> > pregnancy and am wary of meds but am feverish and feel terrible

and of

> > course the kids esp my asd kiddo are full of energy so any help v

> > gratefully received thanks for reading emx

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi everyone I was really hoping that someone would be able to point me

> in the right direction re something I could take to help me keep going!

> I don't want to take over the counter meds as am in the early stages of

> pregnancy and am wary of meds but am feverish and feel terrible and of

> course the kids esp my asd kiddo are full of energy so any help v

> gratefully received thanks for reading emx

I have used high doses of vitamin C and biotin, OLE, and Virastop. I

don't know if OLE is okay in pregnancy, but the others should be fine,

so far as I know.

Dana