As the season finally changed and it actually started to feel like winter a few weeks ago I got a terrible cold. It started out with a sore throat and I tried to suck on the onguard throat drops but I"m not a huge fan of the taste of them. I did it anyways because I did not want to get sick. Nothing is worse than being a mom of three young kids and being sick. I upped my water intake hoping to keep it away too.
The next day I was sick sick luckily it was saturday so my husband was home he could watch the kids. I just was sore and did not feel good. I drank lemon honey tea. I learned this remedy while on my mission in Chile. It was great. I already know how good lemon is for me and of course honey. It was the only thing that helped my throat and made me feel better. I drank that three times a day for quite a few days.
Sunday came around and I felt a little better I was still very stuffed up and I felt sinus pressure but I made it through church alright. I continued to be incredibly stuffed up and had this terrible sinus pressure that hurt my eye and was giving me a constant headache. I even tried putting some breathe essential oil on my nose and sinus and it burned my eyes. I should have done it before I went to bed. haha Lesson learned.
After a week of being sick of being stuffed up and this terrible sinus pressure, I was ready to be done. I really didn't want to go to the doctor because I knew what they would prescribe me.... antibiotics and I did not want that. So I said If I am still sick at two weeks then I"ll have to make the decision to go in or suffer some more. I can't live like this any longer. I went and got a foot zone for this and some other reasons as well. I believe it helped with the sinus infection, I was sure I had. She also suggested drinking colloidal silver. I had never thought of that. I mean, I use it topically, for things like that but I have never actually ingested it. I don't know why I didn't think of it, it's a natural antibiotic and will kill those nasty bugs. So I started drinking it just a tsp twice a day. I also got some Vitamin c tablets and unscented garlic pills. I had heard these were great to ward off sicknesses. So I started doing all of these things at the same time. I also started diffusing Breathe right by my bed at night, I know this helped me sleep better and be able to breathe.
This was all on saturday, a week after I had been really sick. So by about wed, a week and a half of being sick, I was feeling much better. I wasn't blowing my nose 89 times a day anymore. I was so happy when I finally started to feel better. Since I started doing most of it at the same time I can't say it was just one thing that helped fight it off but I was so glad that I did it using natural resources. I think it was a great combination of all of it.
I also didn't eat any sugar.... that is hard. I have really been trying to cut back on our sugar intake lately and it has been hard, I am a major sugar tooth. I know sugar just feeds the sickness, and is overall terrible for our body so I put my foot down and told myself NO! Great lesson to myself, I can do hard things. I also started to drink a ton of water, this was so helpful except the part where I have to go to the bathroom 15 times a day.
I am just so glad that I was able to use my resources that I have found so far on my trying to be healthier and natural journey. I love learning about new things and actually getting to try them out first hand. I hope to be able to fight sickness off all winter long the preventative way.
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