Modern medicine knows that people can come in contact with the germs that cause the flu and not get it due to a great immune system. What do colds have to do with the cold weather? Why is the flu season during the cold weather? Why does the body catch a cold and the flu? What is the fastest way to get over a cold and how do you avoid them altogether?
If your immune system is strong enough then you will not get the flu. When a person’s health is too low, the body’s intelligence tries to raise it. Its job is to constantly try to make the person healthy and fit, not fat. Its only goal is the best health possible. But people have many other priorities like entertainment, fun, being sociable, making money and being admired.
So when your health (immune system) drops too low, the body’s intelligence tries to force you to do something about it. Your health and immune system are proportional to how clean or free of toxins the body is. Toxins include the body’s metabolic waste. The body is constantly getting rid of toxins but sometimes it gets backed up. Things that help the body detoxify are heavy sweating caused by heat or exercise, sleeping, fasting and eating a light and healthy diet. The opposite things, like lack of sleep, causes the body to get backed up with these toxins.
During cold weather people get less sunlight which means less vitamin D (which is good for the immune system). Also people sweat a lot less during cold weather so saunas can help to cause more sweating. The skin is one of the 4 excretory organs of the body which also include the lungs, liver and kidneys. The colon is an organ of elimination. It is not an excretory organ since it is outside the body proper. That is medical talk.
With Bikrams Hot Yoga, you do yoga exercise in a room that is 100 degrees Fahrenheit so this causes you to sweat a lot. Americans have a tendency to over eat and under sleep especially around the holidays. I saw on the forums before Thanksgiving that more people are asking about what to do about a cold.
So the body’s intelligence allows you to get sick so you will do the things that you were unwilling to do, like taking off work, eating less and sleeping more. Then after the flu, you are healthier than you were before the flu. If you do not do these things then the flu can last a long time.
The quickest way to get over a cold or the flu is fasting, according to Mark Twain and I. That causes the body to detoxify at the fastest rate possible. If you can’t fast, then just eat only fruit, especially fruits high in vitamin C, until you are better. Fruits require the least amount of digestive energy. You already know about getting plenty of rest and drinking enough fluids.
There is an easier type of fasting that has become very popular. Since it is easier and supplies
vitamin C in a food form it may be better for colds and flus. When it comes
to vitamin pills you should try to avoid them. Studies show that they act
differently in the body than vitamins in foods. Ask yourself this. Since
vitamin C pills are so cheap (about 8 cents each) and each one (500mg)
contains the amount of vitamin C in 7 whole oranges, then no one should
never get a cold or the flu. But the vitamin C in one whole orange is better
for you than 100 vitamin C pills.
Try to buy organically grown produce until The USA becomes as civilized as Russia where it is against the law (a crime) to sell anything but organically grown produce. This
alternate fast is discussed on the fasting webpage. It is called Master
Cleanse, Lemonade Diet or the Master Cleanser Lemonade Fast. Lemon contains
a lot of vitamin C like other citrus fruits (31 mg per lemon). This is
an average since organic produce without pesticides has more nutrients
than conventional produce. Ask your congressman when they are going to
make produce with pesticides illegal since our little children consume
them. This is a crime against humanity. Remember, that black people used
to be property (slaves) in the USA that you could buy and sell and that was considered acceptable.
The Master Cleanse contains freshly squeezed lemon juice in water, grade B maple syrup and a tiny bit of cayenne pepper for circulation. Cayenne has a large amount of vitamin
C. Two grams of it contains 1 mg of vitamin C. You cannot consume much
of it since it is very hot (spicy). People can skip it altogether. It is
not good for people with blood that is too thin. For more on this, see my website www.phifoundation.org/flu.html
Copyright 2006 by Chuck Bluestein
About the Author
Chuck Bluestein is a nutritionist, herbalist and an expert on fasting and weight loss. His website has info on colds and flus, losing weight (including water weight), weight loss strategies, healthy diet, fasting, natural healing and how to be happier.
FLU RECIPE
¼ ounce Plurisy Root (expels coughing mucus to “slice the virus”, respiratory infections)
1 ounce Orange Peel (clarity to emotions, release of trauma)
¼ ounce Fuling (reduces moisture and pain)
¼ ounce Liquorice (expectorant, anti-inflammatory, strengthens all the ingredients)
¼ ounce Fresh Ginger Root (relieves upset stomach, fights infection, has Vitamin K)
Pinch Horsetail, known as Puzzlegrass, (Opens the lungs, Internal bleeding, kidney stones, rheumatism, bladder and urinary tract diseases, and stomach ulcers, fights infection)
Pinch Avocado Seed Shavings (High dose of Vitamin E, fights infection)
1/8 ounce Skullcap (calms the nerves)
10 drops Almond Oil (spasms)
¼ teaspoon Salt (changes the ph balance)
1 Plum (fights coughing, and a weak immune system)
10 drops Milk Thistle (Strengthens the immune system, high in vitamin K) Can substitute 2 teaspoons of dry seeds
5 drops Iris Rootstalk ( lymphatic swelling, liver– Iris was the goddess who served as messenger for Zeus and Hera, transmitting messages between heaven and earth on the pathway of a rainbow) Can substitute ½ teaspoon rootstalk.
Put all the ingredients into four cups of boiling water. Let it steep, or simmer for one minute, and let it set for three minutes. Then drink 4 ounces at least twice a day. For herbs please contact http://tomgrayhorse.tripod.com.
**For general flu please remove three ingredients from the Recipe: Avocado Seed, Plum, Iris Rootstalk.
Hello Everyone,
The making of this formula occurred after the prophecies began to insinuate a medical and or environmental catastrophe would happen in the future to earth’s inhabitants.
“Also in the Atlantic there will be a rise of land which will be a cause of those waves which will bring about great disasters upon the Americas, the Irish and Western European shore, involving all of the low-lying British coasts,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He further predicted, “A period of natural convulsions during which a large portion of the human race will perish; earthquakes of great severity and enormous tidal waves would seem to be the agents.” Written July of 1930.
I had experienced in a psychic journey that this formula would be needed by the World. I asked my circle of friends, several Herbalist, Lightworkers, and Energy Workers around the globe, to come up with a way to help with symptoms involving the lung and heart. This was before the shortage of flu vaccinations. I had “dreamed” that I needed to have a ceremony to heal Mother Earth through the Four Directions of the Medicine Wheel. It was two months before the Worldwide Medicine Wheel Ceremony.
I held a Harmonic Earth Energy Ceremony on the Harmonic Concordance yahoo web group. I realized at the time that anyone with a sincere intention could use distant healing as a way to extend our energy and love to heal. The ceremony was a success, and we used many modalities toward healing the environment.
Esekial’s vision; the zodiac; the Wheel of Life, the Serpent swallowing its tail; the Wheel of Law, Truth and Light, one of the eight emblems of good fortune in Chinese Buddhism; Navajo sand-paintings showing the creation of the world, with glyphs of the sun, earth, water, the Four Winds and the Four Powers ruling the Directions; these and myriad more are the mandalas of the Medicine Wheel.
I asked participants to draw a picture or make the pattern of the 30 stones of The Medicine Wheel, using a larger stone in the middle, signifying the Great Unknown, and it represents Wakan-Tanka, Great Energy, and Source of all. You acknowledge the 13 stones around it in signifying the 13 Moon Cycle. You should see the cross of four stones out from the Middle Stone on all four sides, signifying North, South, East, and West. You many honor the Four Directions, to the Seen and unseen, to what is Above and Below, and for all the animal and plant life, to guide and help us on this healing journey.
Each stone in the Medicine Wheel is a tool to help you understand your ties with the ancient past that molds both personal and planetary, present and future. Each position in the Medicine Wheel will directly affect you at some point in your life. The Medicine Wheel will help you understand your relationship with all of the beings on the earth.
We can change our attitude toward the people and situations in our daily living. We can adopt the blessed relief of living in the now, responsible only for the short interval of the passing hours, flowing with the flow, endeavoring to remain in harmony with the Great Spirit and to be open channels for That One’s blessing to the world. We do not have to think about the past or to anticipate the future. We are in the now, which is all that anyone can have. When we change our attitudes towards our surroundings, a corresponding change will take place in ourselves.
.In the Ceremony I used a combination of drums, rattles, bells, gongs, synthesizers, eastern drone instruments and voice. The music sound will energize your work and provide a sound stimulus to extend your consciousness into the higher subtle planes. Each physical sound and its subtle sound counterpart create certain effects on healing, channeling consciousness, and affect the subtle bodies and the physical plane.
You can use a mantra, or work with “seed” sounds. They are based on the human voice, and can be combined to produce words or groups of words that produce specific effects on your physical and subtle bodies. They can also open your consciousness to the higher planes.
When you use “charged words” or mantras, each vowel and consonants creates a vibration that is tied to a specific subtle energy current that is located inside the body as well as in the corresponding subtle plane.
The mantras RAM, SAT NAM, RA, MA and WAHE GURU are repeated internally to open the subtle hearing and are heard better with the inner ear. When working with sound you can work with tone, rhythm, instrumentation, seed sounds and mantra. The Intention is for creating certain healing, or consciousness raising certain vibrations.
I also asked participants to use a circle, as a geometric formation to create a like arrangement of vibrational energy patterns in the subtle and inter-connected physical plane. The circle, the Great Symbol for Life, is the center and source of all things, and represents a reconstruction of life cycles, the symbol of rebirth and the origin of life. Never ending. Never beginning. It has three basic parts, 1) the circumference, 2) the directions, and 3) the center.
The bodies of participants become filled with the energy of life, and this energy reaches out and blesses the creation around them. All is made new, everything becomes sacred. This ceremony is to help promote the highest good of all those involved with them.
The Iris flower was the last ingredient added to the recipe, for it was “dreamed” with the help of Quan-Yin or Kuan Yin, a Mahayanna Buddhism bodhisattva (enlightened being), who is known as “She who harkens to the cries of the world.” Kuan Yin interceded that this formula would be needed in the future as part of the Cree Indian Prophecy about the “Warriors of the Rainbow.” The person who visioned the future is a Warrior of the Rainbow.
The Cree Prophecy explained that an old woman, named “Eyes of Fire,” had prophesied that one day, because of the white mans, or Yo-ne-gis’ greed, there would come a time, when the earth being ravaged and polluted, the forest being destroyed, the birds would fall from the air, the waters would be blackened, the fish being poisoned in the streams, and the trees would no longer be, mankind as we would know it would all but cease to exist. There would come a time when the “keepers of the legend” would be needed to restore us to health, making the earth green again. They would be mankind’s keys to survival; they were the “Warriors of the Rainbow.” There would come a day of awakening when all the peoples of all the tribes would form a New World of Justice, Peace, Freedom and recognition of the Great Spirit. The poor, sick, and needy would be cared for by their brothers and sisters of the Earth.
This is a call for all Rainbow Warriors. The Rainbow Ray is a composite of all the known colors of the spectrum, as well as the colors of gold, silver, platinum, and copper. It is a force of light that is natural to your being. The planet as well as you, have for the most part, integrated the rays singularly, and are now ready to move to this integration. It is very powerful, and will touch you in ways that you have not experienced before.
I am a Rainbow Warrior, Lightworker, and Crystal/Energy worker. I realize that the healer facilitates the energy flow and assists this process by providing a safe and nurturing environment of energy and healing thoughts. The energy flow is controlled by the thoughts coming from the subconscious, conscious, and super-conscious levels. Always remember, we heal ourselves.
This formula is hereby dedicated to all of mankind as a way to survive these trying times on Earth. Through the visions and help of others who believe in the Rainbow Warriors creed to help mankind, with that in mind, we hereby dedicate ourselves to further the health of all on Earth.
Written by Kim, Gypsy Rainbow, Yellow Cosmic Star
Kim and Tom Grayhorse
Email all inquiries to
Funinalaska@excite.com or visit our web site at http://tomgrayhorse.tripod.com. Due to the nature of some healing herbs that are found in the Alaska area, we have a limited supply of certain plants.
We also have a drinkable cold formula, healing medical oil for Arthritis, and two topical medical oils for pain.
By Jim Huffman
We all know the nasty sensation of coming down with a cold: when you feel like your head is stopped up, when your nose is constantly running, and when nothing tastes right.
Most of what we call colds are technically known rhinitis, and are caused by various micro-organisms settling on nasal or throat surfaces, and the body’s reacting to them. When your nose is running, your body is trying to get rid of those organisms.The important thing is to let the body get rid of the junk. People are always trying to avoid sneezing, runny noses, and congestion. But the problem is that they are often treating the symptoms, and not the problem itself. Water treats the problem. Make sure you have plenty of water to let the body do its job.One of the reasons the old advice (“Rest, and get plenty of liquids!”) was good advice was you could have time to let the body work on getting rid of whatever is causing problems. If you take something to stop your runny nose, all you’ve done is give yourself a dry (and usually sore) throat, and prevent the body from blowing out what’s causing the problem.It’s not easy to conduct a business meeting if you’re nose is constantly running. It’s not easy to teach if you’re constantly sneezing. But those are some of the ways your body is trying to cure you. If you possibly can, take some time off, rest, and you will recover much faster.
Your body will be going through a great deal of water, and you need to replenish it frequently. It’s easy to forget how much liquid goes out in a runny nose (and probably not something you want to ponder a lot, either!) And every time you sneeze, your body loses water. So a good rule of thumb is for every time you sneeze or blow your nose, drink some water. Every time. Now the problem is that most folks just don’t feel like eating when they have a bad cold. Neither do they feel like drinking. So you may have to fool your body into thinking that you’re drinking something special that’s not just the water it needs.
The easiest way is to slice a lemon (or lime) and put a slice into your glass. Unlike sugar and other things we are prone to add to water, the trace of lemon adds nothing but taste: no calories, no caffeine, and no carbohydrates.
Another trick is to heat the water. That’s right: serve up plain, hot water in a special cup, and maybe jazz it up with lemon, too.
And as long as you’re drinking your quota of 20 glasses of water a day, there’s no reason you can’t enjoy some other liquids. Hot broth, juices (though not too much: your body needs a rest from digesting, too!) and hot teas can be enjoyable, and help alleviate the boredom.
If you’re drinking tea, you might want to go with herbal, decaffeinated teas. I have nothing against caffeine, when used in moderation, and I drink caffeinated tea almost every day. But when you are sick (whether from a cold, or from something else) allow your body to clear out some of the corridors. Don’t give it the extra task of dealing with caffeine … at least not now.
The important thing is to keep consuming liquids. Your body may be cleansing out some toxins, and it needs fluids to do that job. Monitor factors such as the color of your urine. If the urine is a dark or brownish color, you need more liquids. (A rule of thumb is that urine should be a light straw color. If it’s darker, immediately drink down 2 glasses of water).
Jim Huffman, RN specializes in natural and alternative healing therapies. His first book is ‘Dare to Be Free: How to Get Control of Your Time, Your Life, and Your Nursing Career,’ and is aimed at helping other nurses find satisfying, dynamic careers. His website is http://www.NetworkForNurses.com and his health blog is at http://www.shababa.blogspot.com
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