Licking The Flu
This year, the flu was hardcore. I was out for a full 7 days, and still a little wobbly. I happen to get the flu on the tail end of my yearly bronchitis, so my struggling immune system was wiped out.
Lying in bed, there was nothing I wanted to do more than sleep. And stop coughing. I still had to make meetings, still had deadlines. I took all kinds of over the counter remedies – TheraFlu, Nyquil, Tylenol, etc. I was in total discomfort, achey and miserable.
All that medication did squat but knock me out for a few hours at a time. The symptoms were mildly alleviated, but left me with a heavy, drugged up feeling. I was restless, anxious, drowsy and sore.
The natural remedies – oil of oregano, using a neti pot, eating lots of veggies and drinking lots of water – those things made more of a difference than all the chemicals I had been pumping into my system for days. Baths with epsom salt and eucalyptus oil were soothing and comforting.
Each year, I am more aware that the natural remedies do so much more for me than the chemicals in modern medicine. Oil of oregano is a natural antibiotic, with lots of topical and internal uses. The neti pot cleans out my sinuses more effectively than sinus sprays.
I’m keeping it as natural as I can these days.
Peace,
Melissa
