• Flu Season

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  Nov 21

  It seems like the flu is running rampant this season.  Needless to say it hasn’t skipped our household either, so I thought I would write today’s post on ways to take care of yourself and family should the flu decide to make a visit to your home.

  The first two suggestions are no brainers, drink plenty of fluids and get lots of rest.  The reason for these are simple.

  Our bodies heal while we are resting.  Plenty of rest just means, stop, let your body do it’s job to take care of itself fighting the virus, without having to multi-task.

  When we are sick, especially with the flu, it’s easy to become dehydrated.  Since most of us are already dehydrated to a degree, this will certainly put us into the severely dehydrated category.  You want to drink lots of clear liquids.  When I say clear liquids that doesn’t mean liquid you can see through.  That means fluids that do not have caffeine or heavy sugars.  Stick with water, herbal teas, kool-aid, or Gatorade type drinks.  I drank loads of green tea (great antioxidant) with honey to keep me hydrated while flushing toxins from my body.

  This week while we were fighting the flu we added a couple of other steps to this.

  I dosed myself with garlic.  Garlic is antibiotic, antiviral, antimicrobiotic, so it actually helps fight the viral flu bug.  I know some people who will eat the whole clove of garlic or take a spoonful of minced garlic.  I’m not one of those.  I buy the garlic oil capsules and took 2 capsules 3 times a day.  Not hard or gross.

  I also had a diffuser burning with the essential oil blend of Eucalyptus and Rosemary.  The Eucalyptus was to help keep sinus passages clear so breathing was a little easier.  The Rosemary to disinfect the air to keep the virus from spreading.  You only need a couple of drops of each in a base oil (such as veggie oil) in a tea light oil burner will do the trick.

  Hopefully you won’t get the flu this season, but if you do, I hope these tips help you to be a little more comfortable.

  Have a Wondernous day!

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