So, James has been sick the last few days and had a really bad cough and sore throat – the works. The poor guy never gets sick but this was a bad one. It is winter here in Auckland and it has been raining almost daily. The rain just keeps coming which does make for a beautiful green landscape! It does make it cold and wet and naturally starts to affect our immune systems.
Anyway, so yesterday I developed a little sore throat and thought it was going to be my turn. These things knock me like you wouldn’t believe and it would throw out everything for weeks afterwards! So, there was no chance I was going to let this little bugger in!
Here’s what I did and guess what? I have no sore throat today or any signal of a cold coming at all!
Horseradish and Garlic pills
Well, I happen to have these since my allergies were really bad in February and it helps with allergies too. Great one cos there is no repeat garlicky flavour!
Extra Vitamin C
I dosed up on all the vitamin C stuff I could find in the cupboard, fridge. If it has Vitamin C in it, I took it. Included: Cranberry Juice, Parsley, Grapefruit, Cranberry tablets. If it was Pineapple season I would’ve added that too. I can’t stomach Oranges so they were just not an option.
Cloves
These guys kill off bacteria and viruses. I had some cloves in the cupboard so added them to my Ginger drink mix and perfect!
Echinacea
Now the tablet form is horrible as you have to put it under your tongue to dissolve it and it tastes like eating grass. I don’t like the tablet form, so I buy the liquid form and just down a slug of it and follow that with some cranberry juice – that usually works pretty well. Support me by buying your Echinacea
Well, this seemed to do the trick! No nasties coming in this body!
Naturally, I am building my immune system through my diet too and all the other stuff for Endo but these little extra’s might be helpful to you if you are near someone with a cold
or you feel a particularly stressful time coming up!
Do you know of any other remedies that I haven’t mentioned? Do you struggle with colds and flu’s often? Does it knock you like me?
Would love to hear your comments!
Author of Cure Endometriosis & Eating with Mel.
