HERBAL PREVENTION FOR COLDS AND FLUS

THE WISE WOMAN'S WAY

 Colds and flus are preventable with daily awareness: RELAXATION, BREATHWORK, good SLEEP habits, some form of EXERCISE, GOOD THOUGHTS, and WHOLE NOURISHING FOODS. Attention for our internal vital energy source is key - listening to our bodies' innate ability to share with us what it needs to be well on all levels of our being.

HERBAL SUGGESTIONS

PROMOTES SWEATING REDUCES WIND /COLD

1. PEPPERMINT is warming with a 2nd cooling effect, dispersing, drying and restoring, relaxing

Head, heart, lungs, liver congestion

Symptoms: sneezing, fatique, headache possible fever -chills

ACUTE SINUSITIS, RHINISITIS, relieves pain -cough and congestion- watery nasal discharge

Bronchitis with wheezing

 

2 . GINGER hot, drying- circulation

Lungs, digestion, Immune syste m

Symptoms: Muscles, aches and pains , sneezing, pronounced chilliness

Tonsilitis , laryngitis, sore throat

 

3. CINNAMON BARK Pungent, sweet, hot & dry

Heart , kidneys circulation

Symptoms: exhaustion -aches and pains sneezing, chills, fatigue

Upper respiratory , bronchitis,

No -pregnancy nursing

PROMOTES SWEATING REDUCES WIND/ HEAT

1. ELDER FLOWER Sweet, cooling, bitter, drying

Lungs, skin, kidney, bladder

Symptoms: Fever- chills, dry skin, sore throat, cough, ( yellow sputum ) wheezing, anxious, irritable, thirst -Laryngitis , mouth ulcers,

 

2. LINDEN FLOWER Sweet, cooling drying

Lungs heart, kidneys, blood, nervous system

Symptoms: fever, Irritability- red sore throat , swollen glands, headache - insomnia, Headache

Laryngitis

TOXIC/DAMP HEAT/SECONDARY COURSE OF ACTION

1. ECHINACEA ROOT pungent cool, drying, dissolving, calming

Blood lymph, stomach uro genital, lung, Lg. intestines

Symptoms: Toxic Heat Bacterial/Viral with chronic inflammation energy or blood deficiency

Upper respiratory, eruptive fever or skin rash swollen lymph and glands , sore throat, aches and pains in muscles LARYNGITIS, tonsillitis, gingivitis

 

2. GOLDEN SEAL ROOT bitter, astringent, cold 2 nd warming effect decongesting, drying

Stomach, intestines, lungs, heart, reproduction organs

Symptoms: Damp heat,Bacterial/ fungal with mucous, Upper digestive system Gastroenteritis/diarrhea

Rhinitis -Mouth gums throat with Sinus congestion Laryngitis, Tonsilitis, gingivitis

FALL TONIC/ NOURISHING AND PREVENTATIVE

Burdock, oats, hawthorn berry, parsley, fennel, orange and cardamom

An all organic herbal tonic for the Fall season in transition from warm to cold - for better circulation, for the heart, the lungs and the digestion. The tonic is preventive from colds and flu s

Burdock root - Metabolic toxiosis-swollen glands, joint pains, headaches, difficult skin conditions, arthritis, gout - important anti- tumoral

Oatstraw - highly nourishing for the bones, the nerves and the endocrine glands. Improves our sex lives!

Hawthorn Berry - excellent for the heart blood and circulation aids in -protein, fat enzyme deficiency

Parsley/Fennel are Urinary diuretics to help eliminate the toxins and synergize all the herbs work together

Cardamom / Orange stimulates digestion / & fosters clear thinking and relieves depression

SUPER FOODS:

BEE POLLEN, SEAWEEDS- MICROALGAE, KEFIR AND HERBAL INFUSIONS

Eat merrily as often as possible