Monday, March 16, 2009

Herbal Treatment: Day 2 & 3 of the Flu

Sunday
I was more of a zombie than a human. I hadn't felt this sick in at least a year. I was so sick I didn't even drink any coffee. I haven't done that i'm pretty sure in years. Or for sure since the last time I was really sick. I managed somehow, miraculously to make it through 5 hours of work on Sunday. I should have called my boss on Sat night, but didn't. I pretty much just sat behind the counter, and if someone had a question, I answered it. I took 2000 mg of Vitamin C and brought a Liter of Superfood with me to work. I drank half of it at work. The only way I could stop myself from coughing was to have a cough drop in my mouth. So 5 hours later and most of my Organix cough drops gone, I got to go home. 2000 mg Vitamin C. Grapes with honey and white pepper. A large glass of soy milk. I had no appetite. I went straight to sleep. and proceeded to sleep 17 hours.
At some point in the night, I woke up, and knowing I needed to get some garlic in my system, walked in the kitchen, and ate a half a clove of garlic. First time and a last for everything. I had jimmy get me garlic capsules at the grocery, so I never have to do that again. It's supposed to kill the flu virus. I can see why.
Over the last few nights, if I breathed through my nose I could seem to control the coughing.
Monday. I am feeling more like a human and less like a zombie. I drink the other half of Kombucha, I'm not entirely sure when I drank the first half. I took a bath somewhere in there, and somehow have plugged up my ears. 2000 mg VItamin C. My cough today is subdued. I still cough, but its definitely manageable. Not constant and never ending like Saturday night and Sunday. Eventually jimmy brought me two new helpers
Elderberry
Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract
I took 2 pills of each.
Continued to drink my Superfood which I polished the 2 Quarts off today.
Continued with that regime the rest of the day. Later this evening, we had some whole wheat pasta and eggplant with red sauce. It was tasty. I had a bit of an appetite back.
I sat out in the sun today for while in my garden. It felt good to get some of those sun rays in. I got sunburnt.. crazy how easy I can burn in this hot texas heat.
I had enough energy that I took a short walk in the woods by my house up to the hilltop to see the sunset. It was pretty.
Now it's late, I took 2 more Elderberry & 2 Kyolic and I best be to sleep so I can make a full recovery by Thursday!

p.s. i've been using a humidifier at night, and that also seems to help. Especially if you have a "dry" cough

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