So You Are Sick With a Cold

How to quickly and effeciently gety rid of your cold in a nut shell.

    When you have a cold you feel tired, achey, dizzy, and oh so much more! In order for your body to combat these symptoms it must push your immune system into full force. This can take a dramatic toll on you and your body. By increasing the fighting power of your body you use more energy and nutrients, and to give the body the proper support you must be able to supply the body with energy and nutrients as well as provide a proper way to dispose of the cold itself. 
    So how do you facilitate these problems? There is no set one way, but by offereing a variety of options the body has several ways to easily become healthy. Some of these techniques have been used for years, some are old whives tales that have been known to work and also clinical procedures that are derived from the brilliant minds of educated physicians. So please utilize as many options as this article has to offer, you may be suprised how well it might actually work.

    Tea works in two ways, its calms your body and acts as a stress reliever, and if the proper ingredients are used it can help fight the symptoms of a cold. We all know that tea helps and feels good when you have a cold but some teas work better that others. 
    There are three main ingredients that work best for a cold solving tea; Lemon, Honey, and Ginger. Lemon is packed with vitamin C and other antioxidants. The citric acid will help break up mucus as well. The honey is best effective when from local honey, but still has bennifets if it is not. Honey is also a powerful antuioxidant, and has been used for years as an anti-histimine. Ginger is a great decongestiant it can help to open airways and nasal passages.
    This remedy can also be effective with a little bit of whiskey, referring to the home remedy of whiskey, lemon, and honey. It has been known to help but if you dont feel like drinking while your sick it might not help that much. 

    Dealing with a cold can create a substantial amount of stress to you mentally as well as physically. A bath drawn with the proper ingredients can ease your muscular tension and pain, decongest your sinuses, relieve a headache, and also help excrete toxins from the body.
    Fill a bathtub wilh warm water, the hotter the better. Add a cup or two of epsom salt, it will help keep the water warm a little longer as well as help the heat seap into your muscles. Add a few drops of eucalyptus oil to help break up mucus and open your airways. The steam will help vaporize the oil getting it into your respiratory system easier. Other oils can be used to help other sypmtoms, lavendar for example can help with a headache and ease tension in your shoulders neck and head. 
    While in a hot bath the pours of your skin will open up and absorb the heat of the bath as well as excrete toxins that are running through your body. After your bath be sure to rise off with cool water, it will close your pours preventing germs to enter your body through the skin.

When your body uses most of its energy to fight invading bodies it must have a ready supply to be replenished in order to continue fighting. The best way to do this is with proper nutrition. Fast food and TV dinners do not have the nutrition that your body requires to fight a cold but there are a few simple foods that will help you.

CHICKEN SOUP- It’s been called nature’s penicillin and is at the top of the list for its curative powers. Hot chicken soup helps clear clogged airways, and the nourishing broth will give you more energy. Add plenty of vegetables, including onion and garlic, for extra healing power.

HOT & SPICY- Some people swear by garlic, horseradish, chillis or spicy sauces to help ease congestion.

GARLIC- This fragrant bulb contains a flavoring agent called alliin which acts as a decongestant. Garlic is also believed to act as an antioxidant and destroy free-radicals, the active oxygen molecules that damage cells, so add garlic liberally to your favourite foods.

VITAMIN C- Citrus fruits aren’t the only foods high in vitamin C. Potatoes, green peppers, strawberries and pineapple can help as your daily cold-fighting food arsenal.

FLUIDS- In order to flush your body out and quickly bring nutrients to the entire body you need to have enough fluids. Drinking fluids high in electrolytes will work better than just water. Gatoraide will work but it is high in sugar content. Drinking fresh juices and/or pedia-lite will work the best!

Are you so sick your are dizzy?

    The nasal passage and your sinuses are in correlation with your inner ear passageways. In your iner-ear is where your balance is maintained buy way of tiny crystals, if one of these crystals is effected it can give a feeling of dizzyness, motion sickness, and nausuia, giving similar symptoms to vertigo. These crystals can be knocked out of place from a variety of reasons ranging from sever sinus pressure to a severe sneeze, however can be fixed easier than you think. 
    By simple movements of sitting up and laying down you can correctly put crystals safely pack into place. This method is used by both physical and occupational therapists but does not need to be done by them, By watching the youtube video below you can easily see how this simple procedure can be done in the comfort of your own home. Repeat this procedure a few times every day untill the symptoms subcide. 

Yoga as a Weapon Against Your Cold

    Increasing circulation throughout your body increases the the ability for you your immune system to effeciently fight a cold. Stretching, proper breathing, and not overwhelming the body with a full work out. Yoga is a combination of both stretching and meditation. 
    Yoga has been used for centuries for the exact reason of creating peace of your mind and your body. It can decrease stress, and raise your immune system. Below is a vidieo that provides visual instruction on a few simple yoga poses that will help increase circulation throughout the body.