Natures cold remedies in your kitchen
by Simon Mitchell
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During the winter it can be hard to escape that shivery feeling that
happens when you get too cold. A good immediate remedy for this is to wrap
yourself up in a douvet and stick a hairdryer up it, (making sure the air
flow is not restricted) until you feel warmed up.
Colds are the body's escape mechanism. When the whole system is
overloaded it crashes. The body stresses out and the immune system drops
its threshold. The nose releases toxic wastes in the form of mucous and
the body often aches and feels exhausted. Pay attention to what your body
is saying because an unchecked cold can become far more serious if you
keep it buried.
If you are one of those people who can tell when you have a cold coming
on, then it can be stopped, or at least minimised, in several ways.
Firstly, rest is essential. There is no way your body will self-heal in a
stressful situation. If you have to work, take it easy or delegate a bit
more. Lemon juice, rose hips, parsley (not if you're pregnant) and fresh
orange all contain vitamin C, so take them.
Some colds can actually be completely stopped dead by gently sniffing a
mixture of lemon juice and warm water up your nose, if you are brave
enough. Pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds contain zinc which is important
in cold prevention so take some of those. Otherwise its time to sweat
those built up toxins right out through the skin. Start with a peppermint
tea and take some garlic or garlic capsules. Then boil a large onion in
milk for an hour, eat it, and drink the milk. Follow on with a steaming
cup of lemon juice, honey, cinnamon and grated ginger which will stimulate
circulation and sweating. Enjoy it in a mustard footbath which will also
warm up the blood - use multiple and layered remedies and take them as an
opportunity to treat yourself.
For a mustard footbath, take 1 tsp. yellow powder mustard and one of
household soda (if you have hard water) and put them in a deep basin with
some water as hot as you can stand. Keep your feet and lower legs in for
about ten minutes, topping the bath up with fresh hot (not boling) water.
Dry off, put on thick socks and climb into a freshly warmed bed, the
earlier the better.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
If you love eating wild things and food for medicine you'll enjoy
Simon Mitchell's new ebook: 'Mother Nature's First Aid Kit'. To
preview this unique and informative ebook collection called 'Mother
Nature's First Aid Kit' visit: http://www.simonthescribe.co.uk/natkit.html
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