Sunday, December 13, 2009

Dr Jen’s Repertoire of Cold and Flu Remedies

Hydrogen Peroxide. Pour 16 ounces of hydrogen peroxide into a humidifier and fill to capacity with water. Run the humidifier in the sick person’s room all night. This is a great disinfectant and helps prevent the virus from spreading to other members of the household.

Vitamin D*: increase to 50,000 units (if you weigh over 100 pounds) for 3 days in a row if you are already infected with the flu.

Vitamin C :
increase to bowel tolerance. In other words, when you start to get diarrhea, decrease the amount and stay at that dose.

Herbal remedies: andrographis, Echinacea, licorice (good for coughs), ligusticum, artemisia, bupleurum root, and garlic.

Hot tea with honey and lemon

Warming sock therapy

Chicken soup (preferably homemade) with lots of garlic

* I hope you’ve already read my blog entry on Vitamin D. Vitamin D is superb for maintaining your immunity. Ideally, I recommend keeping your Vitamin D blood levels at 60-80ng/ml. A simple test is available from our office that will help you determine your current level.
Contact my office for more information on any of these topics.

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