You Can Get Better When You Choose Natural Health

Last Updated on Monday, 19 September 2011 07:10 Written by Natural Health Team Monday, 19 September 2011 07:10

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You Can Get Better When You Choose Natural Health

Getting plenty of rest and drinking lots of fluids are the basics of combating colds and flues. Make sure you get enough Vitamin C to keep your immune system boosted. Knowing those things is one thing but putting it into practice is quite another, especially when all you really want is relief from your cold symptoms. This is why so many people spend so much money on over the counter drugs. They offer quick relief from cold and flu symptoms. The relief from these medications is usually temporary and can actually increase the length of your illness. Why would you choose a longer cold with temporary spells of relief over a shorter cold with longer periods of relief?

Start with water. Water can do more than simply keep you hydrated and keep your thirst quenched. There is more to headache relief than simply taking some aspirin or ibuprofen-water is also a fantastic headache combatant. It is possible for your headache to start because your body needs water. A headache will often start to fade as soon as you drink some water. Water can be used for more than simple hydration. When you have a fever, for example, take a hot bath-keep a cold compress on your head but let yourself sit in the hot bath for a while. The heat helps you start sweating (to break your fever) and helps your muscles relax. Sweat is how your body does its own temperature regulation as well as how it brings fevers down.

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Garlic is well known for its detoxifying properties. Taking up to 1500 mgs of garlic a day (500 mgs three times a day) is one of the best ways to ensure that the garlic can really get into your system to work its magic. A 500mg supplement gives you about the same amount of garlic as one clove. If you eat three meals per day, each meal should have at least a clove of garlic in it or you can take a supplemental tablet. Garlic is readily available; you can by clove flowers of garlic at the store for low prices or a bottle of the spice pretty inexpensively. Don’t spend more than five days taking in so much garlic. Your doctor should be called if you spend more than five days feeling very sick.

You’ll want to introduce ginseng into your diet as well. Getting your hands on ginseng is not difficult-a lot of the teas you already drink are probably infused with this element and you can also find it in the herbal section of your grocery store.

You should not wait until you are sick to fill your home with ginseng; filling your home ahead of time means that you will be prepared and might even be able to fight off the infection entirely. Drink some ginseng tea if you feel like you are starting to get a cold. The tea will be beneficial for your physical symptoms (sore throat, clogged sinuses, etc) and the ginseng will boost your immune system so it can perform well.

To stay well and kill colds before they start, use natural health methods to improve the performance of your immune system. More importantly, knowing how to correctly treat the symptoms you do have can go a long way to helping you combat illness and to keep yourself from accidentally making yourself sicker. Don’t be afraid to be practical and use what you have on hand instead of stuffing a bunch of chemicals into your body.

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