A wholistic approach to cold and flu season

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As we settle into the winter months after the holidays, it is important to know how to treat common ailments to which most of us are exposed this time of year. I regularly encounter people who are trying to treat themselves wholistically rather than pharmaceutically, but they still do not have a clear understanding of why their body is sick in the first place. The following article is an attempt to shed light on the basics of wholistic health and working with your body in its attempts to heal itself.

by Ingri Cassel

As soon as I feel the first signs of a cold or flu, the first thing I do is to stop eating and begin drinking copious amounts of raspberry leaf or yarrow tea. If it is a head cold or sore throat, I usually stick with phone number list yarrow tea. If it is a flu in which I feel nauseous and cannot hold anything on my stomach, I stick with raspberry leaf tea. It is wise to harvest these two herbs from your yard or surrounding unsprayed fields and woods late spring and early summer for use during the winter months.

Why is abstaining from all food, particularly starches and proteins, so vital in aiding our bodies through the healing process? Because our vital energies need to focus on rebalancing and detoxification; not be wasted on digesting starches and proteins. We need to understand that germs and viruses are the garbage men of the body and serve an important function. Their “diet” is the filth that accumulates in the body due to stress, poor digestion, improper food combining, and a lack of oxygenation and proper hydration of our cells.