Cold and Flu

Water Therapy: Activating Our Immune System

Natural remedies must be understood well. Remedies are but ‘aids’. The bulk of the fighting is being done by our own immune system. While natural remedy supplements listed here help reduce the load on our immune system, Water Therapy or Hydrothermal Therapy can activate our immune system to attack the pathogens that are making us sick. Therefore, this makes it the utmost important part of all of the remedies.

FEVER BATH : WHEN SICK
– need assistance

Prepare

  • water as hot as you can take in tub

  • cold ice water bucket with towel for forehead

  • hot herbal tea, or hot water to sip

Method

  • 15-20mins in tub (do not exceed)

  • Cool towel on head (keep ice bucket to keep towel cold)

  • Continuously sipping hot herbal tea or water

  • Achieve temperature maximum 104 deg F – never exceed

  • Do not exceed 20minutes

  • 10-30second cold shower

  • Dry

  • Dress warm with socks

  • Follow with chest/neck poultice - charcoal is ideal, or onion - towel wrap keeps warm and stabilizes the poultice

  • Rest 1-4hrs or Sleep overnight

  • Prevention: once in a while

  • When Sick: 1-2x/day

Elderly individuals or people with uncontrolled hypertension diabetes, please refrain from this method. Please utilize a mild fomentation or the compress method with assistance.

When body fever reaches 104 F, it releases more Natural Killer cells which can destroy viral invaders for example.

— hydro4covid

CHEST COMPRESSES: WHEN SICK
– can do alone but easier with assistance
- also known as “Hot/Cold Contrast”

Prepare (when no tub)

  • bucket of hot water, plastic, blanket

  • bucket of cold/ice water

  • towels

Method

  • Moist Heat: Towel or Moist Heat Compress(Thermofore) - 3min over chest

    • If use towel, cover w/ plastic to trap heat and moisture, and cover with blanket

  • Cold Towel or Compress 10-30sec over chest

  • Repeat 7x

  • Follow with Activated Charcoal or Onion Poultice over chest

  • Rest 1-4hrs or Sleep overnight

  • Prevention: once in a while

  • When Sick: multiple times per day, esp if having hard time breathing, each session will bring oxygen saturation back up.

**Can use shower head also if able to stand.

— hydro4covid

SWEAT METHOD: WHEN SICK
– can do alone but easier with assistance
- also known as “Fomentation”

Prepare (when no tub)

  • hot foot bath (can add Epsom)

  • cold ice water bucket with towel for forehead

  • blanket & hot compress

  • hot herbal tea, or hot water to sip

Method

  • Similar concept as the Fever Bath, but can do this without a tub.

  • Hot compress over chest (back also if have help)

    • Option to have charcoal poultice under the compress

  • Dip feet in hot foot bath

  • Wrap in blanket

  • Continuously sipping hot herbal tea or water

  • Cool towel on head (keep ice bucket to keep towel cold)

  • Sweat for 15-20minutes

  • Achieve temperature maximum 104 deg F – never exceed

  • Do not exceed 20minutes

  • Cold ice over chest down to groin or Cold Shower 10-30seconds

  • Dry

  • Dress warm with socks

  • Prevention: once in a while

  • When Sick: 1-2x/day

— hydro4covid

Anti-Viral Essential Oil Types and How to Use

  • Oregano Oil

    Spicy and Strong (pure, avoid olive oil blend)

    STEAM INHALATION METHOD
    GARGLE METHOD
    AVOID THE DIFFUSER IT IS STRONG

    *pregnancy & breastfeeding moms, use whole leaves only

  • Eucalyptus Oil

    Refreshing Scent

    Methods:

    STEAM INHALATION METHOD
    GARGLE METHOD
    DIFFUSER METHOD

    *pregnancy & breastfeeding moms, use whole leaves only

  • Thyme Oil

    Spicy and Soothing

    Methods:

    STEAM INHALATION METHOD
    GARGLE METHOD
    DIFFUSER METHOD

    *pregnancy & breastfeeding moms, use whole leaves only

  • STEAM INHALATION METHOD

    -2 drops EO on spoon or in boiling water
    -If Spoon, Dip into boiled water and inhale over the spoon
    -If In Water, inhale over the boiling water (1-2cups) : best if cover over head and steam with a sheet
    -Inhale gently the infused steam for 5-10mins

    *Prevention 1-2x/day
    *When Sick, every 2 hours

  • GARGLE METHOD

    -12oz bottle of pure water (glass to avoid BPA in plastic)
    -1 drop EO

    *Prevention gargle few times per day
    *When Sick, every hour while awake

  • DIFFUSER METHOD

    -1-2drops in diffuser with water
    -turn on the diffuser

    *Prevention, night time
    *When Sick, day and night

Research

Immune Drinks

  • Warm Immune Builder

    GINGER TURMERIC Onion Garlic TEA

    -1 peeled Onion
    -*Pre-crushed Garlic 2-6 cloves
    -Several pieces Ginger
    -1 tsp Turmeric Powder
    -Dash of Pure Salt (celtic)
    -3-6cups Water

    Bring to boil, simmer on med-low for 15-20mins before your first cup!

    Can add good quality honey for a vitamin and mineral boost! and taste.

    SIMPLER VARIATION | Onion Broth

    -1 onion in quarters
    -2-6 cloves garlic smashed
    -pinch unrefined/pure salt
    -bring to boil, medium simmer 15mins
    -drink on empty

    Research

  • Room Temp Immune Builder

    LEMON GARLIC DRINK

    Stronger Version

    -1 whole Lemon
    -Garlic 2-4 cloves
    -1 cup Water
    -Dash of Pure Salt (celtic)

    Blender: blend, strain (cheesecloth or nut milk bag), enjoy with a meal!

    Slow-juicer: juice, mix in 1 cup water, enjoy with a meal!

    Lighter Version

    -1 cup water
    -1 lemon squeezed juice (no peel)
    -Garlic 2 cloves
    -Dash of pure salt (celtic)

    Blender: blend and drink with a meal

    Can add good quality honey for a vitamin and mineral boost! and taste.

    Research

  • Detox

    ACTIVATED CHARCOAL DRINK

    -1 tsp-tbsp activated coconut or hardwood charcoal powder
    -1 tsp-tbsp ginger powder (helps reduce constipation from charcoal, adds zinc)
    -1 cup warm water or room temperature

    Mix: drink in empty stomach if possible!

    Research

Natural Poultice: nourishing the body through our skin

Activated Charcoal

Most effective immediately after Water Therapy

  • Activated Charcoal
  • Water
  • Castor Oil
  • Olive oil or Almond oil or Coconut oil
  • Peppermint Lavender Eucalyptus Essential Oil
  • Psyllium husk powder or Flax powder

Options

  1. Paste (can be messy): 1/2 cup Activated Charcoal + Water (enough for paste) + Castor Oil + One of these three: Olive Oil/Almond Oil/Coconut Oil

  2. Gel-like Paste (not messy): Paste + sprinkle (just a little) Psyllium husk or Flax powder to make doughy

  3. Cooling Gel-like Paste (not messy and cooling) : Paste + Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Lavender Oils both before adding psyllium husk/flax

    • Lay Seran Wrap or Press and Seal Wrap or any plastic wrap over a flat counter – use tape if plastic is not sticky

    • Lay paper towel smaller than the plastic over the plastic

    • Put a generous layer of gel-paste over the paper towel.

    • Place over neck and chest, if you have help, place on the back also (surrounding the lung and neck)

    • OK to tape if needed, or use a large towel to wrap neck and chest area to stabilize.

    • Minimum 1-4hrs, or sleep overnight

    • Enjoy feeling better!

    Charcoal pulls toxins out through pores and absorbs into the skin reducing inflammation.

Onion

Most effective immediately after Water Therapy

Warmed:

  • 1 onion red or yellow (white lacks nutrition)

  • skillet

  • pillow case

1 tablespoon or a sprinkle of water + chopped onions over skillet to warm/soften. Insert into thin pillow case turning it into a compress. Lay flat over chest ~1hr will help decongest, or sleep overnight.

*After about 1hr of poulticing over chest, can ask a family member to do backslaps if want to move phlegm up and out. cup the hand and slap the back around shoulder blade lower portion

Onions are an effective expectorant.

Raw:

  • 1 onion red or yellow (white lacks nutrition)

  • fitted t-shirt and/or socks

On Chest: Several onion layers bruised (press down with a hard object) to soften, or just slice a bunch thinly and place over chest, cover with a fitted shirt to keep in place, and sleep.

Under Foot: Placed under foot, put the sock over it, and sleep.

Onion contains flavonoids like Quercetin, antioxidants like N-Acetylcysteine and Anthocyanins, Sulfur compounds, Vitamin C, B9, B6, Potassium. Onion contains flavonoids like Quercetin, antioxidants like N-Acetylcysteine and Anthocyanins, Sulfur compounds, Vitamin C, B9, B6, Potassium. Red onion will have the highest concentration.

Natural Anti-Viral & Nutritional Supplementing

  • Black Cumin Seed

    Powder: 1 spoon honey + powder, chew and swallow slowly up to 3x/day to prevent, every 1-2hrs if sick.

    *if taking frequently, dilute honey into water to reduce.

    Oil: 1tsp-tbsp every 1-2hrs if sick, 3x/day prevention

    Capsules with Oil: 4caps every 1-2hrs if sick, prevention 4caps up to 3x/day

    *Can use DYI Cough Syrup listed here as a medium to carry the powder and oil to take.

    Research

  • Mullein

    Tea Leaves: steep in hot/warm water and sip.

    Herbal Tincture: purchase - (non-alcohol with vegetable glycerin)

    Powder: purchase
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2952292/

    Research

  • Juice

    Parsley Juice: vitamin A, K, C, folate, potassium, flavonoids, carotenoids

    Swiss Chard Juice: vitamin A, C, E, K, magnesium, calcium, copper, iron, potassium

    Celery Juice: vitamin A, C, K, potassium, folate, beta carotene, flavonoids, apiumen - heals stomach ulcers

    Beet Juice: vitamin C, B6, folate, manganese, magnesium, potassium, copper, iron,

    Research

  • Oregano

    Overall potent anti-viral.

    Tea Leaves: steep in hot/warm water and sip

    Research

  • Thyme

    Studies done directly on Sars-CoV2 show thyme to be an effective agent against it.

    Tea Leaves: steep in hot/warm water and sip

    Research

  • Sweet Wormwood

    Artemisia Annua has been proven through research to be more effective than its drug version

    Herbal Tincture: purchase - (non-alcohol with vegetable glycerin)

    Powder: purchase

    Research

  • DIY Cough Syrup: Honey Onion Lemon

    Ingredients: enough of Onion, Lemon and Honey to fill a Mason Jar of your choosing.

    Method: Slice onions and lemons, layer them in with honey until full to the brim of jar. Seal.

    Wait Time: 30mins-1hr, syrup is ready to take.

    How to Take: a spoonful several times a day, or every several hours when sick.

    *Ok to use a medium to carry black seed oil or powder or both, and mix together to take.

    Research

  • Power Medley: Fulvic Minerals

    Fulvic Minerals is a natural solution from our soil which supplies mineral to our produce. Much of our farmland is overfarmed and not well tended to, and lacks good mineral, so the produce also lacks the density of it. But we can supplement directly instead.

    Mix into a Carrier to take, since it is a type of acid:

    10-12 drops of Fulvic Minerals in
    -Carrier1: Honey 1 spoonful
    -Carrier2: DIY Cough Syrup 1 spoonful
    -Carrier3: Black Seed Oil 1 spoonful
    -Carrier4: Water 1/2cup or more

    Mix for a Power Medley

    -DIY Cough Syrup, Black Seed Oil, Black Seed Powder 1 spoonful each + 10-12drops fulvic acid
    -CHEW to swallow for maximum benefit, very important!

    *The photo is an example of the Power Medley

    Research

  • Cayenne (If COVID)

    The spike protein has been causing clotting for both people who have had covid and those who have taken the vaccination. Cayenne can reverse and stroke and heart attack due to its ability to thin the blood. When applied sublingually - or under the tongue - it absorbs directly into the blood stream and will have this type of effect

    Cayenne Tincture: purchase a type with vegetable glycerin to avoid alcohol. place several drops under tongue

    If no Tincture available

    Cayenne Powder + Olive Oil: mix and place under tongue.

    *alcohol tinctures, let the alcohol evaporate before use. this is not ideal for an emergency situation

    Research

An Opportunity for Lifestyle Change

 

Diet: Anti-inflammatory

Meat and Dairy: avoid, indefinitely
Grains: avoid, temporarily
Nuts: avoid, temporarily
Oils: avoid, indefinitely
Processed foods: avoid, indefinitely

 

Pseudograins

soak or soak & sprout

Quinoa, Kaniwa, Amaranth, Buckwheat, Teff, Sorghum 

♥ Cook with onion, garlic, a little pure salt and water. 

Seeds

soak or soak & sprout

Chia, Flax, Sunflower, Pumpkin 

♥ Turn into butter in food processor to add to meals, or sprinkle over your  meals 

Whole-Plant

eat whole, not processed

Raw Veges: Lettuce, parsley, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers 

♥ Red onions, lemon juice, pure salt: mix and let sit for a little bit. Use as salad  dressing.  

♥ Adding chopped parsley, both regular and Italian variety, makes the salad  refreshing 

Cooked Veges: spinach, kale, chard, broccoli, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, carrot,  squash 

Herbs: all sorts

Fruit: berries, grapes, coconut, lemon, lime, passionfruit, papaya, kiwi, pineapple,  banana, orange

 

More than Physical Health

Sunshine, Fresh Air, and Exercise 

Outdoor Time

♥ Get at least 1-hr of outdoor time a day 
♥ Doing a walk outdoors is the best way to get all three done in one go. 
♥ Weekends go out in nature. Hike in the forest. Walk by the coast.
♥ If you can, live in the country closer to nature.

Hug

♥ Hug your loved ones 10 times per day. This increases the blood oxytocin levels.

Chew

♥ Chew your food, think 100 times, for better digestion, better absorption.

Breath

♥ Sitting or standing, goal is relax shoulders so it doesn't go against nasal breathing 
♥ Legs slightly apart 
♥ Relax the whole entire body especially shoulders
♥ Then breathe into the nose only with lips sealed
♥ Nasal breath down deep to the toes, to relax and expand the whole body
♥ Any time of day same breathing exercise if get anxious or feeling stressed
♥ Feels great to do it when waking up, before getting out of bed, lying down
♥ Nasal breathing allows for the full lung to be utilized
♥ Nasal breathing promotes healthy stimulation to the limbic system

**Why are we not breathing normally? Our lifestyle and diet choices (less to no breastfeeding, mashed baby food vs natural whole hard foods)have inhibited the airway development (childhood) which caused compensatory/bad breathing habits to develop. Other reasons can be circumstantial mental emotional stress.

Pray and Read the Bible 

♥ When God commanded us to rest once a week (Sabbath) and have our daily manna  (Scripture Prayer), it was for our sake.  
♥ I personally witness around me people who are anxious and cannot have peace. Fear  overcomes them due to worldly expectations that is so hard to meet, and at current, the  pandemic is causing irrational fear. 
♥ I had my moments of uncertainty in the beginning of this pandemic. As a result, I was doing  devotions in Scripture and prayer, twice as long as usual or more, and was reassured  by God that He is the One who is in control. 
♥ I would love it, besides all of the wonderful remedies God has provided for us, if all of you  could experience this same peace and confidence.  
♥ See www.fnlforchrist.com for encouraging daily devotionals that has given me courage, confidence, and health in Christ.