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Last fall, the FDA came out saying that cough medicine usually doesn't work for kids, and when it does, its risks do not outweigh its benefits (covering up annoying symptoms of a respiratory illness). In the articles above, we find out that Benedryl, cough suppressants, cold meds, don't work any better than placebos.
We're blessed to have very few colds, one ear infection (the only child ever in group care - "Mother's Morning Out"), and no strep throat in our 11 years of family life. Hardly anyone gets sick. I attribute it to years of nursing each child, no group care (including school) exposure, avoiding junk, and a LOT of luck.
More recently, doctors are saying that cough & cold medicines don't do any more than placebos for adults, either.
We're blessed to have very few colds, one ear infection (the only child ever in group care - "Mother's Morning Out"), and no strep throat in our 11 years of family life. Hardly anyone gets sick. I attribute it to years of nursing each child, no group care (including school) exposure, avoiding junk, and a LOT of luck.
But when we do, here's what we do:
- Vitamin C: dosage depends on age and how ill the person is, anywhere from 1000mg to 6000mg per hour. You can't overdose on it, you stop when you get loose bowels (a sign that your body can't make use of any more). We use emergen-C, or if we need a lot, sodium ascorbate powder + bioflavenoids (a nutrient that is naturally present with C in nature at the ratio of 5:1, so C needs to be taken with it). Or a whole source, like acerola or camu-camu (tropical fruits).
- Garlic. Kills a cold dead in its tracks. Normally a cold lasts me a week. Garlic gets it out in 24 hrs flat. I take it at night (so no one has to smell me!): 4 raw fresh cloves run through a garlic press into a glass of OJ or V8. I can hardly tell it's there as I chug the whole glass.
- Cool washcloths, open windows for humid night air, natural camphor preparations (like Mentholatum but w/o the chemicals), REST (one of the biggest problem w/ covering up symptoms is it allows you to ignore your body's commands to rest).
- Offer up the remaining discomfort as a sacrifice united to Christ's sacrifice on the cross, for the good of others.
More recently, doctors are saying that cough & cold medicines don't do any more than placebos for adults, either.
- mood:
cold
AMDG
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