Cold and Flu: Real Life Recovery

Last night I got the sore throat. I got the headache. I got the aches (from neck to calves, it's amazing how fast it kicks in). I cancelled my Sunday plans (which included being on worship, my favorite, boooo). I went to bed at 7 pm. But before I did that, I took a couple different things.

Take note,  this is the Mother Load.
1. Fire Cider/Supertonic
2. homemade echinacea extract (this is the stuff, ladies!!)
3. 100% herbal vitamin C (Look up Pure Synergy)

I took that a couple of times before bed... and I gargled with "Oral Therapy". Have you ever heard of Dr. Schultze? herbdoc.com check him out. He's about as legit as they get.

Then I went to bed (at seven, as stated).
I got up a couple times, (thanks Judah).
I had one Ricola and slept well.
Ben had our Christmas tree blend diffusing in the middle of the night.
I did get up in the middle of the night and took all the stuff again (minus the Oral Therapy)
I finally got out of bed a little before 8am.

I am still sore and achey, but not worse.
I am not fatigued... (no bus hit me last night)
Throat is 90% gone. No other nose/throat symptoms have appeared.
The weird part: I am actually energized. Had worship practice not started at 7am, I could have actually gone. (Note, I have not tested my voice....so no promises there)

Want to know more??
Let me tell you!!

Fire Cider is a potent blend made with Apple Cider vinegar, onion, garlic, jalapenos or stronger, ginger, and horseradish (although ours didn't have this. We made it ourselves). You use equal parts (except for the hot peppers), blend in a high powered blender with equal parts ACV and distilled or filtered water) and then you let it sit for 6-8 weeks (or indefinitely). After 6-8 weeks, you use a sieve (or old but clean cloth) to filter out the fibers.

The cool part is you can start taking it the minute you blend it up. And we do. Ben (hubby) takes this stuff nearly every day.

Echinacea (E-china-cea-- easy to remember how to spell, but not how to say) )(Ekk-in-A-sha) ok. no more of Grace's brain games.

Basically we bought an organic Echinacea herb from Mountain Rose Herbs. Then we went to the Alcohol store and bought the best vodka they had (think Russian made, so no GMOS). Fill a jar with the herb. then fill to cover with vodka. Then let it sit 6-8 weeks). You can also blend this if you want increase potency sooner. We did not. You know echinacea tinctures are ready when they tingle your tongue (but not from the alcohol).

Prior to now, Ben's research has always come up that echinacea can stimulate the immune system, but don't take it too much because it can OVER stimulate the immune system. But yesterday he was reading about it and found that medical doctors (MDs, ya'll) said it cannot overstimulate the immune system. And that it shortens a cold by 60%!!!! What?
Do it.
 This is the STUFF!!!

The last thing I'm gonna say anything about is prevention.

The best prevention is washing and drying your hands. We live in a very dirty world. The air is dirty, surfaces are dirty, our kids our dirty, we are dirty. If you can't get to your all-natural soap at home, though and don't want to use chemicals, what do you do??

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