Fighting this Respiratory Thing!
I have been fighting chest congestion for a few days now. Last time I beat it before it became an infection while using with this method. Here is what I am doing. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, who knows?
Odorless Garlic/Rosemary- 600 mg, 2x/day
Vitamin C/Bioflavonoids- 1000 mg/day
Olive Leaf- 500 mg/day
Bromelain 2000GDU- 500 mg/day
Multi-Vitamin- 1x/day
Cayenne Pepper- liberal use
Guaifenesin- 200-400 mg/day
Rationale: Vitamin C has been shown in some studies to fight infections. Garlic has too. Olive Leaf kills many bacteria and viruses in vitro. I take Bromelain with the Olive Leaf, because it has been shown in studies to increase the potency of antibiotics, and itself thins out mucus. The multi is for general well-being. Cayenne cleans me out, and Guaifenesin makes mucus more able to be expelled.
Who knows if it works, but that’s what I am doing!
February 7th, 2005 at 11:37 pm
Don’t ferget yer echinacea!
Stumbled across your blog last week and figured this was as good a way as any of sayin’ hey.
Cheers,
CP
February 8th, 2005 at 4:13 pm
CP,
Glad you could make it over to my blog! I think we have met on Pontifications if I am correct. And I don’t know why I have overlooked Echinacea. That’s a good question.
February 9th, 2005 at 7:22 pm
Well, there haven´t been conclusive tests, as far as I know, that prove that Echinacea does anything. Although people use it preventatively, I asked a pharmacist about it once and she said it didn´t do anything more than give people a hope. She recommended vitamin C, or a plain old multi instead. Just my 2 cents.
February 10th, 2005 at 3:14 pm
I don’t know whether it cures anything or not, but I do know that when I consistently drink a cup of E tea a day, I simply do not get colds or the flu. It’s when I forget to drink that cup per day that I get sick. Like now.
I would guess, however, that that it’s preventative qualities in terms of fortifying the immune system might also give the system a boost when it’s trying to get rid of a virus as well. But, as you say, there’s no documented proof of that; it’s just reasoning which may or may not be correct.
March 17th, 2005 at 6:22 pm
I am the painter of the picture you used for Valentine’s Day. Thank you for the complment. I like it too.
March 17th, 2005 at 7:23 pm
Sandra,
It is a very lovely picture. When searching for Valentine’s images, yours stood out above the rest. Thank you for posting on the web.