Yup....here it is flu season and my "never get sick" husband has a dandy combination of cold and flu....of course...those vitamin bottles only come out of the cupboard AFTER he gets sick....the best thing of course if prevention....and throughout southeastern Wisonsin, you can get a flu shot at various locations given by the Visiting Nurse Association. Just click and fill in your Wisconsin city and you will find the dates and locations for getting a flu shot.
What can you do to make yourself feel better if it got you BEFORE you got your
shot ?
- Wash your hands frequently with an anti-bacterial soap
- Use disposable tissue not a handkerchief....and dispose of them
- Drink plenty of fluids...no caffiene..water, juice, herbal tea...gatorade
- Get plenty of rest
- Chicken soup really Does have some redeeming health benefits !
- Wash your towels often
- Change sheets and pillow cases daily - spray pillows and mattress with lysol or some anti-bacterial product
- Take tylenol or other otc fever reducer at regular intervals as prescribed
If all else fails.....or you may choose to START with this cure....a combination of my Grandmother's remedy...and my mother in law's....I know they are both happy not having to cure anyone in the great beyond....but they did leave us with their sage adv9thice.
A healthy shot of blackberry brandy...that was a daily ritual for Grandma....and then pile on the blankets...Laura Hanson did it for 9 children....and sweat it out !
Get your shot....stay healthy !
Sally K. & David L. Hanson, ABR, CDPE, CSS, e-Pro,ILHM, REDS
Sally I am SO Anti Flu shots! I swear by Echinacea, and ALWAYS do this when I feel something coming on. It keeps it away.
This article is about the flowering plant. For Superorder Echinacea (Echinodermata), see Sea urchin.
Echinacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Genus:
Echinacea
Species
Echinacea purpurea 'Maxima'
See text
Echinacea, commonly called Purple Coneflower, is a genus of nine species of herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. All are strictly native to eastern and central North America. The plants have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer. Some species are used in herbal medicines.
The genus name is from the Greek echino, meaning "spiny," due to the spiny central disk. They are herbaceous, drought-tolerant perennial plants growing to 1 or 2 m in height. The leaves are lanceolate to elliptic, 10 - 20 cm long and 1.5 - 10 cm broad. Like all asteraceae, the flowers are a composite inflorescence, with purple (rarely yellow or white) florets arranged in a prominent, somewhat cone-shaped head - "cone-shaped" because the petals of the outer ray florets tend to point downward (are reflexed) once the flower head opens, thus forming a cone.
Hmmmm....we have some in the front yard but the flu bug came anyway....thought you were supposed to smell 'em, not eat 'em !