The last few autumns my little one brings home a cold, maybe it's covid. We get it for a short period of time, life moves on.
This year, it was a light cold for 2-3 days for the kid and husband. I however got slammed and it's just ending after about 9 days. I don't know if this is the new variant. It was not this bad last year. FWIW, we are all unvaccinated, but if shedding is a thing, we have all been exposed possibly with me being more exposed.
Day 1 - start with scratchy throat, itchy eyes into extreme mucus. Day 2-3 fever. Day 4 on, sinus drainage into the lungs resulting in respiratory issues/lung inflammation. Now about Day 9 I'm mostly over it. I was only really down in bed days 2-3, the rest I've been functional but with symptoms. Day 6 had some real respiratory issues but manageable with a lot of supplements. Also, I had a tiredness for a few days after the fever which was reminiscent of when I got covid (tested positive) in Summer 2022.
I'm not a doctor, this is not medical advice, here's what I used - for the historic record. We use muscle testing to run through our vitamin, herb and homeopathic options on a given day. I took about 4 doses of Vitamin I throughout, about every other day. This was on the high side. My body usually likes a dose of Vit I every 2-4 weeks over the last 2 years. On the other days this last week, my body liked Natto. Typically, when my body wants Natto, it also wants NAC and Serrapeptase but I was out of serra and NAC the last week. My body never seems to like Vit I and natto/serra/NAC on the same day. I don't know why.
My body also liked at various points the last week, CBD, Vit C, Vit B, Zinc, Magnesium, Multi-vitamin, Tumeric, Cod Liver Oil, a variety of Cell Salts with the focus on the ones for cold and fever, Homeopathic cold/flu remedies (the Hylands* kids nighttime cough and mucus blend helped me get good sleep), Reservatrol (knotweed) tincture, Chinese Skullcap tincture, a detox herb blend (Rheas*), and an Anxiety Herb Blend (Herb Pharm* - it had albizia in it which is a good respiratory herb for me but I didn't have it as a singular tincture). I know there are other helpful herbs and supplements but I didn't have a chance to test everything. *I'm not affiliated with anyone. Just passing on what I used.
I also keep a cut onion in the bedroom while I'm sleeping like the old wives tale but I don't know how much that helps!
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Date: 2024-11-20 01:01 am (UTC)This year, it was a light cold for 2-3 days for the kid and husband. I however got slammed and it's just ending after about 9 days. I don't know if this is the new variant. It was not this bad last year. FWIW, we are all unvaccinated, but if shedding is a thing, we have all been exposed possibly with me being more exposed.
Day 1 - start with scratchy throat, itchy eyes into extreme mucus. Day 2-3 fever. Day 4 on, sinus drainage into the lungs resulting in respiratory issues/lung inflammation. Now about Day 9 I'm mostly over it. I was only really down in bed days 2-3, the rest I've been functional but with symptoms. Day 6 had some real respiratory issues but manageable with a lot of supplements. Also, I had a tiredness for a few days after the fever which was reminiscent of when I got covid (tested positive) in Summer 2022.
I'm not a doctor, this is not medical advice, here's what I used - for the historic record. We use muscle testing to run through our vitamin, herb and homeopathic options on a given day. I took about 4 doses of Vitamin I throughout, about every other day. This was on the high side. My body usually likes a dose of Vit I every 2-4 weeks over the last 2 years. On the other days this last week, my body liked Natto. Typically, when my body wants Natto, it also wants NAC and Serrapeptase but I was out of serra and NAC the last week. My body never seems to like Vit I and natto/serra/NAC on the same day. I don't know why.
My body also liked at various points the last week, CBD, Vit C, Vit B, Zinc, Magnesium, Multi-vitamin, Tumeric, Cod Liver Oil, a variety of Cell Salts with the focus on the ones for cold and fever, Homeopathic cold/flu remedies (the Hylands* kids nighttime cough and mucus blend helped me get good sleep), Reservatrol (knotweed) tincture, Chinese Skullcap tincture, a detox herb blend (Rheas*), and an Anxiety Herb Blend (Herb Pharm* - it had albizia in it which is a good respiratory herb for me but I didn't have it as a singular tincture). I know there are other helpful herbs and supplements but I didn't have a chance to test everything. *I'm not affiliated with anyone. Just passing on what I used.
I also keep a cut onion in the bedroom while I'm sleeping like the old wives tale but I don't know how much that helps!