Comments on: Home Remedies for a Cold & Ear Ache / How to Avoid Colds, Flu, Ear Infections & Antibiotics

By: KitchenKop

KitchenKop — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:47:30 +0000

Sorry, Katie, you’re over my head. Hopefully someone else will jump in. Have you tried Googling?

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:42:31 +0000

Anyone know exactly what vegetable glycerin is and what it does to the body? I am also interested in making herbal tinctures for my children, but am cautious about using glycerin (and alcohol, for that matter!).

By: KitchenKop

KitchenKop — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:21:47 +0000

Even with honey they wouldn’t take it? I haven’t tried it yet but will try to remember it next time I feel something coming on. If I can take my CLO, I surely can take this, eh?

By: Sue E.

Sue E. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:59:16 +0000

I am swearing by raw apple cider vinegar, too!!! But, I had heard to mix it with equal parts of honey. I don’t know if that is for the taste factor, or for the healing properties of honey, too. Twice in the last two weeks I either woke up with, or throughout my day felt like, something was coming on in my nose/head. I took 1 Tbsp. every hour for about 4 hours, and then maybe another for good measure later in the day and kicked whatever was beginning to hit me! I read online that the vinegar kills whatever that foreign bacteria/germ is in your body that is ailing you. I gave my kids each a teaspoon to try, and they swear they will not try it again. I said, “Come on, for just a few seconds of gross taste, but knowing you will kick whatever is starting that will last DAYS, you won’t take it???!!!” Kids can be such wimps….:)
Sue E.

By: KitchenKop

KitchenKop — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:48:54 +0000

Amanda, a few others had mentioned that, but it’s good to hear it again. The more I hear about that stuff, the more I realize the MANY ways it is so beneficial for us!
Kelly

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:41:46 +0000

I am too sleepy to read through the other comments, so I am sorry if I repeat something someone else has already touched on…..But Raw, unfiltered (and certainly unpasteurized!) Apple Cider Vinegar is the very first thing we turn to the moment we start feeling unwell. It’s gross for a minute, but it will HEAL you, not just cover the symptoms and make you feel all crazy inside, like most medicines do both my husband and I.

I pour it on anything it will boost the flavor of for prevention, and pour shots of it when someone gets sick. If we are majorly clogged up, I’ll add some hot sauce to it, and if I am worried about it being a particularly nasty bug (or we are already in the throes of sickness), some fresh garlic. Like I said, it tastes bad for a moment, but it works. And some nice chamomile tea makes an excellent chaser.

The other thing I stress a lot when one of us feels under the weather is lots of sleep. Not “rest” in front of the TeeVee, real SLEEP!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:44:34 +0000

Hi Shannon,
Horseradish, hmmm, very interesting!
Thanks so much for your word-of-mouth help!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:04:53 +0000

whenever all of us were sick with the cold or flu, a friend of mine would eat HORSERADISH straight up and never ever got sick! His mother always gave it to him and i never believed it until i saw it …there was about 6 of us who were sick all around him and he would eat that horseradish and smile..never getting sick.
thank you for this website! i will recommend it to everyone i know!

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:51:07 +0000

Anna,

I just found your comment above in my spam, which I rarely even check, but just happened to check it tonight, thankfully!

I guess just because Dave has cautioned so much against “synthetic” A & D (& I’ve read other places, too, how dangerous that can be), I really want the two of you to talk – I know you’ll ask great questions, and I know he’ll have great answers, and then if you will share, I can either post on it all, OR send my readers to YOUR post on it!

Thanks so much!
Kelly p.s. If you ever see a comment not showing up, let me know so I can check spam for it. Spam always kicks in when there’s links in the comment.