Flu Remedies

Updated: 02/05/2012

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OIL OF OREGANO, ECHANACEA, GOLDEN SEAL

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[YEA]  01/31/2007: Liz from Chandler, AZ writes: "I recently got a natural cure for the cold and or flu. Our amazing chiropractor let us in on this secret. When you fist start to feel sick, ie: sore throat, runny nose, etc., take this remedy morning and night after you eat. Get empty gel capsules, the small size. You will also need the liquid form, with droppers, of OIL OF OREGANO and ECHANACHA with GOLDEN SEAL. Put 8 drops of each liquid in capsule and take with a full glass of water. NOTE - you may burp this up a little when you first start, but it just tastes like you ate pizza. Also DO NOT take if you are vomiting! Good Luck. This will make you fell better!"

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PARSLEY AND SPINACH TEA

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[YEA]  Kathryn from Owings, MD writes: "Parsley and spinach tea cured mucus dribbling down throat and mucus cough.This cough with mucus can lead to bronchitis. Point is to keep mucous up in head, throat area. Throw bunch parsley and fresh spinach into a quart pot and simmer like a tea. Strain and drink as often as you wish. Will get rid of mucus if no other complication."

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RAW HONEY

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[YEA]  03/05/2008: Michelle from West Palm Beach, Florida writes: "Raw honey (Garden of Life is my favorite) preferably organic, Raw Honey (unprocessed) helps get your energy back, kills germs of all types, halts diarrhea and intestinal cramps, (including firming stools) helps coughs and lung congestion and aids in the growth of healthy intestinal bacteria. It is a good source of B vitamins and minerals containing potassium, calcium and magnesium. It is quite literally the "perfect food" and can sustain life all on its own! It does not take any energy to digest it because it is predigested form from the bees. They do all the work, we reap all the benefits!

My eight-year-old got the flu, I gave him Raw Honey, 1 heaping teaspoon as soon as he finished vomiting, then nothing for three hours, unless they want more honey. He vomited twice total, and was completely well in a matter of hours! My husband got it, would not eat the honey, has been vomiting for two days STRAIGHT, can't keep food down! Then my four-year-old started vomiting. I gave him 1 tsp. honey, he stopped vomiting and ate honey about 1 tsp every two hours. He felt so much better in four hours, he (against my warning) ate Goldfish crackers and drank a Capri Sun! He vomited one more time and then by dinner, was completely well and ate a light dinner!! Amazing! So, now it's Tuesday, my ten-year-old gets it. Fever, body aches, headache, nausea! Wow, of course, I get the RAW HONEY, I give her a nice big tsp., she mixes it with water (she hates honey but has learned her lesson) I keep her home from school and send her to bed with a fever and no medicine. My husband calls, he is leaving work sick because he can't stop vomiting! Third day, he is in bed all day, eats nothing, and feels terrible. He comes home and sees our daughter, all better in a matter of two hours! (I think we caught it early enough, she is at school celebrating her Birthday!) He eats the honey! Today he is back to work, amazed at the benefits of the honey. You will be too. Special note: My six-year-old (who has autism) and I take the most supplements, eat mostly organic, don't drink soda, etc. we are the only ones in the family who didn't get this FLU!"

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REMEDIES NEEDED

12/26/2010: Fed Up Sicko from Usa writes: "What can I do to virtually never get sick again? Is it daily vitamin C, vitamin D, lysine and eating a mostly alkaline diet and washing with diluted H2O2 all the time? This flu kidney pain killing me. Inconsiderate sick people at work and home are often around me at work. They can't afford to take day off but may coughing without covering mouth and drinking off public coffee cups and just rinsing them with water and putting them back and grabbing a strawberry off my plate at lunch. Grrr..."

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12/27/2010: Rob from Manhattan, Ny replies: "If you're one that seems to catch everything going around, then the daily addition of Astragalus may help as well as a mushroom formula. Also.... I've been taking Epicor, a dried yeast fermentate, claim to boost immune function.. So far no colds this season. However, I have only found anecdotal claims to its effectiveness. The claim that "factory workers" making it never got sick seems like a good marketing story... Though reading the testimonials on Iherb, if they can be trusted, are impressive."
12/27/2010: Kathy from Ontario, Ca replies: "When I feel like I am coming down with a cold, sore throat, or even a twinge in my throat I take 2 royal jelly capsules and 2 Echinacea-golden seal complex capsules. 3 times a day. I used to get sick every 3 months and I haven't been sick since July 2010. It's been 5 months and I have taken these pills a number of times and I never get sick. I get these pills at 2 bottles cost 11.00 dollars! For any type of stomachaches I take apple cider vinegar or aloe vera."
12/30/2010: Lisa from Waynesboro, Virginia replies: "I have the same problem - no immune system and just sick all the time, catching everything. I use colloidal silver and it takes care of my constant issues - sinus, etc. It helps one to recover faster from viruses, etc. I use immunogenics brand; it's very good."

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04/29/2009: Laurie Holden from Wolverine, MI writes: "My son is turning 13 tomorrow. He is almost 5'7 & about 180 in weight. He is in pretty good health, except he has had for a long while a low flu like ailment. His ears get bright red " randomly" and feels sick ( headache/sinus pressure), feels hot with no fever, at times next/throat feels a little swollen. I don't know if it is environmental or not. Our property next to our house is wet lands? I my self have felt this as well off and on for awhile. I have had my home checked for gas " all clear" / randon .3 level / mold n stuff, mold issue has been corrected. If you could shed some light on this, it would be very much appreciated.

Thank you very concerned mom
Laurie"

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04/30/2009: Brandy from Kelowna, BC Canada replies: "Hi, I am a mom of seven. We had flu like symptoms for a few years from living in a house/trailer with too much fermaldahyde (sp?). It was a low level poisoning. The fermaldahyde was prominent in the glue that was used in particle board throughout the trailer part of our home, which had an addition built onto it that wasn't so toxic. Portable trailers are notorious for using fermaldahyde glue, also some older insulation used it. Perhaps your son attends school in a portable building? In our case, the younger the person, the more pronounced the symptoms. Our 18 month son had fever, sore throat and sometimes vomitting. We all had similar symtoms, minus the fever. Our symptoms were less in the summer when we spent more time outside. We eventually moved, but our naturalpath had a similar situation with his baby daughter and he opted to replace all items built with fermaldyhide in his trailer/home."

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SOUTH AMERICAN HERB

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[YEA]  11/14/2008: Angel from Santa Marta, Magdalena , Colombia, S.A. writes: "There is a plant call "Paralpal" that cure any kind of flu or respiratory viral infection. Unfortunately is not sell in any store, you have to process it, dry it up grind it. if you take it for a while it will inmune you to any flu or viral infection

The plant grow in Santa Marta Columbia, S.A

One teaspoon in the morning with breakfast and you be Ok.

I have been taking it for a couple years, no side effects as matter fact it will help for other ailments

Angel"

EC: Unfortunately we can find no information on "Paralpal" (either text or image) on Google. Is there another name for this plant?

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STEAMING, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR BATHS

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[YEA]  01/17/2007: Alisha from Mineral Wells, WV writes: "i read the acv cure from your website, my 7yr old daughter was sick with a viral infection, i soaked her feet in a cake pan with 1 tbs of acv and she was cured within 10 mins she was fine and playing ,thank you i am going to tell everyone about this site."

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[YEA]  02/07/2006: Penny writes: "My nutritionist gave me the following advice: I'm steaming for my lungs and sinuses, 5 min. every 12 hours, ...steam is perfect just before the boil, taking it in alternative ways, every which way possible, in mouth out mouth, mouth/nose, one nostril/mouth, one nostril/other nostril, one nostril/same nostril, etc. to chase out the germs wherever they may hide, germs that cycle in 12 hour increments. Rules are twice only per day. No more than 5 min. NO burning of nostrils (causes bugs to burrow deeper), so care must be there not to make the steam too hot or too much.

And baths with apple cider vinegar (you can use the cheap kind for baths), a cup per bath, are supposed to make viruses take a hike. I've seen it happen, esp. with young kids who spring out of the bath ready for action afterwards, if it was a virus, that is. I'm just soaking my feet tonight, too lazy for the bath. But the bath is supposed to create a ph that makes a virus split. Let me know if anyone finds this works, as I've seen several cases."

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SUPPLEMENTS

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[YEA]  05/07/2008: Rick from Las Vegas, Nevada writes: "I just want to let everyone know the ultimate cure for colds and flu. Colostrum !!! Since I was a little kid I got strep throat or a cold every year. But 10 years ago I started taking Colostrum everyday and since then have not had a cold or the flu. WOW !!! 10 years, nothing...!!! If I feel anything coming on I just up the doseage to 4 or 5 per day. Colostrum is all natural and the best immune system defense. NO COLDS / NO FLU !!! Period !!"

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TAMIFLU INGREDIENTS

07/15/2009: Patrick (N.D.) from Chesterfield, England writes: "Tamiflu ingredients:

Oseltamivir phosphate, black iron oxide (E172), Croscarmellose Sodium, FD&C Blue 2 (indigo carmine, E132), Gelatin, Povidone, Pregelatinised maize starch, Red iron oxide (E172), Shellac, Sodium Stearyl Fumarate,Talc,Titanium dioxide (E171) and Yellow iron oxide (E172).

That'll take your mind off the 'flu."

EC: Google "TAMIFLU INGREDIENTS" and you will see some interesting stories!

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TED'S ONE HOUR FLU CURE

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[YEA]  03/04/2010: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "The One Hour Flu Cure.

Is it really possible to cure flu in one hour? Yes, but it's usually less than an hour. Not that I wanted it to but as a necessity. One case told me (one of my students) had only one aspirin. The other case is the owner of LPG gas, whose store had to close due to 5 p.m. closing time and didn't want the employees to go home with a bad flu (two of them in fact) and the fact that she hates the idea of taking aspirin more than one.

So the remedies, assuming you have them, is in a full glass of water, aspirin is dissolved, added with 4 drops of 0.1% methylene blue and 8 drops of concentrated Hydrochloric acid. 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt is option to stop the mucus that sometimes occur. Lysine 1000 mg is optional, although lysine is a rare commodity here in Bangkok. It will go stop the flu in less than an hour.

There's just one catch: make sure you wash your hands before eating food and clean the enviroment otherwise you will catch it again the next day or two, and obviously avoid picking nose, a bad habit my students have and recaught the flu 2 more times, before he stopped that habit and never had a flu since.

In case some people are low on aspirin, and by chance happen to have methylene blue 0.1% and hydrochloric acid, this remedy would work. How it works is relatively simple. The methylene blue raise the energy level it works on the same principle of caffeine in a strong black coffee is used instead, and this can be mixed with the aspirin. In case hydrochloric acid isn't sitting around, I think plain distilled vinegar say 2 tablespoons with lemon juice one tablespoon is mixed can be substituted to have a similar effect as the one hour flu cure.

It is important to wash the hands after flu is gone. I prefer to wash my hands in vinegar, or a very weak solution of hydrochloric acid such as 10 drops per glass as antiseptic solution, as virus in general do not die in alcohol gel and other alcohol antiseptic. They also resist fairly well with most chlorine antiseptic solution, but they do not survive well in vinegar, hydrogen peroxide solutions in general. The hydrogen peroxide antiseptic solution should preferably be about 1% concentration when using as hand wash or general cleaning the area to avoid reinfection. Of course if a person were to get necrotising fasciitis, the preferred remedy is not this one, they don't survive well in betadine iodine solution mixed with other chlorine washes."

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[YEA]  11/07/2010: Mitch6114 from Gatineau, Qc, Canada replies: "Did you know that elderberry tincture is more effective and much cheaper than Tamiflu to fight a cold and the flu. Elderberries are an excellent source of Vitamins A, B and C. Have antiviral and antioxydant properties. I make my own elderberry tincture by dehydrating approximately 2 to 3 lbs of freshly picked elderberries (or you can buy dried eldeberries). I place approx. 1/4 to ½ lb of dried elderberries in a clean quart size mason jar, then I add 1 full bottle of vodka. I place the lid on and store the mixture in a dry, dark place for at least 30 days. I shake the jar every few days to extract the medicinal properties. Then I strain it immediately or I leave the berries in the tincture and strain them when I use the tincture (this way, it will continue to get stronger). I take 4 tbsps of the tincture, two to three times a day at the first signs of a cold or the flu OR AS PREVENTION I take 1 tsp twice a day (morning and night). Good health."
07/21/2011: Reinhold from Gatineau/ Aylmer, Qc,canada replies: "I live in Aylmer, saw your elderberry comment, my mother (in Germany) always made Holunderbeerensuppe, what they called a soup made with them to clean the blood, for general health. I still have the original Kneipp Handbook, take icecold baths all year round, garden outdoors a lot without much clothes on, and barefoot, Yoga, Acupunct, eat mostly raw food and fruits, (right now I love mangoes) and apple juice, make my own apple/grape vinager & vine, yoghurt. I never get/got colds or influenca or throad, for many, many years now."

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TED'S REMEDY FEEDBACK

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BETTER BUT NOT CURED

[YEA]  04/25/2009: Andrea from Seattle, WA writes: "Ted's Remedies: Thank you so much for this remedy. I have been taking the Lysine by itself 1500 mg 2x day plus a little extra (1000 mg) before sleep and it it getting rid of congestion that I have had from this flu for several weeks now. Everyone I know has come down with this - especially those who have contact with the public as part of their work. I have had to take Excedrin Migraine (4 tabs at a time) for the headaches I'm getting, however it's better than having the congestion. Don't have any peroxide at the moment, will get some soon."

EC: Ted's Flu Remedy is here: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/flu.html#TED

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[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  03/03/2009: Sarah from Richmond, British Columbia, Canada writes: "I have been down with this flu going on 2 weeks. In the first week it was horrible aches and pains and fever of 102.7. I have tried Ted's remedy and it has made an improvement, however, I'm not clear on how many days to use his remedy or how often to use the hydrogen peroxide and the aspirin during the day. I can't drink the coffee as it makes me too anxious. Can you suggest a substitute, Ted?"

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03/05/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "A hydrogen peroxide can be used for a fairly long time without much limitations. For example, my drinking water I have added hydrogen peroxide 3% 20 drops per liter of drinking water and drank for two years straight to clear my skin condition from a toxic liver. However, it really helps that vitamin C sodium ascorbate is taken to neutralize the hydrogen peroxide oxidative effects in killing off the virus. Taken too much of hydrogen peroxide can lead to headaches, but they are reduced fairly quickly enough if the vitamin C were taken.

The lysine is most important from this unusual flu. Some zinc maybe added only one dose at 50 mg taken just once to prevent deficiency. The result seen from on going flu should be reduce fairly quickly enough within a day, with exception that it has become chronic, and a pneumonia ensues. That may require longer period of taking lysine. However, it's 1500 taken a couple of times a day for a couple of days will rid of them quickly enough 3% hydrogen Peroxide 3% 10 drops per glass taken every 2 or 3 hours should control the virus quickly enough. If a coffee makes a person too anxious, it means a liver may have limited ability to detoxify the caffeine so to help liver problem b complex is taken to get around some of the anxiety if coffee were taken. However, what I found was another method, which is the use of 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of potassium citrate (tripotassium citrate or potassium bicarbonate is fine) in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day. The potassium's effect should be fairly quick enough in reducing some anxiety. Still, I probably not use if anxiety's effect is present or too strong. Therefore I will probably take some aspirin, lysine, sodium ascorbate vitamin C and hydrogen peroxide is fine. A hydrogen peroxide aerosol can be breathed in a couple of times at 3% or preferably 1% mist a couple of times to prevent or at least reduce some effect of pneumonia should they become apparent after long term affliction.

Ted

P.S. Coffee drinking is not necessary if anxiety issue are apparent, but vitamin b complex help resolve some anxiety issues. I have found aspartame added in chewing gum and hidden in many products seems to cause anxiety much worse. So I would read all the labels in the products to make sure there's no aspartate, aspartame, in general. Taurine may have some protective effects against anxiety too. Aspirin helps reduce the fever, and dissolve the virus, a suitable substitute for black coffee that I used has always been the green tea, without sugar, no flavoring, no corn syrup, or any artificial sweeteners. Of course a green tea may in some instance cause the anxiety too as it does contain some caffeine, but certain substances in black coffee might also be a trigger in itself. My experience is the remedy for lysine and peroxide can be taken as long as a person likes it until the condition goes away."

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THROWING UP

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[YEA]  08/25/2008: Suzanne from Abbotsford, BC writes: "When I was young, whenever I had the flu I would vomit about every half hour. Reason? I would feel better, so I would have a drink and eat a little something so I wouldn't "dry heave". Through the years I have learned that it is much better to not eat or drink anything after you first throw up. Just rinse your mouth to get rid of the taste and maybe have a tiny sip of water, then lie down and try to sleep. I recover much quicker and without the continual nasty trips to the bathroom or bucket."

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TURMERIC, GINGER, BLACK PEPPER, HONEY

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[YEA]  01/10/2008: Ellen D writes: "Turmeric: An Indian friend of mine gave me a recipe for sore throat, colds, flu, sinusitis: Take about a teaspoonful of turmeric powder, a teaspoon full of grated fresh ginger (or equivalent of dried ginger powder), a pinch of ground black pepper, honey or sugar to taste, and put it into about half a cup of water and bring to a boil. Then add about half a cup of milk, heat to just below boiling point, and drink the mixture slowly, while hot. I also supplement this treatment by inhaling steam and keeping a hot water bottle on my head, throat or chest. I used to have colds that lasted two weeks; now I can get over them within three days."

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VICK'S VAPOR RUB

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[YEA]  02/13/2006: Julia from OR writes: "PREVENTING a cold/flu: My mom learned this from a nurse years back. If you take a pea-sized amount of Vick's Vaporub with a glass of water right before you go to bed when you feel your throat starting to get sore, etc., and you'll wake up feeling great. If it starts to come back the next evening, take another. But be careful only to take a small amount. Also, I keep mine jar in the freezer so it's easier to swallow. Whenever I do this, I NEVER get sick."

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VITAMIN C

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[YEA]  03/30/2009: D. from NY, NY writes: "I am writing to let you know that my family is getting out from a terrible form of stomach and intestinal flu. My two children, my husband (who never gets sick) and a contractor who was here working in the kitchen were hit very hard. Given my always low immune system I was getting ready for the worse, that is getting very sick myself. Since I am the mommy and the nurse it would have been an absolute disaster (I have no family here). Mommies can't rest and can't even sit no matter how sick they are. It is so awful and so hard for us! So I started getting more than a full tablespoon of vitamin C (sodium ascorbate as according to Ted directions) a day, divided in several doses. Plus zinc, colostrum, magnesium and aspirin. I was also using clove oil on my skin.Well I was cleaning up the mess of my children (remember it was a stomach flu!) and in the middle of it all I didn't get sick. I only got a bad headache for a day, but no vomiting or other as the others. My contractor lost 12 pounds with this flu. . . So God bless you all and Ted once again because you helped me being spared of all of this!"

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[YEA]  11/15/2006: Robert from Orlando, FL writes: "Gargle with peroxide first, then take a low dosage CHEWABLE vitamin c tablet (100 mg or 250 mg) place on tongue and leave it there until it dissolves. Don't swallow the tablet. It kept the scratchy throat from turning into a sore throat as well as an illness from coming on full blown. This works if it's caught in time, which is when one first detects a scratchy throat. I believe what it does is send vitamin c directly to the throat area killing the beginnings of an infection at its earliest stages. Another thing that can be done is to take some colloidal silver and put a drop in each nostril, especially after sneezing. The problem with it is that it's hard to verify that it actually DID stop a cold or flu since one can't prove what didn't happen. But it does work on a reliable basis."

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VITAMIN C AND VITAMIN E

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[YEA]  01/13/2011: Sushilvr from Gainesville, Fl writes: "You might want to try this remedy; take 3000 mg of Vitamin C along with one 400 I. U. softgel of Vitamin E.

I'm an R.N. And had not heard of this before until a friend of mine in healthcare mentioned a couple of years ago. Apparently Vitamin E has a synergistic effect on Vitamin C. 3000 mg of Vitamin might sound like a lot; but remember C is water soluble, so what your body doesn't use, you'll pee the rest out. Granted Vitamin E is not water soluble, but I only take this concoction when I begin to feel sick. I'll take it as soon as the symptoms begin, then when I go to bed, when I wake up the next morning, and usually one more dose several hours later. I typically don't need to take it more than that as my symptoms disappear and whatever it was that was starting never culminated into a cold or anything else. You can buy Vitamin C where each tablet is 1000 mg; so you only need to take three of them. They're large and granted Vitamin C is kind of bitter, even if they're flavored tablets and the larger ones tend to be more expensive; but I prefer to do that as opposed to taking several of the smaller ones that are a smaller dose per tablet.

Anyone I've mentioned this to by the way, has eventually gotten back with me telling me that this worked for them.

I've only recently returned to nursing full-time as I had been a FT CSI while working PT as an R.N. For 13 years... So I'm still in the process of building up my immunity level. Most people in healthcare, after working full-time for 6 months, will have never been sicker those first 6 months, and then suddenly, it seems you just don't get anything. In the meantime, I'll stick with C & E regimen. It's worked every time without fail so there has to be something to it. I've been using it for about two years now since my friend told me about it.

Thanks for reading, and I hope this works for anyone else who may try it."

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VITAMIN C, GSE, ACV, GREEN TEA WITH BAKING SODA

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[YEA]  11/20/2007: MEG from Augusta, Georgia writes: "I just wanted to share my story as well. I became ill when my son contracted viral meningitis on a trip. Traveling back in the car, I could only take lots of EmergenC. For the next few days, I took the EmergenC with GAIA Echinacea three times a day and got lots of rest. It seemed to work after four days, so I stopped the treatments. Well I think I got a secondary infection because my lymph nodes became swollen and my sinuses became infected. I irrigated my nose with grapefruit seed extract (diluted) but some undiluted liquid got in my right sinus and caused a lot of pain. Discouraged and about to go to the doctor for antibiotics, I come across your wonderful website. I first started back on the C & Echinacea but added the Grapefruit seed extract (5 drops in 12 oz water). My sinuses were cured in one day! That same day I drank 12 oz of water with 3 tbsp. of ACV. The next day the affected area was in my throat. I made warm ACV with lemon (3 tbsp) and honey (2tbsp) and drank as much as I could. The day after that I felt I only had laryngitis. So I found Ted's wonderful receipe for Green Tea with baking soda (1/4 tsp). I have done this for two mornings and feel almost back to normal. Thanks to all your contributors, I am cured in a matter of a few days! You guys are awesome, especially"

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VITAMIN D

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11/20/2009: Austin from New Bern, Nc writes: "The reason the flu is so rampant during winter is because people tend to stay inside where it's warm! As the flu virus is everywhere, like those commercials which tell us there are over a million types of bacteria in our bathrooms, we are not always sick. The reason is the sun causes our body to create a special Vitamin D which comes from the UV-B rays and this Vitamin D actually seeks to destroy viruses.

The type of vitamin D which can fight viruses can ONLY be made from natural sunlight. It is known as D3, which is made from sunlight when 7-dehydrocholesterol in our skin reacts with UVB light.

Please search youtube.com with such keywords as "sunlight for vitamin d"."

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[YEA]  11/08/2009: Martha from Orange, Texas writes: "Flu and Vit. D

Tuesday I woke up with a light fever, chills, sore throat and a cough, I decided to stay and bed and fight with some natural stuff. It hasn't been too long ago that I read about Vit D helping with the FLU so I decided to experiment. I had about a half small bottle of 1000iu's of Vit D3 so I started taking them 1 - every hour. I ran out after about 10 I think. I didn't count them, but anyway. Sometime Wed my fever broke, Thurs, I could tell I was on the mend and by Friday I had my energy back. This was the fastest I have every gotten over the Flu and without taking anything other than the Vit. D3. I recommend you all try it. If I were to have had a full bottle I would have taken the same amount the 2nd day too. At least 5,000 iu's I think would do it."

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10/03/2009: Devonia from Michie, Tn writes: "Studies have shown that those with higher Vitamin D blood levels are less likely to contract the typical avian influenza most of us are familiar with. This is why most get the flu in the winter and spring, when sunlight and blood Vitamin D levels are at their lowest. The results may be similar for the swine flu. "

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VITAMINS, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

04/13/2011: Katherine C from Newaygo, Us writes: "Ted,

I am so very very thankful for you, I have influenza I was in the ER Sunday night- could not breathe they did take a chest xray and said my lungs looked good other then the blotch on the right lung from the influenza. They tested my blood to make sure of no clots and they gave me oxygen while there and vicodin to take home. However they could not give me anything else because it had already been 5 days. I was taking an antibiotic I had in my cupboard it is for upper respitory and also phemonia, big mistake as it did not help. As I know something that is viral can't be helped by antibiotics. I have been taking at least 8 vitamin D3's well I started that yesterday, boiled some water with ACV in it yesterday and inhaled it into my lungs, and then I also drank some ACV in tepid water. I also been doing Mega vitamin C (well it is called ermergenC) 1000 mg in one glass.

Needless to say I am feeling much better and I have you to thank I wish I could hug you seriously. I felt as though I was dieing, I do not think even my family realizes how serious respitory influenza really is. The only thing is I keep getting the reoccurring headaches I mean I been taking advil for it and wearing sunglasses as the sun or bright lightes make that worse. Gosh I am 38 yrs old and I have never had something that has made me so ill in all my life. If you have any suggestions for the headaches please let me know. And again I thank you so much for caring enough about the human race that you would share the knowledge you have with others to heal from this man-made virus. Hugs from Michigan...

Thank you, Erin"

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[YEA]  04/12/2006: Lucy from Blue Island, IL writes: "Give small amount 3 times a day for 1 to 2 days. Appetite should return. Thought of it because after viral infections my family always eats yogurt which really helps people tolerate food sooner. It worked with my cat, too."

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