Hello!
You get right in here before you catch a chill!
Oh!…bless you. Already
caught one, I see. You and
half the village, sniffling and sneezing all over.
No wonder at all everybody’s getting it.
Take
that chair there by the fire --
PUFF, GET OFF OF THOSE BOOKS ALREADY! –
and get
warm while I fix you a nice cuppa St. John’s Wort tea.
There
you go, with a nice cinnamon stick and a bit of honey.
Not much better in the world for a case of the sniffles. St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is a
powerful herb for whipping a virus into submission and even the cinnamon
and honey are bacteria-killers. You
sip that down while I pack up a few things for you to take home. If I remember rightly, you and the mister have a little one
– might they be sniffling too? Not
yet? Good!
Let’s see if we can keep it away from them while we’re fixing
you. Hmmm.
A little bit of this, a jar of that, where’s that bag?
Ah, here it is. Some of this, a smidge of…here, let me tell you what all
I’m sending and how to use it
This jar is Echinacea (Echinacea
purpura) tea. You
make you a cup of that and drink it three times a day, and have the
husband and youngster drink a cup too.
That’ll boot your immune system into gear to help you get rid
of the cold and them to not get it.
This little box is more of the St. John’s
wort.
You can make it separately or just mix it in with the Echinacea
when you make your tea.
This bag here is some fresh garlic (Allium
sativum)! Naw, you
don’t hang it around your neck! Chop
it up and eat it, either sautéed with some nice veggies or in a good
pot of chicken soup or veggie soup.
Don’t worry about garlic breath – when your breath smells of
garlic that just means the active elements in the garlic are coming
through your lungs, right where you want them to be when you have a cold
or flu. Garlic is as
powerful an antiviral as St. John’s wort.
This little bottle here is just for your nose.
Inside is a cotton ball soaked in Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus
globulus) essential oil. You
don’t ever want to swallow eucalyptus oil, but when your nose gets
stuffy, just take the cap off, stick your nose up close to the top and
take a BIG sniff or two. Then
put the cap back on tight until you need it again.
This jar has powdered Elderberry (Sambucus
nigra) herb. Use a
tablespoonful in a cup of hot water to make a nice tea and have a cup
twice a day. Elderberry
contains compounds that prevent viruses from spreading to and through
the respiratory tract, so it’d be a good one for your husband and baby
too, to help keep them from getting what you’ve got.
Stop at the market on your way home and pick up a
fresh ginger (Zingiber officinale) root.
Ginger has close to a dozen antiviral compounds so use it
generously! Shred the root
and use it to make tea. Just
keep a thermos of it handy and sip throughout the day.
You’ll feel lots better – it also helps suppress coughing,
soothes aches and is a mild sedative so you can get some healing rest.
While you’re at the market, get a bunch of black cherries to
nibble. They’re loaded
with vitamin C and will sooth your scratchy throat some.
At least you don’t have to worry about the pets.
Your kitty and dog can’t get your cold, so they should be fine.
If one of them should pick up a mild respiratory infection, you
can’t get it either, so if you want to nap with your pets to make you
feel better, go right ahead. Don’t let either of ‘em eat your
eucalyptus cotton ball, though. It’d
make them even sicker than it would you, if you swallowed it.
Kitty may like the smell and that’s okay, just no eating.
Well, you get on home now.
Don’t need to be out in this weather any longer than necessary.
Get your hubby to brew you up some tea and you get warm and comfy
in bed. If you need
anything else, you send him on over.
I’ll be here.
Editorial Note: These articles are meant to increase knowledge of
the use of plants in treating various conditions.
They are not intended to, nor can they, replace the advice and
treatment of a licensed medical provider.
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