Flu Self-Help

This came through one of my lists: "Feel flu symptoms coming on? This can help: Take high-dose vitamin C (4,000 mg), zinc, vitamin D and a healthy serving of medicinal herbal tinctures such as black elderberry or astragalus. Go right to bed and allow yourself as much sleep as you need (even 10 - 12 hours). This can often stop the flu right in its tracks."

Personally, I take 5000 mg of C appx once an hour (whenever I think of it) for cold/flu/sore throat. C is one of the vitamins where any excess just comes right back out, you can't overdose, and some doctors administer as much as 50-100,000 mg per day for critical cases. Lots of tea (or hot lemonade) with honey, alternating with chicken soup.

And of course, as much sleep (or at least rest) as you can manage.

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Karen C - California
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Karen,

I'm glad this works for you, but I would suggest others do the above with care. My SIL was taking high doses of Vitamin C for years. It was not until she was in Mexico, and had forgotten her Vitamin C at home did she discover that was what was causing her intestinal issues. The entire time she was in Mexico she was fine. She returned home, and started taking the Vitamin C, her intestinal issues started up as soon as she started taking it, but stopped again when she stopped taking the Vitamin C. Her body did not eliminate the Vitamin C easily for some reason. It's unfortunate it took so long to put this together because she suffered with huge weight loss and at one point the Dr. thought she had cancer because of her symptoms.

take care, Linda D. in B.C., Canada

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Linda D.

I feel it is a bad idea to take anything in larger quantities or on an ongoing basis. I was taking large doses of aspirin for my knee for several years and could have sworn I couldn't do without it, until I took it on myself to ease off it. No difference !

The Vitamin C is a throw back to Linus Pauling, that was his theory. Most of his theories have now been discounted.

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lucretiaborgia

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