Practical measures may be taken to boost your immune system during the Flu season.
Here are some ideas to help you through the flu season.
Take The Following Supplements
- Take Vitamin C 1000 – 2000 mg 4 times a day
- Vitamin A 2 x 10,000 IU capsules once a day
- Vitamin D3 1000 – 2000 IU once a day
- ImmuCore by Metagenics – 1 tablet three times a day. ImmuCore contains mushroom extracts, Vitamin C, selenium and oleanolic acid to enhance macrophages, natural killer cells and T cell subsets. (Immune support by AOR is a similar product)
- Probiotics such as Proflora by Professional Health Products – 2 capsules twice a day will increase white blood cell activity and increase natural killer cells in the bloodstream.
The Following Essential Oils May be Used
- Oil of oregano – 2 drops once a day as a preventative. Three drops 4 times daily for acute.
- Rosemary, eucalyptus, cloves and rosemary oils – known as Thieves Oil. This preparation can be put together at home or ordered through Thieves Oil. Apply a few drops on the front of wrists, soles of feet, nape of neck and chest wall – twice a day.
- Eucalyptus Oil – Add 2 drops in a steam inhaler at night or use in your area of work or in different rooms. One can use a pocket inhaler or add 2 drops to a bowl of hot water and put a towel overhead to make a tent and breath the vapor.
How to Increase Immune System
Brush your teeth with a wet toothbrush and no toothpaste. The resulting saliva loaded with mouth bacteria should then be swallowed. The human immune system needs stimulation by bacteria and fungi from the mouth and the throat.
Intravenous Treatment for Acute Illness
These drips are available in our office; however, our facility is limited. Steps need to be taken for instituting this treatment in an emergency room and hospital setting. If you are in this situation with someone who is sick from the flu and in intensive care, you should demand that these treatments be used.
This office has protocols for these treatments available to the health professional.
Bacterial Vaccines
These are oral vaccines. They are made of killed oral bacteria from the throat, which stimulates immunity in the airway. Bacterial vaccines are backed by research and double-blind trial shows a protective effect in influenza. Modern oral bacterial vaccines are licensed in Europe but not in the US or Canada.
Homeopathy
Various homeopathic remedies are available for the flu and one of this preparation is: Oscillococcinum: one tube dose, under the tongue three times daily.
Herbal Remedies such as:
- Cold F/X
- Sambuganigra
- Kanjang (a combination with Siberian ginseng)
Final Commentary
Although the above measures may boost your immune system, one must remember the following:
- Wash hands frequently
- Keep hands away from the face
- Eat a diet high in antioxidants
- Drink lots of warm fluids, which will wash the virus away from your throat (sinus rinses may be used, as well, for the nasal cavity)
- Get proper sleep
If you have flu-like symptoms, please stay at home and rest for other’s sake!
This information will be reviewed and changed as needed.
A good review article on these homeopathic remedies is called: Swine Flu: “Role for Complementary Medicine”, by Peter Fisher, M.D., FRCP, FFHom and Saul Berkovitx, MD, MRCP, FFHom in Integrated Health Care Practitioners, October 2009.