An Herbalist's Perspective on Cold & Flu Video
In this video:
-The nature of viral life forms
-Plants are more effective at treating infectious diseases than technological medicine, which is failing on a massive scale (increasing antibiotic resistance, high failure rates of the flu vaccine, etc - meanwhile plants have been evolving antimicrobial compounds for millennia to fight off the same infections that affect humans)
-STAY HOME IF YOU ARE SICK: you are basically a weaponized human when you have a viral infection
-Other ways to prevent the spread of viral infections
-Should you eat when you're sick? It depends.
-Suppressing symptoms IS NOT treating the underlying infection
-Why you should almost never suppress a fever- fever's have an important infection-fighting purpose and suppressing them is counter-productive to getting better
-Antibiotics do not treat viral infections and will not treat a flu (but that won't stop the doctor from writing you a prescription)
- The difference between immune-boosting compounds and antiviral or antibacterial compounds
-Commonly misused herbal treatments for cold & flu (ginger, echinacea, citrus)
-Craving sugar at the onset of illness
-Always be prepared: the three things I ALWAYS have on hand in case someone in my family gets sick, and why taking medicine at the very beginning of an illness is vital
-Why breastfeeding is so important for childrens' immunity
-The next pandemic
Relevant Links:
-Extra Potent Elderberry Elixir (no guarantee it's in stock!)
-My podcast interview with Stephen Harrod Buhner Planetary Intelligence, Ancestral Resonance, & the Perception of the Heart
-Stephen's book Herbal Antivirals
-Cat Ellis' book Prepping for a Pandemic