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HERBAL MEDICINE MEETS
WALKING PNEUMONIA |
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HERBAL MEDICINEMEETS
WALKING PNEUMONIA |
*****WARNING:::: I am NOT a doctor. I do NOT claim any medical expertise in any area. I make NO claims, expressed, implied or otherwise as to the accuracy of the information provided below. This is simply my family’s treatment plan that worked for us. I take no responsibility for your actions. If you choose to use all or part of the information given below, you choose to do so AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!********
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose.” ~~Romans 8:28
“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth:”
~Psalms 104:14
This is my path, the path I feel Christ is leading me down, walking beside me the entire way. This is the path I feel He wants me to use as my witness. I have been given an ability to understand and to attempt to teach. I have been given a ease of understanding of the medicinal and the herbal and I pray that by sharing my knowledge, it may be useful to those in need, who either can’t afford conventional treatment, are not near conventional treatment, or who have been failed by conventional treatment.
I have been given this passion, I have been given skill in this area, it is the area where I feel I can show Christ like love and compassion to others. We are each on different paths, but we should all be working toward the same goal, to show Christ to others, through our passions.
Lemon Juice
Pure Raw Local Honey
Kiser Ridge Farm Cold & Flu Tea
****Honey, Lemon and Elderberry are combined with water to make a yummy juice, that has NO added sugar (sugar feeds viruses and bacteria), is somewhat anti-bacterial, anti-viral, healing, immune boosting, soothing and a great cough suppressant. π ****
Comfrey Salve (I have posted recipe and pictures in previous blogs)
Vapor rub made with coconut oil, eucalyptus, peppermint oil, tea tree oil and menthol crystals
***NOTE***
ALL treatments include a healthy diet consisting of very little refined food. K4 was offered fresh juices, raw fruits and veggies, homemade broths and stews with limited meats (meats require energy to break down that could be used for healing). Even noodle soup was made from scratch. (will share the recipe in another blog) Please remember that sugars and starches feed bacteria and viruses,and proteins are harder for the body to digest, requiring energy that could instead be used for healing. I also gave a daily dose of probiotics to keep the digestive system in good working order and the toxins flushed out.
K4 develops a croupy, raspy cough, slight fever, runny nose.
- Warm tea-tree oil bath
- D3 2000-IU
- Garlic gel cap 500m
- Warm *Honey-Lemon-Elderberry* juice
- 2TBS Kiser Ridge Farm Cold & Flu Tea
- Bed with warm pj’s and a touch of vapor rub on his chest.
Morning:
Felt a little better than Saturday night, did not cough often during the night, Saturday night treatment to be repeated at least 4 times. π
Evening & Over-night:
Feverish all night, temp up to 103. Treated with cool rags, and sipping cold ***honey-lemon-elderberry***. As long as a temp remains at 103 then we do not treat with any over the counter medications. (Unless accompanied by other painful symptoms) This is our personal preference to let the fever do its job and destroy the viruses and bacteria. After a few sips of cool juice and a cool towel to the forehead, we bundled up under the covers and monitored K4’s temps until the fever broke at approximately 4am.
WARNING::: If you have a child who is susceptible to febrile seizures or convulsions caused by elevated temps, or a family history of them, then use your best judgement when determining how high to let the fever climb before treating with over the counter medications. I do NOT recommend any fever being allowed to climb past 103 unless under the supervision of a medical doctor in a hospital setting. Internal body temperatures above 103 have been known to cause severe seizures, especially in young children. Please use extreme caution when dealing with elevated body temps.
- D3 2000IU given morning and evening
- Garlic 500mg tab given 4 times
- 2TBS Kiser Ridge Farm Cold & Flu Tea every 3 hours
- Honey-Lemon-Elderberry juice as much as he wanted throughout the day.Cup by the bed at night for coughing spells.
- Comfrey Salve swabbed inside nostrils (nose was sore and irritated salve is healing)
- Warm tea-tree oil bath at bedtime, then pj’s and Vick’s.
Illness:
- D3 2000IU given morning and evening
- Garlic 500mg tab given 4 times
- 2TBS Kiser Ridge Farm Cold & Flu Mix every 3 hours
- Honey-Lemon-Elderberry juice as much as he wanted throughout the day.Cup by the bed at night for coughing spells.
- Warm tea-tree oil bath at bedtime, then pj’s and Vick’s.
- Comfrey Salve swabbed inside the nose, to treat sores in the nose, and also because the salve is full of garlic, olive oil, beeswax, and comfrey, all of which are antibacterial and antiviral. I feel that some of it will run into the respiratory tract and kill whatever bugs it comes in contact with. It did seem to help with the sinus part of the illness.
9-27-2011 – Tuesday: Day 4
Illness:
More lethargic, slept much more than normal, all signs pointed to good oxygen exchange, but fever has lingered on from the night before. Cough had worsened, and I could now hear rattling in the lower lobe of the left lung. (Classic pneumonia sound) No wheezing, color was good, so I decided to continue treating at home, only more aggressively. By evening he was much improved.
- D3 2000IU three times today
- Garlic 500mg tab given 4 times
- 3TBS Kiser Ridge Farm Cold & Flu Mix every 2hours
- Honey-Lemon-Elderberry juice as much as he wanted throughout the day.Cup by the bed at night for coughing spells.
- Warm tea-tree oil bath at bedtime, then pj’s and Vick’s.
- Comfrey Salve swabbed inside the nose, to treat sores in the nose, and also because the salve is full of garlic, olive oil, beeswax, and comfrey, all of which are antibacterial and antiviral. I feel that some of it will run into the respiratory tract and kill whatever bugs it comes in contact with. It did seem to help with the sinus part of the illness.
9-28-2011 – Wednesday: Day 5
Illness:
Felt much, much better today. Lungs and cough sounded much better. The increased dosage seems to be working. K4 slept from 6pm on Tuesday until 9am today, only getting up when we woke him for dosage.
However, this is the 3rd day out of school, and due to school policy we felt the need to go see the doctor and get a note for missing school and an official diagnoses. I was not happy about this, because I think the last place a child with a weakened immune system, fighting a fairly severe illness needs to be, is in a doctors office full of other germs, however off we go.
- D3 2000IU three times today
- Garlic 500mg tab given 4 times
- 3TBS Kiser Ridge Farm Cold & Flu Mix every 2hours
- Honey-Lemon-Elderberry juice as much as he wanted throughout the day.Cup by the bed at night for coughing spells.
- Warm tea-tree oil bath at bedtime, then pj’s and Vick’s.
- Comfrey Salve swabbed inside the nose, to treat sores in the nose, and also because the salve is full of garlic, olive oil, beeswax, and comfrey, all of which are antibacterial and antiviral. I feel that some of it will run into the respiratory tract and kill whatever bugs it comes in contact with. It did seem to help with the sinus part of the illness.
9-29-2011 – Thursday: Day 6
Much improved over the past couple of days. No fever in almost 24 hours, lung sounds are not clear, but they are improved. Cough seems to be subsiding as does the congestion. Keeping with the same higher dosage and aggressive treatment for today.
- D3 2000IU three times today
- Garlic 500mg tab given 4 times
- 3TBS Kiser Ridge Farm Cold & Flu Mix every 2hours
- Honey-Lemon-Elderberry juice as much as he wanted throughout the day.Cup by the bed at night for coughing spells.
- Warm tea-tree oil bath at bedtime, then pj’s and Vick’s.
- Comfrey Salve swabbed inside the nose, to treat sores in the nose, and also because the salve is full of garlic, olive oil, beeswax, and comfrey, all of which are antibacterial and antiviral. I feel that some of it will run into the respiratory tract and kill whatever bugs it comes in contact with. It did seem to help with the sinus part of the illness.
9-30-2011 – Friday: Day 7
K4 woke up feeling great. No coughing all night, no fever since Wednesday, congestion almost completely gone, and lung sounds are almost completely clear. K4 returned to school today. He is still not 100% but he is well on his way. I did not really want to send him today, but he wanted to go and the doctor had written for him to go back today. We will continue the treatment regimen listed below for at least another 5 or 6 days. As with conventional treatments, herbal treatments need to be continued for a few days past the last symptoms to make sure the illness does not return, and that you do not pick up any new illnesses.
This is the treatment we used from Friday through today 10-04-2011!
We will probably use it for a few more days just to be sure.
- D3 2000IU Once a day
- Garlic 500mg tab 2 times a day
- 1 to 2 TBS Kiser Ridge Farm Cold & Flu Mix 3 times a day
- Honey-Lemon-Elderberry juice as he wants. Warmed it is soothing and helps break up mucous. It is also an immune booster with the elderberry. We drink this mix a lot during cold and flu season just like others do juice. It is much healthier than juice and contains much less sugar.
- Warm tea-tree oil bath at bedtime as needed if there was any congestion.
CURRENT UPDATE for 10-04-2011
K4 is in AMAZINGLY good shape, for having been diagnosed with “walking pneumonia” less than 1 week ago. He is back to laughing, running, playing, and school, with no noted lingering symptoms. He will go back to football practice tonight. He has an occasional runny nose, but it is clear and watery, so more than likely just allergy related. Lungs are CLEAR, cough is GONE!!
PRAISE THE LORD!!