I am the mom with all the natural remedies. If you are sick and ask me for advice, sorry in advance if I overwhelm you. It is just that I am so passionate about helping people stay healthy-and have been extremely successful in doing so for myself and my family. As a result, I tend to bombard people with natural solutions and may come at them with boxes of “stuff”-which all do work!
My belief is that a home free of toxic chemicals is an amazing support for your immune system. My family which includes myself and an adult child who lives in a group home and two other adult children that work in public schools, rarely will ever pick up something and if we do, it is gone as quick as it came. I attribute this to our “clean” home (and the “clean” environment I created for my son in his group home.). Yes, our homes are clean in the traditional sense but what I am referring to is that they are “clean” of all toxic and synthetically fragranced products, including candles, plug-ins, traditional perfumes and body sprays, laundry products and chemical laden cleaning products.
I use Thieves laundry and cleaning products, Young Living Essential Oils,Diffusers and personal care products and Wyld Notes natural perfume.
Before I move on to the amazing power of essential oils, let me list some of my other favorite natural remedies:
Honey and Onion (optional garlic) cough syrup
Colloidal silver spray
Food Grade hydrogen peroxide
Dead Sea salt and pink Himalayan salt
Pure water-or the purest you can get or filter
You see, Nature heals. Plants and minerals help us stay healthy.
My suggestion is to keep three areas protected:
Your hands-wash them and use safe hand sanitizer when needed, but not to overdue
Your mouth-gargle with warm salt water, thieves mouthwash, diluted Thieves essential oil or food grade hydrogen peroxide, diluted with water.
Your nasal passages-nasal swab with Breath Again, Thieves or Egyptian Gold essential oils with rose ointment.
I Use Inner Defense Capsules
I call these my “natural antibiotic.” If something is coming on, I will take 1-4 capsules per day. If I am exposed to someone, I take 1-2 per day and use a lot of thieves oil on the bottom of my feet and diffused around me. If I am using these for a few days, I am sure to take a pro-biotic in-between taking the capsules.
I use essential oils as they naturally contain anti-microbial compounds. This is what I do:
1-Thieves essential oil rolled or rubbed on the bottom of the feet every few hours.
2-A roller bottle of an essential oil immunity blend rolled on the bottom of the feet every few hours, such as a blend of oregano, thyme, Thieves and frankincense or Thieves and lemon or Immupower, Thieves, frankincense and lemon.
3-Diffuse Thieves or Thieves and lemon or frankincense. I also diffuse as I sleep so for 8 hours, I am breathing in clean air and anti-microbial compounds.
4-A drop or two of Thieves essential oil in a spoonful of honey or in tea.
5-Use Thieves cough drops and Thieves chest rub.
6-Diffuse raven from an atomizing diffuser to support respiratory wellness
More Favorite Natural Remedies:
1-Make a natural cough syrup from honey and onions (and garlic if you wish.)
2-Make your own elderberry syrup.
3–Diffuse food grade hydrogen peroxide with water and essential oils.
4-Take warm steam showers with essential oils diffusing nearby in the bathroom.
5-Sleep, rest and take it easy.
*Disclaimer. I am not a medical professional. You should consult your medical professional before changing anything in your health care routine. Do not take any of my suggestions without consulting your medical professionals first. I am simply sharing anecdotal stories of what works for me and my family.
