I was reading some great articles about viruses this weekend. Much of it you may already know but its worth repeating.
A virus is a parasitic organism that looks for living cells to invade. They can’t survive otherwise. They can lie dormant within a cell for years (like chicken pox and then waking up causing shingles later on in life). Some invade a cell and immediately focus on reproducing. They’ll create thousands of copies of itself, bursting through the cell thus killing it and invading other cells. And thus the process replicates. We don’t want to let a virus get to this stage!!!
Our bodies are designed to fight off dangerous organisms. (Including viruses). That’s why I always say you have to know your body and listen to it!!! The body’s first line of defense is the skin, mucous and stomach acid. If we inhale a virus (like the corona virus) mucous traps it and we try to expel it by coughing. If you swallow it, your stomach acid may kill it. If the virus gets past this line of defense, then your immune system kicks in. This is where lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that’s made in the bone marrow, takes over (which by the way I had practically none two years ago due to my lymphoma cancer). It is one of the body’s main types of immune cells. It retains information on previous infections serious enough to create antibodies. Thus if it recognizes an infection it knows how to fight it! Vaccinations are based on this! Antibiotics don’t kill viruses. They are only good for killing bacteria. Antiviral therapeutics don’t kill viruses. They just inhibit reproduction.
For the past 9 months I’ve been telling everyone to keep their immune system strong through diet, supplements, essential oils, diet, avoiding stress, and getting exercise. I will repeat this over and over.
So here’s what you should focus on during this hectic period:
- Listen to your body. Look for any sign of nasal congestion/sore throat/coughing/sneezing. The first 24 hours makes all the difference. The longer you let it fester the harder to will be to kill it.
- As with cancer, don’t feed a virus with sugar (by the way viruses cause some cancers).
- Eliminate invaders:
- Keep your nasal passages clean. Use a nettie pot.
- Gargle and/or sip on apple cider vinegar (and/or oregano oil water)
- Both of the above will lower the viral load your body will deal with.
- Help the stomach with a good probiotic (I’ve been using one for 4 years)
- A detox bath (the fever is nature’s way of fighting infections and killing viruses )
- Apply essential oils
These are good life-long lessons but especially now!!!
