Most of us think that a cold is something that you get in the
winter.
You know those cold days- you get your feet wet, a chill goes
through your body and the next thing you know you got a
whopping cold that knocks you out for a week!
The Summer time doesn’t seem to be the cold season,
but low and behold I am seeing heards of people with summer
colds in my Holistic Practice of Acupuncture.
What the Heck is a Summer Cold anyway?
It can be just an allergy like hay fever, also known as rhinitis-
an allergy that gives you a number of unwanted symptoms,
similar to a cold
• Itchy nose, mouth, eyes, throat, skin, or any area
• Problems with smell
• Runny nose
• Sneezing
• Tearing eyes
These symptoms occur shortly after you come into contact
with the substance you are allergic to and they just don’t go
away until you get away from the allergens or you strengthen
your immune system.
The summer cold is a different creature, when we have a cold
the body goes through many changes.
A cold can come from one of many different types of viral
pathogens.
But remember a cold is a cleansing process to
Clear the Body of Excesses.
If you have been over drinking, overeating, and indulging to
excess, chances are you will get a cold or flu to flush out your
system
“A Natural Detox”.
In Chinese medicine grief and sadness is the emotion associated
with the lungs. The lungs open to the nose; this means that the lungs influence
all the sinuses, bronchial, air passageways, and the nose itself.
Colds often start when we are tired or under stress, sad or have
too much grief in our lives.
Symptoms of a Summer Cold:
· Runny nose
· Sore throat
· Watery eyes
· Headache
· Achy body
· Coughing
· Low energy
· Fever
The good news is the Summer Cold is usually gone within a week.
My Grandmother had many home brewed treatments to cure
a cold such as gargle with salt water for a sore throat.
Take 1 gram of Vitamin C every hour until you got the runs,
and suck on Zinc lozenger.
She claimed these were a sure cure for a cold.
My mother said.” When I was a child my mother would give us
a syrup consisting of a whole onion that was cooked slowly in sugar
water until it got syrupy and them she would make us drink it.”
I asked if it worked and mom said she forgot.
9 Ways To help prevent a cold:
*Wash your hands often
* Stay out of the wind
*Drink 8 to 10 ounces of clean water a day
* Avoid touching your face, especially the nose, mouth, and eye.
* Prevent the spreading of the virus by using paper cups.
* Clean doorknobs, light switches, telephones, remote controls,
and sinks.
*Use paper towels in the kitchen and bathroom for hand washing.
* Get 6 to 8 hours of sleep a night and when you have a cold take a
nap in the hottest part of the day.
• De- stress yourself, if you are stressed it weakens your immune
system and you are more likely to catch a cold
Stay tuned for part 2 of How to avoid a summer cold
I wish you the best in your Health,Wealth and Happiness
Dr Wu Dhi
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Dr. Wu Dhi
