I found this in yahoo,and its very interesting!I am going to post it,so i can go back and read it when i want.i am going to buy some of that Asian stuff,I got REAL sick on Ashleys birthday weekend(I think from over doing it) than I healed(when sleeping,and drinking).I bet ifI had some of those things on hand that is stated below,I wouldn't still have a lingering bug.Its not bad,but I feel I have a touch of bronchitis..and my nose is a lil stuffed,but NOTHIng like 2 weekends ago!
lol that was the worst!
COLD and Flu: Immune Boosting Strategies
Posted Fri, Jan 18, 2008, 3:42 pm PST
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Post a Comment View All 36 Comments One in three Americans suffers from the common cold each year, but this year it doesn't have to be you! Fight the flu and combat your cold with these immune-boosting strategies and remedies.
Prepare for Cold Season!
The best natural protection from cold and flu is to keep your immune system going strong and to practice preventative measures. Wash your hands frequently with soap, and wash your face at least twice a day. Also, protect your upper back and neck area, because this is where most of the colds will attack the body. The activities listed below will help you build your immunity.
6 Simple Ways to Boost Your Immunity
1. Rest up.
Studies show that your immune system function drops by an average of 60% after just three nights of poor sleep, so be sure you are getting plenty of quality rest, at least eight hours each night.
2. Lessen your stress.
Keep your stress level low with meditation, tai chi or yoga.
3. Eat sweet potatoes and mushrooms.
These foods help optimize your body's immunity function. Sweet potatoes contain higher amounts of vitamin C (a famous immune support) and beta-carotene than carrots, as well as being rich in DHEA, a potent immunity booster. Certain types of mushrooms, like shitake, maitake and reishi, contain polysaccharides, sterols, coumarin, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids that increase your immune function.
4. Pick potent herbs.
Eat lots of potent herbs and spices, especially garlic, ginger, cilantro, and oregano.
5. Astralagus: the immunity super herb.
Astralagus has been used in Asia to prevent cold and flu for more than 2,000 years. This herb stimulates the body's production of interferon, which is a potent immune protein that boosts your ability to fight infections and diseases.
6. Keep your middle warm.
In Chinese medicine, the abdomen is considered the storehouse of the body's energy. Keeping your abdomen warm and protected from weather extremes has immense immune benefits. A good way to replenish your energy bank is to regularly place a hot water bottle on your abdomen. Also beneficial is applying abdominal wraps soaked in rejuvenating herbal solutions, or pouches containing similar herbs.
Natural Remedies and Relief for Cold and Flu
If it's too late to prepare, and you are already suffering from the runny nose, headache and fever of cold and flu, these recommendations can help you get you back on your feet in no time!
• At the first sign of a cold attack, drink scallion and ginger tea, and lots of liquids.
• Fasting or light eating is sometimes recommended when you have a cold, so as not to detract from the body's healing by having to digest heavy foods. In general, eat as little solid food as possible to avoid burdening the immune system, but drink plenty of warm fluids such as soups, porridges and tea.
• Get plenty of rest and don't engage in exercise. When you have a cold, exercise depletes the body of qi, the vital energy needed to fight pathogens.
• Taking up to 50 milligrams of zinc a day may help reduce the symptoms of the common cold.
• It is helpful to inhale eucalyptus, oregano, and lavender, which are antibacterial, antiviral, and decongesting.
• I often recommend to my patients our Cold and Flu Formula that contains natural herbs like honeysuckle flower, burdock root, apricot seed, mulberry root and others that support healthy immune function, and comfort cold and flu symptoms. This formula is available online at askdrmao.com.
I hope you use these suggestions in times of sickness and that they serve you well. I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me.
May you stay healthy, live long, and live happy
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
BRIANNA IS SICk!AND so is MOMMY!haha`
I took a GABMENTIN and feel instantly better>:) WOW,thanks babe for telling me to tell the dr.CK it out guys,who fight depression and just nothing works.AkA GABMENTIN.:)
I feel a lot better and its only been a few minutes..is it in my head????LOL Nahhh anyways,i have to run runnnnnnnn to the drug store and get Miss Precious Bri Bri her coug med and Zithromax ::::take IF needed:::: but damn I am going to FILL It..and wait and see,cause somebody will "NEED" IT sometime this winter,its just nuts.
i think we're getting snow soon.I want money money money.i'm going to deposit a check and cheer myself up at gymboree.com tonight!
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo whats the world up to???UFO watching or what??
Billy yaps about end of the world in 2012 and UFO's..LOL who knows if he is right or wrong.TIme shall tell!
I feel a lot better and its only been a few minutes..is it in my head????LOL Nahhh anyways,i have to run runnnnnnnn to the drug store and get Miss Precious Bri Bri her coug med and Zithromax ::::take IF needed:::: but damn I am going to FILL It..and wait and see,cause somebody will "NEED" IT sometime this winter,its just nuts.
i think we're getting snow soon.I want money money money.i'm going to deposit a check and cheer myself up at gymboree.com tonight!
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo whats the world up to???UFO watching or what??
Billy yaps about end of the world in 2012 and UFO's..LOL who knows if he is right or wrong.TIme shall tell!
I need to LEAVE,I wish I had a family:(
I am depressed horribly,today more than most.I woke up that way,felt crappola and took Brianna to the dr's.I find out that Stephanie is fine,who knows what her head was at,but no doubt my mom is buying her the world.@@ (Insert eye roll) but that dont' bother me anymore.What bothers me,is my NON EXISTANCE.I f'ing hate hate hate being here near my family,as much as i love them so much,they do not in the slightest sense care about ME or reciprocate that love back at all.They have not a clue who i am,what my messes are,how I suffer.I put on a fascade,sooo how could they know.I DO put on a fascade of deep strength,and I can survive all but i can't.One thing that hurts me,and I am not stupid.i realize when you grow up,you're on your own.SO If thats how it works,it doesn't work that way for my brother.NO WAY not in the slightest.
Today,after always hearing about equality and etc...my mom tells me they are shopping for ANOTHER car for my brother!
PLUS just this FALL they bought IleANNA a brand new Nissan Altima..(cASH)
They paid 30K for my brothers HOUSE.
AND NOW they are going BACK out to buy another car for him.Yeah,I'm sick,its not soo much jelousy,as it is HURT,like a stab in the heart.I was raised this way,you see...if you are loved,this is how we love you,with material things.Pretty f'd up isn't it?I have fallen so bad in meds,etc,trying to hide my pain and i'm just a child.A baby in a womans body,who doesn't know how to cope with SHIT.I have had it,Billy I love him dearly but he doesn't understand me.He grew up a total different lifestyle.Anyways,i really don't want to go any further,but I really want to run away...leave the house,this town and the thoughts of dying,take them with me too.I would never ever do that,I love my kids and can't do that to them.its ALways about stephanie,stephanie stephanie with my mom.I guess i'm getting tired of it.it can come down to that.I tried and raised her for almost EIGHT years straight from birth to 8...only for her to get RIPPED Out of my arms,literally for NO F"ING GOOD REASON!SO Since then,things have gone DoWNhill.MOM says she did EVERYTHING she could for "STepHANIE"...but did she realize the harm??AND the harm it did to me??The running away I do from my own self??
I should write a song:( I have lyrics galore in my head.
Today,after always hearing about equality and etc...my mom tells me they are shopping for ANOTHER car for my brother!
PLUS just this FALL they bought IleANNA a brand new Nissan Altima..(cASH)
They paid 30K for my brothers HOUSE.
AND NOW they are going BACK out to buy another car for him.Yeah,I'm sick,its not soo much jelousy,as it is HURT,like a stab in the heart.I was raised this way,you see...if you are loved,this is how we love you,with material things.Pretty f'd up isn't it?I have fallen so bad in meds,etc,trying to hide my pain and i'm just a child.A baby in a womans body,who doesn't know how to cope with SHIT.I have had it,Billy I love him dearly but he doesn't understand me.He grew up a total different lifestyle.Anyways,i really don't want to go any further,but I really want to run away...leave the house,this town and the thoughts of dying,take them with me too.I would never ever do that,I love my kids and can't do that to them.its ALways about stephanie,stephanie stephanie with my mom.I guess i'm getting tired of it.it can come down to that.I tried and raised her for almost EIGHT years straight from birth to 8...only for her to get RIPPED Out of my arms,literally for NO F"ING GOOD REASON!SO Since then,things have gone DoWNhill.MOM says she did EVERYTHING she could for "STepHANIE"...but did she realize the harm??AND the harm it did to me??The running away I do from my own self??
I should write a song:( I have lyrics galore in my head.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
wii..bible study and my mom!
whoa..ITS ONLY 4;09 AND ALLREADY i GOT SO MUCH DONE LOL!!!i basically did 3 loads of laundry,Fold and put upstairs(now its time to sort through and put away,hopefully beforfe bed)
2)mopped floors
3)cleaned toilets,sinks,and tubs
4)bathed the girls
5)bathed myself haha!
6)did some errands,and still have stuff to do.
7)managed to give the girls Breakast AND lunch ALL by 4pm AND snackaroos and soon they'll be back in time for dinner.Dinner shall consist of shrimp oregenatta:) yummY OOPS I mean scampi LOL with angel hair pasta.Some nice greens of some sort,I need vitamins.
I am SO peeeeved I ran myself,I didn't want what the kids had :X LOL and lo and behold,the wendys chedder melt is GONE!A TOTAL GONER!How that th heeck did that happen??somethin i love them!!,.,
Now i"M keeping an eye on Miss Lauren,she is AL over the house.OMG she just grabbed the wii remote..BRB
WOW I'm back,HOURS later,almost 7.It appears my mOM took the girls to school,and her house,and Ash went to courtneys etc.and BILLY is gone.My mom is not answering he phone right now,(CREEEEEEEEEEEEPOLA) so I may have to JUMP in the pick up truck with Lauren.GOOD thing she has the snow pants all snuggly warm,with the coat.!LOL She'll be like a lil bunny.BUT we have to take the truck,which is NOT a good thing.BILLY BETTER Please Hurry home=(
I woke up to billy gone,and Lauren climbing over me with a CLOTH diaper that was SOAKED:( apparently My nap and hers she went unchanged.Cloth diapers need to be changed,esp if you're using a dang g diaper with a prefold @@ ,those g diapers are too small to begin with.I want to get the size large and more inserts.Its time to buy more dipes.LOL Billy buys Plushies(Playschool diapers) and they are ok,but i don't care for sposies as much.SO I try not to use them as much as possible.Its something I find that i can contribute to our environment.Every diaper counts imo.I wish more families contributed to cloth diapers AT LEAST part time:(
Oh well..so many say they cost SO much money but in reality they save you TONS I mean TONS of money ROFL.Wierd how they say that.I dont' get it.You can just buy a dozen prefolds and 3 covers for the beginning!WHALLA!And still MUCH cuter than a dang sposie lol
What had me give it up was her diarreah which is now under control again.SORRY cloth & Diarreah do not mix for me.:( SOme can do it but I can't.
I NEED TO GO ON A DIET :)
I miss my old body and I hate what the heck we got here to eat..JUNK
ohhhh miss Monkey princess GETS up to the table but from MY chair now Ugh I can never type LMAO! €
2)mopped floors
3)cleaned toilets,sinks,and tubs
4)bathed the girls
5)bathed myself haha!
6)did some errands,and still have stuff to do.
7)managed to give the girls Breakast AND lunch ALL by 4pm AND snackaroos and soon they'll be back in time for dinner.Dinner shall consist of shrimp oregenatta:) yummY OOPS I mean scampi LOL with angel hair pasta.Some nice greens of some sort,I need vitamins.
I am SO peeeeved I ran myself,I didn't want what the kids had :X LOL and lo and behold,the wendys chedder melt is GONE!A TOTAL GONER!How that th heeck did that happen??somethin i love them!!,.,
Now i"M keeping an eye on Miss Lauren,she is AL over the house.OMG she just grabbed the wii remote..BRB
WOW I'm back,HOURS later,almost 7.It appears my mOM took the girls to school,and her house,and Ash went to courtneys etc.and BILLY is gone.My mom is not answering he phone right now,(CREEEEEEEEEEEEPOLA) so I may have to JUMP in the pick up truck with Lauren.GOOD thing she has the snow pants all snuggly warm,with the coat.!LOL She'll be like a lil bunny.BUT we have to take the truck,which is NOT a good thing.BILLY BETTER Please Hurry home=(
I woke up to billy gone,and Lauren climbing over me with a CLOTH diaper that was SOAKED:( apparently My nap and hers she went unchanged.Cloth diapers need to be changed,esp if you're using a dang g diaper with a prefold @@ ,those g diapers are too small to begin with.I want to get the size large and more inserts.Its time to buy more dipes.LOL Billy buys Plushies(Playschool diapers) and they are ok,but i don't care for sposies as much.SO I try not to use them as much as possible.Its something I find that i can contribute to our environment.Every diaper counts imo.I wish more families contributed to cloth diapers AT LEAST part time:(
Oh well..so many say they cost SO much money but in reality they save you TONS I mean TONS of money ROFL.Wierd how they say that.I dont' get it.You can just buy a dozen prefolds and 3 covers for the beginning!WHALLA!And still MUCH cuter than a dang sposie lol
What had me give it up was her diarreah which is now under control again.SORRY cloth & Diarreah do not mix for me.:( SOme can do it but I can't.
I NEED TO GO ON A DIET :)
I miss my old body and I hate what the heck we got here to eat..JUNK
ohhhh miss Monkey princess GETS up to the table but from MY chair now Ugh I can never type LMAO! €
Monday, January 14, 2008
DR"s...New years...Football..blah
I have to run to the dr's with Ashley at 2:30.I am SO sick,I got sick like within an HOUR.It hit like a total ton of bricks,so fast N I hate it.I do NOT get a break.Her party,as I just posted below,turned out the next day of me CLEANING again.I couldn't do much,I slept all stressed out.I have OCD I know it,and KNOWING everything was NOT the way I wanted it made me feel just 10000% worse.I wake up this morning,and Billy went on about NONSENSE i can't even remember.Just picking at me for something or not,instead of asking me kindly "HOW ARE YOU FEELING"??Its something I did wrong.
If he knew how much this is impacting me,i wonder how he'd feel.I honestly do not think he realizes how much damage he is doing to me,and our relationship with his virgo perfectionism.HE may very well be OCD,sooooooo have two ocd people in the house is just NOT good.NOT good at all.First of all,he can't change me.I am overwhelmed with work with the house/and kids and do everything to do it quickly to my satisfaction.I"M NOT satisfied with the kitchen,it soo needs to be redone.Walls,and hardware on the counters.I need new knobs.Heck buy CHEAPY ones,just buy them allready.PAINT allready?what is his problem?he has NO motivation to work in the house anymore.ITS GONE.His motivation for us is GONE.Maybe I'm just venting and everything is ok but its how I feel today anyways.I never wanted to post everything I felt here,but thats how I feel right now.
TO make it WORSE,he blames it on ME.Maybe he should go away,if I tell him to beat it,the kids would be upset.I dont' know what to do anymore.I just cannot be treated this way N just take it like a damn dog.Kids need to respect me more,but they treat me with respect which I am SO gratefull for but I want tv respect which IS NOT real life lol:)
I am depressed.That sums it up.I hate it,and I need to switch dr's and find a good dr/and a psych to help me figure out everything.I get heart palpatations,etc..and I'm sooo tired of living the same routine now for a while.I've been depressed for a while now.Shopping is not helping it anymore.It used to,but now it stopped.I am not bipolar,i'm simply depressed.:(
OH and Billy is NOT HAPPY that the COWBOYS lost to the GIANTS!:( UGH That SUXS!
At last,its NEWS YEARS!HAPPY 2008!I need to upload the pics I have in my camera..birthday and new years blah blah blah!=)
If he knew how much this is impacting me,i wonder how he'd feel.I honestly do not think he realizes how much damage he is doing to me,and our relationship with his virgo perfectionism.HE may very well be OCD,sooooooo have two ocd people in the house is just NOT good.NOT good at all.First of all,he can't change me.I am overwhelmed with work with the house/and kids and do everything to do it quickly to my satisfaction.I"M NOT satisfied with the kitchen,it soo needs to be redone.Walls,and hardware on the counters.I need new knobs.Heck buy CHEAPY ones,just buy them allready.PAINT allready?what is his problem?he has NO motivation to work in the house anymore.ITS GONE.His motivation for us is GONE.Maybe I'm just venting and everything is ok but its how I feel today anyways.I never wanted to post everything I felt here,but thats how I feel right now.
TO make it WORSE,he blames it on ME.Maybe he should go away,if I tell him to beat it,the kids would be upset.I dont' know what to do anymore.I just cannot be treated this way N just take it like a damn dog.Kids need to respect me more,but they treat me with respect which I am SO gratefull for but I want tv respect which IS NOT real life lol:)
I am depressed.That sums it up.I hate it,and I need to switch dr's and find a good dr/and a psych to help me figure out everything.I get heart palpatations,etc..and I'm sooo tired of living the same routine now for a while.I've been depressed for a while now.Shopping is not helping it anymore.It used to,but now it stopped.I am not bipolar,i'm simply depressed.:(
OH and Billy is NOT HAPPY that the COWBOYS lost to the GIANTS!:( UGH That SUXS!
At last,its NEWS YEARS!HAPPY 2008!I need to upload the pics I have in my camera..birthday and new years blah blah blah!=)
ASHLEYS b day,and now her arm@@
Ashley had a big party,she turned 12,so a party was set for her.She had lots of friends over,boys and girls alike.Everything went pretty much how I planned it to go.One big boom,was when my mom and aunt came by,I went to turn back on the music and left the sliding door open on the other side(game room) and it has a 2 foot gap to the cement and WHAM Lauren goes fallin right out.I felt like a shit.
She is ok,has a lil scratch but overall went fine:( other than me feeling horrible.
Billy has been unbearable lately.
he nitpicks at me about every dang thing N i don't know how much longer I can take of it.I love him so much,and I miss the billy that didn't nitpick so much.i am still nancy,the same ol me I always was.Due to all the stress I went through,all the drama,I am on med,(aprozolam) for my ocd and panic attacks,but NOW I got more stress.
I really feel like i'm sinking in a ship.I try and no matter what I do,its never enough or good enough.I'm so so sick of my whole life being like that.I do everything for my children that I am capable of as a woman and mother,and THEY are happy and healthy and thankfully I love them SO much and they love me so much.I don know what i'd do without them.Seriously.:(
Brianna,what a tut!She is SO cute,so funny,so much energy,tomboy combo girly platter of FUN.LOL She loves to PLAY PLAY and read and talk.She asks the most funny questions ever.Her and Daddy are SUPER close.She loves jijitsu and football,so they can relate in some things of interest haha!I just wish we could relate like we used to.
Last night i sat up BY myself and watched TWO movies.ONE was so so..(broken) and the other was GOOD whoa,kept me AT the eds of my seat.1048 or somethign like that.The guy was in a room in a hotel in NY called the DOLPHIN lol and it was amazing.ROFL It took my mind off all my drama in my life!
LATER.
She is ok,has a lil scratch but overall went fine:( other than me feeling horrible.
Billy has been unbearable lately.
he nitpicks at me about every dang thing N i don't know how much longer I can take of it.I love him so much,and I miss the billy that didn't nitpick so much.i am still nancy,the same ol me I always was.Due to all the stress I went through,all the drama,I am on med,(aprozolam) for my ocd and panic attacks,but NOW I got more stress.
I really feel like i'm sinking in a ship.I try and no matter what I do,its never enough or good enough.I'm so so sick of my whole life being like that.I do everything for my children that I am capable of as a woman and mother,and THEY are happy and healthy and thankfully I love them SO much and they love me so much.I don know what i'd do without them.Seriously.:(
Brianna,what a tut!She is SO cute,so funny,so much energy,tomboy combo girly platter of FUN.LOL She loves to PLAY PLAY and read and talk.She asks the most funny questions ever.Her and Daddy are SUPER close.She loves jijitsu and football,so they can relate in some things of interest haha!I just wish we could relate like we used to.
Last night i sat up BY myself and watched TWO movies.ONE was so so..(broken) and the other was GOOD whoa,kept me AT the eds of my seat.1048 or somethign like that.The guy was in a room in a hotel in NY called the DOLPHIN lol and it was amazing.ROFL It took my mind off all my drama in my life!
LATER.
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