by Lawrence Wilson, MD
© September 2009, The Center For
Development
Some are
worried about a possible swine flu epidemic. It has already claimed a few lives and this winter it could
get worse. Here are some ideas for
preventing and caring for any influenza case. The suggestions below are not meant as treatments for the
flue, but will support the body as it heals itself naturally. Visit a competent health practitioner
if you are unsure what to do.
The flu is an opportunist bug. Before discussing how to handle the
flu, some general comments are in order.
Influenza has been with humanity for as long as people have been on
planet earth. Therefore, our
bodies have quite a lot of experience with it. Most flu strains are benign and are what are called Òopportunistic
organismsÓ. This means that if one
is healthy, the flu virus either is not going to attack at all,
or, if it does, it will be a mild cold or something similar, and nothing to be
concerned about.
However, if
the body is weakened in any way, then the flu can be a vicious illness, causing
extreme fatigue, digestive upset, diarrhea, headache, respiratory problems and
many others. When it causes death,
it is usually due to a secondary infection such as pneumonia on top of the flu
that impairs respiration to the point that the person cannot breathe well
enough. The goal, therefore, is to
keep yourself healthy and you will not need to worry about any type of flu, or
most other illnesses, for that matter.
PREVENTION
Simple steps
you can take to protect yourself and your family this winter, especially if a
flu outbreak occurs, include:
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Stay away from crowds,
especially in closed spaces such as auditoriums, stadiums, aircraft, crowded
restaurants and even churches, if needed.
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Wash you hands often, especially
when out in the public.
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Rest more. Make sure you obtain eight or more
hours of actual sleep every single night.
This means going to bed early and allowing an extra half hour or more to
fall asleep so you obtain enough actual sleep. Children and teens need even more rest and sleep every
night.
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Maintain an excellent diet and
lifestyle. This means to eat many
cooked vegetables twice daily.
Also have a little animal protein every day. Avoid all wheat, avoid all pig products and minimize beef
consumption, as these are less healthful foods today. Also avoid all sugars, most fruit and all fruit juices. These are too sweet and not helpful for
health. I know that many doctors
like fruit, but I donÕt recommend it except for an occasional dessert or snack.
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Drink about 3 quarts or more of
either spring or distilled water each day. Children will need less.
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Everyone should have 4 to 6
ounces of carrot juice each day.
Fresh is best, but even buying the carrot juice at the store and keeping
it a few days is okay.
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If possible, use a near infrared
sauna on a daily basis. This has
many health benefits, including detoxifying the body and increasing your
resistance to many types of infections.
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Do foot reflexology every
day. You donÕt need special
training, though it is wonderful to take a class in this or read one of the
many books about it that are available.
Basically, one rubs each foot all over, including the toes, the top,
bottom, sides and heel area of the foot.
Any area that is tender or painful, rub some more and usually the
tenderness will go away. This
balances the acupuncture meridians, often induces sleep and is generally
helpful for oneÕs vitality.
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Basic supplements everyone can
take include about 3 500 mg kelp capsules daily, 4000 iu
of vitamin D, 20,000 iu of vitamin A, about 1000 mg
of vitamin C and about 10 mg of zinc.
A teaspoon or a few capsules of omega-3 fatty acids
are also needed by everyone today.
This is not precise, but is okay for most people.
SAFE, NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR THE FLU
At the first
sign of any cold or flu, a few simple measures can hasten recovery and prevent
complications:
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Keep drinking enough fluids,
especially if you have a fever. Mild
teas or distilled or spring water are the only beverages that count.
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Rest a lot more. Stay home
from work or school. Preferably stay in bed if you are very ill.
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Eat lightly of mostly vegetables
that are steamed or cooked lightly. Four-six ounces of carrot juice or
wheat grass juice or other vegetable juice would be fine.
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A simple, but powerful therapy
is to buy a 250-watt, reddish Òheat lampÓ at a
hardware store or Home Depot. Also
buy a clamp-on socket for this bulb.
Set it up so that the bulb shines on your thymus gland, which is at the
level of the breast bone, above the level of the
nipples. Take your shirt off so it
shines directly on the skin. Use
this for at least 20 minutes every hour or two all day long.
The lamp can also be shined on any
area of the body that is infected, such as the sinuses, an ear, the throat, bronchials, lungs or other locations. A few cautions with the lamp are 1) do
not stare at the light, though it is probably very safe, 2) be careful with it,
as the bulb gets extremely hot.
Move it as close to your thymus or elsewhere as you can tolerate, but do
not touch it or allow yourself to be burned, 3) do not shine it on any area of
the head for more than 10 minutes at a time in one hour. Too much infrared on the head is not
healthful.
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Take the following supplements:
Zinc
lozenges – about 3 per day, each with about 20 mg of zinc.
About
120,000 iu daily of vitamin
A.
About
4000 mg daily of vitamin or less if you get diarrhea.
About
6 capsules or more of echinacea, or several cups of echinacea tea. Another herb that is helpful is astragalus.
Several others may be used as well such as golden seal, lomatium and others, though these are somewhat toxic.
If
symptoms persists for more than a day or two, add 2-3
tablespoons of a high-quality colloidal silver. Take it 15 minutes away
from all food and all beverages, both before and afterwards, for best
utilization.
6
capsules daily of bee propolis. If in a liquid form, about 15-30 drops
several times daily.
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For
a high fever: A fever under 103 F. or even a little
higher is fine and should not be lowered in any way. It helps the body fight infection, even if it does not feel
good. If the temperature rises
higher, preferably use natural methods to lower it: 1) sponging with cool water
or alcohol. Alcohol will cool a
person down faster, but is somewhat irritating to the skin, 2) get in a bath
and slowly add cooler water. Be
careful to get out if you become chilled.
A baby can even be placed in a smaller wash basin and cool water added
very slowly and gently. 3) Take a coffee enema or
colonic irrigation. All these
methods will be temporary if the body is fighting an infection very hard, so
they can be repeated every few hours as needed to keep a fever below about 104
F.
For extreme illness: If
respiratory complications have set in and life is threatened, three other
treatments that are not as simple, but will usually stop the virus are:
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Intravenous vitamin C in high
doses, up to 100 grams daily of even more. This will stop all viral infections according to Drs. Fred Klenner, Thomas Levy and others.
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Ultraviolet blood
irradiation. This requires someone
trained in it, but it is also excellent and very safe.
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MMS or Miracle Mineral
Supplement. This is a simple home remedy available through the internet. I have less experience with it, but it might
help.
PHYSICAL
HEALING METHODS FOR FLUS
In addition
to the above, other superb methods of healing include fever therapy. Heating up your body a few degrees helps
weaken or kill many types of bacteria or viruses. Ways to do this are 1) in a sauna, 2) wrapped in warm
blankets or 3) in a hot bath, in that order of preference. For a more intense experience, before
you heat your body and sweat, drink a cup of very hot warming tea such as a
ginger or other tea. Then follow
the instructions below:
1) Sauna therapy. The best sauna in my experience is a
near infrared light sauna. If this
is not available, the next best is a far infrared type or a traditional
sauna. Use it for 10-20 minutes at
a time, 4 to 6 times daily. Do not
become too weakened by it. If you
start to feel very faint, get out of the sauna and lay
down and rest for half an hour.
Longer sauna sessions are usually not helpful when one is ill. Do not put any children in saunas who are under the age of 5, and be sure to drink plenty of
extra water before and after using a sauna.
2) Warm blankets. If you do not have access to a sauna, you
may first wrap yourself in a bed sheet.
Then have someone else, preferably, wrap you up
tightly in warm blankets in a warm room.
This will also cause sweating.
Do this for at least an hour or two and you should sweat heavily.
3) A hot bath. This method is somewhat less
recommended because of the chemicals in the tap water. However, you could soak in a very hot
bath for about half an hour daily to sweat as well. Once again, do not allow yourself to become too debilitated
by the heat. Rest laying down afterwards.
Coffee enemas and colonic
irrigation. These can also be superb for any
illness. They will temporarily
lower a high fever, keep the bowels open, and remove toxic material through the
liver and colon. A colonic
irrigation can be done each day and 2 or 3 coffee enemas could be done each day
for a very severe flu condition.
Complete instructions for a coffee enema are at www.drlwilson.com.
SPECIAL
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN WITH THE FLU:
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Babies
and children can dehydrate faster than adults. Be sure they drink enough water or tea.
In addition to water or mild teas,
chicken soup or a little carrot juice are okay, up to 4 ounces of carrot juice
daily. Do not do more carrot juice
and do not use fruit juices or milk.
The extra sugar and other components are not helpful in some cases.
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Do
not feed children much milk or even much food when they are ill unless they are
very hungry.
Most will not be hungry and it is best not to feed them much food unless
they seem very hungry and request it.
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Allow
a fever to rise as long as they are under 103-104 F., or less if a child is
having difficulty. Babies can mount a higher fever than adults. Keep checking it and reduce it
naturally with the methods above if it rises above about 103 F. Babies and children can develop
seizures if a fever rises too high.
This is not terrible, but can usually be avoided. Do not give children drugs, in my view,
to lower fevers or for any other reason.
Instead, use the natural methods in this article to lower fever such as
sponge baths or an enema.
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A
reddish heat lamp shined on the thymus can be excellent for babies and
children. Use
it for no more than 5 minutes at a time every hour or so. Do not shine the light in the babyÕs
eyes.
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Do
not use a sauna with a child under age 5.
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If
a baby or young child is throwing up and cannot drink water, it is imperative
to rehydrate the child in other ways. At home one can have the child sip
water and absorb it in the mouth, or even suck on a wet sponge or rag to absorb
water. Another method is using a
bath. Another is using an enema. All these can work well. If none are possible, then intravenous
fluids are needed. Use saline, not
a sugar (dextrose) solution as is often done at the hospitals.
Vaccines. This is a personal decision. However, I do not recommend any flu
vaccines or flu shots. Reasons are :
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The swine flu is untested
because they were in a hurry to produce it.
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The vaccine contains toxic
materials such as preservatives and is likely contaminated with other viruses,
as well. During the 1976 flu
epidemic, more people were harmed by the flu vaccine
than were harmed by the flu itself.
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The swine flu vaccine can cause
severe neurological Òside effectsÓ that can permanently maim or kill.
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It probably doesnÕt work that
well. See www.mercola.com for more
information about the swine flu vaccine.
The truth is quite shocking and disgusting.
For
other symptoms:
Cough
– drink warm tea with a little honey or
maple syrup may calm the throat.
Sinus
or nasal congestion – gargling and sniffing salt
water up the nose can be extremely helpful. It kills many germs and is very safe. Be careful with commercial nasal sprays as they are not very safe. Eucalyptus oil or a product such as Vicks Vaporub can help open the nasal passages and the bronchials in some cases and is quite safe. A little dab of VickÕs under each
nostril may easing breathing through the nose.
Diarrhea
– Drink more water or tea to replenish
fluids. Colloidal silver may help
kill infection in the intestines.
If diarrhea is due to taking an antibiotic, try taking some live culture
yogurt or acidophilus such as Bio-K in the health food store to help restore
the natural flora. Diarrhea that
persists is a serious symptom that can cause mineral imbalances. See a competent health practitioner if
it persists more than a few days.
Warning: These simple
methods work in almost all cases.
They are also very inexpensive and can keep a
person out of the hospital.
However, if the methods above are not working, or you do not know what
to do, see a competent health professional.
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