How to treat Covid 19 & cold and flu
First of all I would like to say sorry for all people who lost someone they love during covid 19. i started hearing in 1999 that they thought to much use of penicillan can make it in affective. I highly disagree, God and Jesus have given us medications to heal our bodies and provide us comfort when in mental or physical pain.
WHen I was a young girl and got a cold my parents would treat us with medication. perscription, and home remedieds that they knew from their lives. our dad made us ginger tea and muster plaster poultice. our mom would put vicks vapor rub on our chest, neck under our nose and a dab in our mouth, she would also place some in a humidifiyer. when these remedies didn’t take away the cold/flu they brought us to the doctor/ hospital for perscribed medication.
Then I had my son and I would treat his teething and his colds with tylenol and cold medicines, but when he got really mucasy or an uncontrolled fever I would bring him to the doctor or hospital for antibiotics. I treated my other children the same way. I would give them things to soothe their throat like halls losenges and popsicles, ice cream, warm drinks or ice cold drinks. i used the vicks vapor rub, made them stew, used gravol for vomiting. i discovered that kleenex is best for the nose so they didn’t get a rash. i learnt to clean things that were touched often with mr clean and i placed bleach in dishes to kill the cold/flu virus. when i didn’t clean things the cold/flu would continue to circle through all of us and we would repeatidly get sick. it was one of my children that said im not touching the remote thats how i seem to get sick. I thought about what was said and started to clean all surfaces touched often to avoid the transfer of the cold/flu. you have to treat a runny nose/congestion or a person cant breath. if the mucas is not blown out through the nose and if it is sucked in it can plug a persons ears. and cause more of an infection. if you see your childs clear mucas turn white or green you need to bring them to the doctor for antibiotics or if home remedies and over the counter cough medicines are not treating the cold or flu, fever, vomiting, diahrreah, bring them to the doctor /hospital.
How to treat a fever:
How to diagnose a fever: first feel for a fever if you do not have a thermometer. place the back of your hand on your head or their head to feel if you or they have a fever. if they feel warmer than usual they have a fever. also if they feel sore throughout their body, or chilled. you can feel cold when you have a fever.
HOw to treat a fever:Give a dose of Tylenol suitable for a child or adult. you can find this medication on the shelves in the pharmacy. the box will tell you how much medicine to give either by weight or age, follow the directions. if you need more information ask the Pharmacist. If the fever is not coming down with the medication or a warm bath, then you need to go to a doctor to have further examination. If you feel a chill after a warm bath dress in extra warm clothes and lay under a blanket.
drink warm drinks like, hot chocolate, tea, coffee, neo citron, etc… as you start to warm up remove the blanket than the extra clothes.
How to treat mucus and phlegm & sore, itchy throat:
Its best to have Kleenex to blow the nose with, anything else will cause a rash on the nose. its important to get cough medicine to treat mucus and Phlegm if you don’t treat mucus and phlegm it can plug the nose and throat airways and plug the ears.
Medicines to treat mucus, Phlegm & itchy throat:
Robitussin
Benylyn
prospan by Helixia
Vicks vapor rub
garlic cloves (eat one or two full cloves.)
I find it best to switch between Cold syrup brands and always have one or more of these medicines in our fridge. when you feel these symptoms you can take some medicine and if God and Jesus will, it will take away the symptoms and your cold wont get worse.
Apply the Vicks vapor rub on your neck, and under your nose if there is no rash, this will help loosen the mucus and phlegm in your nose and throat. you can also boil some Vicks vapor rub in an old pot the steam with flow through your dwelling.
cut a garlic clove in pieces and eat a clove of garlic.
you can also boil garlic and onions and herbs in a pot and let the vapors flow through your dwelling.
How to treat a cough & sore throat
There are cough drops at the Pharmacy and convenience stores they come in various brands and flavors such as:
Halls
Ricola
there are various cough medicines:
Buckleys
Benylyn
Robitussin
etc…
you can also use Hot and cold drinks to soothe the throat, as well as ice cream, popsicles, etc…
Diarrhea
If your bowels and intestines are really irritated wait awhile until they settle before you eat or drink anything. if it is really bad use the brat diet:
Bananas
Rice
Apple sauce
Toast / crackers
(do not eat dairy products while you have diareah or Vomiting.)
use Gatorade, Powerade, Pedialyte, to hydrate yourself.
you can also drink soup broth.
There are anti diarrhea medicines at the pharmacies.
Smoothies are great: in a blender place 1-2 cups of frozen strawberries (or frozen fruit mix you like) Frozen fruit juice or flavor with Kool-Aid juice squirts. ½ cup of Splenda or sugar, 2-3 cups of ice, 2 cups of strawberry yogurt, blend well and enjoy.
How to treat vomiting/ Nausea
If your stomach is really irritated wait to eat:
take anti nausea medicine such as gravol in the pharmacy section.
use Gatorade, Powerade, Pedialyte, to hydrate yourself.
you can also drink soup broth.
Smoothies are great: in a blender place 1-2 cups of frozen strawberries (or frozen fruit mix you like) Frozen fruit juice or flavor with Kool-Aid juice squirts. ½ cup of Splenda or sugar, 2-3 cups of ice, 2 cups of strawberry yogurt, blend well and enjoy.
These stew recipes are great for anyone not feeling well:
Chicken stew:
in a large pot place these ingredients add more or little according to your desire.
Chicken with bone and skin on if you don’t have the skin and bones on that’s fine to, but it will have more flavor with skin and bones boiled in the broth.
2-3 cans of canned tomatoes
1-2 cans of tomato sauce
carrots cut up into bite sized pieces
1-2 cans of crisp corn
garlic cloves
garlic salt
salt
pepper
pasta shells
chicken bouillon for flavor
0nions
first boil your chicken until it is cooked, add tomatoes to water as well as all seasonings while chicken is cooking. then add all other ingredients, let simmer until all ingredients are cooked. while cooking keep tasting the broth to make sure it tastes great, you can add seasonings until it tastes just right. the smallest pasta shells you can find. (because they swell. let this be the last ingredient and only add to a small amount of the stew you will consume in one sitting because I don’t like how the noodle shells swell and become all mushy in the stew.)
Beef stew:
cut beef into bite sized pieces, add the fat off of the beef cut, it will add flavor.
bite sized potatoes, carrots, celery
garlic cloves (desired amount)
1 green pepper cut into small pieces
1-2 onions cut up
1-2 cans of crisp corn
200 g of mushrooms
beef bouillon
soya sauce
ketchup
Worcestershire sauce
salt
pepper
2-3 packs of beef stew mix
½ cup of flour mixed/whisked in a bowl with cold water, ( do not add flour to hot water it will clump together.) add as much as you need until you reach the thickness you desire.
Boil the beef cubes in the water until they are cooked, while the beef cubes are cooking add seasonings, then when the beef is cooked add the vegetables let simmer until cooked and enjoy.
