![]() Also, boil some onions and inhale the steam for sinus infections. Yes, there is a bit of an odour at first but the onions do absorb bacteria and germs preventing them from being absorbed into your respiratory system. Change your onions out every 2-3 days during flu season. Do this early~don’t wait till someone is so congested and feverish that they’re in it for the long haul. Leave half or quarter onions on a glass plate or in a glass tumbler by the bedside of anyone who may be getting sick. They’re cheap like borscht! There is much information on the internet which you can research but this is what I do: cut an onion, leave half on the kitchen counter at all times. There was a time when “getting dirty” was considered healthy.Ģ. Remember, some of us grew up eating dirt, dog food and the occasional helping of yellow snow. Now, I’m not suggesting you don’t clean up after a sick person or do preventative measures if you have a revolving door of little ones in your house…but temper that with common sense. Our immune systems simply cannot fight every little germ that comes along if we have been kept from building immunity to them. ![]() Have you noticed how kids and families are getting sicker and for a longer period of time? I blame the over-sanitization of everything around us. They are actually making the transmission of germs worse(in my opinion). In fact, I am almost exclusively opposed to the use of disinfecting wipes and anti-bacterial hand cleaners and soaps. Sorry, but germs are everywhere and I’m not going to kill myself trying to purge the house of every form of bacteria. Don’t sanitize everything! I do not clean my house like a crazy lady with OCD. And this is common sense and few of “Grandma’s” remedies thrown in.ġ. I’m not a doctor or a health professional I’m a mom. You’ve probably heard of many of them but some may surprise you. We’ve had a few minor colds and sinus infections and there have been coughs and some minor fevers but for the most part, we have been pretty healthy in spite of working and going to school with people who are clearly not well.Īfter 20 years of mothering four kids through school, church activities, sports, brutally cold winters and running my own dayhome, I have figured out a few tricks to combat illness. ![]() Good grief you all are a bunch of sickies! I mean really! The flu season is early and it is brutal.įor the past 3 years we have managed to avoid the really nasty flu that levels a person for a three or more days. ![]()
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