David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 It battles villains inside and outside the body from vampires to the dreaded "evil eye" (malocchio in Italian) to the common cold.
Egyptian slaves were fed garlic to keep their strength up. Roman soldiers ate garlic to inspire them and give them courage.
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ANTIMICROBIAL/ANTTFUNGAL AGENT: Louis Pasteur demonstrated how, under laboratory conditions, garlic killed bacteria and acted as an effective antibacterial. |
| As early as the seventeenth century, the British became known for homemade wine and cordials that were consumed for various health challenges including fighting the common cold. For the past several centuries, reference to the medicinal benefits of elderberry can be found in a variety of pharmacopoeias throughout greater Europe.
Where Are Elderberries Grown?
Elderberries are grown commercially in the Russian Federation and throughout Europe, particularly in Poland, Hungary, Portugal, and Bulgaria. |
| The ancient Greek physician Dioscorides boasted of hazelnut's ability to quiet chronic coughs, fight the common cold, and even grow hair in bald areas of the head.
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HEART HEALTH: A small human study showed that men with elevated cholesterol who were fed a diet containing hazelnuts for eight weeks had decreased plaque-promoting lipids and increased HDL ("good") cholesterol compared to the control group.
Tips on Using Hazelnuts
SELECTION AND STORAGE:
• If they're in the shell, choose nuts that are heavy and full. |
| Home Remedies
Oranges, orange juice, and orange rind have been used as home remedies for a variety of conditions including coughs and the common cold, constipation, toothaches, cataracts, and anorexia. Orange is applied topically for acne.
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HEART HEALTH: The Food and Drug Administration advises that "Diets containing foods that are good sources of potassium and low in sodium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke."
WEIGHT CONTROL: Fibers found in the white layer of an orange curb appetite and suppress hunger levels for up to four hours after eating. |
James Howard Kunstler
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 Severe acute respiratory syndrome first appeared in Asia in February 2003, out of nowhere, related to the coronavirus typically associated with the common cold. It was much worse than the common cold: It eventually spread to many corners of the world and infected just over 8,000 people, of whom about one in seven died from the disease. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 But it has only been with the help of more recent and sophisticated lab techniques that scientists have been capable of pinpointing how certain viruses, called enteroviruses, second only to the common cold as the most common cause of viral infections, incite some cases of type 1 diabetes. Enteroviruses, those ordinary viral infections that keep young children home from day care or school with cold and flulike symptoms and sometimes fever and muscle aches, cause an estimated 10 to 15 million infections a year in the United States. |
Andreas Moritz
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 For many years, antibiotics have been over-prescribed, often for simple infections such as the common cold and flu on which they have no effect at all. It is common knowledge that antibiotics don't kill viruses, only bacteria. A more recent study shows that the popular antibiotic erythromycin, which has been widely used since the 1950s, may actually trigger cardiac arrest. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 What about a real cure for a major disease like cancer or even a minor one like the common cold? Now that would be a cosdy discovery to the pharmaceutical industry with $2.9 billion spent on over-the-counter drugs, $400 million on prescription medicines for symptomatic relief and $1.1 billion annually on an estimated 41 million antibiotic prescriptions, even though the drugs have no effect on a viral illness. |
Andreas Moritz
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| It alleviates constipation, distension, chronic fever, the common cold, headache, sexual disorders, kidney stones, pain in the heart area, vomiting, low backache, stiffness and pain in neck and shoulders, nervous disorders, hyperacidity and tiredness. Disorders such as arthritis, rheumatism, sciatica and gout also greatly benefit from an enema.
Please note: A colonic or Colema treatment would still be a better choice for balancing disturbed Vata functions. For liver flushes, colonics or Colemas are preferable. If not available, two to three back-to-back water enemas can be used instead. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Probiotics also have been shown to help prevent diarrhea and eczema, support the immune system, and reduce the frequency of the common cold.
Yogurt is the traditional source of beneficial bacteria; however, different brands of yogurt can vary greatly in their bacterial strain and potency. Look for something on the label that says "contains active cultures. |
| The ginseng group had significantly fewer cases of flu or the common cold, as well as significantly higher levels of antibodies.
The Complete German Commission E Monographs—an authoritative guide to herbal medicine, translated by the American Botanical Council—approves ginseng to help fight lack of stamina. The monograph notes research supporting ginseng's ability to improve the quality of life in persons subjected to high stress as well as its use in the treatment of functional fatigue. |
| One study in particular is widely touted by the antisupplement brigade as evidence that zinc has no effect on the common cold. But let's go to the videotape. Three dosages of zinc were given to subjects with colds—5 mg, 11.5 mg, and 13.3 mg. These amounts are pretty paltry; 5 mg isn't even 65 percent of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for women, and it's less than half of what's recommended for healthy men. |
| Over the next three decades or so, he became an outspoken advocate for high-dose vitamin C, writing books like Cancer and Vitamin C, Vitamin C and the common cold, and the New York Times bestseller How to Live Longer and Feel Better, all of which sang the praises of vitamin C for just about everything. He eventually formed the Institute of Orthomolecular Medicine in 1973, which was soon renamed the Linus Pauling Institute and is now part of Oregon State University. The institute's major areas of research include heart disease, cancer, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases. |
| Zinc possesses antiviral activity and will attack viruses that may cause the common cold. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported a recent study demonstrating that after one year of either zinc supplementation or no supplementation, those taking zinc experienced far fewer colds than those who took a placebo. In addition, 88 percent of participants in a study of the elderly developed colds when they didn't take 45 mg of zinc regularly. Note that these participants ranged in age from 55 to 87— could there be a need for higher levels of zinc as we age? |
| The whole "controversy" over whether vitamin C can help with the common cold takes focus away from its far more important functions and uses.
Let's start with the immune system. Without vitamin C, your immune system is toast. When you've got an infection, your lymphocytes— white blood cells—kick in to defend the body. Lymphocytes use up a ton of vitamin C. So does a process known as phagocytosis, which is a mechanism used by the immune system to remove cell debris, bacteria, pathogens, and dead tissue cells. You need vitamin C for that "cleanup crew" to do its job properly. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Helps in the relief of the common cold and a stuffy nose (inhale the fragrance at nighttime).
Helps to reduce signs of swelling and muscle inflammation.
Assists in the reduction of stiffness in the joints.
Helps to stimulate peripheral blood circulation
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 One alternative cancer doc I know of describes cancer as, "More easily curable than the common cold." He has helped thousands cure cancer. Curing cancer is incredibly easy when you use natural medicine and make radical changes to your diet and lifestyle. Conventional medicine, however, is clueless, and conventional therapies like chemotherapy actually make the patient weaker and more susceptible to cancer. Once you undergo chemotherapy, all bets are off. Your immune system is severely compromised. So in my opinion, avoiding chemotherapy is essential to curing cancer. |
Rainer W. Bussmann and Douglas Sharon
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 The most prevalent respiratory problems were the common cold (21 applications), cough (8), flu (7), and bronchitis (2).
Rheumatic Problems
Twenty-eight applications involved rheumatic problems, with 23 plant species used to treat rheumatic and musculo-skeletal ailments. Most of these arise from the living conditions of the population, mainly damp and cold caused by insufficient insulation, heating, and circulation in rural homes. Rheumatic conditions include arthritis, rheumatic fever, muscular and skeletal pains, as well as body-joint pain. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Frequent tiredness and low energy precedes any type of chronic disease and most acute illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, AIDS, the common cold and the flu. Studies have found a direct relationship between sleep and health conditions. Insufficient sleep even affects growth hormone secretion that is linked to obesity. As the amount of hormone secretion decreases, the chance for weight gain increases. In other words, the less quality sleep you get, the more fat you become. Furthermore, blood pressure usually falls during the sleep cycle. |
Bottom Line Health
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| False: Ever since the publication of Linus Pauling's book Vitamin C and the common cold, millions of Americans have attempted to prevent and/or treat colds by taking enormous amounts of vitamin C—as much as 1,000 milligrams (mg) every few hours.
Since then, many studies have looked at the connection between colds and vitamin C. Most have been inconclusive—and many showed no benefit at all.
In large doses, vitamin C inhibits the effects of histamine, a body chemical that causes sniffles and other cold symptoms. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| In fact "colds" were first given that name because researchers were trying to grow a common cold virus in the lab and no one could manage it. One day, a researcher accidentally left the door ajar on the incubator and the temperature dropped. When the scientist came back the next day he discovered to his astonishment that the virus was now growing. That's how researchers came to understand that "cold" viruses grow better at cooler temperatures.
Other viruses, like coxsackievirus, however, favor warmer conditions. These viruses don't replicate over the winter, but neither do they die. |
Melody Petersen
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 Richard Besser from the Centers for Disease Control told an audience of physicians in May 2000, "because doctors are pressured to prescribe antibiotics for the common cold and inner ear infection, yet we know that it is not prudent to do so."
A month later, doctors from the World Health Organization voiced a similar alarm. The group published a report that said the world risked losing its lifesaving medicines because of their overuse. The report explained how the world's major infectious diseases were slowly but surely becoming resistant to the antibiotics that had cured them. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 In contrast, symptoms and duration of the common cold were not mitigated in a 2004 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. In all, 128 individuals (volunteers from a community) were given either 100 mg Echinacea purpurea or a placebo 3 times daily within 24 hours of cold symptoms starting (as reported by the participants), and until cold symptoms ceased or at 14 days—whichever came first. The herb was given in the form ,of freeze-dried pressed juice from the plant's aerial parts. |
| Echinilin, a formulation prepared from freshly harvested Echinacea purpurea plants and standardized on the basis of three known active components (alkamides, cichoric acid, and polysaccharides) was found to be effective for the treatment of common cold. For a 7-day period, volunteers took either Echinilin or placebo at the onset of their cold, with 8 doses (5 mL/dose) on day 1 and 3 doses on subsequent days. Fasting blood samples were obtained before and during their colds. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 Dr Linus Pauling, the Nobel prize winner, is most emphatic in his book Vitamin C and the common cold about the need to take 2000?000 mg (2? g) of Vitamin C per day for bronchial and respiratory conditions.
Pauling concentrated on the effect of large doses of Vitamin C on the cold virus, but investigations have revealed that people receiving 100-200 mg Vitamin C per day show a decrease in the incidence of other conditions, for example, asthma, glandular fever, laryngitis and chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| Without the immune system our bodies would not cope with such constant attacks and people would die from simple ailments like the common cold. A healthy immune system is our greatest ally and good nutrition our best ammunition.
How does a healthy immune system improve asthma? In two ways. First, many people find their asthma is triggered, or worsened, by respiratory illnesses—coughs and colds. If their immune systems prevent viruses and bacteria taking hold in the body, the chances are that their asthma will improve. |
| High doses of Vitamin C protect us against the common cold, asthma and respiratory conditions.
Many juicing experts advise that you should not mix vegetable and fruit juices as it can cause assimilation and digestive difficulties. Although best taken on their own, various fruit juices can be combined, for example orange and pineapple, apple and prune juices. Take care with watermelon and mango—some people are allergic to them. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 Galvanized metal may not produce a better mousetrap, but it could theoretically help to cure the common cold. Metal fume fever is not the basis for the widespread use of zinc supplements as an over-the-counter remedy for the flu, but there is a connection.3 Zinc oxide, applied as an ointment, paste, or poultice, is a centuries-old topical remedy for inflammation of various sorts.
The key signs of inflammation form a quartet of redness, warmth, swelling, and tenderness. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| Reduction in the complaint index of 12 primary symptoms associated with the common cold was significantly higher in the Echinacea concentrate (p=0.003) and Echinaforce (p=0.02) groups than in the placebo group (Brinkeborn, 1999).
A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial evaluated the effect of a fluid extract of Echinacea purpurea on the incidence and severity of colds and respiratory infections. The fluid extract, given 4 mL twice daily for 8 weeks, did not significantly decrease the incidence, duration, or severity of colds and respiratory infections compared to placebo. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 The real or virtual microbes correlated to this
Terrain include those in the wide variety of families of viruses that cause the common cold and flu, so most people will at one time or another show this Terrain in their NES scan. Correcting this Terrain can bring on flulike episodes, lasting on average from a few hours to about three days, as the virtual imprint of these ubiquitous viruses tend to persist in the body-field. This Terrain also is bioenergetically linked to more virulent viral families that cause such illnesses as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). |
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