Home remedies that will keep you out of the doctors office.

It's sick season again. You know, when you're hawking up the green clams, can't breathe and walking around like the living dead. It's hard to take a sick day when most of us have too many responsibilities such as: work, school, kids, bills, shopping and whatnot. We end up suffering through somehow and in the process spread our infected joy to our family and co-workers.

Here are some remedies I've found that ease the the symptoms of standard colds, flu, and other maladies that manifest themselves around this time of year.

Strong warm salt water.
This can be put in a used up nasal spray bottle or just snorted up the nose using an eye dropper. It slows down a sinus infection, reduces swelling of the nasal membranes and gets the crud out. Be sure to be standing over a sink or toilet when you do it.

You can also gargle with strong warm salt water several times a day for a sore throat. It will clear the tonsils , kill bacteria and take the pain and swelling down.

Golden seal root powder: This is amazing stuff. The Native Americans used it to kill infections and treat wounds. You can buy the root powder capsules at most grocery stores near the pharmacy or in your health food store.

Goldenseal had been touted as the poor mans antibiotic. If you get a cut, burn or abrasion, break open a capusle and pour the powder on the wound then cover with a bandage. This powder mixes with the bodies, clotting process, glues the wound closed and kills all the bacteria. The scab that forms contains the residual goldenseal so risk of later infection is almost nil. If they used this stuff in hospitals after surgeries, Chronic staph infections and gangrene would be a thing of the past.

You can also swallow the capsules in case you suspect food poisoning or if you feel the stomach flu coming on. I have headed off the vomiting and diarrahea that everyone else had by popping a couple of goldenseal at the first feeling of illness.

Cranberry juice: drink lots of it preferably the low sugar kind ( to cut back on calories) the acids and natural factors in the cranberry kill infections and keep everything flowing right.

Hydrogen peroxide: The stuff that you use on cuts is also good as a mouth rinse. Chronic sinusitis can sometimes be traced to a latent mouth infection.

Rinse with a small amount and expectorate immediately, You will be surprised at all the foamy nastyness formed by the germs being killed off in your mouth.

Quercitin: This is a vegetable extract containing flavonoids that you can get online or at the healthfood store. This product is useful for those with chronic allergies and hayfever.

Quercitin tricks the immune system into ignoring allergens and stopping the histamine response. This prevents the nasal, congestion, watery eyes and sore throat usually associated with allergy season. Preventing the allergy response in the first place also stops secondary sinus infections from forming.

Eyebright: This herb is excellent for eye health. It retards, macular degeneration and increases retinal blood flow. Visual clarity can improve greatly in a short period of time. Personally, I noticed my night vision improve dramatically after taking this herb.

Collodial silver:, I can't harp on enough about this stuff. It is a miracle anti-pathogen, I talked about it here >>>>>>>>>>>>>collodial siver link.

These are a few of the things I've tried, I post some more remedies later on.

Remember, these herbs can be as powerful as drugs given by the doctor so be sure to read up on your own and be careful with dosing.