Cold, flu, bronchitis, cough and ear infections are best treated by your acupuncturist and herbalist, not your MD. Viruses can't be treated by your MD. MD's are wonderful and necessary if you illness does not first respond to natural medicine.
It's the viral season and if left untreated your viral infections (cold and flu) can turn into a bacterial infection in your sinuses, ears or lungs. But you don't always need antibiotics, you may only need herbal antivirals and herbal antibiotics. That should be considered emergency medicine only and to help prevent super bugs from developing so we may reserve antibiotics for more critical and life threatening ailments.
We treat cough, phlegm, difficulty breathing, clogged ears, low grade fevers, recurrent infection. Going online or to your local co-op to buy herbal medicine is a huge shot in the dark.
Each herbal formula is different depending on what is happening in your body.
If you have congestion in your sinuses but not in your chest= different herbal formula
Itchy ears and sore throat= completely different herbs are used to treat it
Drippy nose an unrelenting cough= undeniably a completely different set of herbs for that.
Fever and chills with yellow or green mucus with pain in ears or sinuses= a whole other set of herbal medicine.
Acupuncture not only boosts your immune system to cut you time you are sick in 1/2, but it also prevents a secondary infection from occurring.
If you are sick, STAY home. Do not go to work and infect others. This makes the flu season go round and round and on and on. Instead, make an appointment with your Acupuncturist and Herbalist. Be sure to alert the receptionist so your healthcare provider can wear a mask. Also, buy some disposable masks so when you are out in public, you wear one as a courtesy to others so they don't get sick.
And lastly, acupuncture and possibly cupping will help you FEEL better, which is a Godsend when suffering from a bad cold or cough.
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