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Old 01-28-2018, 20:49   #1
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Flu...
With all the different strains going around currently as well as school closings I'm curious what the Deltas do when they get the flu?
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Old 01-28-2018, 21:03   #2
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They beotch and moan like little babies.....
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Old 01-28-2018, 21:27   #3
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Russian way to stay healthy. MANUKA honey. Ginger in Japan.
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When the temperature is 42C all the microbes in our body simply die.”
Well at a minimum, that would play hell with gut flora and digestion, I'd think.
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You don't have to have the flu to enjoy a well mixed hot toddy...


Take a steaming hot cup of strong green-tea...
Add a "shot" of your favorite bourbon (or Brandy)
Add a big tablespoon of fresh honey
Add a splash of lemon juice
Drop in a cinnamon stick if you want to kick it up a notch


...it makes you feel better



It may not actually "cure" the flu, but it WILL make you feel better.
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So does a nice shot of Blackberry Brandy......
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Old 01-29-2018, 11:40   #7
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CSM Thank you for the reminder that humor is a medicine unto it's own! even better when in the form eloquent sentence ( vast body of experience encapsulated into the essence).

I had forgotten my grandmother used apricot brandy in a tea toddy...

Interesting physiology, after a week out at elevation in cold temps. You begin to wonder how many took such extremes of cold for the duration they did...but looks like my immunity was unraveled after one day of shoulder to shoulder people at Outdoor Retail Snow Show

Hot showers and Theraflu started to help the petrified congestion in my head and started to get some better sleep. Surely there must be some better medicines.
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You don't have to have the flu to enjoy a well mixed hot toddy...


Take a steaming hot cup of strong green-tea...
Add a "shot" of your favorite bourbon (or Brandy)
Add a big tablespoon of fresh honey
Add a splash of lemon juice
Drop in a cinnamon stick if you want to kick it up a notch


...it makes you feel better



It may not actually "cure" the flu, but it WILL make you feel better.
Pretty damn close to what I use.

If running a fever and you can tolerate it let it run. Viruses are heat sensitive and you will recover faster.

For the cough I use
1/2 cup of tea (green or black your choice)
1 oz (2 tablespoons) whiskey (again your choice)
1 tablespoon honey (local raw)
juice from a fresh squeezed lemon
NO cinnamon in mine.

I saw probably 15 confirmed cases of the flu today; and under 2 years old, over 65 yo, underlying lung disease or pregnant I use Tamiflu.

A humidifier is a great asset when the humidity is low.

Otherwise sweat it out and live longer than the virus!
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Never had a cold, never had the flu. Didn't get flu shots in the military. Now that I say that online, I'm dead.......
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Well at a minimum, that would play hell with gut flora and digestion, I'd think.
May be Russian gut flora and digestion is different???? It keeps me healthy. I never get sick.
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