The Common Cold

     A common health problem almost all of us catch most of the time, the " common cold ", it is so common sometimes it reoccurs every now and then, but even though it is common we cannot just let it happen there are some ways we can prevent this, we also need to know how we can catch this illness.

     This problem is a viral infection, well meaning anti bacterial drugs or herbal products won't work on this illness, well anyways whatever we do, colds usually go away in 7 or more days.

     Now what are the causes of getting colds, well the most common cause is in the air we breath, and the place we go at, if inside a congested room and someone has a cold and sneezes we will most likely get it, and instances of shaking hands or touching things without hand washing, then after wards touching your nose or mouth you'll most likely get it too, and of course because of the bad weather.

     How to know if we already have the colds, signs and symptoms are runny/stuffy nose, watery eyes, mild hoarseness, cough, congestion or for some having sore throat.

What to do if we already have the colds:

• Drink lots of water to prevent dehydration and helps loosen mucus, warm fluids will help too like warm soup, noodles etc.
• Have plenty of rest if necessary.
• If throat is irritated gargle water with salt, at least half teaspoon of salt dissolved in half cup of warm water.
• If with nasal congestion you can use a tub of water cover with towel and try inhaling the moist coming from the warm water it helps loosen congested nostrils.
• Or you can always take herbal medicines like lagundi capsules or syrup.

     

     Well prevention is always better than cure, we just need to be always prepared for the weather always bring an umbrella and not get wet, or always bring a sweater or jacket if inside the office or elsewhere in case your living in a very cold climate place, and most importantly don't forget to do handwashing before preaparing you food or eating.

Life's little mystery

    Sometimes i wonder, why life now just comes in and out like it's just for a few seconds, i still remember the good old times. my elementary and high school days, no problems at all just plain having fun like there's no tomorrow. Unlike now time moves a lot faster and more and more you have things to worry about. Well i guess in my own opinion maybe as we get older, we mature and know the importance of life, maybe when we get older we know what we need and must be done, everything must be in order, everything must be finished on time, we must work harder, because we need more things, we cannot satisfy what we want, we do not know what we want. Well i think most of us not everyone but most of us are really not that satisfied anymore, sometimes we don't notice that we are already working so hard we neglect little important things in our life, we even forget someone who needs greeting every morning and needs to be given thanks every morning, and that special someone is GOD, we just pass by the church not even giving atleast one hour to pray and give thanks, and running on your mind is i'm too busy GOD will understand, you really think so? Have you even noticed that your already getting enough (Food, Shelter, Car, New Cellphone, ETC), earning enough because of GOD? and what have you given in return? Really think about it, you even sometimes neglect your parents, you have no time to talk to them, be with them on dinner, hug or kiss them, think have you done this lately? If not do so now, we even sometimes neglect your children, when was the last time you had a conversation with each other? have you asked them how's school? or what's your dream, what do you want to be when you grow old? or even as simple as do you want to go on the park on Sunday?

    The matter is as we grow old, we really don't mature that much, as we grow older we tend to argue more, we tend to be more greedy, we are not that much satisfied anymore, i mean look at the children, give them time with their friends what do they do? they play they talk, yeah they fight but after a few minutes they're friends again, they are satisfied with the company of friends, they don't need to be cool to be with their friends, and they're satisfied with something that their parents give, it's something called LOVE, this is the missing link in every relationship may it be for GOD, our parents, children, friends and relatives, it's this simple thing called LOVE.

     There are some things which makes us unhealthy spiritually and physically and here are some:

PRIDE: having this in a sense that you need to honour or respect somebody is good, but having this in a way that you feel conscious that they'll laugh at you if you feel doing something you know is right but, what you care is on what others people think, then you are lying to yourself by doing something just to impress others and making you feel really bad, that's not healthy at all which brings you to feel Worried.

 

 WORRY: this is the main reason we don't feel good, because of this we tend to focus on a problem instead of thinking of a solution, example: why do i need to do this paper work, it's so many i cannot finish this on time or so many orders so many customers, i cannot do this anymore, instead of finding solutions we focus on the problem, not healthy at all worry sometimes makes us always feel angry.

ANGER: an attitude which defocuses us on what we really need to do, this kind of attitude always dwells on the past, not knowing on how to move on, instead of doing something to find a solution now (present) to make a better future, we sometimes choose anger and just dwell on the past, this kind of attitude and feeling makes people not to succeed, because instead of looking forward they keep on looking backward, which sometimes makes us to be greedy.

GREED: because of anger we become greedy, we feel like the competition has gone high stakes, doing whats necessary, we need to do something even becoming selfish just to feel good inside, but really deep inside we are not contented, we still get angry it comes to a cycle.

EXAMPLE: our PRIDE: comes back i think he's still laughing at me,  then we get WORRIED: i need to do something if not they'll really laugh at me i don't want that, then comes ANGER: you think of taking me as a fool? i'm not that, i'm much better than you you'll see, then back to GREED: see i won, i'll take everything from you even if i need to stop you from succeeding.

     

So a little thing to keep in mind, that we don't forget GOD and our loved ones, and don't forget to LOVE.

     We grow old, we mature, we'll have responsibilities. But remember to be a child at heart. Godbless.

Peoples Belief on Supplements

     Some people believe that from synthetic medicines and beverages to switching from a healthy herbal alternative is not a good idea, or so some on the medical field believes, but i ask you, do you eat vegetables? Do you eat fresh fruits? Do you blend fresh fruits as you beverage? Do you add herbs to your meals? If you do this then ask yourself are herbal supplements that bad? What if your so busy working and you don’t have time to prepare your meals, well everybody does in our generation, on our so busy schedule we go for street foods, fast foods almost all the time, yes in fast foods they have veggies BUT! sometimes its reheated so many time the nutrients are all gone, so what do you get? Nothing. Well what can you do to supply your body with the needed vitamins and minerals of course go for Vitamin Supplements, of course you have to choose the best supplement out there in the market, why even bodybuilders take these supplements, mixed martial artist have tons of supplements look at their performance and their physique, i’m just saying that why are you afraid of herbal supplements or beverages? back at the days in Greece people add herbs to their meal because they believe that what you eat is your medicine, in China and even Korea they believe in herbal medicines which they still practice now and still recommend, well just keep an open mind, it’s still much better to prevent disease than curing it on the later stage let’s try keeping ourselves healthy!

"FOOD IS OUR MEDICINE"

     In the past, people believed that "what you eat is your medicine" which i truly believe it to be true, since people from the olden days eat freshly grown, hand picked vegetables or fruits, people back then are more healthier and most unlikely to catch disease unlike people living today. Ironically what people eat today gives them disease, because of it's unhealthy preparation and how it is processed, since food today needs to be traveled from distant miles, our food needs preservatives to keep it fresh, since we don't have farms to grow our own food we now rely on buying our food at the supermarket or groceries. 

     Well it is time for us to relearn what God given foods and herbs we have that may help us keep our body healthy. Here are some herbs that some may not know that it has been used thousand of years ago, and today used as food supplement which some just disregard.

Indian Mulberry/Noni Apatot/Tumbong Aso

(Morinda Citrofolia Linn)

     A plant with great benefits, most don't know about it but it is used back in the days to remedy almost all ailments, including liver disease, urinary tract infections, bowel irregularities, menstrual cramps these are some, but in modern studies they have found out that noni promotes homeostasis, prevents cancer cells from multiplying and it also normalizes and repairs damaged cells.

Reishi Red Mushroom/ Pulang Kabuti/Lingzhi

(Ganoderma Lucidum)

     A mushroom with ordinary features but with great benefits, it is known to be the oldest medicinal mushroom used for almost more than 2000 years ago, it is known to have great benefits with no side effects, back then it is used to treat heart ailments, boost immunity to disease, and is believed that it improved their memory. Still some of us don't know that this mushroom is still used today, modern studies showed that this mushroom really has benefits, it said to boost our immune system, lower blood pressure, cell builder, cleanser, and cell regenarator.

     This simple herbs that some of us don't know has been used many years ago, with really great benefits, today some supplements have either one of these ingredients and is found out that if it prevented them from recurring cancer or some other disease while some even cured them from their disease.