That time of the year is around the corner. Kids are getting ready to start school parents are getting stressed getting the kids ready for school and the cold and flu season is around the corner. I know that is hard to believe that our summer is coming to an end. Well Sue’s Supernutrition is here to help you get through the nasty old cold and flu season. We will give you supplement ideas that we use with ourselves and our kids.
Echinacea: Wow! What a wonderful herb that is. Echinacea helps boost the immune system. Echinacea will reduce cold symptoms and shorten the duration. You can take this herb every 2 to 4 hours after the first dose until cold symptoms have disappeared. After the cold is over with then maintain with dose on the bottle to help prevent it from coming back. Echinacea comes in a capsule and liquid. Some companies to look for are Nature’s Way, Soloray and Natures Herb.
Astragalus: This herb helps with increasing the production of the immune cells. Astragalus has a mild antiviral activity and preventing a cold. You can get this combined with Echinacea. Nature’s Way makes this in a capsule form and you can also get it in a liquid form. You can get the two herbs by themselves or together in capsules and liquid.
Olive Leaf: Olive leaf is used as a natural anti biotic. This will help fight infection. When there is color when you blow your nose or cough. This also comes in capsule and liquid.
Bio-Defender: One nice thing about this product it has a number of supplements in one pill that helps with so many different things. Anyone over the age of five can take Bio-Defender. There are things in this to help fight bacteria and viruses. There are things in here to help with your energy level during your cold and flu. This was formulated by a local chiropractor in the Harrisonburg area. Great to stay on year round if you are one to catch everything that comes your way.
Goldenseal: This is one herb you could use as your natural antibiotic, antiseptic and astringent. Goldenseal helps with the upper respiratory tract and mucous membranes. Anytime you see yellow or green when you cough or blow you nose don’t forget about goldenseal.
Here are some great things for the kids for the cold and flu months. New Chapter has come out with a great Organic Whole Food Multivitamin for kids called EveryKid. Taking a multivitamin gives you a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals. This will help nourish the body.
Herbs for Kids: They have a great formula that has Echinacea and Astragalus together in a liquid. This supports the body’s antiviral and antibacterial capabilities. This will also rebuild the immune system.
Nova: Nova is a homeopathic company that has so many good things for this time of the year. They have a cold, flu, fever and cough. You see quick results with their things. They can all be used together if you have multi symptoms. The nice things about Nova’s products are the dosage starts as early as infant to adults. This makes it easy for new moms.
Renew Life: They have a great product called Flora Baby. This is a great thing to give your kids year round but especially during the cold and flu months. This helps keep friendly bacteria in their little tummy. This is one of the greatest things for kids when there are flu symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea. Any time a child goes on an antibiotic start them on this and keeps them on it for about two weeks to a month after they finish the antibiotic.
Stay healthy by shopping at Sue's for great cold & flu supplements.
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