Rural Gardening: Pox Question??, 1 by musicnotes

musicnotes wrote:
OMG, Claire, you are soooo right on the nose.
I just went through being very ill, w/ a sinus infection. When you get a fever, it's a sign of your body trying to rid itself of the infection. I had 102+ degree fever. While it lasted for over a week, I don't think antibiotics would have helped. I didn't get worse...so what I was doing at home was working. I got better...without antibiotics.
I used to be the one that NEVER got sick, then when I got health insurance I would go to the doctor's at the first sign of fever. NOT GOOD. I was given antibiotics everytime and told the same thing, "lotsa rest, lotsa fluids, saline rinses, steam, etc." It didn't make me get better any quicker.

For the last 2 years I have not used ANY antibiotics for my sinus infections, upper respiratory, etc...I get those a lot because of allergies and asthma. I have gone homeopathic with many remedies that ours and other cultures have used for centuries. There are so many NATURAL antibiotics out there, it is amazing. Garlic, yogurt, cheeses, along with micronutrients that you can buy at the health food store. That's not to say that when I go get myself cut open I'm going to have them put garlic juice in my I.V.! But there is a time and place and overuse WILL soon create the superbug. It's proven scientific facts. Not just our opinion.

I'm going off now, but it is hard to change over. My next step is to find alternatives to my dog's yearly vaccinations. They are so poisonous, that my dogs have bad tummy, etc., side effects for several weeks after. Sometimes even a fever!

Now, to get going on my garden, berries, fruit trees, etc :) :) :)

~music