Product Description

Did you know that scientific evidence suggests that certain natural herbs and supplements may make your cold and flu symptoms milder and reduce the number of days you're sick? It's true. Millions have already discovered the healing power of echinacea and other popular herbs. With this book, so can you. Inside you'll learn:

• How echinacea may reduce the number of days you are sick
• How taking zinc lozenges at the beginning of a cold may help you get better faster
• Which other herbs and supplements are helpful for colds and flus


It's all here in simple, straightforward language. You'll find yourself turning to this helpful, trusted companion again and again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2063819 in Books
• Published on: 2000-02-03
• Released on: 2000-02-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

From Amazon.com
It's an old joke, sick humor in the most literal sense, and it goes like this: "A cold lasts seven days, but if you treat it, it'll go away in a week." However, scientific evidence shows that certain substances actually shorten the amount of time you suffer from viral illnesses like colds and flus. Echinacea has this effect on colds, while zinc and vitamin C knock a few days off your sentence when you contract colds and flus.

Besides these well-known remedies, Natural Treatments for Colds and Flus introduces a few most of us haven't heard of. The most promising of these is andrographis, a traditional treatment used in India, China, and Thailand but only now getting attention in the West.

The book examines many other traditional herbal treatments, from tasty-sounding ones like peppermint and marshmallow to "Colorado cough root," "grandmother's flannel," and a particularly benevolent-sounding herb called yerba santa, Spanish for "holy weed." (Spanish priests called it this when they introduced it in the American Southwest.) Beyond vitamins and herbs, the book also discusses lifestyle changes that could help strengthen your immune system against colds and flus. For example, not getting enough sleep is both a reaction to stress and a stressful event in itself, and can make your body more susceptible to disease and infection.

Colds and Flus is very careful to point out which treatments have been proven effective by science and which are merely substantiated by rumor and folklore, or by inconclusive or scientifically invalid studies. On top of that, it's fun to read, offering trivia like why we have no vitamins between E and K (there were vitamins F, G, and so forth, but they were later found to be unimportant), and how to wash your hands (use a paper towel to cover your hands when turning off the faucet; otherwise you'll just grab a handful of the germs you were trying to wash off). It's a rare book that makes you healthier and smarter. --Lou Schuler

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Discover Nature's Treatments for Colds and Flus

Book Info
Contains information on how echinacea reduces the number of days you are sick, how taking zinc lozenges at the beginning of a cold helps in getting better faster, and which herbs and supplements are helpful for colds and flus. For consumers. Softcover.