Some of you might have missed this as an update from the paperless post, I’ve also expanded it and updated it so it might be worth reading again.
I follow Chris Masterjohn as a mentor. While I love to be in clinic and always will be a clinician because this is what I am good at, Chris is one of these people that reads through all the research, looks at all the data and breaks it down for the likes of me, Personally I thinks that is like looking at grass grow….
I am very thankful for Chris because here is what he knows, and I agree. Main thing, you have heard me talking about boosting our immune systems, I have been doing this mainly with the anti-viral herbs. Garlic, Thyme, Rosemary and Oregano. My number one go to on this is garlic.
Here is what Chris saying
What we do know about CV19 is that its 87% similar to SARS.
This Virus hijacks a substance known as ACE2. Normally ACE2 helps keep our blood pressure under control and keeps our lungs and heart healthy. This virus uses it ( ACE2) as a back door to infiltrate our cells.
This Virus also interferes with interferon response. It decreases it.
This virus also has a lipid envelope ( thats why soap is great) . Don’t eat it just wash your hands regularly.
Here is what worked for SARS from a Herbal/Supplement context.
Elderberry 700millgrams to 1500milligrams. Extract liquid would be best: This is normally 1-2 teaspoons
Zinc 7-10 milligrams taken 4 times a day. Space this out over the course of the day
Avoid taking it with whole grains, nuts, seeds or legumes.
Copper 4-8 milligrams (copper sulfate or copper glycerinates supplement). This is really hard to find. Once I find it I will let you know so we are prepared for the fall.
Garlic: best is to take stabilized Allicin at least 180 micrograms per day.If you can’t get your hands on it, One large clove of garlic, Raw crushed and exposed to the air for 10 minutes and eaten without cooking
HERE’S WHAT NOT WHAT TO TAKE OR INCREASE TO MEGA DOSE'S
EXTRA VITAMIN A: INCREASES ACE2
EXTRA VITAMIN D: INCREASES ACE2 (one caveat here: do stay at your regular Vit D, what ever you take, Just don’t take extra and try and get some sunlight. It appears people who have had sufficient Vit D faired better with recovery from the virus.
HONEY BEE PROPOLIS: INTERFERS WITH INTERFERON
UMCKA ( IS AN MEDICINAL HERB FROM AFRICA): INTERFERS WITH INTERFERON
CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS: INCEASES ACE2
MONOLURIN ITS A SUPPLEMENT DERIVED FROM COCONUT:
ALSO JUST IN CASE YOU ARE NOT AWARE. IF WE GET A FEVER WE SHOULD USE TYLENOL NOT IBUPROFEN.
Lastly if you do get sick. Fever, cough and a whole lot of other symptoms, from skin rashes to canker sores in the mouth and nose.
Keep hydrated. Water is not sufficient here so it has to be something like coconut water or even gatorade will help. You need electrolytes.
Let your temperature up a little, at least to 101/102, ( its miserable, but this is your natural immune response to kill a virus) If you keep it at 99 you will not kill the virus, a good trick is keep a cool cloth of your forehead and do not get dehydrated.
You have got to get out of the bed, you have to move every couple of hours. This virus does a number on the oxygen in your blood, if you are not moving you are not oxygenating your blood. You don’t have to go for a run or walk just move every so often.
I recommend that everyone get a nebulizer to have at home. This will help you breath and save a trip to the emergency room.
To this point none of my active patients have gotten sick.
There is a lot of information out there and people recommending this and that, Above is what I am doing and what Derek and Mckeane are doing. Chinese medicine is about treating the patient and not treating the disease. Prevention is key here and will be Key as we go forward for the next year or two.
Remember that 85% of people who have died from this Virus.
Had a preexisting health condition.
Heart disease, smokers and men have been mostly the majority who have not faired well sadly.
This is our new norm for a while, Prevention, Prevention, Prevention and wash your hands. Washing your hands when you have been outside is so key here, If you can’t wash you hands when you are out, use the sanitizer where ever you can. The minute you come home wash it off your hands. Don’t put your hands near your face or touch your mask once its on your face. Only touch the mask at the straps not the cloth part. Your hands are like lethal weapons.
Lastly wash your hands before you use the bathroom and after you use it. I’m going to be really blunt here, your “butt hole” is a hole.
Be Safe, Take care of yourself and take care of other’s……..
Marina