Health tips during this crazy flu season: "Get to the supermarket early, take echinacea and make love¨

By Shauna Leff April 29, 2009 - 15:33

The swine flu scare has many of us taking extreme precautions to stay healthy. I asked, Dr. Carlos Alvear, Founder of Yolitia in Malinalco, Mexico, who has a holistic approach to medicine, for his advice during this time. He sent me the following recipes:

1. Stay home if you can

Wash you hands before meals and on a regular basis
Disinfect common areas, the kitchen, sinks, toilets, door knobs, etc...
Use ozone for the enviroment

2. Go to the supermarket only very early in the morning or late at night in order to have less contact with people

3. Buy fruits and veggies that are in season

4. Eat whole foods if possible

5. Avoid refined and processed foods

6. No dairy and No sugar

7. Try to practice yoga or chi kung (or Qigong) to keep a good balance and high flow of energy

8. Avoid negative talk and thoughts

9. Breath deep, laugh, pray and make love

Herbs that can help:

Echinacea
Golden seal
Lemon grass
Melissa
Eleuthero
Licorice
Rhodiola
Codonopsis (Dang Shen)
Whitania somnifera (Ashwagandha)
Emblica officinalis (Ambla)

If you have a hard time finding these herbs, Dr. Alvear has a line of organic herb formulas that include some of these herbs in both tinctures and in capsules. They can send them overnight to any place in the Mexican Republic. For more information go to: http://www.yolitia.org/#/productos/

If you have any other advice on holisitic medicine and ways to stay healthy, please add a comment below.

About Shauna Leff

I'm a Multimedia Producer, Editor, Creative Thinker, Innovator, People Connector, Global Citizen and a Digital Storytelling Advocate & Facilitator. My life motto is to be involved with all things fun & meaningful with a positive and spiritual outlook on life.

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