Healing, Yoga and Qigong

At the first signs of a sore throat, try the following remedies to shorten or even stop the cold from developing. Gargle with salt water (1 tsp in a cup of warm water) first.   An hour later, gargle with a few sips of extra virgin olive oil, and then gargle with some hot water with a pinch of robust cinnamon powder in the third hour, then repeat. (Often in herbalism how often you do something is more important than what you do.) Vaporize conifer essential oils, like pine , in a nebulizer near you, or simply put the essential oils in a bowl of water on a heat source near you. Use therapeutic grade oils, for instance from  Floracopeia  or  Veriditas .  Do vapor steam essential oil inhalations of the above oils with the hot-water-in-a-bowl-towel-over-your-head trick. Be careful not to over do this one, especially with kids, and use only a single drop of essential oil, and to be sure, you can gargle with the olive oil or with Aloe Vera before and...