Cold and Flu help

Ok here comes the season for the colds and flu!
I think that if you are healthy, your body can fight most of anything. The key is being healthy, and staying healthy.

First, you should get what you need from real foods. Supplements should be just that, supplement. If you think that taking a pill or vitamin will always give you what you need, your fooling yourself.

I do think it is ok to increase your intake of vit C during the so called cold and flu season, but again, try to get what you need from real foods and juice.

Taking some extra zinc also helps.

Echinacea-either in tea form or capsules during an illness will give your body a boost for getting healthy.

Try this cough syrup if you need it:
1 cup Honey
1 tsp Garlic (crushed) and yes, it will not taste too good
1 tsp Elecampane root crushed (this acts as a cough suppressant)
(here is a link to see what the flower looks like)
http://images.google.com/images?q=Elecampane&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefo

1 table spoon lemon juice
2 sweet or sour cherries-crushed and juiced or 2 tbs mint for flavor

Mix all together and take 1 tsp as needed.
Remember that if your coughing and bringing up stuff, that is junk you want to continue to cough up and get out of your body. You should use a herbal mix that will help you with that. Do not try to suppress that type of cough. If your cough is not being productive, (that means your not coughing anything up) then you can suppress that type of cough.
here is another one:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Homemade-Cough-Medicine-56268