Sniffles in New York
The waiting area gets busier by the minute. I am well aware of the many “sniffles†around me. I’m a sniffler my self. I started getting a cold a week ago just after the long flight from Bristol to Newark and from Newark to Burlington. The morning after the flight my throat started aching and the cold traveled from there to my lungs, where it still firmly resides. I have a normal temperature.
I’ve just heard that we have been hurricaned. Ida’s tale sweeps across the east coast of the States and our plane will not be in on time for us to catch our connection to Buffalo. Husband gives a talk tonight and we may just get on time to the venue. I don’t care how we are getting there, as long as we are getting there. We just heard that we will be flying via Washington DC, that’s a bit out of the way but somehow we will arrive just an hour before Husband gives his talk.
This means that we will be sitting two hours longer in between at least a 100 people who show signs of having the same cold as I have. Coughing, sneezing, wiping noses on hands, sleeves, handkerchiefs and tissues. I have never ever understood the attraction of the handkerchief other then to drop it so your favourite man can pick it up for you (yuk, I hope he washes his hands quickly afterwards). Blowing your nose in a thin piece of cotton cloth, looking at what has been produced and then putting it back into your pocket, is not a way to prevent spreading colds. Unless persons concerned run to a loo, bathroom or “facilities†to scrub their hands and maybe even their face.
Burlington Airport has sanitizing gel available everywhere, Husband and I are using it like mad every time we spot one. Sister-in-law gave me a negative ioniser. I have it hanging around my neck and as soon as I am airborne, I’ll switch it on. It supposes to dispel any virus and cleans the air before it reaches my face. I pray it helps. I also work actively with a spirit plant that came to my aid yesterday. I was driving through beautiful Vermont and I noticed my lungs aching. I whined. Husband thought that was not helpful, I think he was right. The moment I stopped feeling sorry for myself, Thyme came into my awareness and its beautiful spirit filled my lungs and sinuses with strong Thyme essence. It was remarkable how quickly the healing properties of Thyme helped my body. I still have the cold but the breathing is much easier and the sinuses are clearer then they have been for days.
If you happen to have a cold or other discomfort, take a few deep breaths (if possible) and invite a plant to come to your help. When you sense the Plant Spirit, ask it to support your whole system in getting stronger. Be surprised.
- Karin Schluter Lonegren.
Tags: airport, H1N1 virus, plant spirit
November 22nd, 2009 at 1:37 am
Hi Karin,
I totally agree with you about how disgusting it is, and how futile it seem to use of a thin piece of cotton cloth to snort nasal drainage. The resultant abrasion of the nose is no fun either.
When my throat just begins to ache, I squirt an eye dropper full of yarrow flower tincture onto the aching area. As well, for the spiritual element I apply a bit of focused will to allow the microscopic viral critters and the spirit that is embodied in them back to their source, whether the source is known or not. It works for me every time. If I’m unable to do the yarrow remedy for some reason, I just apply will as mentioned above. That works almost every time. If the cold does manage to settle in, I brew a gallon of hearty infused tea made up of licorice root, comfrey leaves, valerian root, cebeb berries, yarrow flowers, saw palmetto berries, angelica root, dandelion root and ginger root. If some of those ingredients are not availalbe, I just use those of them that are, if possible with any available of the additional herbs catnip, slppery elm bark, eucalyputus leaves, elder flowers, pleurisy root, golden seal root, rosemary leaves, sanicle, wild cherry bark, cayenne, elecampane root, cloves, and pau d’arco @ the rate of four mugs a day. Again, with liberal use of will directing the dis-ease critter, spirit and all, back to the source. Within three days I’m well again. To me, anything is better than doses of antibiotics followed by acidopholis, over the counter cold medicine, or doctor visits.
May your lungs breathe free and easy.
Rob
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:01 am
The Original Man, my husband, had H1N1 virus without any sniffles. He’s better now, thankgoddess!
November 22nd, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Oh Dear, the Original Man ill!!! Thank Heavens he’s better.
November 22nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
What a wealth of health inducing tea-medicine you have given the world here!! I also have my homeopathic first aid kit with me and I’m afraid I have to use it for Sig now, he’s getting the soar throat thing and I’m sure will do some spiritual healing as well.