Green Witch - Mystique Moments - Aberdour

Now, is it me, or is all this hype getting to be a pain??

I know I rant about these things but very year we get some hype re flu injections and how we cannot survive the winter without them. Now, apparently, we are entering a pandemic and at least 50000 Britains are expected to die…or so they say.

They have invented new anti-viral drugs to fight the virus and would like everyone to take them to prevent you from contracting it…win, win for the pharmaceutical companies then!! Well, as the majority of us don’t work with chickens or birds and don’t live in Taiwan, and most of the hype is a “what if” scenario, I fail to see, if we look after ourselves, how we can be so affected by it (and makes a point for stopping the mass production of chickens and going back to only buying free range and naturally reared poultry from this country).

So here is my plan for avoiding all colds, flu and viruses this winter:- At the first sign of any cold or flu, start the Echinacea tincture (or thyme if you can feel it in the throat) 50 drops x 4 daily, and take a good multi-vitamin plus 2000-3000mg Vitamin C (all the people who caught bird flu were found to be Vitamin C deficient so take as much Vitamin C complex - Solgar Ester C or similar - as your bowel will tolerate before giving you the trots at the first sign of flu).  Have a daily bath (or twice if possible) incorporating 8 drops tea tree, cajeput or Niaouli to boost your immune system from the outside and drink my following cold remedy at least twice daily:

Add a stick of cinnamon and 6 cloves to a mug of water and simmer (decoct) for 5 minutes. Then pour into a mug containing a spoonful of honey and the juice of half lemon. Drink whilst hot and this is a wonderful remedy for fighting colds etc.

Then all that remains is to ensure you spend all winter eating good home-made food such as porridge, soups and stews (none of that convenience rubbish devoid of all goodness) and voila, you should be ready to face the forthcoming bugs with a defence system that will defend you.

Oh, and I thought you might like to know that the new anti-viral they are manufacturing is being made from…yes, Star Anise – a little spice they cannot make money out of!!!