Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Despite all the pounds of Vitamin C I have ingested over the past months, I feel a cold coming on. Working long hours in cold weather just ain't fun for me. I remembered seeing some advice of Linus Pauling's in a recent post to Gettingwell list. Here is another technique to try: " It may be worth while to help control a cold by the topical application of a solution of sodium Ascorbate, made by dissolving 3.1 g (3,100 milligrams) of sodium ascorbate in 100 ml (under 2 ounces) of water. Braenden (1973), who has reported success in curing most colds or markedly alleviating the symptoms by this method, recommends introducing twenty drops of this solution into each nostril with an eye dropper. He has pointed out that in this way a local concentration of ascorbate a thousand times the value produced by oral administration can be reached. " --From Chapter 14, " Vitamin C, The Common Cold and the Flu " by Linus Pauling So I got out one of the many 1-ounce scoops I have laying around here, put in a tsp of sodium ascorbate (aprox. 2 grams) and added water. Sodium ascorbate is readily soluble in very little water. Then transferred the solution to an empty dropper bottle (formerly used for non-alcoholic Echinacea extract) & dripped about 2/3 of a dropperful up each nostril. I hate nose drops. But this was not too bad. No idea if it will work, but I figured it is worth a shot. Could be psychosomatic, or a result of the fear/loathing of the drops making me secrete adrenaline, but I do feel more energetic already. Alobar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Evening Alobar, At 04:47 PM 1/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: > Despite all the pounds of Vitamin C I have ingested over the >past months, I feel a cold coming on. Working long hours in cold >weather just ain't fun for me. Do you use any Colloidal Silver? Most of my friends who use it have not had a cold this year. I have not either, ....... yet. But the Cold season is not over. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Wayne Fugitt wrote: >Evening Alobar, > >At 04:47 PM 1/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > >> Despite all the pounds of Vitamin C I have ingested over the >>past months, I feel a cold coming on. Working long hours in cold >>weather just ain't fun for me. >> >> > > Do you use any Colloidal Silver? Most of my friends who use it have >not had a cold this year. I have not either, ....... yet. But the Cold >season is not over. > > Wayne > I don't use colloidal silver and I haven't had a cold yet this year either. Hmmm.... Morton > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 -- this is what I would do, myself; first I would get on daily fish and flax oil tablet, also take selenium, and chromium, and vit C... extra sleep or rest, maybe a hot toddy at bedtime. best wishes.... Bollin - In Gettingwell , Morton Bodanis <mortonmb@c...> wrote: > > > Wayne Fugitt wrote: > > >Evening Alobar, > > > >At 04:47 PM 1/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > > > > >> Despite all the pounds of Vitamin C I have ingested over the > >>past months, I feel a cold coming on. Working long hours in cold > >>weather just ain't fun for me. > >> > >> > > > > Do you use any Colloidal Silver? Most of my friends who use it have > >not had a cold this year. I have not either, ....... yet. But the Cold > >season is not over. > > > > Wayne > > > I don't use colloidal silver and I haven't had a cold yet this year > either. Hmmm.... > > Morton > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 bollin772000 wrote: >-- > >this is what I would do, myself; > >maybe a hot toddy at bedtime. > best wishes.... >Bollin > That wouldn't be a RUM toddy, would it? Morton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 --- No,sorry--my hot toddys are lemon, honey, and water; but occasionally i use 2 T.whiskey if my husband has it. In Gettingwell , Morton Bodanis <mortonmb@c...> wrote: > > > bollin772000 wrote: > > >-- > > > >this is what I would do, myself; > > > >maybe a hot toddy at bedtime. > > best wishes.... > >Bollin > > > > That wouldn't be a RUM toddy, would it? > > Morton > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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