Keeping colds to a minimum is about strengthening immunity, especially through the winter.
Runny noses, stuffy noses, sneezing, dull headache and sore throat are some of the symptoms of a common cold.
Feeling under the weather and lethargic goes with these stuffed up symptoms.
• Poor immune system.
• Lack of zinc.
• Poor diet.
• Too much added sugar and sweeteners.
• Too many late nights.
• Being run down.
• Chronic stress.
• Air travel.
• Lack of ventilation indoors.
The symptoms of the common cold typically begin two to three days after being infected, and the symptoms can last anywhere from two to 10 days.
Usually a sore throat is the first symptom to show up, followed by a runny nose.
If you have the following symptoms, then you may have the common cold
• Sneezing
• Nasal congestion
• Runny nose
• Sore throat
• Coughing
• Post-nasal drip (mucus going down your throat)
• Watery eyes
• Fever
• Close contact with someone who has a cold
• Season (colds are more common during the fall and winter, but it is possible to get a cold any time of the year)
• Age (infants and young children have more colds per year than adults)
A cold is usually not serious and mostly disappear after 7-10 days. However, sometimes complications can occur. These are most likely to affect those with a weakened immune system.
They include:
• pneumonia
• acute bronchitis
• bronchiolitis
• croup
• otitis media (middle ear infection)
• strep throat
A cold can worsen the symptoms of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .
• Clean your hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who have colds or other upper respiratory infections.
• Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
• Don't smoke and avoid second-hand smoke.
• Any sinus congestion can be helped by inhaling. Boil some water, put it into a big bowl with a few drops of eucalyptus and add some peppermint, too. Place a towel over your head, and breathe in the oil and steam with your mouth closed if possible.
Your mind is the most powerful tool you have.
Every thought you get, causes changes throughout your body.
It is always a set of emotions or an emotional state that manifests itself in the form of a disease.
The key emotions that generally co-exist so as to become the root cause of common cold/ chronic cold, catarrh are as follows.
This infection can be a result of the confusion of your thoughts, due to the fact that you do not know where to go anymore. You are experiencing a state of total disorder and your sensitivity is greatly affected.
You have too many things to manage at the same time. You feel crushed by family or professional obligations. You are cold, therefore you catch the "cold".
The cold gives you time to rest so that you can protect yourself from others and keep a distance from them, to get in touch with yourself.
Do you have any cold relationships in your life? Is there someone talking behind your back? Or are you the one who becomes "cold" against your own anger and pain? Because you see yourself as a victim, you accept others to give you "viruses".
Other than this, there could be a propensity to hang on to old beliefs, and the resultant emotional reaction is an intense sense of dis-satisfaction and helplessness along with a suppressed anger, resentment and hostility.
Runny nose could be an outward manifestation of 'Inner Crying'. There could be an underlying sorrow that is asking for help and love. There is a sense of intense dis-satisfaction and helplessness about their situation. There is a feeling that life is unpredictable, uncontrollable and overwhelming that they are 'running away' from their responsibilities.
Neutral, calming or happy thoughts have the opposite effect
Here are ways to master the mind/body connection to take care of colds and catarrh.
1. Relax. Relaxation is an active state of deep rest where the mind is quiet and the body is physiologically calm.
Meditation, guided visualization, body scanning and slow, diaphragmatic breathing are some of the many techniques that achieve relaxation.
2. Stop taking stress. Stress is heavily implicated in any disease. Review your life and see if you can avoid the causes of stress or change your response to them. Stop worrying about the past or future and live in the present. As that is all you can influence.
3. Express your emotions. Emotions are energy. Suppressing them takes physical effort that can cause pain.
Repressed emotions cause poor health. Suppressing emotion also keeps you stuck, unable to move past what you are avoiding. By contrast, writing in a journal or talking to someone about how you feel, and even just sitting quietly and "mindfully" to fully experience and acknowledge the feeling, all lead to feeling better both emotionally and physically.
4. Try to be cheerful. When you laugh your body produces endorphins, the body's natural healers.
5. Process your trauma. There could be a connection between earlier experiences of psychological trauma or chronic pain or illness of the past.
Our Talk therapy-Counselling sessions are based on guiding you, through finding and resolving the root cause. The main aim of our therapy is to make you realise and understand from the beginning that your identity is on the level and that your body and biological makeup is just a part of your physical life experience.
They not only help you unlock and resolve emotional block, but are also extremely effective in relieving stress as they target and are based on the realm of the reality plane of life. Harnessing your brain to heal your emotions does transform your life!
Homeopathy is one of the most popular holistic systems of medicine. The selection of remedy is based upon the theory of individualization and symptoms similarity by using holistic approach. This is the only way through which a state of complete health can be regained by removing all the sign and symptoms from which the patient is suffering. The aim of homeopathy is not only to treat the outward symptoms of the physical disease but to address its underlying cause and individual susceptibility.
As far as therapeutic medication is concerned, certain medicines are effective in treatment of Common cold/ Chronic cold, catarrh in Homoeopathy that can be selected on the basis of cause, sensation, modalities of the complaints
Commonly Indicated remedies for Common cold/ Chronic cold, catarrh are:• Aconite
• Allium cepa
• Arsenicum Album
• Euphrasia
• Ferrum phosphoricum
• Gelsemium
• Kali bichromicum
• Mercurius Solubilis
• Phosphorus
***However it should be noted that all homoeopathic medicines (except few external applications) can be prescribed only with specific indications and hence should be taken under medical supervision or as directed by the doctor.
Only if the homoeopathic medicine is prescribed on the basis of symptom-similarity, it gives good results.
Self-prescription in Homoeopathy or any other system of medicine should be avoided.
• Garlic. The compounds allicin and allium in garlic help to get rid of germs. Use garlic in soups, spreads, stews and, if you are brave, add it to veggie juice.
• Chickpeas which contains Zinc , needed for immune function.
• Lots of vegetables to provide antioxidants and vitamins. Have a hearty vegetable soup too and blend them for easy digestion. You can pack them with onions, ginger and garlic as well as other herbs and vegetables which are full of nutrients. Sipping the hot vegetable soup and inhaling the steam may clear congestion. Soup also provides hydration which is important for thinning mucus.
• Onions contain virus-fighting compounds. Eat them raw, too.
• Peppers can clear out your stuffy nose. You can use the fresh jalapeno type pepper or try a 4 teaspoon of ground pepper (the red one) in some water.
• Use shitake mushrooms in your cooking. They have been shown to improve immune response.
• Add radishes to soups and salads.
• Lots of liquids. Teas are great to sweat it out of you. Ginger, camomile, peppermint, lemon and honey, elderflower and linden teas are all good. Peppermint tea can help to bring relief to a stuffy nose. Add some cinnamon powder to ginger tea for extra effect.
Foods to be Avoided in Common cold/ Chronic cold, catarrh• AVOID Dairy products and sugary foods. They are mucus-producing and clog your organs. You will just feel worse.
• Sugar. When you overeat on sugar, you decrease the white blood cells and that weakens your immune fighting ability. You need to have a strong immunity to keep colds at bay.
Role of Water in Common cold/ Chronic cold, catarrh• Drinking plenty of fluids is one of the most important things you can do when you have a cold /catarrh or flu. Because cold and flu symptoms have runny noses and sweating, which often accompanies fever, if there is increase in the amount of water your body loses, dehydration might occur if your fluid intake is not increased to compensate.
• Drinking plenty of fluid is important for ensuring a speedy recovery from cold and flu. It also helps to loosen mucus in your nose and relieve congestion. Staying hydrated ensures that the body can function properly and can defend itself more effectively against the cold or flu.
You can read about the miraculous healing properties of water our following links:
• The power of positive and structured drop of water
• Unique qualities of water ,its memory and emotions.
• Understanding the beautiful structure of water
• What we know of this drop of water
Vitamin C and Vitamin A have proved beneficial in Colds and Catarrh.
• Basil leaves- Chew 4-5 leaves or boil them in water and consume early morning.
• Ginger- boil 2-3 slices of ginger in water and have this decoction.
• A mixture of jaggery and powdered black pepper is beneficial once a day.
• Use pickled radish in your stews or salads. It has properties that help to reduce mucus. Drink nettle tea.
• Echinacea extract liquid (Contraindication: Echinacea may not be recommended for those with auto-immune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus as it can increase immune activity and it is thought people with these conditions already have overactive immune systems.)
• If you are under chronic stress, then it is a good idea to use Siberian ginseng herbal extracts alongside the astragalus through the winter.
• Drink sage tea, marshmallow tea and red raspberry, too, for throat relief.
• Gargle with sea-salted water to help to relieve a cold. Gargling with Aloe Vera juice is beneficial, too, as is gargling with Echinacea and sage extracts.
Kindly note: all supplements and herbs should be consumed only in right proportion/dosage, under monitoring and medical supervision. Certain herbs are prohibited if there are any underlying illnesses or complications. Excess/overdosing or of any herb or supplement may prove to be detrimental .Hence Self-prescription is not advised.
At Nidhivan, we have been successfully formulating unique blends of herbs and required supplements for any particular disease condition (for ingestion as well as local application) . Our in-house proprietary blends of natural remedies have proven to be highly effective with our homeopathic medicines and other therapies..
Some of the essential oils good for relieving Cold and Catarrh are given below.
• Peppermint oil.
• Eucalyptus oil. ...
• Tea tree oil. ...
• Oregano oil. ...
• Clary sage. ...
• Lavender oil. ...
• Rosemary oil.
Essential oils are highly potent and are supposed to be used single or in appropriate combinations with specific proportions taking care of any underlying medical condition or allergies. Hence self-prescription should be avoided.
Along with the Homoeopathic treatment, we administer Our Proprietary blends of essential therapeutic oils. These combinations in specific proportions play an effective role in relieving the Common cold/ Chronic cold, catarrh.
A revolved detoxifying yoga stretch, practising this asana can help rejuvenate your internal organs, clear away toxins and mucus which might be trapped around the chest or lung passageway as well as better your digestion.
At Nidhivan, We give customised yoga sessions and exercise advice as per the need and device a module along with the therapy
Holistic and Integrative therapies for the treatment for MENOPAUSE at NIDHIVAN
Based on this Body-Mind-Soul, a variety of treatment techniques are observed after considering the individuality of the person to assist them take their responsibility for their own well-being and achieve optimal health.
These include:
1-Homeopathic remedies which maintain the emotional, mental, physiological, and immune reactions of the person to guarantee long-lasting and permanent help.
2-Facilitated Physical detox
3- Herbal and Essential oil therapy
4-Patient education on Lifestyle changes and self-care to promote wellness.
5-Customized Diet advice
6-Customized Exercise and Yoga
1- Facilitated Emotional Detox
2- Individual Psychotherapy at different levels to overcome the root cause of the disease
3- Mind healing therapies. (Mind Imagery and visualization)
4- Motivational Enhancement therapies
5- Empowerment counselling (taking charge of your SELF)
6- Relationship and Family integrated Counselling sessions (if needed)
(Other individual therapies by our esteemed therapists if required in a particular case)
90% of the diseases are a result of build-up of unresolved negative emotions and pre-programming of your mind as discussed above. Your soul tries to express these unresolved negative emotions first through your thoughts and feelings. If you fail to listen to the messages that are crying out to be heard, these messages become stronger and then harder for you to ignore. They then express and manifest themselves by means of pain, discomfort or ill-health.
Along with Emotional management, Spiritual programming of your mind is a must to unwind yourself from the clutches of the negative emotions you've held so long which has ultimately led to the dis-ease.
This we achieve by means of:
1- Facilitated Spiritual Detox
2- Meditation
3- Identifying the imbalance and healing at the level of the Chakra
4- Energy healing
After-care maintenance and guidance once the goal is achieved (reversal and cure of disease)
The aim is to gain proper balance in life by achieving a permanent healing at the level of Body Mind and Soul.
We at NIDHIVAN, instead to targeting the disease or problem on the surface, aim to treat the innermost root cause of the disease, so as to achieve a permanent cure