Britanon here.

Have concluded that if worst comes to worst vis a vis COVID19 and it becomes a global pandemic and hospitals are overrun, old fashioned, home nursing may be the best we've got. Since I'm in the middle of a nasty dose of flu (day 10 today and only just beginning to feel better) thought I'd try out some home remedies and see which are most effective and hope they might be similarly effective on COVID symptoms. Mother was a practising nurse before the days of penicillin so some of these were the kind of remedies she was using in hospital for respiratory diseases like pneumonia or croup or bronchitis.

These are the results so far.

1) Ibuprofen works better than paracetamol in terms of relieving general discomfort although Lemsip, or similar, generic versions, also help.

2) Salt inhalation is a very good expectorant. Had a dry cough for a week then started salt inhaling which immediately loosened mucus in lungs allowing productive cough. I'm using a heaped tablespoon of Himalayan rock salt dissolved in a pint of boiling water in a wide-neck pot. Towel over head, long, deep breaths in and out to breathe in salty steam for about 10 mins. Repeat as many times/day as needed. More the better, I found. 3 times/day minimum.

3) Most soothing drink for dry/sore throat. Just-

boiled water infused with grated fresh ginger, whole (quartered) lemon, hand-squeezed and dumped in water, skin on, and raw honey to taste. Sieve out the bits before drinking.

4) Incense burner: a few drops of Olbas Oil (or Friar's Balsam if you can get hold of it - no longer available in UK) in water above burner helps clear stuffy nose.

Pray and stay positive about, and grateful for, the miraculous healing power our Creator has built into our bodies.

>>8172685

>Check out pure oregano oil. The purest form will burn your skin. I get mine from global healing center. If you add that to your salt inhalation it kills many things.

Thanks for the tip. Will give it a go.

>>8172687

>Did you use colloidal silver or iodine?

No - have iodine in store cupboard but not C.S. Iodine as an inhalant, in boiling water, do you mean? Added to salt?

>>8172696

Not intending to slide, only to offer some feedback as to what I am finding works with respiratory symptoms of flu. Just thinking that it may be advisable to have some of these items in a "survival kit" in case of worst case scenario. Can't hurt as will always be useful.

Thanks for your tips, too.

>>8172713

>some cement might help

Concrete advice, anon. Whose side are you on?

>>8172758

>God's, u?

You reckon? When did you last read through Proverbs?

Proverbs, 16:18, Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. … Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

>>8172777

I use all the herbs and spices you have mentioned on a daily basis as part of my normal cooking regime. I grow and use fresh organo, marjoram, sage, etc etc etc.

The most revealing thing I learned from this bout of flu is the value of salt/steam inhalation.

It's always interested me that salt was once so valuable that it was used as a means of payment for Roman soldiers. When did it fall out of favour? And I don't mean the supermarket stuff - I'm a convert to Himalayan rock salt and now buy it in bulk. It's not expensive.

I think the salt inhalation has been the most effective remedy (in terms of immediate and observable results, at least) during my recent bout of flu. I have this gut feeling that we're missing (or not applying) some important knowledge about the medicinal benefits of salt.

>>8172828

>if someone dies for your bad advice, who will come knocking on your door?

A parasitic lawyer, probably.

Btw, I didn't offer advice, I gave an account of things that have helped me.

Guess you must be low IQ and lacking in basic comprehension skills to confuse advice with an account.

>>8172858

>the ad hominum starts from you?

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>does it bother you that 'low IQ ' can pick you out as being one who is parroting bad advice purposely here probably to make people sicker?

It's ad hominem with an "e" not a "u".

As I said, I didn't offer advice, I gave an account of my experience. What part of the difference between advice and account have you failed to comprehend?

>>8173013

>no salt in steam

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>it remains in the bottom of pan

Hmm, not my experience. Can actually taste the salt in the steam. Salt/steam therapy goes back a few thousand years, too. Hippocrates recommended inhaling steam from salt water if you suffered from respiratory diseases. And TB sufferers were often sent to the coast to breathe in the salt air.