Ouiam Charkani El Hassani of Chanelmama shares some traditional healing advice.
A few days ago, we had an unwanted guest in our home. A visitor who sends your body into fight mode, and leaves you pretty much powerless. This unwanted guest usually targets the little ones, because… well their bodies aren’t equipped for a great fight. Ladies and gentlemen, yes, I am talking about fever! It’s the only thing that can put my little one down, it straps him into a chair and makes him lose all desire to move, walk, eat or even play. Usually my go to in this case is vinegar! Oh don’t frown yet, there is more to it than that lol!
So Whenever fever visits our household, I get my vinegar out, soak some socks in it, and put them on whoever is sick. The whole house will stink, yes! The sofas, the chairs, the floor, but it is totally worth it. In exactly 15 minutes, the fever starts going down and you can totally see the difference in the behaviour of the unlucky sufferer. If you are waiting for me to explain this vinegar phenomenon scientifically, then please don’t waste your time. I have no logical explanation, it is simply something my grandmother did and so did my mother, and here I am doing the same thing, no questions asked! Whether it is apple cider vinegar or just white vinegar, they all get the job done.
I also use potatoes! Yes, that’s right, just plain raw potatoes. Cut them and put them inside the socks or on the patient’s back, stomach, arms and legs. Their capacity for sucking out the heat is incomparable.
Then I move to rose water. A true gift! I soak a towel in it and puts it on the forehead, neck and face. At least this doesn’t smell as bad as the vinegar!
All the above is for topical use only, so in order to help the body produce more antibodies, we also need to supply remedies that will be administered orally, move into the bloodstream and benefit the whole system. My number one go to is soup. I literally fill my pot with onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric, fennel, celery, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and anything else I have in my fridge, and make a soup! It’s always absolutely delicious and filled with tons of good stuff that will strengthen your immune system.
Lemon and Manuka honey – I always swear by this! It is unbelievably good. No matter what you are suffering from, this remedy is always great! Manuka honey (just like garlic) is a natural antibiotic, so why go for the synthetic version when you can have the real deal?
Drinking tons of fluids is another sure-fire way to feel better, and, of course, I don’t mean coffee and Coke, but ratherwater, fresh juices, and whatever will keep your body hydrated. My favourite drink is orange juice, mixed with grapefruit juice, a spoon of Manuka honey, pink Himalayan salt and water. It’s the ultimate way replenish the electrolytes in your body, since, with fever, we become dehydrated easily. Electrolytes are nutrients that regulate your heartbeat, they also carry an electric charge in the body that is essential for life
The last thing I always make sure to do, is REST! Now that’s not so easy when we are talking about a three-year-old toddler, but at least we try right? The body is working so hard fighting intruders and that’s more than enough. We shouldn’t add more pressure.
Since my son was born, three and a half years ago, our household has become medication free, meaning that we never use conventional medicine. We only use nature’s wealth and all its precious gifts. The human body is miraculous, it is designed to have its own army to defend and attack any foreign bodies trying to make their way in with the help of the immune system. Funnily enough, the only way your immune system will flourish is by having more fights and dealing with different kind of viruses, bacteria…etc.
Every time it gets stronger and becomes familiar with the types of foreign bodies. However, if every time you get sick you are using synthetic antibodies, prescribed by a doctor, instead of your own antibodies made by your own body, then the immune system can become weaker. It is like a piece of electronic equipment that you bought but never use, it will just sit there collect the dust and one day it will stop working.
Now don’t get me wrong folks, I am not saying suffer in silence, and kill yourself. All I am saying is use all the resources you have! Use what mother nature has gifted us, but also use the science and all that new technology has to offer, WHEN NEEDED!
