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Cool website. I know other women herbalists along the Gila.
Glad you are well Bev!--Sage

EarthNSky wrote:
> Note: this post will also appear on my blog,
> http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
>
> I am back from the brink of Viral Hell and I refuse to worship the
> Porcelain God ever again.  :)   I am healed.
>
> Last Saturday at lunch, quite suddenly, just after I blogged/bragged
> about my mullein oil cure in fact, I got a headache and felt nauseous.
> I went outside to try to throw up, but could not. Thinking that I just
> needed to eat lunch, I went and got some soup from the pantry, and as I
> reentered the kitchen with the soup, I passed out cold in the floor.
> Apparently it was the sudden onset of a gastrointestinal virus and I
> passed out from a fever spike. It's never happened to me before that I
> can recall, but I have no idea of why I passed out.  I did not even see
> it coming; it was as if someone clobbered me with a wrench: Lights out.
>   Some time went by, I climbed into bed and just laid there.  Late that
> afternoon when Skyguy came home, he took my temperature and it was 103,
> which is super high for me since my normal is 96.7(thyroid issues).  I
> was really sick for a while.  The GI distress started on Sunday morning
> with diarrhea, but by this time, my temperature had dropped to 99 and
> hovered between 99 and 100 all week until last night, when it rose to
> 101.  Yesterday morning I decided to called the doctor to make an
> appointment.  They told me that this GI flu is going around and they
> have one patient who has been fighting it for 16 days. The nurse I spoke
> with shared that she personally had this wicked virus for 7 days, but
> did not feel 'well' for two additional weeks.  They just told me to stay
> hydrated-no visit needed. So there I was on Day 5 of a beastly illness
> with no end in sight.  The headaches, fever, and body aches were
> relentless, as is typical with the flu.  I lost 15 pounds and because of
> the infection I could not take my RA meds for the second week in a row.
> It was frustrating because I have so much to do, including two doctors
> appointments and a formal job offer luncheon to attend.  The thought of
> possibly being sick next week was not only depressing, but I knew that
> would mean missing a third week of my RA meds, and that is a serious
> thing. Desperate times call for desperate actions.
>
> What kind of medicine woman would I be if I didn't take my own meds,
> right?  To be honest, I was so sick Saturday through Tuesday that I did
> not even think about anything, let alone meds.  After all, I've been
> brainwashed that the only drugs for flu are Tamiflu and a perhaps a few
> others that should be taken in the first 48 hours of illness.  So it
> wasn't until my best friend Ava, in a phone call, reminded me that I had
> just made an elixir for this very illness and I should take it.  Recall
> my blog post from last week where Ava and I canned all day and made and
> Elderberry Elixir. So Wednesday morning, with a fever of 99.8, after I
> hung up from the doctor, I found an eyedropper and dipped into the
> elixir.   It took some serious guts as you must remember that this
> Elixir is brandy based, and brandy is not exactly what one thinks of
> five days into a gastrointestinal virus at ten in the morning on an
> empty stomach.  It was akin to the old 'hair of the dog' cure, but I
> held it down.  Two hours later, my fever rose to 100.3, and I took
> another dose.  I took about half a teaspoon of this Elixir every two
> hours or so, and throughout the afternoon and evening my temperature
> crept up, but I actually felt better.  I did not feel like I had a fever
> of 101, I felt almost normal last night.  It was very, very odd. This
> morning was Day 6 of the virus and my temp was 97 degrees when I woke
> up.  I got up, poured a cup of Joe, and kissed that pint jar of Elixir
> next to the coffee pot.  I am cured.  All day long I've had no fever and
> no GI symptoms.  My temperature has been hovering between 97 and 98,
> which is still above normal for me, so I have continued the elixir
> regime, but I feel great.
>
> The short story is that I, the sickly one, the one with a weakened
> immune system, the one who usually keeps a 24 hour bug for a week,
> kicked ass on a wickedly evil 7-16 day GI virus.  How did that happen?
>
> It happened because of elderberries and the magic of everyday, easily
> accessible medicines, knowledge bases that are almost lost, but that
> thankfully, a few souls like Kiva are preserving.  I feel such a kinship
> with this woman; I should hope to have her knowledge if only in my
> dreams.  She is my new hero.  I wrote to thank her as I like giving
> credit where credit is due.
> http://bearmedicineherbals.com/
>
> Bev
>