After Thought ---- Thank you, flu !?

Ancient Asian medical philosophy, such as Yin Yang (Macrobiotics) or Ayurveda, say that colds/flu is a healing crisis as well as a self-cleansing process.

When your blood gets too dirty and your body system gets overloaded, your body naturally starts to cleanse itself with a help of viruses from outside.
And after colds/flu, your body is purified, and immune system is stronger.
You are a whole new person.

The best is to avoid this uncomfortable “cleansing experience” by keeping your body clean and healthy.
But if it happens, instead of “attacking” the viruses with antibiotics, it’s better to let them do their job and wait till it’s gone. --- of course, sometimes it’s not that easy…..

And of course, I don’t want this to happen again.
---I was really miserable!
And as much as I want to hate the flu that made me suffer, maybe I should “thank” or at least “appreciate” their job.

I was listening to some songs right after the flu, and I started to cry for no apparent reason.
And It felt like some suppressed emotion was released. --- I don’t know what yet, though.

Maybe I needed this experience now.
To release “toxin” on physical and emotional level.
To be a whole new person.

And when could be a better time than spring : )

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Monday morning, when I woke up, I had a bit of headache, but it was gone once I had my usual morning drink "umesho tea" ---umeboshi, ginger and soy sauce with mugwart tea--, and brown rice breakfast.

Still feeling not perfect, but went to the gym and did moderate exercise.
By noon, my appetite was back to normal, so I had usual macrobiotic lunch, and drank strong green tea. ---organic green tea leaf from Japan.

Almost there!
To finish up my treatment, I had an acupuncture treatment, focused especially on immune and digestive system.

By evening, I felt almost normal.
48-hour flu experience was closed…..

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By early evening, I felt a need to get some fresh air, so I went outside, walked around the corner, then went to receive a quick massage.

For dinner, I made simple macrobiotic meal, ---soba noodle soup with carrot, daikon, kabocha, tofu, and of course, brown rice.
Soba noodle is easy to digest yet contains lots of nutrient, especially protein.
So this is a great meal when you are sick with no big appetite.

At night, I did mugwart moxa on my body---hot herbal cautery.
Mugwart has a big sterilizing power and has been used in Asian countries for centuries.
And went to bed…..

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By the next morning, the fever dropped significantly and body ache was almost gone.

Now I need some “fuel” to continue to fight, and also digestive system is active during the day, so I ate brown rice porridge with wakame seaweed and carrot tops with umebishi, with miso soup with tofu, carrot and daikon. ---lots of protein, vitamins and minerals yet easy to digest.
That really helped and I felt much better now.

By the way, when you have virus in your body, sugar or eggs are big no-no.
Viruses LOVE those stuff, so they survive long!
in fact, in some labs, flu viruses are clutivated on egg yolks.
funny thing is, you crave sugary, oily, heavy food when you are sick. that's because "they" want it! so don't be deceived!!

And of course, rest.
Actually, I was still extremely tired, so I slept on and off until late afternoon.

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Luckily, I recovered at an amazing speed.
I do not recommend my strategy to everybody, since people are different and also, flu or flu-like symptom can be very dangerous.

But here is my story.

First, I skipped dinner on the night when I got this symptom.
Like I mentioned before, 80% of our enzyme is used for digestion and the rest for detoxification and restoration.
So I wanted all my energy to focus on “fighting” against virus.
---I just wanted to feel better asap! They say that flu symptom could last up to one week!

I got flu!!

So I got flu last weekend.
It happened so suddenly.
First I felt chill.
Then fever spiked up to, I don’t know, 103 or so.
And muscle ache spread all over the body.
and extremely tired.
But no runny nose, or sneezing ---cold symptoms.
i was miserable : (
i don't remember the last time --or have i ever?--i got flu.

Why this happened to me?
Here is my analysis.

First, I have been eating sugary foods.... my bad!
--doesn't matter if its organic or not! sugar is sugar!!--
and bugs, viruses and bacteria, all LOVE sugar. So do we!
So I might have had developed a body that attracts bugs…..

Seconds, antibiotics.
I’m basically anti- antibiotics.
but I had to take a huge dose of antibiotics before the dental care because of my heart problem, the past two weeks.

Antibiotics kill all the bacteria in our body system, friendly or bad, without discrimination.
And my friendly bacteria was swept away and my defense/immune system probably became weakened….

That was when I came across the virus!
if only i could see them......

These are what i use instead....

sit on the toilet seat and put these yoga blocks underneath your feet.
it makes your position similar to the one when you are using the miracle step or you are doing your thing in some Asian countries.....