My adult daughter has strep throat. Are there herbs and healthy alternatives versus antibiotics? Or does she need to just take what the doctor gives her? Thanks in advance!
Because of the present concern about the potential of late complications of rheumatic fever and heart disease in the untreated patient with strep throat, and the current legal climate, the only answer is to take the antibiotics prescribed, but be sure to have her take probiotics between dosing to reduce the chance of yeast (candida) infection.
My general counsel to everyone with typical viruses and bacteria is to take vitamin C doses in the range of 6,000 to 10,000 mg per day and anti-viral/anti-bacterial herbals like Echinacea, oil of oregano, citricidal (although it may only be available to physicians—I have not seen it available elsewhere), colloidal silver, to name a few. The effectiveness of the above regimen will be best when a good diet (without sugar, which reduces the immune system) and potent supplements are already in place in the person.
If the infections continue to come back (anyone that is having more than 1 infection per year), there are safe herbals and products that build the immune system: Beta-glucan, colostrum, mushrooms (sheitake and maitake), resveratrol, cat’s claw, andrographis, to mention a few.
It is important to remember that all of us have thousands of ‘organisms’ inside us at all times. It is the immune-suppressed individuals that ‘come down’ with infection. Building the immune system begins with a ‘real food’ diet, drinking plenty of water, taking potent supplements, and ridding the body of toxins that may be interfering with the immune system.
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing:
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1 Dawn Y Alvarez // Jan 27, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Citracidal (grapefruit seed extract -GSE) is readily available .Google brings up several sources and Nutibiotic GSE has been available for at least ten years that I’m aware of.
2 Sara // Jan 31, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Garlic is a potent antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral. I’ve used crushed garlic cloves mixed with equal parts raw honey and a shake or two of cayenne to help kill strep. It needs to be taken often, like a teaspoon every half hour. But remember, if you’re not willing to do the whole program of changing the diet to whole foods and cleansing the system, then you might as well just do antibiotics. Being healthy takes work.
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