Comments on: Summer Cold?

By: John Crewdson

John Crewdson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:59:50 +0000

Yep, all these things help and are the next best thing to prevention.

John

By: How to Prevent Flu

How to Prevent Flu — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:01:10 +0000

Visualization really does help. That and really positive thoughts. When I used to meditate more often, I never ever got sick when using those methods.

By: John Crewdson

John Crewdson — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:56:39 +0000

Experimental,

My method is to use visualization where my immune system goes in as an army and routes out the infected cells. I also take very hot baths, in effect giving myself a fever (don’t over do this one). I’m rarely effected by a cold for more than 1 to 2 days, sometimes only 1/2 a day.

Good luck,
John

By: Experimental Digital Art

Experimental Digital Art — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:03:34 +0000

I have summer cold and i feel terrible. Why do people get colds in the summer? Any tips on how to reduce the lenght of time of a cold as i have a party tomorrow evening.... Experimental Digital Art’s last blog post..Images That Speak of Your Golden Moments

By: John Crewdson

John Crewdson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:11:31 +0000

Interesting Walt. I hadn’t heard it put quite that way before. Thanks for commenting.

John

By: walt

walt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:00:15 +0000

I visit an acupuncturist (not a quack: trained at UCLA) several times a year, just on a preventative basis. He claims that people who do tai chi and/or qigong develop “chi shields,” which prevent colds and flu from entering the body — or, he says, if they do enter, they will be mild, and not affect “the soft organs.”

Is that Medicine? Science? Or just supposition? The recent NIH report on alternative therapies would answer “No, no, and yes.”

Still, there’s a ton of anecdotal evidence, like your experiences and my own, that would indicate that some sort of “protection” develops from regular practice.