Wholistic practitioners such as homeopaths, chiropractic doctors, acupuncturists, naturopaths, nutritionists, herbologists and others, if they are well read in the philosophy of health and illness, all agree that colds and flus are not really infections from the outer world, but rather they are a process of house-cleaning. Ridding the body of toxins is a necessary event, a spring-cleaning, so to speak. This is no fun, but it is good for you.

If a lot of cleansing is needed then a fever will ensue. This raising of the temperature is evidence of an awakened immune system that uses temperature to eliminate unwanted bacteria and viruses. Inevitably the person feels refreshed and cleansed when the fever and cold have run their natural course.

If we suppress colds, flus and fevers with aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen and anti-pyretics, year after year, we stop the cleansing process. This is harmful to the body if done over and over again. Where does everything go that would have come out of the nose, lungs and perspiration, if we put a chemical cork in it?

When our sinuses fill we are storing mucus in our sinus cavities before we empty them by blowing our noses. The nasal discharge was in our blood before the walls of the sinus cavities pulled the material out of the blood and filled the cavity. If we take antihistamines we stop this filtering of the blood.

We begin to cough up phlegm from our lungs, and that phlegm came originally from our blood (the lungs filter the blood just like the sinuses do), and we respond by taking a cough suppressive pharmaceutical, where will all the phlegm go that would have come up from the lungs? Avoidance of pharmaceuticals that suppress these symptoms is not a minor issue in health care, but actually the most important thing we can do to stay healthy, next to avoiding vaccinations.

This is why when wholistic practitioners begin to unsuppress the patient, a cold or flu will soon ensue. This means the treatment was a correct one. The cold or flu must be treated wholistically, allowing the process to do what it is intended to do…to cleanse. Later in the process of getting well, a person who hasn’t had a fever in a while will get a fever. This is good. And Fevers can remain at 103.5 for 3 days in a row before there is a need for concern. A spike to 105 can be well tolerated too. For anything over those parameters we recommend antibiotics, but only for long enough to reduce the fever to a tolerable level and never for the full 10 days as the pharmaceutical manufacturers would have us believe.

Give this issue considerable thought. Getting well is for those who have the courage to tolerate some discomfort. Those who must run for relief at every discomfort for every ailment end up severely suppressed and on the verge of serious illness. Isn’t it strange how the answer to getting well can be so simple?

Many people are unable to get colds, flus and fevers anymore and they must be helped to begin the cleansing process. This can be a very uncomfortable period but try to enter into it with enthusiasm! Call when you are angry with your practitioner. He or she will coach you through the tough times.

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