It’s January 2024! Perhaps you’re thinking about the months & year to come. Maybe your hopes & dreams are at the top of mind. Likely none of those aspirations include getting sick more often. In fact, getting sick might get in the way of what you want to experience and accomplish this year. For these reasons, it feels like the perfect time to bring you this “Navigating Illness Naturally” episode. 

In this episode, Cassie dives into:

• Why it’s beneficial to get sick (occasionally).
• How acute illness such as getting a cold or flu can actually serve us.
• Natural strategies that we can use to bolster our body to fight off illness more quickly & with more comfort.

Resources

•  Benefits of getting sick
  • Sinsheimer, S., ND (2015). It’s Good to Get Sick! https://deserthealthnews.com/story/its-good-to-get-sick/
  • Brown, S. (2019). Why it's Good to Get Sick (and You Should...at Least Once a Year!). https://www.bonafideprovisions.com/blogs/blog/why-its-healthy-to-get-sick
  • Jacobs, L (2021). The Benefits of Getting Sick. https://atchiro.com/2021/01/04/benefits-of-getting-sick/ 
• Epsom salt baths
  • Dr Group, CD (2018). Epsom Salt: 10 Benefits for the Bath and Other Uses. https://explore.globalhealing.com/epsom-salt/
  • Healthline (2023). The What, Why, and How of Epsom Salt Baths. https://www.healthline.com/health/epsom-salt-bath
• Colloidal Silver: https://sovereignsilver.com/ 
• Nebulizing treatments
  • Barski, et al (2020). Isotonic Saline Nebulization and Lung Function in Children With Mild Respiratory Ailments. Physiological Research 69(Suppl 1): S131–S137. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604049/
  • Dr. Jockers. Nebulizing Hydrogen Peroxide for Respiratory Health. https://drjockers.com/nebulizing/?fbclid=IwAR0wXeYBPwZ6OmBdHIDetKR4TzbVm8LjD9rumnGOWk-_Hdh14qPtHiQlg28
  • Amirav, I (2017). Hypertonic Saline for Inhalation. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29235745/
• Salt Therapy; Halotherapy
  • Lazarescu, et al (2014). Surveys on therapeutic effects of “halotherapy chamber with artificial salt-mine environment” on patients with certain chronic allergenic respiratory pathologies and infectious-inflammatory pathologies. Journal of Medicine and Life 7(Spec Iss 2): 83–87. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391365/
  • Reynolds, G (2020). Natural Relief From Cold & Flu Symptoms with Salt Therapy. https://circleofhealthlongmont.com/blog/natural-relief-from-cold-flu-symptoms-with-salt-therapy 
•  Essential oils;Symphony of the Cells™: https://www.symphonyofthecells.com/ 

Music credits

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