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Healing & Alternative Health
More Winter Health
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by Kami McBride |
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Seasonal health and wellness should be taught as a semester class in high school. The body is so amazing and there are very few places where we are actually taught about how to take care of it. When it comes to winter health there are many things we can do to stay healthy during this time of year. One very basic thing to take into account is that winter is colder than other times of the year so the body has to spend extra energy just to stay warm. Let’s say that you have one hundred dollars worth of energy to spend every day. In the winter time, keeping your body warm in the cold weather alone costs you about fifteen dollars a day. If you over spend your one hundred dollars for several days in a row, then your body energy account goes into the red, just like your checking account. What happens then is that you have less energy and become more susceptible to the colds and flu that are going around.
Doing everything you can to stay warm and protect yourself from the elements helps you to have more energy and helps to prevent illness. Start with making sure you are dressed warmly when you go outside. Heat loss is greatest from the head, so wearing hats is essential. A cold wind can drive a chill into the body through the front and the back of the neck, so scarves are great cold and flu prevention. Never go outside with wet hair in the cold weather. Wearing socks on your feet and even a beanie on your head can help keep you warmer at night.
We live on a country road and the kids wait for the bus at the bottom of the road. They very often have wet hair and no socks on their feet and the girls have bare bellies. This is a sure set up for catching a cold.
It is also important to keep your organs warm, wearing a silk undergarment or a thick cotton undershirt can help keep your liver, kidneys and reproductive organs warm. Dressing warmly may seem like a no-brainer but I constantly see people without hats, socks and warm clothes in the winter.
The next thing to think about keeping warm is your food. If your food is cold your body has to spend energy warming it up, and remember, winter itself costs energy, so you want to try and save anywhere you can. If you eat cheese, make sure it is melted, if you eat bread, warm it up first. It is not time for salad and iced tea. Think of eating foods that are warmer, like soups and cooked vegetables. Winter is not a time for cold foods like watermelons and cucumber. Also your drinks should be warm. When you go to a restaurant, ask for warm water with a little lemon and drink that instead of ice water.
If you are going to eat somewhat congesting foods, warm them up with herbs and spices. Add powdered ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg to morning grains and dairy. Add rosemary, oregano and pepper to pasta and casserole dishes.
Winter time is the easiest time to get dehydrated. In the summer when it is hot you feel like drinking water. It is more difficult to get enough water when it is cold outside. Not drinking enough water causes dehydration in the mucus membranes. When mucus membranes are dehydrated it is easier to catch a cold. One thing you can do to make drinking water more pleasant in the winter time is to warm it up! I have my clients carry a thermos with warm water and a little honey to sip on throughout the day.
Warm yourself up at the beginning of the day with a cup of ginger tea. Grate two tablespoons of fresh ginger root into one and a half cups of water. Bring it to a boil and let steep for one half hour. Strain out the ginger and enjoy!
If you feel a cold coming on, stay home! Taking a sick day at the beginning of a cold keeps you from having to take four sick days later. Also stay home from work or school if you are contagious! You have no idea who might be susceptible to your cold, if it is an elderly person or a baby, your could have a serious impact on them. A day of work is not worth making other people sick. |
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Kami McBride,
Teacher of Herbal Medicine
& Women's Health
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Kami McBride has taught herbal medicine and women’s health since 1988. She has studied medicinal plants for almost 20 years and has taught Herbology at the University of California School of Nursing and Stanford Hospital. Her popular course, Cultivating the Herbal Medicine Woman Within is an experiential earth awareness and herbal studies program that is taught at her beautiful school and herb gardens in Vacaville, California.
An intuitive and inspiring teacher, Kami has helped thousands of people learn to use healing plants in their daily lives in ways that are healthy, safe and fun. Her extensive knowledge of herbal medicine along with a focus on teaching herbology as a relationship with the Earth and a way of life, help to fulfill her mission of reviving the cultural art of home herbal care.
Kami is an herbal consultant and an expert in the field of holistic health specializing in women’s issues. Her herbal consultations empower women to discover sacredness and pleasure in their healing process. Her educational courses provide a sanctuary for women to transform their relationship with their body and reclaim their heritage as healers and herbalists.
Kami is the author of 105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation, available at www.amazon.com.
Visit Kami’s website at:
www.livingawareness.
com
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kami@livingawarness.
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For Classes, Books & Consultations:
Phone: 707-446-1290
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