So you’re run down from overwork and have an annual bout with some sort of infection?
I can’t pretend to give advice, but the first thing I do when I feel some sort of bug coming on is to take a decent can of chicken soup, crush up several cloves of garlic into it, along with two bay leaves, a bunch of oregano and either a lot of fresh cracked black pepper or hot sauce. Bring it to a boil and then let it simmer for a good while with the lid on, then eat it all. As I mentioned upthread, quite a few of the typical kitchen spices have antimicrobial properties, you don’t need to limit yourself to just these if your taste in food varies.
Go get a probiotic, some Omega 3 and make a point of eating right. Find a way to let go of the stress you’re carrying around. Simple visualization, whenever and wherever you have the opportunity, lay back, close your eyes, concentrate on your breathing. In and out, fully, slowly. Goal is relaxation. Visualize relaxing every muscle in your body, you’ll have a surprising number of very tense ones.
While you’re doing this, in your mind, see a happy place, a good place where you feel at ease and at peace. Go there in your mind, all the while breathing easily and deeply, with muscles relaxed. This will help a great deal until you are through your seasonal period of overwork and can get some genuine rest.
Prayer is very effective in doing the same thing, if you’re the praying sort. Lift your burden up to God. Ask for His help in humble sincerity.
That’s as close to advice as I have to give.
... well, for the very literal-minded, don’t eat the bay leaves. Pick them out. The stems are a fine way to choke yourself.
Excellent, imho:
I can’t pretend to give advice, but the first thing I do when I feel some sort of bug coming on is to take a decent can of chicken soup, crush up several cloves of garlic into it, along with two bay leaves, a bunch of oregano and either a lot of fresh cracked black pepper or hot sauce. Bring it to a boil and then let it simmer for a good while with the lid on, then eat it all. As I mentioned upthread, quite a few of the typical kitchen spices have antimicrobial properties, you don’t need to limit yourself to just these if your taste in food varies.
Go get a probiotic, some Omega 3 and make a point of eating right. Find a way to let go of the stress you’re carrying around. Simple visualization, whenever and wherever you have the opportunity, lay back, close your eyes, concentrate on your breathing. In and out, fully, slowly. Goal is relaxation. Visualize relaxing every muscle in your body, you’ll have a surprising number of very tense ones.
While you’re doing this, in your mind, see a happy place, a good place where you feel at ease and at peace. Go there in your mind, all the while breathing easily and deeply, with muscles relaxed. This will help a great deal until you are through your seasonal period of overwork and can get some genuine rest.
Prayer is very effective in doing the same thing, if you’re the praying sort. Lift your burden up to God. Ask for His help in humble sincerity.
That’s as close to advice as I have to give.