Home Remedies for Sinus Infections

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN HERBAL ANTIBIOTICS AT HOME

It’s old news that prescription antibiotics aren’t working as well these days due to their overuse causing bacteria to become resistant to them.

Alexander Fleming, the man who accidentally discovered Penicillin, noted how bacteria would adapt to the antibiotic and change itself around in order to prevent being killed by it. He warned in numerous lectures during the 30’s that overuse of antibiotics would cause problems. Over the past 15 years… we’re starting to see he was right.

So what are you to do to prevent overusing antibiotics?

The answer isn’t to ban antibiotics at all costs. There may come a time when you really need them. I am personally very grateful that we have drugs as “options” if we need them, but they are not my first choice when it comes to treating or dealing with illnesses.

The answer is to search for alternatives and then learn all you can about how to use them. Today, I’m going to show you how to do just that.

First, Do Your Research

The first thing I want to say before I tell you how to research antibacterial herbs is that you can do this. It’s not difficult, and you’re not putting you or your family's health at risk is you study up and know what you’re doing. If fact, you’re benefiting their health and gaining confidence in yourself at the same time.

Okay, so the first thing you need to do to make your own antibiotics at home is to know which herbs to use.

How do you do that? You need to research!

Earlier I told you about the 4 simple steps I use to research herbs. Follow those steps and figure out which herbs are the best and safest ones to use for your illness.

One important thing to consider here, and this is something I always keep in mind when I’m making my list of herbs to buy. You need to pay special attention to how each herb works. Is it a systemic herb? That means it gets into your bloodstream and works all over your body. Or is it a localized herb? That would mean it only works in one area. That’s important because it will determine which herbs you need to buy.

For example… if your kiddo has an ear infection… you don’t really need to give them an Echinacea tincture because it works systemically, and they don’t need healing all over your body. What they need is Garlic/Mullein oil in their ears since it works locally.

Second, Build Your Medicine Cabinet

Once you know what you’re looking for, and you have your herbs on hand, it’s time to stock up your medicine cabinet. You can either store your herbs to use when you need them or you can go ahead and make what you need. If you’re planning on making a tincture for internal use, you’re going to need to prepare this ahead of time since it takes at least 2 weeks to make it… longer if you’re using hard herbs like bark and roots or berries.

Be sure to check out the Using Herbs page to get step-by-step directions on how to make what you need.

Third, Put Your Herbal Medicines To Good Use

Now here comes the action step. This is where the rubber meets the road. When you come to the conclusion that you need to take something for whatever you’ve got going on… do it quickly. Infections spread, and you don’t want to let it get away from you. Then you will have to go to the doctor for a dose of prescription antibiotics.

If you notice that you have symptoms of an infection (external: redness, pain, swelling, heat, drainage – internal: fever, overly tired) get started ASAP. If you know where it’s coming from then focus on that area. If you don’t, then you may want to opt for the systemic herbs which in most cases would be in a tincture.

So I hope you’ve learned a lot from this post. Trust me… the more you do this, the more comfortable and confident you’ll feel. 

HOW TO RESEARCH HERBS

If you have wanted to incorporate herbs into your lifestyle, but constantly feel overwhelmed by the mixed information or the amount of herbs that are used for one particular issue, stress no more.

Today I’m going to tell you how I research any of the herbs I use so that you can learn to do the same!

4 Steps To Researching Herbs

1. I look up whatever is ailing me in a book, and I find out what herbs or supplements are known to help with that condition. I write them down on a piece of paper. Then I move on to another book and write those herbs down. I go through 3-4 books, and sometimes I’ll even search Google to see what suggestions others have.
2. Next I look at all the suggested herbs on my list, and I note which herbs were mentioned over and over in all the different resources I looked at. That must mean that all these herbalists agree that these particular herbs are the go-to herbs for whatever I’m researching. So now I make a new list with all of the most commonly recommended herbs.
3. At this point I’ll look each of the herbs on my new list up individually. I’m looking to see how they work in the body, any herbs that they may need to be combined with to work better, any warnings or cautions that may accompany them, how to prepare them, how much to take, how long to take them, etc.
4. Finally, I narrow my choices down to the best herbs for my situation. I then browse through my typical online herb shops to find out prices and shipping times and then place my order. If I don’t have time to order them online, I’ll make a special trip to a nearby health food store and pick what I need up there.

That’s it. It’s so simple. I can do it, and you can do it too!