Please tell me everything you know of with anti-viral properties!

Umm, garlic is supposed to be good. And mega doses of Vit C. I wish I could think of more! I hope you get some better responses then mine, I just wanted to post something and send get-well vibes your dds way. I hope she is better soon!

Roxanne
Daniel 8/9/03

There are a ton of essential oils that have anitviral properties. But I'd only recommend using theraputic-grade esential oils. If you want more info please pm me.

Cecily

Garlic!!! It even helps warts disappear when taken orally.

olive leaf. I take them in a supplement form. Zaps colds in like 2 days. I've never given it to DD though... I would look up the saftey of it's use in children before you try it.

You can also buy the childrens echinacea and vit. C gummi bear supplements. I think you can get them at Whole Foods.

Hi-
Garlic is wonderful in its raw form, but I know that Dr Andrew Weil warns that it is in fact too potent to give to children. How about probiotics/acidopholous? Good Luck!

My children love homeopathic remedies. The local natural food store has tons of those. They usually hate garlic although if I make strong garlic bread sometimes they will eat it. For anything stomach related I like cinnamon or ginger. I would also consider eliminating potential allergans for a little while if that's a possibility. Good luck!! I know there's lots going around.

I logged on to specifically tell you about Grapefruit Seed Extract. I second it. I just used it to treat my dd's strep throat so as to avoid using antibiotics. AMAZING stuff. Here is another website: http://nutriteam.com/gse/index2.html

I've heard that mango has anti-viral properties. At worst, it's certainly something enjoyable if you're sick.

I'm not sure if it's anti-viral specifically, but when my ds got a really bad sinus infection and cold, I gave him a combo of cod liver oil (children's version - tastes like berries) for his immune system, echinacea, vitamin c and tons of probiotics. I think it really made a difference and he was able to beat it quickly without antibiotics (for the sinus infection, which I think was bacterial). Good luck to you!!