THE WONDERS OF GARLIC & HONEY
____________________________________________________ This past weekend was a doozy for our family. So to introduce you to my blog, I've got my very own iced-in story. What ensued early Friday morning was a night of pitiful stomach sickness every 20-30 minutes for my 10 month old. After a trip to the pediatrician, who informed me that what the baby had was HIGHLY contagious, we settled in for the weekend of love. A kiss or two must have been exchanged between the baby and my 4 yr old. The next thing I know, she is sick as well. That's two down. Now for the garlic trick: Years ago, I read that garlic was anti-viral and so was honey. The Christmas everyone got a stomach bug, I took some crushed garlic and put it in a tablespoon full of honey and took it twice a day. My stomach flipped twice. . and that was it. So my oldest, got the honey and garlic treatment. She hasn't gotten the crud yet. My stomach was telling me something was about to happen Saturday night, so I told it to back down because garlic and honey was about to annihilate that virus. Stomach flipped back. . but was conquered with no casualties on my side. The husband refused to take the honey & garlic treatment because "it's not fresh garlic". (side note: fresh garlic does work best. .but any garlic, even the kind in a jar in the fridge, is better than nothing. Just like raw honey is best. . but any honey is better than nothing). So, Mr. Stubborn got the crud and was going from both ends Sunday to Monday. I spent the weekend cleaning cruddy sheets and clothes, hanging them up on a makeshift clothesline strung up in my den to dry by the wood stove. (more about that on a later post) Moral of the story: Garlic & honey are an amazing natural death sentence for anything stomach related that might ail you. *DO NOT GIVE HONEY TO ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF ONE.* |
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