Holistic from head to toe

Decided to start posting again, and might as well start on this blog.  I've got a pretty brutal cold and am not working on any bike projects over at Bur's Biker Blog so this one gets updated first.  This is the first cold in awhile that caused me to lose my voice-probably because on day two or three of the cold I worked a full day (including meetings, briefings and my usual socializing) then proceeded to teach for four hours or so.

So there went my voice!  Fortunately Wednesday was the usual slow day at a military command before Thanksgiving and I only had to speak to about three people.  Yoga class went well, and made me feel a bit better.  While I'm taking my usual over-the-counter medicines, I've also looked up all sorts of holistic voice-saving and recovering tips.  Here's the one's I'm using:

Steam.  Lots of it.  Turned the bathroom into a sauna twice a day and not running the vent fan during/after my showers as I normally do.  That's helping.

Chamomile tea, and soon with honey.  We were out of honey after the old honey crystallized and my wife threw it out.  (side note-I had re-liquified it a few times already....).  I've used up all the chamomile tea we had, so after drinking a few cups of Earl Grey I picked up some more tea and fresh honey.

Water.  Self-explanatory.  Especially with all the coffee I drink, I have to always drink water too.

Yoga and breathing.  yeah, it stinks trying to breathe deeply when you can barely breathe, but it really does help.  As one article said, "Keep tissues handy".  Do you really want more info? (TMI! TMI!)  And since I'm working on inversions/headstands anyway, I've kept it up at risk of pounding sinuses (Sinai? tee hee), but it really does feel better when resting in child's pose afterwards and for the next half hour or so.

So why holistic from head to TOE?  As I've earlier posted, I've been doing the Listerine and vinegar soak for toenail infection, but seemed to hit a wall.  So two Sundays ago (the 15th) I began doing the Vick's treatment to each nail twice a day.  For the first week I didn't soak them, but am doing both now.  It looks like some more fungus died, but due to how progressed my toenail fungi is, this is going to be a long-term treatment.  Still no picture, as it's pretty gruesome.

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving and are enjoying all the leftovers like I am!