In 2018, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-19 flu season, 647,000 people were hospitalized, and 61,200 people died in the USA. Coronavirus outbreaks such as SARS, MERS, and COVID 19 have strained health systems over the last twenty years. West Nile, Dengue, yellow fever, and Zika (flaviviruses) are on the rise and Ebola has made headlines for its extremely high mortality rate.
Natural products potentially offer a rapid and safe route to help alleviate suffering caused by emerging viral infections. We discuss formulas that can be used to help virally infected patients, as well as approaches which improve immune system functioning. Andrew Gaeddert, RH, founder of Health Concerns, discusses the latest information from the CDC east-west prevention tips, and how to provide symptom relief. We cover herbs for treating fever, cough, post-nasal drip, headaches and techniques to bolster the immune system.
Andrew Gaeddert has helped practitioners treating patients with HIV and other infections since the 1980s. He has used herbs as an adjunctive approach in the USA, and as a primary medicine in the third world. Andrew has been on the protocol team on studies conducted at UC San Francisco, Emory University and John Bastyr University and he is the author of Healing Immune Disorders and Healing Digestive Disorders.