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Footnotes to Treating the Common Cold
Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D.
[1]
Kapikian, A., `Viral Infections of the Respiratory Tract', in Cecil Txtbk. Med., Ed. Wyngaarden, Smith, 17th Edition, 1985, p. 1691-95, W.B. Saunders.[2] According to the National Health Institute, the average American experiences 2.4 colds per year. These colds would be a part of the total respiratory diseases cited in Kapikian's textbook.
[3] The Triple Warmer, according to Chinese medicine, is an organ function that is responsible for coordinating and harmonizing the interaction of the organs of the upper body -- the lungs and heart, with the middle body -- stomach and spleen, and lower body -- liver, intestines, bladder and kidneys. When all of these are interacting smoothly, the body's immune system represented by appropriate bodily warmth, the warmth of digestion and consequently our resistance disease, is functioning optimally.
[4] Stoll et al. (1950), Wacker and Hilberg (1975).
[5] Blundell, C.R., `Medicinal extract from Laurrea mexicana', CA 12:5156.
[6] Nagi, K., `Experimental studies on the preventive effect of garlic extract against infection with influenza virus', Jap. J. of Infect. Dis. 47:321, 1973.
[7] Esanu, V., et al., `The effect of garlic extract, applied as such or in association with NaF, on experimental influenza in mice', Rev. Roum. Med. 34(1):11-17, 1983.
[8] Succanat is the purest whole, raw brown sugar, and has many positive health benefits.
[9] Dominion Herb College, Lesson 20, page 3.