If you have ruled out any obvious cause, such as mold, then you can give your body and environment a once over with natural disinfectants.
Recently, a few people, myself included have been complaining that their family members are always coughing, sniffling or getting upset tummies. Now that it is spring, it might be time to have an inside and outside spring clean.
If you google 'Overall Health Boot' or 'natural immunity boosters' you'll get either heaps of commercial products or 'drink water, exercise and think happy thoughts' solutions. These are great but if you are doing them already what next?
Here are a few things that will make your environment hostile to bugs and healthier for you. I have linked to scientific papers backing up my home remedy theories.
Probotics - antimicrobal and keeps the gut slippery so bad bacteria can't hook on, combined with fibre and water, probotics help keep your system efficient.
Clove Oil - kills a range of illness causing microbes including whooping cough bacteria, SARS, MRSA, black mold, bathroom mold, wipe on shoes for storage,
Clove Buds - chew to kill microbes in your mouth and gut.
Lavender Oil - anti bacterial add to room spray and surface wipe, add to floor cleaning water, vacuum filter and oil burner. Any airborne bugs will be wiped out.
Tea Tree Oil - spray in hair to kill nits, soak feet in for fungus.
Bicarb of Soda - should be top of the list! It is totally food safe and anti fungal and anti bacterial. It also leaves the environment hostile to regrowth. Apply to bathroom walls, fridges, shoes, soak water bottles and lunch boxes in it.
Vinegar: spray 25/70 solution of vinegar and water as an antibacterial surface wipe, combine with bicarb as a degreaser (superb oven cleaner and soap scum mover)
Neem Oil - haven't used it but is it supposed to be a good insecticide, lice and fleas are hopping at this time of the year.
Sunshine - It is free and drys out flea eggs, put your dishcloths out in the sun to dry between uses.
Areas you might not think of as harboring bugs;
*Clean your hairbrush, door handles, water bottles with boiling water, clove oil and sunshine.
*Treat your family to new tooth brushes and wash the holder out with clove oil solution.
*Clean anything going away for storage, wipe with clove oil solution and put some bicarb in a container with holes poked in.
*Go to your dentist and get your teeth cleaned.
Reuse and recycle to make Home Made Products
Spice or Flour Shaker: put some bicarb of soda to combine with the vinegar solution spray
Spray Bottle: 25/70 solution of vinegar and water (remember it is corrosive so neutralise with bicarb and wash off metals)
Squeeze Sauce Bottle: make your own cream cleanser
Film Canister: Poke holes in lid and fill with bicarb as a fridge refresher.
Take Away Food Container: poke holes in lid and fill with bicarb as a wardrobe dehumidifier.
Small cosmetic spray bottles: put a few drops of clove oil in water to have a handbag size antimicrobal air and surface spray.
I was not even looking for this but came up in my research for the rest of my post. I'll leave you to your own conclusions when you see commercial products that try to sway you with their scientific claims.
Effectiveness of common household cleaning agents in reducing the viability of human influenza A/H1N1
CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE:
. . . . . . . Importantly, however, our findings indicate that it is possible to use common, low-technology agents such as 1% bleach, 10% malt vinegar, or 0.01% washing-up liquid to rapidly and completely inactivate influenza virus. Thus, in the context of the ongoing pandemic, and especially in low-resource settings, the public does not need to source specialized cleaning products, but can rapidly disinfect potentially contaminated surfaces with agents readily available in most homes.
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