Sweets
I eat sweets "for medicinal purposes only" and my inner four-year-old STILL gets a kick out of it. Forget "Let your food be your medicine." "Let your candy be your medicine" is a whole other level of cheating at life and genuinely WINNING.
Mint
Mint and onions are both lung support. Mint is generally an easier sell as not everyone likes onions.
Mint candies can be carried in your purse or a pocket and taken one or a few at a time very conveniently without anyone realizing that you are treating a medical issue, which makes it easier to get the rest of the world to butt out of your health choices and medical privacy.
Of course, you can also consume mint tea or other forms of mint. The candies are just especially convenient.
Dark Chocolate
Chocolate -- by which I probably mean milk chocolate -- has kind of a bad reputation as a low value, sugary junk food but the reality is that chocolate per se (cocoa) has medicinal uses and if you mostly stick to dark chocolate, you can skip a lot of the downside often associated with it.
It's a mood enhnancer. It contains caffeine, which is a stimulant. Among other things, caffeine can help open up the airways if you are experiencing respiratory distress.
I used to carry a 70 percent cocoa chocolate bar in my purse in place of a rescue inhaler and felt justified after I realized I was allergic to the rescue inhaler drug. Chocolate is also a good source of magnesium. I can become magnesium deficient very suddenly/rapidly if I'm running a fever or throwing up and this can make me light and noise sensitive. Some dark chocolate can help get that under control.
Licorice
Licorice made with real licorice extract is adrenal support. It makes a good substitute for antihistamines and other allergy drugs.
Red licorice is MILDER and I like the taste better than that of black licorice. Because it's milder, it's a little safer to use it as a form of medicine. It's harder to take too much.
Orange Rind
Orange rind can be used to counter allergies and if you have an orange on hand anyway for some reason, it's basically free. It doesn't have side effects like caffeine, but it doesn't taste good.
I have read that candied orange rind is just as effective and much more palatable. You can potentially BUY that somewhere or find a recipe to MAKE IT.
Coffee Candies
I used to buy coffee candies from Werther's. There are likely other brands. This was a very convenient means to get a shot of caffeine into me cheaply without having to find a coffee shop, etc.
Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon is antimicrobial and can potentially be used as an antibiotic substitute. If you want to use cinnamon rolls as your delivery method, I would recommend getting (or making) a high cinnamon content, good quality roll -- say the stuff they sell at Cinnabon, not the prepackaged cheap stuff from a grocery store with hardly any cinnamon -- and eat your fill at the first sitting, then having one or a few more (depending on their size, your size etc) every day for a week or two.
Keep in mind that cinnamon is a blood thinner. If your cuts just won't stop bleeding, time to discontinue and find another answer and maybe take some calcium to promote clotting.
Respiratory issues are often made worse by being exposed to allergens. Caffeine can be used to open up the airways as it is a stimulant, just like many of the drugs used to treat respiratory issues, and it has some of the same side effects as stimulant drugs, such as making you hyper and interfering with sleep.
It interferes with sleep LESS than the inability to breathe though. I have at times taken a stimulant, like drinking coffee, and FALLEN ASLEEP because now I could breathe.
In addition to coffee, you can use coffee candies, dark chocolate, licorice, (candied) orange rind, mints and other caffeinated drinks to help you cope with respiratory issues and this can be more convenient than using drugs while protecting your medical privacy. No one has to know you eat mints and dark chocolate so you can breathe and no one necessarily has to see you whip out a rescue inhaler.
Mint
Mint and onions are both lung support. Mint is generally an easier sell as not everyone likes onions.
Mint candies can be carried in your purse or a pocket and taken one or a few at a time very conveniently without anyone realizing that you are treating a medical issue, which makes it easier to get the rest of the world to butt out of your health choices and medical privacy.
Of course, you can also consume mint tea or other forms of mint. The candies are just especially convenient.
Dark Chocolate
Chocolate -- by which I probably mean milk chocolate -- has kind of a bad reputation as a low value, sugary junk food but the reality is that chocolate per se (cocoa) has medicinal uses and if you mostly stick to dark chocolate, you can skip a lot of the downside often associated with it.
It's a mood enhnancer. It contains caffeine, which is a stimulant. Among other things, caffeine can help open up the airways if you are experiencing respiratory distress.
I used to carry a 70 percent cocoa chocolate bar in my purse in place of a rescue inhaler and felt justified after I realized I was allergic to the rescue inhaler drug. Chocolate is also a good source of magnesium. I can become magnesium deficient very suddenly/rapidly if I'm running a fever or throwing up and this can make me light and noise sensitive. Some dark chocolate can help get that under control.
Licorice
Licorice made with real licorice extract is adrenal support. It makes a good substitute for antihistamines and other allergy drugs.
Red licorice is MILDER and I like the taste better than that of black licorice. Because it's milder, it's a little safer to use it as a form of medicine. It's harder to take too much.
Orange Rind
Orange rind can be used to counter allergies and if you have an orange on hand anyway for some reason, it's basically free. It doesn't have side effects like caffeine, but it doesn't taste good.
I have read that candied orange rind is just as effective and much more palatable. You can potentially BUY that somewhere or find a recipe to MAKE IT.
Coffee Candies
I used to buy coffee candies from Werther's. There are likely other brands. This was a very convenient means to get a shot of caffeine into me cheaply without having to find a coffee shop, etc.
Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon is antimicrobial and can potentially be used as an antibiotic substitute. If you want to use cinnamon rolls as your delivery method, I would recommend getting (or making) a high cinnamon content, good quality roll -- say the stuff they sell at Cinnabon, not the prepackaged cheap stuff from a grocery store with hardly any cinnamon -- and eat your fill at the first sitting, then having one or a few more (depending on their size, your size etc) every day for a week or two.
Keep in mind that cinnamon is a blood thinner. If your cuts just won't stop bleeding, time to discontinue and find another answer and maybe take some calcium to promote clotting.
Respiratory Issues
I have real serious lung issues, so it should come as no suprise that many of my quick fixes are used to treat my lung issues.Respiratory issues are often made worse by being exposed to allergens. Caffeine can be used to open up the airways as it is a stimulant, just like many of the drugs used to treat respiratory issues, and it has some of the same side effects as stimulant drugs, such as making you hyper and interfering with sleep.
It interferes with sleep LESS than the inability to breathe though. I have at times taken a stimulant, like drinking coffee, and FALLEN ASLEEP because now I could breathe.
In addition to coffee, you can use coffee candies, dark chocolate, licorice, (candied) orange rind, mints and other caffeinated drinks to help you cope with respiratory issues and this can be more convenient than using drugs while protecting your medical privacy. No one has to know you eat mints and dark chocolate so you can breathe and no one necessarily has to see you whip out a rescue inhaler.
