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The best essential oils for a wet or dry cough, what the research shows for each, how to diffuse, steam and dilute them, and 8 cough-season recipes.
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How to boost your immune system: sleep, sunlight and vitamin D, lower stress, movement and gut-healing foods first, then 25 immune system boosters, from elderberry and echinacea to zinc and probiotics.How to Break a Fever: Natural Ways to Get Rid of a Fever Fast
How to break a fever and get rid of one naturally: rest, fluids, warm broth, light layers, a lukewarm sponge bath, cooling herbs and elderberry, plus fever in kids and when to call.HealthNeti Pot: Benefits, How to Use It Safely & Mistakes to Avoid
What a neti pot does, how to use one safely step by step, two homemade saline recipes, and what the trials show for sinus symptoms, allergies and colds.Herbs & SpicesAndrographis: Benefits for Colds, Uses, Dosage & Side Effects
The bitter cooling herb that eased sore throat and cough in placebo-controlled trials, and with eleuthero shortened sick days: how it works, how much to take and how to use it.Herbs & SpicesEchinacea: Benefits, Uses, Tea and Dosage for Colds and Flu
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Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CNS, is a doctor of chiropractic, certified doctor of natural medicine, and certified nutrition specialist with a Master of Science from Johns Hopkins. He spent 20 years building the root-cause protocols millions rely on. The work is personal first — it started with two people who weren't supposed to heal: his mother, twice through cancer, and Josh himself, through a spinal condition doctors called irreversible.
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