{"id":641,"date":"2016-03-14T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com?p=641"},"modified":"2021-05-21T20:40:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:40:26","slug":"what-to-do-when-sickness-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/what-to-do-when-sickness-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do When Sickness Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.comwp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ee7d5821-cc79-4121-bc7e-b1956fbf0a15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.comwp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ee7d5821-cc79-4121-bc7e-b1956fbf0a15.jpg\" alt=\"ee7d5821-cc79-4121-bc7e-b1956fbf0a15\" width=\"717\" height=\"478\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You know the feeling&#8230;You\u2019ve got chills running through your body, you can&#8217;t stop sneezing, your&nbsp;head feels full, your body aches and you just get that feeling. When that thought first&nbsp;occurs: <em>\u201cOh NO! I\u2019m getting sick!\u201d<\/em> it\u2019s time to act and to act fast. Here\u2019s a sure fire&nbsp;way to help the body open up, sweat it out, and move through the illness faster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE GINGER BATH<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a hand full of quarter sized slices of ginger (large enough to not go down the drain) and add to a very hot bath.<\/li>\n<li>Gather up pajamas, a warm cap, towel and a large glass of water.<\/li>\n<li>Head into the bathroom with everything you need. Seal off any drafts and close the&nbsp;windows. You\u2019re about to sweat out the illness!<\/li>\n<li>Relax into the hot bath. Soak for 15-20 minutes while drinking water. Let your body relax and SWEAT! Move slowly because you can be light headed.<\/li>\n<li>When you get out of the bath the key is to not get cold! No drafts or breezes. You&nbsp;want to continue to sweat once you put on your cozy pajamas.<\/li>\n<li>Hop into bed, cover up with lots of blankets. Breathe deep and continue to sweat&nbsp;for 15-20 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Your internal timer will \u201cding\u201d and that means it\u2019s time to head back to the&nbsp;bathroom to change.<\/li>\n<li>Again no cold breezes or drafts. Take off your pajamas and transfer into some&nbsp;clean\/dry clothes.<\/li>\n<li>Take it easy and take your immune boosting herbs such as Yin Qiao or Gan Mao Ling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a great way to help kids fight off a cold. Just remember, this is for the beginning stages only and not advisable once a&nbsp;fever is present. Our kids get excited to \u201cSwim with the&nbsp;fishes\u201d (aka little floating pieces of ginger.) We hope it gets yours on the path to wellness too!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know the feeling&#8230;You\u2019ve got chills running through your body, you can&#8217;t stop sneezing, your&nbsp;head feels full, your body aches and you just get that feeling. When that thought first&nbsp;occurs: \u201cOh NO! I\u2019m getting sick!\u201d it\u2019s time to act and to act fast. Here\u2019s a sure fire&nbsp;way to help the body open up, sweat it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,50],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1872,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/1872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigodragoncenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}