General advice for colds & flu
- Sip cold water every time you want to swallow or cough.
- Heat a wheat heat pack to have on your chest as you fall asleep.
- Gargle with warm salt water to relieve a sore throat.
Crystal healing for cold & flu
Crystals are beautiful allies for natural healing, offering gentle yet powerful support when the body is fighting infection or fatigue. They work by absorbing and transforming negative or stagnant energies that may contribute to illness, helping to restore balance and vitality throughout your energy field.
When you’re experiencing symptoms such as congestion, sore throat, body aches, headaches, chills, fatigue, or fever, crystals can be used to ease discomfort and encourage recovery. Their subtle vibrations align with the body’s energy centres, promoting harmony and wellbeing from within.
Moss Agate is good for sinuses, congestion and lowering fevers. Blue Lace Agate being a crystal for the throat chakra, is excellent for sore throats, laryngitis and tonsillitis.
Sore throat
To soothe sore throats, place Moss Agate next to a glass/bottle of water for a few hours or preferably overnight. Then drink the water to soothe your throat. If leaving overnight place the water in moonlight, cover with saran wrap (cling film) and place the crystal on top of the film.
Try different crystals to see which one works best for you. And remember when you feel a cold coming on start using your crystals.
Any of the following crystals work well for colds & flu.
Meditation
Stress often worsens catarrh. Meditation helps calm the nervous system, which in turn supports the body’s healing processes. Focusing on the breath, visualizing clear, open airways, or practicing mantra meditation can create a sense of spaciousness and ease in the throat and chest.
Releasing the belief that you are "clogged" or "stuck" can help clear energy pathways. Gentle affirmations such as “I breathe freely and with ease” or “My body clears what it no longer needs” can promote relaxation, reduce stress, and encourage your body to let go of excess mucus.
This cold and flu healing meditation and hypnosis contains powerful visualizations to help you fight off any unwanted infection or illness and boost your immune system. These visualizations work at multiple levels: to give you rest and relaxation, at a mental and emotional level to channel any negative emotion to positive, at a physiological level to catalyze your body's immune system to get better faster, and at a psychological level, giving the imagery of caring, healing touch.
This gives specific imagery on unblocking sinuses and airways, relieving congestion and sore throat, flushing out any bad bacteria or virus, energising the lymphatic system, boosting white blood cell count in the blood and more...
Binaural Beats for Sinus Relief
Listening to binaural beats can help the body and mind relax, allowing your natural healing processes to work more effectively. Specific sound frequencies can gently stimulate the brain to reduce tension, relieve sinus pressure, and encourage deeper breathing — all of which can ease the discomfort of colds and flu.
Binaural beats work best when listened to through headphones, as each ear receives slightly different tones that the brain blends into a single, healing rhythm.
Listening while you rest or fall asleep can promote deeper sleep, faster recovery, and a calmer state of mind. Sleep is one of the most powerful forms of healing, and these soothing frequencies help guide you into a restorative, peaceful state that supports both physical recovery and emotional balance.
Massage for colds and flu
Massage and reflexology techniques can be used to relieve cold and flu symptoms. This can also be done with self massaging your hands to your unblock sinses blocked by cold. Click here to see how with this video.
Aromatherapy for colds & flu
Essential oils are one of the best ways to combat cold & flu symptoms. Many essential oils contain antiviral and decongestant properties, and using the right ones for your exact symptoms can make a huge difference to your recovery.
Blocked sinuses
To relieve a blocked, stuffy nose add 2 drops of Peppermint oil and 2 drops of Eucalyptus oil to a bowl of steaming hot water and inhale with a towel over your head 2/3 times a day. The more you do this the quicker it will fight the infection. Peppermint has menthol which will open airways and clear mucus. Eucalyptus oil is found in many decongestant medicines, it is great for congestion and blocked sinuses.
Sore throat
To relieve a sore throat add 2 drops of Peppermint oil and 2 drops of Eucalyptus oil to a bowl of steaming hot water and inhale with a towel over your head 2/3 times a day. The more you do this the quicker it will fight the infection. Peppermint has menthol which can soothe and numb a sore throat.
Chest relief
Colds can spread from your nose to your chest. You may have a chesty cough and shortness of breath To fight the germs in your chest add 3 drops of Eucalyptus oil and 2 drops of Frankincense oil to a bowl of steaming hot water and inhale with a towel over your head 2/3 time a day. The more you do this the quicker it will fight the infection. Eucalyptus oil fights bacteria and reduces inflammation. Frankincense helps the respiratory system, coughs, bronchitis and asthma.
Add 2 drops of Eucalyptus oil to a carrier oil and rub onto the chest and throat for added relief.
Yoga for colds
Yoga poses are a great way to boost your physical & mental wellbeing. Gentle, healing yoga practices can be done when you have a cold for relief. Try a gentle restorative yoga practice for when you are sick