FLU TIP: If you find that you or a loved one cannot keep anything, even water down, because of the vomiting associated with the stomach flu, try these two great tips. 1. The sick person should take a small gulp of water and swish it in the mouth until thoroughly slimy from the saliva. Then the person should begin swallowing that gulp with tiny swallows. The whole process of drinking down one gulp of water might take 8 minutes (4 minutes for swishing, 4 minutes for swallowing). Repeat until hydrated. This tricks the body that the person has not introduced a new thing to the body, but is simply swallowing saliva. Also, the saliva is where a lot of our antibodies are introduced. (This is another reason why chewing thoroughly is a good thing, because we get more antibodies to find and break down toxins and pathogens in our food and digestive tract.) 2. If the sick person is very weak, or perhaps is a child too little to instruct on the sipping method, place a wet warm rag on their belly continuously. The skin is absorptive, so will aid hydration. For both methods, only use spring or purified water. I tried tap water for the swishing once, and found my body would not accept it, and I did not produce saliva until I switched to spring water.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 21:32:22 +0000