Shonda Parker, author of this document, is not a physician or other licensed health care
provider. The information contained on this Flow Chart should not be construed as medical
advice. It is intended for educational purposes only and comes from the author’s own
personal choice for her family’s self-care. Anyone choosing to utilize these herbal
therapies is taking full responsibility for self-care; the author accepts no responsibility
for those choosing to use the therapies mentioned.
| Symptoms |
Tri-Light Product Choices |
Additional Self-Care |
| Sniffles and sneezes associated with seasonal allergies |
NR Glow or AL-R-G (Child) formula or AL-R-G for adults formula
|
Avoid allergen, if possible, or clean environment of
allergens as much as possible. No dairy during allergy episode. |
| Allergy symptoms with thickening mucous |
Add ViraMune to above choices twice daily; Could also use
Sinus Minus if sinus pressure occurs with thickening mucous. |
|
| Scratchy throat, then clear, runny nose, then slight cough,
if any - no fever |
Echinacea & Thyme w/Elderberry or ViraMune, whichever you
have on hand; For sore throat symptom, Throat Coat may be used as needed. |
No dairy products that increase mucous, light foods, spicy
foods, if tolerated. |
| Above cold symptoms with added feeling of lymph fullness or
lymph node swelling under jawbone toward ear with or without tendency to ear infection |
ViraMune, orally with Lympha Rub massaged onto lymph node |
No dairy, light foods, spicy foods, light exercise to keep
lymph fluid moving |
| Scratchy or morning sore throat due to thick mucous drainage,
either clear or opaque; fatigue, stuffy nose, with primarily back of throat profuse
drainage, mild cough |
ViraMune alternated with Scout Out (Give one formula, then
the other 2 hours later, then first formula again 2 hours later and so on) or Sinus Minus |
Same diet as above, rest rather then exercise; make certain
water intake occurs each hour to prevent further mucous thickening |
| Above symptoms with added tummy nausea due to profuse mucous
drainage |
ViraMune with Lomatium and Ginger root added for tummy
nausea. |
Same diet as above, emphasizing spicy foods to break up
congestion; berry juices or teas or natural ginger ale to ease tummy upset. |
| Above symptoms with diarrhea |
ViraMune or Scout Out with Lomatium, Ginger root and
IntestiCalm |
Same as above, adding carob powder gruel or dried blueberry
soup to combat diarrhea |
| Mucous drainage, perhaps scratchy throat and cough |
Echinacea & Thyme with Elderberry |
|
| Mocous drainage that is opaque, perhaps yellow or green upon
waking, sore throat, fever |
Scout Out, Throat Coat & Yummy Yarrow w/Elderberry (for
fever) |
Consult with physician if sore throat is severe or
accompanied by headache, stomach ache/nausea, high fever |
| Mucous drainage - profuse and colored yellow or green, stuffy
nose, headache when bending over or pressure behind the eyes or cheekbone |
Scout Out alternated with Sinus Minus every 2 hours |
Consult physician if symptoms do not clear or begin to
improve with several days of self-care or if facial swelling or high fever occur. |
| Profuse, clear or opaque mucous drainage with wet cough, mild
to moderate fever |
Echinacea & Thyme w/Elderberry with added Lungs Plus for
cough; Yummy Yarrow w/Elderberry for fever |
Consult physician if symptoms do not improve in several days
or if cough produces bloody sputum or fever rises with extreme lethargy or shortness of
breath |
| Profuse mucous drainage with deep cough, mild fever, fatigue |
Echinacea & Thyme w/Elderberry alternated with Scout Out,
with 3 parts Lungs Plus or Lung Tonic and 1 part Osha root given every few hours for the
cough |
Same caution as above |
| Stuffy nose with dry cough |
BactaMune or ViraMune with Wild Cherry Coffaway for cough |
Light foods, no dairy, increase water intake, chicken soup or
vegetable broth to loosen congestion |
| Flu symptoms: abrupt onset of fever, headache, possible
sore throat with cough, body aches, abrupt fatigue |
Echinacea & Thyme w/Elderberry with added Ginger root and
Goldenseal or Oregon Grape root; Lungs Plus or Lung Tonic may be given for wet coughs or
Wild Cherry Coffaway given for dry coughs. Flew Away may be given at bedtime for
aches and pains. |
Light foods, if tolerated; keep up liquid intake to avoid
dehydration or progression of flu into secondary bacterial infection. |
