Cool Water….
Living in the midwest you just take for granted that springtime brings not only May flowers, but also hayfever. This week it has hit our house like the plague! Tuesday I woke up with the most horrible hayfever, my nose had turned into a snot faucet and I was miserable. I tried all of the over-the-counter remedies from Claritin to Benedryl and a couple of others.
Late Tuesday evening I was trading emails with Kevin and mentioned my plight to him. He came back with what sounded like totally absurd advice at the time:
>Tomorrow when you get up, drink two (count them, TWO) 8 oz. glasses of
>water.
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>Your hayfever will be gone within the hour. (Two at the most)
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>Water will heal you from the inside out, if you let it. Just get more inside
>of you and your body will know what to do.
Water? Please, there’s nothing in it except… well, except water! But, I was quite desperate for relief, so yesterday morning I followed his advice, and drank two 12oz glasses of water right after I woke up. Before hand, I still had all of the symptoms that I had from the previous day with the addition of a headache. I really felt lousy and was preparing myself to start eating some aspirin, but I figured I needed to give this “water treatment” a try.
You may not believe this, but after an hour… Yep, it worked! I continued to drink another glass every hour or so until about 2:00pm and I have no signs of hayfever whatsoever!
Today Faith is trying the same experiment. Yesterday the hayfever hit her, so this morning, she drank two 10oz glasses of water and now we wait to see if this was just a fluke, or if Kevin’s really on to something here!
Kevin sent this link to help back up his advice:
Your Body’s Many Cries For Water - F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.
