COVID 19 Self Quarantine – March 2020

It has been a long time since I wrote a newsletter. But I feel compelled to do so now that the nation and a good part of the world seems to be forced to self quarantine to prevent the spread of the Covid 19 virus… even the healthy are told to self quarantine. 

I haven’t been in the store much because any given time I have about 2 weeks worth of supplies in my house and that isn’t counting the rice and varietal dried beans I keep on hand. However when I heard that Pennsylvania was going to close the liquor stores down, I figured I’d better get another case of grain alcohol to keep my supplies of Endocrine Strengthener up with the demand.  Then I went to the grocery store to get some fresh ginger and garlic. I use ginger in several of my tinctures.

My take away was that people seemed distant and somewhat fearful. I tried to joke with some and give warm smiles to those with furrowed brows. We need to be positive and comfort those who are scared. Some were worried about short supplies of household items. But many were fearful that they wouldn’t be able to get the medicine they would need if they came down with the virus. I’m concerned that this fear and self quarantine will damage if not break the human bond.

I joked with one lady who’s husband was home recovering from surgery. She said she is very careful when she comes home from shopping, she strips off her clothes and washes up. Of course I couldn’t help myself being the smart aleck that I am and replied, “He must be a very happy man”. 

Since we were waiting in line for some time I started telling her that there were plenty of food items still available in the store that are antiviral such as garlic, fresh ginger raw apple cider vinegar, anything in the onion family, and citrus fruits to name a few. I told her that with a little knowledge and some preventive care she could be proactive in boosting her and her husband’s immune system. She asked if she could leave her cart there while she went to get some of the items I mentioned. I told her, No way! You’ve got a lot of nerve! LOL! OK I actually told her to go ahead and I would hold her place in line.

I’ll make this short because I’ve got to get more tinctures started. But I want to give a list of items that have ant-viral properties; you may have in your house or you can still get at the store. First and foremost is fresh ginger or ginger tea bags.