Klarinet Archive - Posting 000152.txt from 1996/12

From: Lisa Clayton <clayton@-----.EDU>
Subj: clarinet survival tips
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 18:43:48 -0500

> 'Tis the season--for colds!
>
> What do you do to keep from getting that seasonal cold? Any special
> medications, or remedies? What do you do when you have already gotten a
> cold or flu? What works best?
>
> a healthy clarinet is a happy clarinet!
>
> jeremy krider

>From some of the infectious disease specialists I've worked with,
you should (1) take lots (2000 mg) of vitamin C when you first feel
something coming on. Yes, you will mainly eliminate it, but what
you can absorb will help immensely. (2) Take Zinc tablets. Cuts
colds in half. From the herbal community (yeah, I have friends in
Berkeley), taking echinacea & goldenseal tea helps bolster immunity.
It can't hurt, since rhinoviruses are contracted from a weakening
B cell immunity, which can be caused by stress, among other things.
Ergo, low stress, low colds. High stress, start on the C's, and
sleep alot.

And, if you do get a cold, cut down on practicing so you don't
get a nasty sinus infection, and wash that mpc & clean that reed.
Reinfection *is* a possibility.

Geez, I'm turning into my mother.

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