There’s nothing like being on the road, and getting a bad case of the runs. It can happen in the most inconvenient places where there’s not a washroom in sight. Worse still it can completely bring your good times on holiday to a screeching halt. But I’ve found a cure that’s worked for me and my family, and it doesn’t involve taking drugs. Now I don’t worry about getting sick this way.
It’s not always been this way. I have had countless cases of the runs in my travels in Asia, in the Caribbean and across Latin America. One particularly bad family experience, has engraved itself in my mind. When my son Tonatiuh was one and a half years old, we traveled throughout Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, visiting my husband’s family in Mexico, and then going on to see the pyramids, and sacred sites of these countries.
While in Acapulco, my son was hit by Moctezuma’s revenge. We tried all kinds of natural remedies, and when these didn’t work, prescription drugs. These didn’t have the desired effect either, and it took three days in hospital getting intravenous, before he was on the road to recovery. You can imagine how stressed out and worried I was as a mother.
But since I’ve discovered this natural remedy, I’ve never worried again. First of all, it doesn’t involve avoiding all street food, or ice or the local tap water although you may want to be careful about these. Personally I love sampling local fare, eating at markets, and at street stalls. I do use bottled water, or boil my water, in Mexico and other places where the tap water is not safe to drink. But that’s about all.
The remedy I’ve discovered is organic oreganol oil. It has lots of other uses too, and can be used when you get a cold or flu, with varying success. But whenever any of our family members has a case of Moctezuma’s revenge, taking a drop under the tongue every hour until the symptoms disappear, seems to work marvelously. Usually a drop or two will be enough.
Occasionally if I am eating somewhere, where I am suspicious of the food, I will take a drop along with my meal, but mostly not. It’s a very strong oil and it can also kill off stomach bacteria of the good kind, so don’t go overboard. More is not better in this case.
Good quality organic oreganol oil is not cheap, but well worth investing in, both in saved doctor’s and drug fees, and in ensuring that you are able to relax and have a wonderful holiday.
A few words of caution, if for any reason your symptoms don’t go away within a few hours, or get worse; visit and get the advise of a doctor, or health professional. I’ve not found any natural remedies that work all of the time, in all situations, and I’m certainly not going to risk my family’s health or mine, by being too doctrinaire about anything. Neither should you!
So get a small bottle of oreganol oil for your next trip. Hopefully you won’t need it. But if you do, you’ll be glad you discovered a remedy for Moctezuma’s revenge.
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