This will help you to get well soon
Eighteen steps, first floor. My heart is pounding. I can hardly breathe, cold sweat is on my forehead. The legs feel like rubber. I have to take a break. Eighteen steps, second floor - the same tragedy. Finally in the apartment, I have to sit down, still in coat and shoes, first. Like a stone-aged woman. Constantly this powerlessness, this leaden fatigue, the feeling of not being able to cope with everyday life. That's how it works for almost a week. Sure, the intestinal infection from a norovirus was severe. But my body must have already recovered from it! No fever, no more diarrhea. Actually, I am well again - but I still feel sick.
Am I healthy and sick at the same time?
A person is healthy if their physical, mental, emotional and social functions are not impaired. Thus, the "International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health" issued by the World Health Organization in Geneva in 2001. Healthy people can then develop in every area of life and do everything that can be expected of someone without health problems.
I'm still sick after that definition. From unfolding is with me no trace. I can not even manage two floors in one go. "Health is an abstract ideal term: Salutogenesis, which deals with the issue of the development of health, prefers healthy self-regulation in this context," says Theodor Dierk Petzold, a lecturer in general medicine at the Hannover Medical School. "It's always in action to help us get closer to the ideal of health, every heartbeat, every breath, every movement that keeps us healthy," says Petzold.
This will help you to get well soon
breathing exercise
Stand with your back straight, your legs hip-width apart. Take a deep and slow breath, stretching your arms forward, then high over your head. Hold the tension briefly in this position. Now let your upper body, shoulders and arms fall forward and exhale audibly. Call once loud "ha", so that the remaining breath escapes from the lungs. Cover your ankles with your hands and push your head as close to your knees as possible.
Immunkur
To support the immune system you can take a combination of Schuessler salts (eg from DHU, in the pharmacy) over several weeks as a cure. In the morning, dissolve three tablets of the biochemical agent No. 3 Ferrum phosphoricum D12, no. 6 potassium sulfuricum D6 at noon and no. 7 magnesium phosphoricum D6 in the evening.
Leberkompresse
Brew 6 tablespoons of yarrow blossoms with 1 liter of hot water. Cover for 10 minutes, strain, strain and pour into a bowl. Soak a tea towel folded to "liver size" in the tea and wring it out vigorously. Carefully place the damp cloth on the right upper abdomen. Cover with a dry, larger cloth and tighten tightly with a long wool scarf around the abdominal area. After 15 to 30 minutes remove the damp cloth, wrap the woolen scarf again and rest on it for 30 minutes with a hot water bottle.
Energy drink
Puree 10 dried dates without stones with a little water. Then mix with 1 cup of coconut milk, add 1 pinch of cinnamon, cloves, 1 dash of lemon juice and 1 teaspoon Manuka honey (strengthens the immune system) to taste. Dates are powerhouses that provide the weakened body with healthy energy.
Immune drink
Drink three glasses of beetroot juice every day. Its dark red dye betanin promotes the removal of pathogens and their toxic metabolic products.
Mustard foot bath
Put 4 tablespoons of black mustard flour (pharmacy, health food store) in a large bucket of 38 degrees warm water. Stir vigorously, put the feet in and after 5 minutes add hot water to keep the temperature constant. Let the footbath work for 10 minutes. Then rinse off the feet with lukewarm water, rub dry, rub against body irritation with body oil and put on wool socks.
At the level of the abstract terms "health" and "illness" there are no transitions. In reality, things are different. The recovery process combines illness with health. In this dynamic process, the organism approaches - according to the theory of salutogenesis - new. Symptoms such as fever, swelling of the lymph nodes or pain are signs of recovery. They show that the immune system is struggling to rid the body of pathogens. Sickness and being healthy belong together as a rhythm of healthy self-regulation like ebb and flow.
I am not ill, my body is convalescent.
He is sorting himself back to the perfect fit. Fine, but I'm not on the dam anyway. That's perfectly normal in my condition, Dr. Andreas Goyert, internist at the anthroposophic Filderklinik in Filderstadt-Bonlanden. Because in the convalescence phase, repair and regeneration processes take place everywhere in the body. "At the site of the infection, for example in the intestine, bladder or bronchial tubes, the organism has dealt with pathogens, causing an inflammatory process during which it causes disruption and injury to the organ structures, and these have to be renewed and restored." This causes damaged cells and metabolic products, from which the body has to free itself.
Tidy and repaired is often even down to the genes, which can be changed by a viral disease. "If you compare illness with a storm that causes damage such as kinked branches or uprooted trees, the clean-up of these storm damage correspond to the recovery process," describes the chief physician of the Kneipp foundations in Bad Wörishofen, Dr. med. Hans-Jörg Ohlert, the salutary transition from illness to health. In addition, the immune system must form antibodies as a molecular response to contact with germs. It takes a lot of energy for that. It's no surprise then that convalescents feel tired, tired and unconcentrated, and have problems at the slightest effort.
After a disease, the body lacks the strength for everyday life.
"Anyone who had to stay in bed for several days loses muscle strength and stamina, as well as burdening the cardiovascular system, which also temporarily reduces performance", confirms Dr. med. Felix Joyonto Saha, Senior Physician at the Department of Naturopathy and Integrative Medicine at the Essen-Mitte Hospital. The more profound and extensive the physical damage to the floor, the longer you need to get back on your feet. After a mundane infection like a cold, it takes an average of seven days, after pneumonia four or even six weeks. As a rule of thumb, the same time for the recovery phase is added to the duration of the acute illness phase.
I start to calculate: Seven days I was sick, almost a week already tormented by my duties - then I would soon be over the mountain! But only to wait in protective position until the body returns to its healthy center by itself is not enough. In the recovery phase, he needs special support. "Similar to how a good gardener promotes the prosperity of his plants by cultivating the beds, you should now create optimal conditions for the development of your self-healing powers," emphasizes anthroposophic physician Andreas Goyert.
First and foremost, this requires sufficient sleep. He is the best resting and regeneration break. It should be eight hours during the recovery time. If the body gets enough deep sleep phases, the immune system can recover. It increasingly forms special white blood cells, the killer and phagocytes, and cell division is up to ten times faster. Necessary repair work can be done lightning fast.
The body needs in convalescence but rest also incentives.
"It should be demanded, every day a little more - but not overwhelmed," advises naturalist Felix Joyonto Saha. "This requires a good sense of the needs of your own body and a stronger listening-in-listening." The perfect start to a gentle fitness program is a leisurely walk. At first ten minutes are enough, from day to day five minutes can be added. Kneipparzt Hans-Jörg Ohlert also recommends an "oxygen shower" by regular breathing exercises in which the lungs unfold maximum.
Another important recovery factor is the diet: On the menu should be low-loading fats, such as in pork, stand. Instead, lots of fruits and vegetables, vegetable oils like linseed and safflower oil, low-fat meats like chicken and fish, soy products, legumes, potatoes and rice. "Those who take antibiotics should rebuild the bacteria in the colon, which are vital for the immune system, for example, with lactose-fermented vegetables, probiotic yogurt or bread drink," recommends Felix Joyonto Saha.
Coffee, black tea, alcohol, sugar and nicotine are not good for the immune system right now. It takes at least two to two and a half liters of fluid to boost the kidney's filtering function. Warm herbal tea helps it better than cold mineral water or fruit juices. "The detoxification work of the liver supports a yarrow wrap and also a milk thistle preparation," advises Andreas Goyert. Since the heat balance of the body after a disease is not back in balance, the feet should always be in comfortable warm socks. A daily mustard flour footbath also heats up to prevent re-infection.
Not only do these actions help you get better faster, they are also a first step in better self-care: taking time, taking care of yourself, taking care of your health and personal power resources - that's good, right now. Last but not least, pausing and retreating from the hustle and bustle of everyday life is a chance to deal with your own physical weakness. "And to search in peace and mindfulness, whether it is perhaps time to change his habits, to live healthier, to pay more attention to his inner and outer consistency," says general practitioner Theodor Dierk Petzold to consider. "It should not just focus on nutrition or physical activity - just look at your daily routine or your circle of friends - is that good for your health?"
I too have put my life to the test. And the fulfilling experience made: Who uses the period of convalescence as the beginning of a balanced life, will strengthen holistically - just as it promises the Latin meaning of the word "reconvalescere".
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