Hi Dee, On the surface, you could be right, but when you consider that most cold symptoms are actually indications of immune response, rising to the body's defense, the oil of oregano may have spurred a more intense immune reaction, that has reduced the damages of the cold.
I have Lyme disease, and haven't 'had a cold' for years, but actually my body hasn't been able to respond to cold virus, making me drag down with general malaise and fatigue instead. All of the regular, albeit obnoxious, 'symptoms' we grouse about are actually signs of an an immune system going into overdrive, doing what it should. There's a lot more to this than meets the eye or the cultural perception. Western medicine is all about suppressing 'symptoms' but not necessarily addressing the underlying causes of real illness. Be well, Léna On Dec 26, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Dorothy Fitzpatrick wrote: > Just to say that I was told that oil of oregano would ‘stop a cold in its > tracks’ but this is not true. I have just started a cold and used this > almost immediately and the cold is getting steadily worse. I am also using > CS with DMSO but still have the cold. Just a snippet to say that natural > remedies are not always successful either. Dee
