Chapter III
On the matter of sneezing
Keep in mind that all sneezes are not cold or flu related. Great deals of sneezes are in general histamine reaction to foreign proteins. Pollen is on the list; it is genetic reproduction material and is full of building blocks of proteins. Histamines are organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen (c5h9n3). These compounds released by cells of the immune system generate irritation by way of muscle contractions, gastric secretions and blood vessel dilations. This irritation can also encourage nose picking, which brings the hands into the picture. It’s fingers, which are the chief culprits of contamination. If the nose or throat gets infected from constant blowing picking and or sneezing a pepper treatment can quail the infection by way of agitating the immune system.
Several years ago, while working in mass retail in a department, which had a telephone and a cash register, people around me started to get sick. I said to my self that this is a great opportunity to test the principle.
Mister w was the first to get sick. Than Mrs. B. they both used my phone and register. Next, miss m and Mrs. V, whom both relieve me for lunch on occasions became ill. Mrs. V who ran a neighboring department infected its members. This all occurred in a period of three days. I also noticed a large number of coughing customers. I couldn’t testify about what went on in the linen department, but; they did everything but blow their noses in the merchandise. Some semi tactful customers used merchandise to block their coughs. After which they returned it to the shelf to be straightened and fronted by my coworkers and me. While other customers where carrying around little germ aerosol dispensing machines, i.e., Toddlers.
No further details are needed here. I think you get the picture. This is a hazardous environment that appears to be a no win scenario.
Starting to feel symptom the next day before going to work, I gave myself a full-scale treatment. This treatment utilized the refine solution since the symptoms were lite, as they usually are in the beginning stages of an infection.
I placed three thin cross sectional slices into a third of a cup of water, which was brought to the boiling point in the microwave prior to insertion of these pepper slices. After stirring and cooling, the solution was poured into a second cup covered with a paper towel to filter out debris. I placed a q-tip into the solution and applied it to the ears. After doing this I took a second q-tip to dry my ears. Here I must mention that one must clear their ears of wax before applying the treatment. Also, clean the ears out with a little soapy water utilizing a mild bath soap at least once a day.
After the drying process, I took a quarter of the solution leftover from the ear treatment and poured it into a cup of water that was room temperature. With this modified refined solution, I gargled. The refined solution that remained in the cup was used as a cream.
I applied it to my exposed parts of interest. I put the cream on my hands because I was touching contaminated merchandise as well as customers hands in the process of giving them their change after sales. I placed some solution on my upper lip, just below the nose and on the conch of the ear, near the opening to the audio canal. I them covered these applications with a thin layer of sulfur 8,medicated light formula, anti-dandruff hair & scalp conditioner. (Universal product code 075610436105).
The function of the concoction above the upper lip, under the nose, is to eliminate some of the air born pathogens and to expose the respiratory system to the pepper vapors. The application to the conch of the ear is for air born pathogens, infested dust. And the fingers, which go into the ear more often then, we are aware of. The function of the sulfur compound is a mild fungicide. After all we are putting food on ourselves.
As an extra-added precaution, I gave myself a lung treatment. This treatment differed form the one mentioned above. Its modified concept consisted of inhaling the vapors from the tea mentioned above, hot or cold. Depending on the state of you conditions. Of course hot being for the worst.
This tea is not to be filtered. The hot vapors from the tea automatically will treat the eyes when you get close enough to inhale its vapors. So expect the eyes to feel a burning sensation.
An additional modification to the lung treatment that yields maximum effect for both hot and cold solutions, short of concentrating the active ingredient of the pepper’s hotness, is attained by way of utilizing a blender.
The procedure for hot solution: place three slices of the pepper into the preheated 212 Fahrenheit third of a cup water then place it into the blender them blend it at a high speed. You may want to try this when you are home alone. This will prevent others from getting annoyed at you. One can either inhale it directly form the blender or return it to the cup an inhale it form there. Warning, gauge your distance to the mixture in accordance to your tolerance. Your tolerance for this procedure will increase with experience in time.
Cold solution procedure: to manufacture a cold solution cut six, eighth of an inch thick, circular cross sections of jalapeno pepper slices. Place then into the blender with a third of a cup of room temperature water. Blend at a high speed.
Inhale the vapors directly from the blender or pour it into a vessel and inhale it from there. These vapors are not as hot as those of the hot solution, but the are by no means a push over.
The vapors will make the eyes burn and can take the breath if you do not gauge your distance form the vessel correctly. The burn is not a true burn. The hot sensation is due to the organic compound in the pepper called capsaicin.
Which will be discussed in more detail later.
That day at work I was intrepid. No germ could touch me. My coworkers literally coughed into my phone and I gave customer change that had sweaty hands. The pepper shield held, protecting me from all. But, as a precautionary measure I kept half of a jalapeno pepper, cut up into thin slices, in a piece of aluminum foil. It was used to replace the shield whenever I washed my hand through out the day. The process worked so well the first day that I began to have doubts. I said to my self” maybe I had this cold all ready, and I just can’t catch it.” I tough my immune system had already developed antibodies for this infection. So, the second day I didn’t treat my self. This was complicated by the fact that I worked late that night and was scheduled to work early the next morning. With fatigue and the one-two punch delivered by my schedule, I was beginning to feel symptoms again, but; this time they where stronger. On this the third night I gave myself an ear and nose treatment with some modified solution that was kept in the refrigerator. The next morning I felt no symptoms. As a precautionary measure I treated my hands and nose. It was good that I treated myself that day two thirds of the associate’s called in sick and the ones that came in had to work twice as hard.
This same day mister w came back to work after being out for several days. His nose was pealing and bruised. He also had a caught that sounded like a bubbling caldron of fluid composed of mucous.
He said how come you’re not sick, I thought you had the cold. I replied “I told you jalapeno peppers. It don’t like pepper.” He gave me a look and went on about his business.
Later that day when Mr. W passed by my sales counter, I showed him some Jalapeno pepper slices, which were rapped in a piece of aluminum foil. I told him ”it doesn’t have to be this way, I have the cure”. He said bluntly “I am ready to try anything. Every thing I have taken so far helped for a while then the cold would come back stronger as if it where angry. He said I am going to try this; but I will not be putting any pepper in my ear. You told me about your wife and I can not be doing that at work. So, I gave him one of the slices, saying to my self that this operation is hyper critical due to limited access, I will have to call it right this time; rub this over your lip under your nose. Take this other piece and put it into your mouth and treat it like a piece of rock candy I told him. Of course he chewed it; most people never follow instructions. After about the third chew he said these pepper are! He stopped and let out an utterance that sound like a mutated version of ooh! At the same time both of his hand came up around his throat and then grabbed his nose. At the apex of this performance a customer tapped him on his shoulder from behind and requested to be shown merchandise somewhere else in the building. The next time I saw Mr. W his chest was stuck out and his shoulders where back. He was walking vigorously joking with another associate about how I almost killed him. It was like on star-trek; he obviously felt better. Today Mr. W is a great advocate of this viral pesticide and applies it capsaicin properties to all opportunities that arise. He uses it for his bronchitis, hay fever and to offset some of the effects of his cigarette smoking habit.
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