Alcohol/Gin VS Swine flu, page 1

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Topic started on 26-10-2009 @ 03:40 PM by Vitchilo

Well last night I had dinner at my grandfather house and he was all scared about H1N1... even if he's a retired doctor...

So I explained to him all, and finally he figured it was hype.

But then he started telling about the 1918 epidemic and how his father, that was a doctor too, during that time, worked at the main hospital. There was two main doctors who treated the 1918 flu.

One was using all kinds of meds... He had tons of dead patients.
The other was giving gin (as in alcohol) to his patients, all they wanted... so most of the time his patients were drunk. NOT ONE PATIENT DIED. NOT ONE.

So me thinks we should try that method if it becomes real bad.

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 03:45 PM by CRB86

I seem to remember a Russian health agency instructing russian football fans visiting Wales for a world cup qualifier to drink whisky to reinforce them against the Swine Flu virus.

Whether they did, and whether it worked, who knows.

Sounds like a good excuse to drink a bit more of that delightful Havana Especial Rum than usual. Too bad you can't get it in America!

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 03:45 PM by fraterormus

Juniper has many therapeutic properties as an appetite stimulant, sedative, headache reducer and stomach soother.

It was used by the Ancient Greeks and Romans as a medicine, and used in the Middle Ages to protect against Bubonic Plague. The British used it with Quinine Water (Gin & Tonic) in India to protect against Malaria.

Research has found the oils from the Juniper Berry to indeed have medicinal affects, just in trace amounts compared to modern medicines.

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 03:47 PM by Cuhail

Wow, I believe it. Mostly.
Good luck finding a case study saying that, though.

Have you investigated more? Or, are we just going by the stories Dad is relating?

No disrespect, just asking.

Cuhail

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 03:52 PM by Miraj

reply to post by Vitchilo

I have heard the smokers and the drinkers had a better survival rate during the 1918 flu pandemic.

But that's just hearsay, no solid source.

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 04:06 PM by Stop-loss!

What id do for some juice and gin right now, but sadly i am in a country that does not allow drinking so I guess ill have to wait till next year.

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 04:10 PM by dean007

what insane country doesnt let you drink
and why isnt your priority to get outta there

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 04:27 PM by poedxsoldiervet

reply to post by Stop-loss!

What country is that?

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 05:04 PM by xstealth

I was in the middle east, drinking is a jail time offense.

I know drinking lowers the immune system, but I also know alcohol effects every cell in the body. Maybe it can help kill infected cells?

No clue...I know H1N1 affects the cells in the lungs, and as a immune system reaction, it kills the cells leaving holes in the lungs to fill with fluids, causing the victim to drown.

Maybe the stunning of the immune system prevents this, but then how would the flu virus die itself if the alcohol and the immune system doesn't kill it?

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 05:53 PM by gemineye

reply to post by Vitchilo

I can't say this surprises me. I live in Kentucky and nearly all the old-timers out here in the sticks, make their own "medicines" for flu and such. I know of people who will down a whole bottle of whiskey when they're sick... people that would NEVER drink otherwise. When I was little, my family pretty much thought alcohol was the devil, yet when I came down with something, I remember my grandmother chasing me through the house with some concoction that my grandfather made out of bourbon and horehound candy. I think she may have gotten a spoonful of it down me one time, but never again, lol! I hated that nasty stuff... would probably like it now, HA HA!

But anyway, I'm not sure how it works, but people swear by it! Honestly, they usually do recover pretty fast after their "remedy." Maybe they just get so sloshed that they don't realize they're sick anymore, lol.

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 06:01 PM by intrepid

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I'm not saying that this is a way to go or not but the only person's advice you should take about your health is your doctor.

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 06:06 PM by blue_fish

This post reminds me of my grandmother who would have a case of gin stored in her closet. She would sip on a shot before bed and that's it. She told me it cured most aliments and helped her sleep better. She died at the age of 98 of old age.

reply posted on 26-10-2009 @ 06:07 PM by MissysWorld

I don't drink, but I'd be willing to take a shot(small shot glass please) at it..
My Grandmother died at the age of 98. She did 3 things, every nite her whole life, and she was never sick!
1. Open her bedroom window a crack, even in winter.
2. Nothing on her face but soap, and Ponds cream.(she had no wrinkles)
3. She kept a 1940's bottle of whiskey under her bed, and took a shot each day, even though she hated alcohol..