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except that I buy cinnamon sticks only for this purpose, so I should have known. (You can sprinkle in the powdered variety, I guess?) Nutmeg is not a necessity at all. I do like the cloves, but you could probably get by with only cinnamon and cider (or some apple slices, mabye?--never tried that, instead of cider. I did forget to mention to wash the outside of the oranges and lemons, though. That is not something I always do unless I am about to zest the skins with a grater for some reason, which I don't do often. I just assume that peeling the relatively thick skin will take care of any problems, but I probably should not assume that.
Sleep is how we all deal with physical pain and its causes.
The body can heal itself only while you sleep and are not requiring it to do things like digest, breathe often or fuel you as you go to the fridge to grab lunch or fix yourself a cuppa. When you are sleeping soundly, not eating and breathing less often, it can do its thing. So, basically, it knows how to conk you out when it needs you to stop hogging its resources with your waking activities.
I learned this after surgery. I kind of knew it viscerally because you will generally feel better with a cold or flu after you've had a few night's good sleep and both doctors and mombs prescribe bed rest all your life. But, after a pretty big surgery, I really "got" how necessary sleep is for healing even a small cut or a tiny burn.
No worries about too much info. I tend not to mention some things unless they are really pertinent, but only because being in denial works better for me than "sharing." If denial works for you, too, fine. If not, share away.
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