Wellness Dept. Favorites for the Cold & Flu Season

Check out the Wellness Department Staff Picks!

Sarah Smith, Wellness Staff

•    Gaia Echinacea/Propolis throat spray
•    Zinc lozenges
•    Making immune boosting teas with any number of dried herbs such as: Echinacea, Ginger, Mint, Astragalus, and Licorice. I think tea making can be therapeutic on so many levels.

Tree Cleary, Wellness Staff

•    City Market D3 1000mg
•    Our lovely, colorful Neti pots
•    Olbas oils
•    Quantum cold& flu formula
•    New Chapter whole foods zinc
•    Shelburne Farms ginger jack
For kids, here is what I love;
•    Hylands sniffles and sneezes
•    Chestal from Boiron
•    Kid's Childlife liquid D3
•    Kids Herbal compound from Herbalist and Alchemist

Steffanie Borst, Assistant Wellness Manager

•    Elderberry capsules (Gaia) and syrup (Honey Garden Apiaries)
•    Lemon Balm/Elderflower/Nettle Loose Tea Blend
•    Boiron Oscillococcinum
•    Boiron ColdCalm
•    B&T cough & bronchial syrups
•    New Chapter B Complex
•    Miso, Ginger, Garlic, Astragalus Broth
•    Source Naturals Wellness Formula
•    Quantum Super Immune Formula
•    Quantum Cold & Flu Formula
•    Quantum Anti-Viral Formula

Cristi Nunziata, Wellness Staff & Herbal Education Coordinator

•    Wellness Formula- seems to boost immunity and relieve symptoms
•    Elderberry (Honey Gardens Syrup and New Chapter Immunity Take Care) Elderberry is purported to stop the mechanism that allows viruses to enter and hijack our cells.
•    Thyme- antiseptic to respiratory system (I like to throw it in some hot water and inhale the steam)
•    Garlic - Antimicrobial when it is fresh (make guacamole, dip bread in garlic and oil, etc)
•    Ginger – in food or tea help to sweat out the toxins
•    Fermented foods like Miso and Kimchi to build immunity
•    Probiotics- I like to soak rosehips in apple juice and all flora powder overnight. In the AM I have a medicinal jam that I can add cinnamon, ginger, etc to and have for breakfast.
•    Planetary Herbals- Old Indian Wild Cherry Bark Syrup 8fl oz
•    New Chapter- Immunity Take Care Lozenges
•    Thayer’s- Cherry Flavored Slippery Elm Lozenges
•    Gaia- Echinacea/Goldenseal/Propolis Throat Spray 1 fl oz
•    Traditional Medicinals- Throat Coat Tea


Alli Luneau, Wellness Team Leader/Buyer
•    Planetary Herbals- Old Indian Wild Cherry Bark Syrup 8fl oz
•    New Chapter- Immunity Take Care Lozenges
•    Thayer’s- Cherry Flavored Slippery Elm Lozenges
•    Gaia- Echinacea/Goldenseal/Propolis Throat Spray 1 fl oz
•    Traditional Medicinals- Throat Coat Tea


Lynn Ellen Schimoler, Grocery/Wellness Manager

•    Alacer Emergen-C packets in Gerolsteiner bottles water - something about the effervescence makes me cheery. I will open 7-8 packets (7-8 grams of Vitamin C) at a time and carefully mix into a full bottle of sparkling water.
•    City Market Brand Vitamin D 1000 mg.
•    City Market Advanced Antioxidant Complex – combats free radicals
•    Quantum Cold & Flu Formula
•    Traditional Medicinals Breathe Easy tea
•    Enzymatic Therapy Esberitox
•    Boiron Chestal Rub
•    Herbs for Kids Eldertussin
•    Onion ‘tea’ – Slice an organic onion, and steep in a cup of hot water
•    Onion ‘chest pack’ Bake an onion, leave in peel. Let cool slightly, wrap in a clean cloth, pressing onion flat, and tie to chest. One can wear this overnight, excellent for small children.
•    Avoid too much juice; Miso broth, vegetable or chicken soups and water are better.
•    I also try to avoid dairy and sweets if I am under the weather
•    Zand Cherry Echinacea/Zinc Lozenges