Has a nasty virus ever swept through your family, completely derailing your summer vacation? In this heavily requested episode, Dr. Chris Motley shares his best advice for staying healthy while traveling, his personal travel kit with all his essentials plus the 4 pillars to keeping the whole family well when you’re far from home.

Whether you’re packing for your next trip or you want to curate your ready-to-go health travel kit, get your notepads and pens out for this one, and scroll down for the full travel kit listed below!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

Your essential travel kit should cover 4 essential basics: sleep, gut health, bugs and your immune system.

When it comes to keeping your family healthy on a big trip, you’re always better safe than sorry: follow health precautions, learn about potential bugs your destination is known for and think about putting together your health kit ahead of time so you’re not caught empty-handed. Health and wellbeing is #1.

How to prep for common issues like nausea, earaches and anxiety.

Why single ingredient herbs and supplements are best for travel.

You won’t regret doing the work to prep your immune system leading up to your trip.

Think defensively. Be mindful of what you eat and where your food is sourced as much as possible to prevent illness.

Keep up good hydration for yourself and the whole family with electrolytes!

Travel Kit Essentials

For The Plane

Vitamin D, Vitamin C

Light amounts of nano silver (Argentin 23 and XLear are good options)

Oregano Spray

For The Gut

Probiotics - S. Bourlardii

Digestive Enzymes (they shouldn’t cause excessive bloating!)

And, last but not least, Takesumi: https://tinyurl.com/bp7fa27f

Anti Parasitic Herbs

Vidanga Supreme: https://shorturl.at/mLRGV

Artemisia Supreme: https://shorturl.at/D7hMl

Herbs for Kids

Elderberry Supreme: https://shorturl.at/irqNj

Astragalus Supreme: https://shorturl.at/9UT47

Golden Thread Supreme: https://shorturl.at/y9emQ

For Food Poisoning

Morinda Supreme: https://tinyurl.com/3a7unbhj

American Ginseng: https://tinyurl.com/ya74ff9c

For Hydration

DesBio Hydration Complex: https://dbscript.com/product/hydration-complex/ (use discount code DRMOTLEY) and practitioner code f9367150

For Jet Lag

https://www.boironusa.com/product/jet-lag-relief/

For Travel Anxiety

https://dbscript.com/product/anxious/,

https://radicalrootsherbs.com/products/rest-relax-tonic

For Sleep

Melatonin, magnesium glycinate

00:00 What actually ruins a vacation

03:41 The four things you are packing for 04:47 Start boring: electrolytes, vitamin C, bug spray 06:55 Before you fly into a malaria zone 09:19 The diamond dealer who came home from Africa 11:43 Inside a red blood cell 14:02 Biofilms: where infections wait you out 16:26 Sweet wormwood, chrysanthemum, and a Nobel Prize 19:04 Opening the old man medicine case 21:24 Artemisia and Vidanga, and dosing for a child

23:45 The immune four, loaded three days early

26:10 The gut is the trip ruiner

30:21 Probiotics, enzymes, and charcoal

35:53 The homeopathic kit and how to take one

40:30 Sleep, magnesium, and Wei Qi

43:38 Pack it up: the four category checklist

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