Your Cold remedies?

[MonkeyZero]

Hey, just wondering, what are your natural cold remedies. I have this terrible phlegmy cough, and my sinuses are blocked. I use tea often. What are your remedies?

Ps this thread will hopefully give help to many people who get colds in the winter.

 

[sundance]

Hot herbal tea with a large helping of honey, lemon juice and vodka, hot bath and go to bed. marrie

 

[redoak]

A shot of apple cider vinegar or distilled elderberry

 

[GaDawg]

There is an e-mail going around about putting Vicks Vapor Rub on your feet at night (with socks) before you go to bed. It is suppose to help with coughing. My Aunt tried this and she says that it seems to help.

Has anyone else tried this?

 

[Wifezilla]

Peppermint tea and avoiding sugar and carbs. The sugar in one Coke can knock out your immune system for up to 5 hours. Sugar also ruins your bodies ability to use vitamin C.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Put a towel over your head and lean over a sink. Put the water on hot and breathe in the steam for about 10-15 minutes. Then lather on the Vicks; take some Mucinex if you want to. Wear your warmest clothes and spend time in bed; drink as many clear liquids as possible (light tea, broth, 7-Up, water, etc.)

Make sure to clean your toothbrush in peroxide (rinse with water) between uses to keep the germs from continuing to live on the wet brush.

 

[rubyv67]

Volcanic oil rubbed on the feet with socks helps too. The oil draws out toxins. You can find it in some drug stores. Don't remember if I saw it at Walmart.Sounds gross but vaseline thinly coated in the nostrils. Doctor said irritated linings attract more germs.

 

[Mahonri]

This works every time.

AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A COLD... get some ZICAM up your nostrils and into the back of your throat. It will knock out a cold every time.

 

[chandasue]

I'm getting the same thing... I got a "neti pot" from a local supplement store -- it's a little ceramic tea pot that you mix warm water and non-iodized salt and run it into one nostril and it comes out the other side. Takes some practice but it's doing wonders for getting rid of the congestion. I'm sure you can order them and the salt online.

 

[newchickenfamily]

Zicam for me too. That stuff rocks!