Cures for the common cold

[fr8neck]

Apparently many forummers are suffering terribly from colds and snuffles!!!

 

My brother reckons that the best way to get rid is to spend a day at the seaside, symptoms can be contained by drinking orange and honey.

Personally, I stick to orange or lemon drinks mixed with honey to help with the sore throat. Going out in the cold seems to help with the other symptoms: I'd guess the bugs don't reproduce as fast in lower temperatures.

Headaches I always address with paracetomol/aspirin and drinking lots of water.

 

I'm sure there are lots of home remedys out there; why not share them and bring relief to the sneezing hordes?

 

Post your cures below.

[Guest]

I find nothing shifts them until they're good and ready to disappear on their own accord (until the next one about a week later ). I just have Hot Lemons for the paracetamol, though I suspect all that does is control the headache and keep any fever at bay.

 

The Lemsip nose spray is very good for a bunged nose though, and then Vicks at night in an attempt to keep it unblocked.

[steev]

vitamin C, echinacea, & Life Drops

[lizzmobile]

Into 500ml of boiling water, add 1 tsp dried sage and 1 tsp dried thyme. Steep for around 10 minutes.

 

Sieve to remove the herbs.

 

Just before drinking, add the juice of 1 freshly squeezed lemon into a mug and add honey to taste. (Or not if you don't like it ; maple syrup will do the trick as sugar will not help your cold).

 

Drink 3-4 times a day.

 

2 drops of Olbas oil on your pillow will keep you nose clear for most of the night.

 

And it works. Ask Sheff_Minx; she's tried it

 

Avoid dairy and banans and anything with sugar in it.

[D2J]

Few drop of this always helps me

[Joanl]

Funnily enough, when my brother and I were kids, we were always taken somewhere near rushing water, if we had a cough. Not specifically the sea-side though, Derwent or somewhere like that.

 

Having said that, I haven't had a cold for ages, sniffles maybe sometimes, but if I did have one, it would be

Paracetamol, slices of lemon with honey in hot water, especially at bed time.

 

For the cough, even to this day, it's a sliced onion with demerara sugar over, left for a short time until the liquid oozes out and then a spoonful when you start to cough.

 

It became such a habit in our house that if me or my two cough whilst talking to each other these days, we automatically look up and say "oooh brown sugar and onions":hihi:

[Salster!]

Vick under the nose at night and then just Beechams and paracetamol

 

Oh and some whinging

[seriessix]

http://www.airborne-cold-remedy-formula-medicine.com/

[lizzmobile]

Few drop of this always helps me

 

Alcohol will compromise your immune system and will make recovery longer.

 

[D2J]

Alcohol will compromise your immune system and will make recovery longer.

 

 

Numbs the pain so thats good enough for me