home remedies

**neo71665** · 18th February 07, 03:39 PM

Hard to find real Wasabi in the states.

**thescot** · 18th February 07, 03:40 PM

If you have a cough, take a double dose of Exlax and go to church.

I guarantee you won't dare cough.

**Graham** · 18th February 07, 03:54 PM

when you feel a cold coming on...Vit C powder, teaspoon.
when you have a cold:
Hot water, lemon juice (fresh), cayenne pepper (small amount), powdered ginger, honey to taste. Mix and sip hot.

**starbkjrus** · 18th February 07, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by thescot

Gather three shots of good scotch, a pickle of your choice, eye of newt, wing of bat, and some aged calve's liver. Put everything thing but the whisky in a palstic bag, throw the bag out, and drink the whisky.

You'll feel better within 7-10 days.

I'll take this one. Hope you feel better soon.

**Dreadbelly** · 18th February 07, 04:09 PM

You start by putting the lime in the coconut.

**GMan** · 18th February 07, 04:43 PM

Take care of yourself, and don't over do it.

**Dirka Skene** · 18th February 07, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by thescot

You'll feel better within 7-10 days.

Seven to 10 days, isn't that the regular duration of a cold anyways?

Scratchy throat too? There's really not much you can do for a cold except relive the symptoms. Either way, it's going to last 7-10 days, no matter what. There's absolutely no cure for a cold.

aliens!!! The only thing my 'wholistic healer' ever taught me that wasn't totally wacky was a symptom remedy:
Raw hot peppers, the kind that make your nose run. Munch 'em whenever you get stuffy.
A cocktail of 2tbsp real apple cider vinegar (the kind with the sediment at the bottom of the bottle) mixed with 1tbsp honey and a little lemon. Warm it up just a bit. Drink it two to three times a day. It's really not that bad.
The vapors of the vinegar help clear your stuffiness, while the vinegar fights germies. The lemon helps with this a little, you could do without it no prob, but it does provide a little bit of Vitamin C.
The honey soothes and coats a raw throat from caughing and sneezing, and helps control it.
Take something like Excedrine for aches. Vitamine C and Zinc can actually shorten the duration of a cold.
Oh, and stay away from sweet drinks and milk. They up mucous production and makes things a whole lot worse. Drink green and herbal teas and PLENTY of water.

**Frog** · 18th February 07, 09:58 PM

I do like hot-n-spicy (salsa, if hot enough, will work, it doesn't need to be peppers) to keep the nose draining, and my wife has me tryin' a bucket-load of herbals (I snore when I get a cold, I go to bed before she does - she gets no sleep) - we'll see. The good news is, in spite of working with kids, this is my first cold in over a year, I think.

Frog

**turpin** · 19th February 07, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

Wasabi always perks me up when I have the sniffles.

Me too. A generous dollop in each nostril perks me right up!

Originally Posted by thescot

Gather three shots of good scotch, a pickle of your choice, eye of newt, wing of bat, and some aged calve's liver. Put everything thing but the whisky in a palstic bag, throw the bag out, and drink the whisky.

You'll feel better within 7-10 days.

Pick any one of the recommendations here and you'll feel better in 7-10 days.

I you only do what you're doing now it might take a week or so.

**McMurdo** · 19th February 07, 12:29 AM

I know you are going to think I'm crazy, but as a horse owner I am going to say it I use Zev, it's a Buckleys product for horses, and if you thought the human buckleys tastes awful you should try the horse buckleys.

It has kept bronchitis at bay so for me its worth it, if you can keep this stuff down it will get rid of a cold in a couple of days.