home remedies

[Dreadbelly]

Wasabi always perks me up when I have the sniffles.

So does a good curry.

[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.

[starbkjrus]

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.

[Dirka Skene]

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.

[Panache]

cloves,

For a bad sore throat I find this really works.

Take about 3/4 cup of hot water* and add a tablespoon of salt to it. Stir until the salt is dissolved. Gargle with the mixture as long as you can then spit it out. Then gargle with mouthwash. It tastes terrible but it really works.

Cheers


Panache

* WARNING! Please note Hot (not boiling or scalding) enough to help dissolve the salt but not so hot that you can't gargle with it.

[Rusty]

For a sore throat gargle with TCP

[neo71665]

Hard to find real Wasabi in the states.

[thescot]

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

I guarantee you won't dare cough.

[Graham]

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.

[Dreadbelly]

You start by putting the lime in the coconut.