Cold Cure?

[invisiblepiper]

Got a cold cure or speeder upper........please..........someone............. quick?

[Clara]

A friend of mine always chomps on a clove of garlic the moment he feels the onset, seems to work for him.....I'm too chicken, I'd rather have a cold

I cut out dairy just so I'm less gooey, treat aches with paracetamol and try to take it easy.

[Thomzo]

Cider vinegar tablets help me but I take them all the time to keep the cold away. Lots of vitamin c, it's in all sorts of things, not just citrus fruits and most importantly, KEEP WARM.

Hope you feel better soon.

Zoe

[snapdragon]

nod nod keep off the dairy

old fashioned beechams powder, spoonful of lemon juice, spoonful of honey, tot of rum or brandy, top up with hot water, wrap up warm

[Clara]

old fashioned beechams powder, spoonful of lemon juice, spoonful of honey, tot of rum or brandy, top up with hot water, wrap up warm

Yeah that really helps you sleep it off! Perhaps the only funny thing a ex-boyfriend of mine said, whilst lying on what could've been his deathbed (this was a man-cold you know), as I ran around adminstering various vile tasting herbal tinctures he mustered the energy to plead "just fetch me a beechams you witch!"

[Big Al]

Got a cold cure or speeder upper........please..........someone............. quick?

Equal measures of domestos and whisky..........

The domestos kills 99% of all known germs and the other 1% is too pissed to worry about.....












Only a joke so usual disclaimer applies..... why do we need to do this now........

[invisiblepiper]

Thanks for the tips - couldn't face the garlic - didn't fancy the domestos
Working on the others!
Has to be gone by Monday morning - so here goes!

[LBR]

Lots of sleep. No dairy, no sugar, no caffeine. No refined or processed foods.

Lots of camu camu (Vit. C supplements), zinc.
Golden seal and echinacea.

Garlic helps me, too. So, does seaweed.
Lots of filtered water, some sunbaths.

No tv, no radio, no artificial noises.
If it's severe, no artificial lights.

Warm salt water or baking soda baths.

No phone calls. I cover my eyes and use ear plugs if I need to rest when there are distracting noises or light.

Depends on the severity. But living as simply and purely as possible and conserving one's energy for healing helps me the most.

Am sending you healthy thoughts!

[lsm1066]

I always remember what my mum used to say. If you don't treat a cold it will last a full two weeks. If you do, it will only last a fortnight.

Viruses have their course to run and you can't make your body react differently to them in order to speed the healing process. You can boost your immune system which can help you avoid catching them in the first place or, if you do get them, help your body fight the illness more efficiently and without too many extra ill effects, but if you're getting symptoms you're already too late.

When you treat a cold, what you're treating is the symptoms, not the cause. Hot lemon and honey can help a sore throat. Avoid paracetomol unless you really can't function or sleep, the reason being that paracetomol reduces fever, and the increase in body temperature is part of the body's way of fighting the virus. So by dropping the temperature, you're inhibiting the body's natural processes.

hth, and sorry to be all doom and gloom
Lynne (who hasn't had a cold in some years and does nothing to avoid them!)

[gdb]

I dont know of a cold cure. But I know of two sure fire ways to make sure you never catch a cold.

The first one: an old chap in Ireland taught me how to stop yourself getting a cold. The trick is keeping the neck warm. And if you wear a scarf all winter, colds just wont develop. It's as simple as that. You'll never get one again. I tried this out for a few winters and it worked a treat. Not a sniffle. Now I know this isnt practicable for most people so there is an alternative which does almost (almost) as well. As soon as you feel that cold in your throat, wear a scarf non-stop until it's gone. The cold just wont develop properly. You'll feel a bit daft, but not as daft as those who have snuffly noses and bad headaches.

The second one is even more sure fire but probably even less practicable for most: I havent had a cold in eight years. Not a one. How so? Just move to France (or probably any other country). Unless you come into contact with English people who have a cold, you wont catch one. I dont know why this is and it sounds like a joke. But it's true. After having 3 or 4 colds a winter, for all the time I was in France I didnt have a single cold. The French would come down coughing and sneezing and it just didnt pass on to me. Of course now I've moved to Sweden, it remains to be seen whether their germs are more of a match for a chap brought up on tough old British bugs...

[Rod in Japan]

Oh the Englishman could not be called romantic
His technique is not particularly good
All the French and the Italians chase their women round like stallions
But the Englishman's a suet pud
And the slightest demonstration of affection
He regards as being rather infradig
He says the way the French behave is absolutely nuts
He'd like to try it really but he hasn't got the guts
He's scared to death the neighbours might be told
The Englishman with his usual blood cold

I wear a polo neck shirt every single day of the winter, and I don't get colds either.

And Clara, there's no need to be so snide about 'man-colds'. It's an entirely different virus and much, much more debilitating than the one women get.

[invisiblepiper]

The Englishman with his usual blood cold

Thanks Rod - I'm Scottish

[snapdragon]

there has to be something in this keeping the neck warm thing

eight years ago I started riding motorcycles, and they have been my mode of transport ever since. I found the scar on my throat (due to an operation some years back guys - not anything more sinister ) very uncomfortable unless I wore a neck tube, so I put it on in the morning, go to work (shop/whatever) and tend to keep it on all day. now with fingers firmly crossed in case I lie, I don't recall having a cold since I started riding.

wooo should we tell the NHS?

[Clara]

And Clara, there's no need to be so snide about 'man-colds'. It's an entirely different virus and much, much more debilitating than the one women get.

Yes dear......

Seriously the only person I know who doesn't suffer with colds is my daughter, she's only 2 (today ) and though I've had some miserable colds since she was born, she's only ever had a couple.....both of which cleared up after about 4 hours and little nap. Her secret I don't know but she's a fruit/veg/nut-a-holic, (steals fruit at every possible occasion, probably eats about 7 portions a day, lots of it fresh from the plant), eats nothing processed or refined (won't touch white bread) and drinks only water from our spring - and she's always filthy and kissing dogs. She was also BF for 18 months, which probably helped out then (but I don't suggest you go looking for that, could land you in trouble ). I'm sniffling right now from a cold I've had for a week, I wish I was conscientious enough to follow her example.

[Fifer182]

Get blowing yer Penny whistle IP. I know it might be the last thing you feel like doing.. but.. when I get the cold, I struggle to blow my pipes, after a few tunes, bit of a blow.. I do start to feel better.. it loosens the mucus and gets things moving along.. Word of warning tho.. don't over do it.. a few wee blasts is enough, everything in moderation
Also steaming ( no.. not on the drams!!) over a bowl of hot water and a few menthol crystals helps along with the hot lemon and honey drinks already suggested.

Hope you feel better soon