What do you do to get rid of a cold or flu?
Submitted by ashenflowers.
Can the pedant in me first point out that a cold is totally different (and far less life threatening) than the flu! My great-grandfather died in the flu epidemic of 1918/19, so I know what I'm talking about here.
To get rid of a cold I:
- Swallow copious amounts of Vitamin C and multivits
- If the cold is just starting, I try Aconite (homeopathic) and Echinacea. I know homeopathy gets bad press, but sometimes it works better for me than anything else
- Inhale steam. Infact this has developed into a bit of a habit. Whenever I have a hot drink, while I'm waiting for it to cool to below mouth-burning temperature (which for me is a long wait), I like breathing in the steam. Just in case there's a cold virus lurking somewhere up a nostril...
- Have chicken soup
- Stay very warm
- Sleep it off
- Stay in bed for a week
- Have lots of fluids
- Feel wretched
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