Bring on the home remedies!

Post by **Christian** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:57 pm

These all sound like good remedies especially the garlic concoction; Sleep ...but if I can't get out out of work I load up on triple espresso latte's, finish work then crash. It's not that healthy but it works.

Post by **loren** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:19 pm

Echinacea Tea (you can get it fortified with vitamin C) is good for colds and for boosting the imune system. It's good as a preventative for clods (and colds) during the season, but it's good to treat a cold as well. Hope you feel better.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:27 pm

You guys all rock, thanks so much. I'd forgotten about echinacea-- I'll have to stock up on that and garlic... I'm gonna smell great.

Post by **Spragwa** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:28 pm

I tried Echinacea once and it took the skin right off my tongue. I cannot stand to drink the stuff now.

Post by **Christian** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:29 pm

I don't like it either . It really ate up my stomach.

Post by **kato** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:14 pm

Get the Celestial Seasonings tea with echinacea, it's got zinc, too. I also drink V8 Splash (the fruit version of V8), and it's good hot and has lots of vit A, C, and E (A and E also do alot for the immune system.). Sleep is probably the no.1 thing you can do for yourself. About the only time I ever get sick is when I am lacking sleep.

Post by **Gretchen** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:21 pm

Ditto on the Celestial Seasoning teas! They are the best! Lots of fluids and sleep is the trick! Also dress appropriately as well.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:27 pm

What is echinea some sort of toxic/caustic tea?

Also for conjestion.Whiskey works,get just as inebriated sa you can stand. Them go to bed. I think all the alchol sterilizes the bugs in your lungs.

For upper respitory conjestion you can have sex. It's a documented study from some university that I read about. Sex releases an anti-histamine!

Post by **overhung** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:38 pm

Let the body heal itself. If you feel like sleeping and lying around, then do that. There's not much you can do for a virus, except treat the symptoms. Tylenol, anti-histamines if you can take them, fluids, and rest. There is some research that suggests that chicken soup actually does help a little. Echinacia is an herb, to which I am highly allergic. I took it once when I felt a cold coming on. It compounded my cold to the power of ten.

Post by **overhung** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:42 pm

Sex helps everything.