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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:57 pm
by Christian
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:19 pm
by loren
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:27 pm
by Yasmeen
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:28 pm
by Spragwa
I tried Echinacea once and it took the skin right off my tongue. I cannot stand to drink the stuff now.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:29 pm
by Christian
I don't like it either . It really ate up my stomach.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:14 pm
by kato
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:21 pm
by Gretchen
Ditto on the Celestial Seasoning teas! They are the best! Lots of fluids and sleep is the trick! Also dress appropriately as well.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:27 pm
by Guest
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!
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:38 pm
by overhung
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:42 pm
by overhung
Sex helps everything.