Does anyone know any natural ways to at least ease up a cold? I'm miserable, but I don't want to take a pill for it unless I absolutely have to. Thanks. Much love, Seashell
Nope...I'm a Nyquil girl. There is a cough drop thing that you can buy that's supposed to shorten a cold by a few days...if you'd find that better than cold medicine...IDK?
there's lots! I have had a sore throat for the past few days, so I think i may be headed that way, although it feels like it's going away for some reason ...?? anyway: for sore throats, any kind of hot tea. warm milk and honey with some sage and rosemary. if you're not all mucous-like. sage has tannins in it that are somehow good for sore throats and rosemary helps too. i'm not sure how. Of course echinecea is good for immune boosting. Also ginger..mmmm If you're all stuffed up, eucalyptus oil is good for inhaling. Hold down one nostril and take a deep breath of that stuff, then blow it out the other nostril and vice versa. It seems to decongest. Warm baths with some epsom and sea salts. lots of fluids. you already know that. hope it goes away soon.
I've had a soar throat for about a week now and it isn't fun... hurts when I swallow anything or move my tounge around =( Drinking some tea now, here's hoping it works!
i have a cold too. it's my own fault for eating fudge, sugar is evil. bleh fudge, bleh snot. i love the traditional medicinals teas when i'm sick. i should go take a handful or 2 of vitamin c too http://www.healthwell.com/healthnotes.cfm?ContentID=1192004
I would recommend... Echinacea, you can buy it in a tincture and all you do is add 15 drops to a mouthful of water... keep that mouthful of water in your mouth and rinse it around swallowing a tiny amount of it at a time. It is recommended that you swill it under your tounge mostly as it will obsorb better into your system. Garlic is also grand for colds. My friend says that Golden seal is great too... what it does really is to make you feel better and healthier and clears your head but I think that after its worn off you won't feel as grand as you did when you were taking it .. if you see what I mean.
yeah. don't get sick. that's what i do! drink OJ. exercise. don't think about being sick. for real. cures: block it out, get sleep, i think exercising seems to help me--something about raised body temp or sweating, but i believe in it.
Drink Lemon and honey with hot water, and some asprin or disprin or panadol or whatever, mixed in with it. Get lots of sleep. And stay warm.
My mom woul give us tea (ya can add honey) if you like it & Chicken noodle soup. My dad would suggest OJ and lots of vitamin C. An old neighbor used to give her family some type of Cod Liver Oil syrup...I took it yrs ago every winter and never got sick but now I can't find any.
i herd that zink lozenges halps but will lessen the tast of food for a few days. also know as ghuconate glycine. i tryed them and they do and don't help if that makes sence? but whatever you whant to try. hope you feel better. apple seed.
Please Take Medicine! It will make you feel better! "Natural" cures are not really natural. For instance, is it not "natural" to consume 3 grams of echinecea root in your diet, etc.
If your nose is all stuffed up, put some raw onion next to your pillow (or even during the day on your desk). What normally makes you teary-eyed helps to clear you up too. And since it's just onion and you don't even ingest anything it can be used alone or next to regular meds.
if i ever even feel like i might be getting a cold i just have all this is a day: 1 wheatgrass shot fresh juice with a lot of ginger lots of water if you can handle it it works magic fresh garlic juice or just lots of garlic in food as well as chilli then have tea with honey before you go to bed ... you just won't get sick!! (and i have a shotty ammune sys)
Vitamin C! Echinecea (sp?) is good, its a herbal pill you can get about anywhere, but whenever I get sick it's usually before some important day, so I pretty much live off of enriched apple juice (a cup has 100% of what you need for the day), citrus fruits, etc to put off the cold. Drink tons of water and do the above and usually it works out, or you can go to an Acupuncture place (or to those healers who believe that every physical problem is due to a mental one, and they open up your flow of chi and all).
Echinacia works wonders. It helps get rid of colds when you have them and keeps your immune system healthy when you don't.
Hi Does anyone have a recipe for Horehound cough drops or Horehound cough syrup. I want to fight a cold with natural ingredients. I'm a Vegan ... so honey is out of the question& I hate taking med....YUCK!! Peace. Aiden
