your tricks for curing the common cold...

I don't know if any of you guys are like me, but when I get sick, I get SICK!

I now have had a cold for 5 WEEKS! It's finally all gone, but for a while it just wouldn't go away... and everyone had their own remedies! (Somehow my father in law kept resorting to fixing my cold with whiskey! Ack!)

My best remedy is chicken soup, Neo Citron (lemon flavoured!) and lots of Halls.... without them, colds last much longer than they do.

Anyone have weird or odd remedies?

 

I'm one of the lucky few that never gets sick. *knocks on wood*

 

no offense, Tree-Hugger, but just for that, I do hate you!

 

haha that's okay.

 

Drink Lots and Lots of Fluid...As in Fruit Juice...Even Water...

My Colds Only Ever Last a Day When I Drink Alot...

 

garlic and honey.. a tablespoon 3 times a day..

 

Lemon water warm with a little honey
Also zicam works well too

 

Orange Juice, DayQuil, and lots of rest does the trick for me.

 

Grilled chesee with some chicken noodle soup, always worked with me.

 

I've heard that before.... I must try it with my next cold... I love garlic... so good...

I was doing the chicken noodle soup thing.... ah, the grilled cheese was what was missing!

 

Sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. And lots of fluids.

 

a sauna and a nice towel

 

A blunt a day keeps the doctor away.

 

esp. iff you hefe glocuma

 

Or you could try preventing colds by drinking lots and lots of cranberyy juice and making sure you get a lot of vitamin c (cranberry juice is perfect for that) and zinc.

That doesn't work for me though, I have the worst immune system in the history of humankind.

 

drink lots of green tea, and cranberry or grapefruit juice if you can stand it, tea has Vit C and other good stuff too but mostly just lots of water which is good. I tried these fizzy orange things once that worked well but can't remember the name of the stuff, also sometimes a shot of warm Jagermeister or Bailey's warmed up in the microwave...
Just call in sick from work a for few days and sleep lots