Cold Remedies Thread

[mself084]

I'm sick. I think it's just a cold, but I'm tired and stuffed up...

 

So I was thinking we could get a thread going for cures to the common cold, or flu, or whatever. Basically, what do you do when you get sick in order to get better?

 

I need some ideas. Drinking a ton of water isn't helping right now

[Spritzup]

I take as much cold medicine as I can find in my house. Then I usually whine alot. Oh, and I find a long hot shower works wonders. And I'm sick right now as well, hopefully this is my cold for the winter.

[Some Random]

start taking echenacea (sp?) as soon as you feel one coming on. and vitamin c.

[Sparq]

1: Don't get sick.

2: If you do, take some dristan and get back to work.

[Muran]

I heard if you're really stuffed up, boil 1 part water with 1 part apple cider vinegar, get a towel and tent your head over the steam, and inhale.

 

Echinacea is great too.

[heyrabbit]

well it's the humidity that clears your sinus's. taking a shower - like spritzup said - does the exact same thing except it's easier.

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

I haven't really gotten a cold in a long time because I drink lots of O.J. So when I get one I just load up on vitamin C and soup. Also, I prey to jesus to help me through my hour of need.

[Sparq]

I live on a diet which consists mostly of chemicals. I am by no means healthy. And yet, I am almost never seriously sick. So either my immune system is the one part of my DNA I didn't get screwed on, or I have managed to turn myself into a toxic, synthetic cocktail unsuitable for microbial life.

[ecnarf]

Spread around to as many people as physically possible.

 

It'll make you feel better like nothing else.

[hum-an-ole]

start taking echenacea (sp?) as soon as you feel one coming on. and vitamin c.

Unless you're a woman on birth control who prefers not to use condoms and doesn't want babies. Echenacea can mess with the effectiveness of the pill. Message to the ladies of the board: stay away from that shit.

[ecnarf]

Take a glass of wine and pour it over hot pasta. Eat. The alcohol clears your sinuses up pretty damn well.

 

Or if you don't have much time, just microwave a glass of wine. But it tastes like warm sugar-free grape juice.

 

I'm also quite fond of NyQuild as of late.

 

P.S. Taking Vitamin C while you're sick to get better is pure bullshit.

[Crusader]

Getting off usually clears the sinuses too but you didn't hear that from me.

[borntohula]

orange juice a plenty. tea with lemon helps the throat out. tea in general just makes you feel better. soups are good but i find that if you're drinking lots of tea then it doesnt do that much more. mix it up between the two and you'll be good. get plenty of sleep. sleep is key. cough syrup is good too. i dont recommend the stuff that knocks you out. just because you have a cold doesnt mean you have to be a vegetable. i use benelyn or however you spell it. tastes gross but does the job quite well.

[garsk]

Take a glass of wine and pour it over hot pasta. Eat. The alcohol clears your sinuses up pretty damn well.

a shot of whiskey works better. just take a shot before you go to bed at night.

[ecnarf]

I do that anyways.

[Sparq]

Who doesn't?

[garsk]

people without colds? or non-irish?

[uglybutterfly]

I've had a cold for over a week now and I am currently kind of high from a lovely mixture of Life brand cough syrup and Buckleys cough syrup.

 

I may still feel like crap but I no longer care

[soundless_space]

NyQuil and DayQuil. Yes.

[supercanuk]

Sleep, vitamins, liquids.

 

Pretty well the same basic remedies as everyone else.

[dancing_invisible]

Stand on your head and drink a glass of water. Or take a spoon of peanut butter.

 

Oh wait...

That's for hickups.

 

...

Best cure for a cold: LIQUIDS, SLEEP, VIDEO GAMES.

[hum-an-ole]

I seem to be a carrier. It's been a very long time since I've had a cold and everyone around me is sick at the moment and I don't seem to be getting it. Again. I've only clued into this recently and have realized that I'm very lucky.

[Azalroth]

people without colds? or non-irish?

Don't trust the Irish

 

I'm thinking that making sure you have enough vitamins in your diet will help for colds

[nag95]

gatorad...well for me anyways

[Seanathon]

Getting off usually clears the sinuses too but you didn't hear that from me.

Is it bad that I was going to suggest this? Or more preferably, sex.

 

Anyways, I rarely get all that sick, but when I do, it's a steady diet of NeoCitran, tea, and NyQuil. My god I love NyQuil.