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Sick Remedies?

JeniferEverx3
JeniferEverx3 Posts: 219 Member
edited February 6 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone have any remedies or recipes for a cold? I've been fighting this cold going on 5 days now... I feel better than I did the first few days but still have a cough, runny/stuffy/dry nose, and weakness/fatigue. I've beein downing chicken soup and vitamin c-pumped smoothies... I've tried dayquil/nyquil, zicam, cold-eze and alka-seltzer. Nothing seems to be making much of a difference and frankly I'm sick & tired of being sick & tired :P

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  • paintedlady77
    paintedlady77 Posts: 154 Member
    Sorry, no advise. I'm in bed right now fighting mine too. Chin up!
  • dixielawgirl
    dixielawgirl Posts: 437 Member
    I like sleepytime tea. They have one for colds and "extra wellness"

    Feel better!
  • JeniferEverx3
    JeniferEverx3 Posts: 219 Member
    I figured it was a long shot :P Thanks anyway!
  • Kanuenue
    Kanuenue Posts: 253 Member
    If you are looking for supplements, find items with Zinc (Cold Ease), vitamin C (Emergen-C packets are good). Ginger, ginko baloba, rose hips, and echinecea are also natural remedies. And honey is a natural antibiotic/antiseptc. Make some tea, get some rest, and eat simple high nutrient meals. Feel better soon!
  • CLogan618
    CLogan618 Posts: 3 Member
    I was sick for almost 2 weeks and finally took 2 days off work and slept. Almost 20 hours in 2 days. Felt so much better afterwards. Sleep can do wonders for illness.

    Hope you feel better soon.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    It's not fun being sick, but the more you fight the symptoms, the less benefit you get from all that your body is doing.
    Better to drink some water, eat a lightly as possible, and REST.
    When you rest, your body can put its energy into getting better, even if the symptoms are awful.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    If you are looking for supplements, find items with Zinc (Cold Ease), vitamin C (Emergen-C packets are good). Ginger, ginko baloba, rose hips, and echinecea are also natural remedies. And honey is a natural antibiotic/antiseptc. Make some tea, get some rest, and eat simple high nutrient meals. Feel better soon!
    Like!
  • kill3rtofu
    kill3rtofu Posts: 169 Member
    lots of rest and water as well as washing your hands and mouth for real
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