remedies for the common cold

There is no cure for a common cold but there are things you can do to ease the symptoms while encouraging your bodies immune system to ramp up the fight against the bug that you caught. 1. Plenty of Rest-Take a sick day or work from home so you can sleep more and not overextend yourself. Your workmates will appreciate not being exposed to your germs and your body can redicrect the energy expended by going to work to fight off the cold. 2. Stay over hydrated, avoiding cold drinks. 3. At Home Hydrotherapy. It may be the last thing you want to do but after a hot shower do a cold rinse, including your head, for at least two minutes. This will boost your immune system. After the cold rinse wrap a towel around your head and get back in bed until you feel warm again. Link: http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/askquestion/2514/natural-cures-for-common-cold-relief-how-to-cure-a.html Or let's go the natural way. Ginger is an excellent remedy for colds and coughs. About ten grams of ginger should be cut into small pieces and boiled in a cup of water. It should then be strained and half a teaspoon of sugar added to it. This decoction should be drunk when hot. Ginger tea, prepared by adding a few pieces of ginger into boiled water before adding the tea leaves, is also an effective remedy for colds and for fevers resulting from cold. It may be taken twice daily. Garlic soup is an old remedy to reduce the severity of a cold, and should be taken once daily. The soup can be prepared by boiling three or four cloves of chopped garlic in a cup of water. Garlic contains antiseptic and antispasmodic properties, besides several other medicinal virtues. The oil contained in this vegetable helps to open up the respiratory passages. In soup form, it flushes out all toxins from the system and thus helps bring down fever. Five drops of garlic oil combined with a teaspoon of onion juice, and diluted in a cup of water, should be drunk two to three times a day. This has also been found to be very effective in the treatment of common cold. Source: http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/remedy/Common-Cold.html

back in homeland we soak nettle plant with hot water and docken leaf and honey. this free chest from bad cough. if you no have access to plants my gran say large sherry with plant from greenhouse rolled up and dried put her to sleep. i no no plant name but it work even being in same room. good luck. cold no nice.