Nature cure for common cold

I tend to agree with crazy4mc, once you get a cold you pretty much have to let it run its course. I haven't had a cold in 10 or 15 years, which sort of bums me out because I really like taking herbal remedies. The only cough syrup I ever took were the ones with codeine (an opium derivative) in them, and when I was drinking them it wasn't because I had a cough... The last time I had a cold though I was under a whole lot of stress and getting a cold gave me a perfect excuse to lay around in bed and feel sorry for myself. I strongly believe that any physical ailments have their beginnings in the mind, therefore it seems that a good preventative would be to keep the mind in a healthy state. And I read somewhere that anytime healing is going on in the body that vitamin c is present... that vitamin c is like the foot soldiers that the body sends to the front lines to battle the intruder. So certainly a lot of vitamin c in any form (I take vitamin c powder) would help the cold to run its course more quickly. And of course lots of water is always beneficial. I wonder if the leaves you are talking about are similar to the Eucalyptus leaves that we use over here? Very good for opening the sinuses and clearing congestion in the lungs. But I have to say that as much as I love the smell of Eucalyptus, I especially love the way it's leaves sound blowing in the breeze. Like they're whispering secrets to you, and I miss the Eucalyptus tree that was outside my bedroom window when I lived in San Francisco like I would miss an old friend that I no longer get to visit with.

Hi jeyaprakash, I agree with you, there are many natural cures for the common cold, and most medication that you buy at a pharmacy, doesn't help at all. There is much folklore about natural cures from all over the world, and some of it works very well. Blessings.

You are right. There are many ayurvedic plants and siddhi medicines for curing cold and cough. In fact in our house (my wife is doctor's daughter), we do not use alopathic medicine, and always use the grandma prescriptions. Thanks for valuable information provided here.

dear it's nice work from your side

Me too jeyaprakash84, i am not taking medicine if i have colds. I am thinking that, that might harm my kidney. And every time i tried to take medicine I vomit. I don't want to taste or to smell the odor of the medicine. I just drink Kalamansi juice, and drink more water. But what is that Vitex negundo? Is that really effective? or where we can find that leaves. I am here in the Philippines so maybe no one knows about that. I'll try to search in the internet. But for me Kalamansi one can be cure. :)

One thing I do is, pour fresh boiled water out of the kettle into the bathroom sink (plugged up of course) get my Olbas oil, its a commercially sold product in most stores I think, its a inhalant decongestant. Shake 3 or 4 drops out of it into the boiling water, drape a towel over my head, and lean over the sink, breath in as much as possible, it will sting alot, you will really feel your sinus's opening up, the steam will go straight up really quick with the olbas oil in it, hard to prepare for it (quite unpleasant, really does sting a lot if your blocked up) but at the end of this half hour job, you should be breathing easier!

wow interesting topic you got here jeyaprakash84, well I don't know much about natural medicine to cure cold, but I agree with most of the reply eat a lot of vitamin C, as C vitamin would balance the distributed nutrition in your body, well thats what I've heard, please correct me if I'm wrong.. oh yeah,, and get lots of rest too.. sleep tight with blanket and drink hot tea or milk/chocolate milk.. guarantee fast heal for common cold, cheers :)

Vitamin C is definitely the one to go since it increases the body resistance to cold and others. Also, try to find the slow-release Vitamin C. Those capsules are usually bigger and they are not meant for sucking. These are much more effective than drinking juices or powdered forms.

The Natural remedy i have for that is the lemon ..I really need lemons and a bit of sugar or honey I feel better. And lots lots tons and toins of water and more more zzzzzssss!

You all right. The natural cure of common cold is Vitamin C. But you have to take those pills regulary to keep your immune system active and against those bugs! You can also try to drink lot of orange juise such as Florida or sunny D. But my kids take Dimetop to relief those bugs attack once any time they catch a cold.

yes cold gets cured by itself if we wait for a week or else! if cold occured to me i try some like having inhaling the steam of jandubalm over hotwater! u can also try and know the resu;t!

Thanks for the advice! My mother didn't believe in taking medications for mild cold symptoms, instead, she would toast fresh sliced garlic in a skillet and have us nibble a few with some green tea and this did seem to help. I haven't heard of syrup of Tulsi but natural remedies are something of interest to me and I will check it out.