What's Your Best Home-Made Remedy For Colds and Flu?

Brandy. It ain't home made- but it takes care of most colds and flu, despite whatever fancy names the new fever naming specialists keep on making up. At least it won't kill me faster than pills. Mind you, if you ain't a drinker, please avoid this recommendation and stick to Black peppered black coffee ( that also works as my grandma taught me) Regards.

gtargirl hi hot tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich with lots of hot green tea helps me to feel better when I had a cold or the flu, also if Ihave chicken noodle soup I will eat that instead, but have to have hot tea when I feel so ill my usual hot coffee will not dol

Hot toddyes Leomon wiskey sugar and hot water

Ha! Brandy!! My grandma used to mix this concoction with lemons and honey.. It was like some tart lemonade but was actually quite good. I guess it used to work because it would help us go to sleep while we were ill. Now I've learned that honey is a natural healing agent and the lemons were packed with vitamin C! All I know is it was delicious, I almost looked forward to getting sick just so my grandmother could mix up a batch of her potion..

When I was young and had a cold my father always gave me a hot drink with whiskey, lemon and sugar in it. He said that would help to sweat it out. I don't know about that, but it would make me sleepy. I think sleep is the cure for anything. You have to let your body rest and repair itself. Now that I am older I drink hot tea with lemon, honey and whiskey in it. I don't know if it helps but it is comforting, and reminds me of my childhood.

If you can bear it, eat a raw onion sandwich. You can add mayo, and spices, but nothing else. It works~

I know of a variety of things that are helpful. I will drink apple cider vinegar and honey in hot water. Lemon and honey in tea (black or green). You can stir equal parts of either vinegar and honey or lemon and honey and take a small spoonful each time you cough. I like fresh pineapple for a sore throat. Horseradish is supposed to clear head and chest congestion. If you do not like to eat it, just open the jar and breathe deeply. It would be something to stir a bit into your chicken soup. All kinds of tea are good, probably because they keep you from getting dehydrated.

It would be different for me than it is for my vegan daughter. I like home cooked chicken and vegetable soup.It must be completely natural. So I cook the chicken in very small pieces. I would add finely chopped onion, small pieces of potato, grated carrot, finely chopped celery, parsley. For my daughter I give her herbal tablets. The ones I am using at the moment are Super Strength horse radish, garlic and Vit C. As she appears to have a bit of a head cold, I made her take two of these tablets this morning.

We drink Calamansi juice instead of lime,but it is needed to drink the calamansi cold, not hot so that it will not lessen the vitamin intake of it. I also drink soup of ginger for colds. Eversince when we are a child, we do not drink medicine but we drink calamansi and ginger as an alternative and more effective for that.

Whining and chicken soup...

I don't think it really counts as home made but whenever I've got a cold I make myself my regular mug of green tea in the morning and then I dump a packet of Neo Citron in it. It's yummy and after a half hour or so the sniffles are at bay.

I do not have any made remedy for colds and flu. I trust my specialist doctor expertise. I do not go to normal clinic even though i feel minor illness. I will straight away consult my specialist doctor and do not mind he charge expensive. I believe that health more important than wealth. I was sick seriously 2 years ago and i apprecite my life after that.

drink a lot of water or prepare a lemon juice in hot water. if theres no lemon or any citric fruits then try to boil water and pour it in a big cup then go to your bed cover yourself with the blanket while sitting and put the hot water in big cup inside it will help relieves the phlegm and so you can breath clearly, then take a rest or sleep long hour so you can have rest. the next day im sure you will feel better.

My grandmother and mother taught me how to make Schnapps. So I drink hot tea, honey and a shot of Schnapps. Cures what ails ya! And I drink a lot of water and sleep a lot.

There is a saying, if you treat the cold, it will remain for one week. If you do not treat the cold, then it will remain for SEVEN days. So I just apply vicks and take hot vapour to the face. By this bad water will go from our head and chest. If it is severe, I take Tusq tablet. It is mild and immediately controls running nose and sneeze.

hi gtargirl, regularly i am having cold in the morning times,previously i am using medicines once in 15 days,now i have stopped taking the medicines,now i took guru's viboothi(dhuni),it is some type of ash from the fire ,and besides that i took 2 or 3 garlic pieces,8 pieces of pepper seads and 5 pieces of almonds or cashew nuts at once and after that i use to swallow one clove piece in my mouth for two hours and then eat,i wish to take Tulasi leaves also,but due to lack of availability i have to take dry tulasi atleast,have a nice day

Hey ma'am, It's very easy. Eating fruits rich in Vitamin C, chewing cloves and gingers, taking spiced tea made with cloves, ginger and black pepper, gargling with salty warm water, sniffing pure mustard oil into nostrils, drinking sufficient lukewarm water. This helps me a lot fight against cold and flu. Have a healthful day.

Just plenty of water and fruits, then keep laying in bed or just simply sit on a chair and rest..

honey and lime - it works and plenty of H2O

The best home remedy for the flu and common cold is ginger and coriander drink with some jaggery added to it. Surely this will be a great drink during those odd times.Even tamarind and pepper crushed to milk with some sugar will give releif to the throat during cold. Also we should gogle with luke salt water before and after bed.