"home" cold remedies needed.....

[Simon]

35 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

You tea bag the boss ?

 

That's what she gets for using up all her personal days cutting the grass.

[Beck Water]

Soup with lots of garlic.   Try roasted garlic soup (about 3 entire heads of garlic per quart of soup, maybe 4, that's what we're talking about) but chicken noodle would do if it has lots of garlic

 

Lemon juice, honey, and whiskey for a sore throat.

 

Take hot showers.  Heat rosemary and sliced lemon in a pot and breathe in the steam.  Guafenisin to loosen up mucus.

Delsym extended cough syrup to sleep, if you have a cough; sudafed (the original kind the stores keep locked up) to help keep your sinuses clear

 

 

[Simon]

13 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

Take hot showers.

 

Running the shower at its highest temp with the door closed for about 5-10 minutes before you get in creates a nice steam bath effect.

[Mike in Horseheads]

6 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

Running the shower at its highest temp with the door closed for about 5-10 minutes before you get in creates a nice steam bath effect.

Then getting in at it's highest temp will make you forget the cold quick

[Simon]

7 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Then getting in at it's highest temp will make you forget the cold quick

 

I would hope I didn't have to spell out the step of turning the heat down before you got in.

But then again, it is Beck Water we're dealing with... 🫢

[BADOLBILZ]

On 1/7/2025 at 10:28 AM, Sweats said:

The one main issue i have is that when i get a cold, i just have to let the sickness run its course through "home" remedies.

 

I have major reactions to cold medications and in fact, my son has the exact same thing.......any pharmacy cold medications leaves us running up the walls and super hyper for weeks. It doesn't matter what it is, it just kicks the **** out of us because we won't sleep for days and that doesn't help when you're sick.

 

UGH

 

 

As @davefan66 said,  I would recommend zicam.   It's zinc.   It shortens the duration of the cold.  I use the nose swabs.   That's something I think everyone should just have on hand all the time.   If you are around people with a cold or even start feeling symptoms just start using it.   I have avoided many a cold that my wife and/or kids have brought home using that stuff and greatly shortened the colds I have gotten before it gets in the lungs and turns into a nagging cough etc.. 

[davefan66]

5 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

As @davefan66 said,  I would recommend zicam.   It's zinc.   It shortens the duration of the cold.  I use the nose swabs.   That's something I think everyone should just have on hand all the time.   If you are around people with a cold or even start feeling symptoms just start using it.   I have avoided many a cold that my wife and/or kids have brought home using that stuff and greatly shortened the colds I have gotten before it gets in the lungs and turns into a nagging cough etc.. 

 

Absolutely, works great. Shortens cold symptoms tremendously.

 

 

[Steve O]

On 1/6/2025 at 12:28 PM, Sweats said:

So, i've got a cold and i'm trying to shake it off and work through it, however, my wifes birthday is coming up in a few days and i'm planning on going away with her for about 4 days (everything is planned and booked, so there's no turning back now for refunds).

If it were up to me, i'd just stay in bed for the next 2 weeks, but that's not an option.

 

I need your "home" cold remedies to at least get me over the hump.

 

What have you got........

Which of the remedies did you try and how did you make out?

[Sweats]

21 minutes ago, Steve O said:

Which of the remedies did you try and how did you make out?

 

 

 

So, i completely hammered my system with zinc, vitamin C, Vicks vapor-rub, cough medicine, a concoction of herbal tea/honey/lemon/whiskey, etc.........i've just about got it out of my system in about one week.

 

That's the fastest i've ever recovered from having a cold.

[Augie]

41 minutes ago, Sweats said:

 

 

 

So, i completely hammered my system with zinc, vitamin C, Vicks vapor-rub, cough medicine, a concoction of herbal tea/honey/lemon/whiskey, etc.........i've just about got it out of my system in about one week.

 

That's the fastest i've ever recovered from having a cold.

 

I find that when I don’t do all that stuff they last about 7 days.  😊

[Goin Breakdown]

Ever try homeopathic remedies. You'll get rid of your cold exactly the same time as it would have lasted if you hadn't taken them and then your wife would tell you "ITS the remedies you ASS why do you argue with me about remedies?  Western meds are of the evil government they want you to die". And then you'll say "I guess so. I suck"

 

 

ohh sorry. That's just my house. Literally just had this argument 20 mins ago so now I'm venting here. Lucky you!!!

[MasterStrategist]

I know this is a while ago, won't help now.

 

But in future, if you can afford it, do what the pros do.  Find a mobile IV provider, they'll come to your house and hook you up/monitor you for about 45 minutes.

 

Fluids, Vitamin C, Zinc, B vitamins, etc.  Its not cheap, around 200-300 near me, but it drastically cuts down the severity and duration.

[US Egg]

2 hours ago, MasterStrategist said:

I know this is a while ago, won't help now.

 

But in future, if you can afford it, do what the pros do.  Find a mobile IV provider, they'll come to your house and hook you up/monitor you for about 45 minutes.

 

Fluids, Vitamin C, Zinc, B vitamins, etc.  Its not cheap, around 200-300 near me, but it drastically cuts down the severity and duration.

They want $300 to get rid of a hangover. I can get rid of it for less than $10. 🥃

[Augie]

On 1/21/2025 at 8:56 PM, Goin Breakdown said:

Ever try homeopathic remedies. You'll get rid of your cold exactly the same time as it would have lasted if you hadn't taken them and then your wife would tell you "ITS the remedies you ASS why do you argue with me about remedies?  Western meds are of the evil government they want you to die". And then you'll say "I guess so. I suck"

 

 

ohh sorry. That's just my house. Literally just had this argument 20 mins ago so now I'm venting here. Lucky you!!!

 

What they say is true, this is much cheaper than therapy. 

 

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Edited January 25 by Augie

[Goin Breakdown]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

What they say it true, this is much cheaper than therapy. 

I don't mind the remedies itself. I think there is probably some real good value to them. I just don't like the anger that gets put on me if I even suggest anything else. I'm not a black and white guy. I think there is a lot of grey in life ya know. 

[Augie]

9 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

I don't mind the remedies itself. I think there is probably some real good value to them. I just don't like the anger that gets put on me if I even suggest anything else. I'm not a black and white guy. I think there is a lot of grey in life ya know. 

 

I want to be very clear, I am not angry with you.    😊

 

 

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Edited January 25 by Augie

[Goin Breakdown]

12 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

I want to be very clear, I am not angry with you.    😊

 

 

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Much appreciated haha

[DrW]

On 1/21/2025 at 7:56 PM, Goin Breakdown said:

Ever try homeopathic remedies. You'll get rid of your cold exactly the same time as it would have lasted if you hadn't taken them and then your wife would tell you "ITS the remedies you ASS why do you argue with me about remedies?  Western meds are of the evil government they want you to die". And then you'll say "I guess so. I suck"

 

 

ohh sorry. That's just my house. Literally just had this argument 20 mins ago so now I'm venting here. Lucky you!!!

 

Same problem here. My wife is a biochemistry professor with several grants, and when somebody gets a cold, the first thing she does is getting out the echinacea which is not supported by science. 

[Steve O]

On 1/25/2025 at 6:18 PM, DrW said:

 

Same problem here. My wife is a biochemistry professor with several grants, and when somebody gets a cold, the first thing she does is getting out the echinacea which is not supported by science. 

Not even supported by herbal folklore. The theory is that it improves the immune system, which helps in preventing getting a cold. Once you have one, it doesn't really help in shortening the duration.

PS Probably best not to argue this point with your wife.

[zow2]

I have a big bottle of zinc gummies from Sam's Club.  As soon as i get the feeling of a cold coming on i pop 2 every morning until it subsides.  That and alot of soup.