Cold and Cough - My Home Remedies

Home Remedies for Cold and Cough

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Cold and Cough Home Remedies:

Submitted by Psycomp at 2010-03-29 23:32:47
I have read every previous posts in this section and have found that a lot are using similar ingredients in their mixtures and concoctions. However, since we are all different, there is no magic solution that works for everyone. You must experiment until you find one that works for you.

Therefore, let me share one more recipe I have developped from people's and friend's comments and which I have tried most successfully during the past 6 months. With this recipe I was able to cure and ward off the common cold (not the flu, but the cold). This recipe hits the cold at various levels (and body locations)

Here it is:

- 1 cup of hot green tea
- 1 freshly squeezed slice of lemon
- almost half a tea spoon of ginger spice (main ingredient #1)
- 1 table spoon of Manuka honey (main ingredient #2)

notes:

- Drink this once in the morning and once before going to bed
- add more honey if you can't take the taste because at first you will probably find that this mixture tastes just awful.
- The Manuka honey is a natural antibiotic to help cure the sinuses (and sinusitis)
- The ginger is a natural antibiotic that attacks the bacteria causing the cold
- The lemon is a natural antiseptic good for the throat and intestines
- If you also have a sore throat, it would help to gargle your throat after each meal with warm water and regular table salt. Table salt contains iodine that heals infections.
- If you cough a lot, then make sure you breath in a lot of humid air along with a mixture of therapeutic essential oils of lavender and eucalyptus (3 drops of each)

You should feel between 30% to 60% better after the first day (i.e. 2 cups) and you should be cured after the 3rd day, but this is not a promise, remember what I said earlier about finding a cure that works for you ;-)

Good luck to you all
rating: 8 (3 votes)

Submitted by vikki at 2010-01-25 09:51:57
to get rid of cough overnight put plenty of vicks vapor rub on your feet and add thick socks and sleep with the socks overnight. then drink a mug full of hot cocoa. elevate pillows,keep warm(this may sound crazy but sleep with absolutley NOOOOOO LIGHT.)You should fell better by the next day. (you may also cough a couple of times in the morning but that is just the extra mucus trying to come out so make sure you cough it out)
rating: 7 (4 votes)

Submitted at 2010-03-23 10:19:06
ADD A LOT OF BLACK PEPPER TO ANY CHICKEN SOUP OR CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP. THE MORE YOU CAN STAND THE BETTER. GET INTO BED WITH LOTS OF COVER, AND SWEAT THE COLD OUT.
rating: 6 (10 votes)

Submitted by Empress Alicia at 2010-01-31 10:54:37
Cook 1 pack of Ramen Noodles in Chicken or Chili flavor.
Add 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper and 1/2 tsp garlic powder to the boiling water.
Once ramen is cooked as directed on package leave enough water with the noodles to create a soup. Add in flavor packet and a dash of cayanne pepper.
Eating the noddles will clear sinuses and soothe throat. Sipping the liquid from the soup will eliminate coughing, clear sinuses and soothe throat.
rating: 5 (5 votes)

Submitted by Mrs.khalique at 2009-12-25 23:28:23
if anyone caught cough or flu it can be easily controlled.just add a small piece of Cinnamon stick in boiling tea or coffee.strain it and drink and u will feel nice taste as well as the relief from disease.
rating: 3 (4 votes)