Cold tips

[Lexington]

I have one tip for the cold and flu.

Let it win.

If it's anything more than a mild case of sniffles, I let it win. I take the day off. I confine myself to bed as much as possible, I stay hydrated as much as possible, and I sleep as much as possible. That seems to give my body the best opportunity to fight it off. It's rare that I need more than one day to get back on top of it.

Lex

[ChadCoxRox]

To quieten coughing so you can sleep you can coat your feet with Mentholatum rub, quite thickly, and then a pair of socks. Also rub well over the chest under a tee shirt. Works great.

[CellarDweller]

Hot soup, and a lot of orange juice works for me.

[Virge]

Go visit everyone you don't like at their houses. When you go to the bathroom wipe your nose on their toothbrushes.

It's also a good excuse to drink gin with Fresca and jager.

[LJay]

Gin with Fresca and jager?

Virge, is this stuff on your diet? Sounds like a purgative.

[Virge]

Gin with Fresca and jager?

Virge, is this stuff on your diet? Sounds like a purgative.

Nah... When I moved here I met one of my neighbors who said she had a cold and drank Gin and Fresca to cure it. That was four years ago. She's still nursing that same cold.

Jagermeister cures everything except jock itch and bankruptcy.

[ShiftyNJ]

I just read that pineapple is supposedly a natural cough suppressant. No experience to confirm.