Poll
Question:
What is/are your favorite(s)? Choose any that you use.
Option 1: Chicken soup
Option 2: Fluids & Saline flushes
Option 3: Over the counter meds - Dayquil,
Option 4: Humidifier/Steam
Option 5: Zinc/Vitamin C/Some other natural remedy
Option 6: Rest/Sleep
Option 7: Other - do share
Guess what time of year it is! And since I'm sick, I thought I'd throw this out there.
A friend of mine gave me a jar of lemon-ginger-honey concoction to mix with hot water a few times a day. It, like any herbal tea, helps for a little while because of the heat, but doesn't seem to have any lasting effects. I hate taking OTC meds because they dry you out but don't otherwise make you feel any better.
I tend toward the steam/hot teas & fluids/rest method of dealing with a cold.
Bourbon.
Quote from: derspiess on September 30, 2013, 10:53:11 AM
Bourbon.
:wub:
I should have put a hot toddy on there, too. A good whiskey heated with a bit of spices in it.
I've been sick as a dog all weekend as well. I can only take the Coricidin HBP, though. I miss my TheraFlu, but it jacks my BP up something fierce.
I prefer won ton soup over chicken noodle. Extra scallions open your sinuses like flooding the Three Gorges.
Beer, a sovereign remedy against all ills :cool:
I've had only one cold in the past decade or more though, so don't really have a remedy as such.
My daughter and co worker were both sick all last week.I am fine so far.
Hot toddies - lemon, whisky, honey and hot water.
Also a remedy that even an ill single man can be arsed to make.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 30, 2013, 10:55:14 AM
I've been sick as a dog all weekend as well. I can only take the Coricidin HBP, though. I miss my TheraFlu, but it jacks my BP up something fierce.
I prefer won ton soup over chicken noodle. Extra scallions open your sinuses like flooding the Three Gorges.
I made this amazing avgolemano Ramen soup last night.
Put water on to boil. Take a package of chicken Ramen noodles and break it up into a bowl. Toss in the spice packet and some extra hot sauce (I like the liquid hot spice instead of the flakes). Whisk an egg up in a separate bowl. When the water comes to a boil, pour enough into the bowl to cover the noodles. Stir in the egg. (If you'd prefer the soup to be a little thicker, you can put the bowl into the microwave for about :45 seconds to cook the egg a bit more.) Add two tablespoons of lemon juice, and stir.
Omnomnomnomnom! :mmm:
Chicken soup and alcohol, though the latter tends to double my symptoms the next day.
Other than that, I take individual meds suitable for the particular symptoms I'm suffering - painkillers, decongestants, dry/tickly/chesty cough etc. - no two colds are alike!
palinka
DM is my friend. Not my stomach's friends but my friend none the less.
My son and I have been sick for the past 5 days, this is bullshit. Felt like I was drowning in mucous last night.
I think drinking lots of fluids is the most important step to take.
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 30, 2013, 10:58:55 AM
Hot toddies - lemon, whisky, honey and hot water.
Also a remedy that even an ill single man can be arsed to make.
I like to add a couple of cloves; a habit I picked up in Co. Clare.
Quote from: Jacob on September 30, 2013, 11:50:37 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 30, 2013, 10:58:55 AM
Hot toddies - lemon, whisky, honey and hot water.
Also a remedy that even an ill single man can be arsed to make.
I like to add a couple of cloves; a habit I picked up in Co. Clare.
Yeah, I've heard that helps quite a bit, too, but you can't really add too many.
Definitely spirits.
Lots of food. For energy.
Sleeping is the main thing. That, taking lots of fluids, and eating as much as my appetite allows.
Other - Man up.
Avoid sugar, starch, and dairy. Stay as warm and dry as possible.
I used to use the Zycam nasal swabs at the first sign of a cold, but they've since been recalled for permanently destroying the sense of smell in some number of people. Oops.
Back when I used to get sick all the time, I experimented with a few new-agey (and/or foreign) remedies. With a bad sore throat I couldn't shake, I had surprising success gargling a mixture of boiling hot water, apple cider vinegar, and cayenne pepper. It's not for the faint of heart though. :yucky:
I also used the neti pot someone gave me. I'm pretty sure they sell them at CVS/Rite Aid/etc these days. I found it hard to figure out (and also kind of disgusting) at first, but once I got the hang of the whole "dumping a teapot up your nose" routine, it definitely provided some decent relief from the congestion symptoms. You need to put enough salt in the water, or else it burns like a motherfucker, and you want to warm the water to roughly human body temperature.
My mom used to make us gargle warm salt water where we had a sore throat. I learned pretty quick to not tell her about those.
I use that Tylenol Cold and Flu stuff and sleep a lot if I can. If I can't, like if I have to work or something, I use the Daytime version of that stuff and spread my sickness to my coworkers as punishment for making me be there. :)
Booze, Nettie Pot, and cardio workout.
I don't think I would ever use a neti pot. :x
I didn't see an entry for "functional immune system," so I chose "rest."
Keep so busy that you don't have time to get sick. As soon as you begin to wind down, that's when shit like this hits you.
Quote from: garbon on September 30, 2013, 06:33:21 PM
I don't think I would ever use a neti pot. :x
It is an awful experience, but it works. Temporarily at least.