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Fighting Colds
and Flus
People spend billions of dollars
every year trying to fight off the misery of the common cold.
Want to try something different? Garlic is said to work wonders.
Take a large clove, peel and keep it in your mouth. Bite down
every so-often to release the natural juices. Replace with a
new clove every four or five hours. Your cold symptoms are reported
to be to gone in twenty four, to forty eight hours.
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Your nose all stuffed up? Try
eating some hot or spicy foods which should open up those blocked
nasal passages and you won't have the rebound effect of taking
too many nose drops! Not hungry? Try a few minutes of vigorous
exercise. The increased oxygen demand of your body will almost
certainly cause you to breathe deeper and help open-up your blocked
nasal passages naturally. Chest congestion can be effectively
cleared up by breathing a mixture of hot vinegar, or white wine.
Breath in the vapors for a few minutes, and you should get relief!
Coughs and sore throats can be
controlled with several home remedies. A classic requires a large
lemon. Start by slowing roasting it until it just splits open.
Now take up to half a teaspoon of honey with the juice from the
lemon. Repeat at hourly intervals until the cough is under control. |
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Hot Lemon
1 lemon
1/2 teaspoon honey
1 cup boiling water
Squeeze the juice from a fresh
lemon into a cup of boiled water, add honey for taste. Sip while
warm.
Hot Orange & Ginger
1 orange
1/2 teaspoon honey
1/4 teaspoon ginger (helps to soothe the throat)
1 cup boiling water
Squeeze the juice from a fresh
orange into a cup of boiled water, add ginger & honey for
taste. Sip while warm.
For Colds and Flus:
Drink 3 cups of cayenne tea daily.
3 drops of Eucalyptus essential
oil in a vaporizer is good to relieve upper respiratory.
For congestion relief, make a
tea of fresh parsley, steep the parsley in hot water for a few
minutes then sip tea slowly. Drink daily.
For breathing problems: eat something
spicy, such as eating a chili pepper, whole garlic or gargle
with tabasco sauce in a cup of water.
Onion cough syrup
Cook 4-5 large onions in a pot with 3/4 cup honey. Simmer for
approx 1 1/2 hours-2 hours, strain. Take as often as needed for
relief. Use warm.
You can also help manage your
cold and flu symptoms with an OTC medication,choose
a multi-symptom formula with nasal and decongestants and pain
reliever. |
