Any great cold remedy ideas to share?

sidey1

DS gave me a big old wet kiss at the beginning of the week, woke up the next morning with runny nose and now Mommy has but 10X worse!!! I'm completely blocked up and miserable. I need this sucker to move through quickly, any good cold remedies to share? Can't take decongestants because of blood pressure and in general they just make me feel crazy.. 

niknak1208

If you do the whole essential oils thing.. there are a lot of remedies that work.  I do a vapor rub that I use on my kids all the time and I like that a lot.  My fave is probably theives.  I put that on the bottoms of our feet to ward off sickness.. I also diffuse it for 10-15 minutes in each area of the house to get rid of germs.  It's a great immune support oil. 

I used to use my infant saline spray when i was really congested. lol Sounds dumb but it helped.  I'm not sure what medications you can take.  

xuxachi

My go to: Humidifier, saline spray, hot tea concoction of ACV and honey, nasal irrigation with salt water (or netti pot). Hope your cold passss soon - sucks when you're pregnant.

HWKI

My acupuncturist recommended ginger tea. You boil raw ginger root, add a little honey and drink it hot. It soothes the throat and helps clear the sinuses a bit. She says it works best if you drink it just as you feel a cold coming on.