Natural remedies for fighting off colds

Re: Natural remedies for fighting off colds

• yellowtulips80 member

  January 2010

  Sore Throat Remedy

  1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar (if you can get the kind with the mother in it it is even better)

  1 cup water

   mix together and gargle several times a day until your throat is better.
  

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• Mrs Manners member

  January 2010

  Gargle with warm salt water

  Go to a drugstore and buy a neti pot (looks like a small plastic teapot) and use it to rinse your nose and sinus cavities with warm salt water

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• maykat member

  January 2010

  Ditto on the neti pot--the warm salt water kills bacteria and can help ward off a cold or make it less intense.

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• Louise06 member

  January 2010

  Zicam Rapid Melt tablets - the zinc is supposed to inhibit virus replication.

  Black Elderberry extract

  I've also heard that rabbit tobacco works, but I've never tried it myself.

  
  
  

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• slwprincess member

  January 2010

  This is not necessarily a remedy for fighting it off, but a slight cure for sore throat... gargle with childrens motrin.  I know it sounds gross, but it actually numbs the throat and really does help it feel better faster.  An old Dr told me about it and it really works. Other than that, start using the saline spray now to keep it at bay and try Air Borne- I haven't used it but I think I'm going to give it a try after this latest bout.  Good luck... whatever you do, try not to get sick while pregnant- you can't take anything good!!!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

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• MSquires100 member

  January 2010

  Thanks ladies!  I'm trying at all costs to fight off anything that's trying to creep it's ugly head.  If I wasn't pg I'd dose up on Niquil at night and that typically works, but clearly that won't be happening now.  I'll definitely try some of these!

  
  
  
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• seansgirl2006 member

  January 2010

  To try and prevent getting a cold, I take extra zinc and vitamin C daily.  If I feel like I'm getting sick, I take them morning and night and it helps.  I started doing this after I started teaching and was getting sick all of the time.  When I was pregnant, my dr told me I could use those Zicam nose swab things and they seemed to help. I have always done the gargle warm salt water too but those others sound good.  I actually like the way the Airborn drink tablets taste so I use those sometimes too.  They have lemon lime and orange and you just add them to your bottled water.

  

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• Mrs Manners member

  January 2010

  I didn't notice your ticker earlier. I believe Airborne isn't recommended during pregnancy.

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• seansgirl2006 member

  January 2010

  I took Airborn while pregnant and my dr said it was fine.  It's mostly just a bunch of vitamin C and zinc.

  

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• jacensgirl

  January 2010

  I once taught a five time world champion speed skater who promised me that if I exercised (or kept exercising) when I began to feel sick, it would go away.  He swore the endorphins were a natural preventative and he was right.  It always works for me.  Good Luck.

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