"My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass." ~Leslie Grimutter
I teach.
I have lots of students running around with germs all year long.
Yet I don't get sick from September through May, ever. I go through multiple bottles of hand sanitizer. I work out. I eat well. I get my sleep.
But inevitably, sometime around the end of school (last year it was late June), I get hit with a nasty cold. I think it's the build-up of months of stress, perhaps. This one set in yesterday.
I hate them. I have too much to do, and no time to deal with feeling lousy. Yet here I sit, tired, stuffy-headed, achy.
So my question today is, what's your best remedy for the common cold? I take zinc and vitamin C, I drink lots of water, I try to get a decent amount of sleep. But does anyone have any other good ways to get rid of this thing??
7 comments:
Don't have anything special I do to get rid of a cold. Just take tylenol, drink plenty of liquids and get plenty of rest. Wish there was a miracle cure.
I had a natropath tell me once that fever is our bodies way of killing germs -- and so recommended that I heat up my body when I got sick, inside and out.
I took cayenne tablets and ate food so spicy my eyes and nose ran. I took hot baths and slept under lots of blankies.
Don't know if it works. Do know I'm almost never sick and, when I get sick, I don't stay that way long.
Good luck!!!!
Sorry that you're not feeling well. Drink plenty of hot liquids and keep warm.
Um... that should be "naturopath" I believe... oops. Guess I should finish an ENTIRE cup of coffee before I post.
:-/
Sorry you're under the weather. My mom is a middle school teacher and she always seems to get sick right before breaks: right when the kids start getting squirrely and her stress level goes way up. I know she takes zinc and lots of vit. c.
I do the same thing Marianne does--lots of spicy foods. Anything to get the congestion moving. And drink lots and lots of fluid. The rest is just managing the discomfort and getting through it.
Hi, I am sorry you are under the weather. Unless it is connected to a sinus infection, it is viral and it will run its' course! Do as you have been, fluids, lots of rest and treat the symptoms. Cindi
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Rest and tea.
I hope you feel better soon! :)
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