What are a few ways to cure a common cold without a trip to the doctor?
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It's a virus, so it pretty much has to run it's course anyway. The only thing that a doctor can do is treat the symptoms.
I would suggest a lot of fluids .. orange juice, chicken noodle soup etc. Get it cleaned out of your system faster.
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drink orange juice like it's your job!
Robotussen DM is good, Vit C ,rest, lots of water. For sinis probloms Suitafed works for me.
Lots and lots of orange juice
No cure for a virus, best you can do is take something to ease the symptoms
warm ginger brandy with a little honey. or use a vaporizer with Vic's vapo steam and get some Advil cold and sinus.
hope ya feel better soon..
You can either wait 6 days or half a dozen days for the cure.
Time will cure it. Your immune system. Rest & drink liquids.
Let your body do the work.
use a vaporizer, and mix lemon and honey together and drink it.
As a preventative, I take 1000cc tablet of Vitamin C every day and I have RARELY had a cold in five years. If you have one, I'd go to Wal-mart and get some Equate brand zinc lozenges. Those have really helped me.
You can't cure a cold and going to the doctor is pointless as the common cold is a virus and it would cost far too much to create then perscribe retrovirals for every sniffle. That's why you're told to take 2 asprin and drink plenty of fluids and wait it out.
This is what I do and it cuts the intensity in half - when there are the first signs of sniffles I run the humidifier on and it works like a charm.
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mother of 8
drink a lot of juice and make the old fashion Jewish chicken soup. it helps
Drink lots of fluids and get plenty of rest. Don't drink too much orange juice, though, or you'll get diarrhea
Well you can't cure it,but you can help it go away faster. I take L-Lysine (500 MG) during a cold and if I feel like one might be coming on. It had worked everytime. I also take 3 Vitamin C 2 times a day everyday. Doctors say you can overdose on vitamin C, but not true, what ever your body doesn't use it gets rid of. I have been doing it for year and very healthy
L-Lysine an Essential amino acid, plays a key factor role in the makup of body Protiens. Necessary for production of antibodies, hormones and Enzymes
For the cold make tea with honey, ginger. Lots of vitamin c, barbados cherry is a really good source.
There are not any cures even at the doctors office. The common cold is caused by a virus and we can not at this time reliably cure a virus. Having said that your body will with time take care of the problem so your main job is to stay comfortable, drink more fluids that are helpful than you normally would and do not spread the virus.
Take something over the counter that helps your symptoms so you can continue to function.
Your cold will be cured in about a week if you take stuff to cure it, and in about 7 days if you don't take anything to cure it.
With treatment, your cold will be gone in about 4 days. Without doing anything, it will take about 96 hours.
Edit: LOL! Great minds think alike! (Just saw answer above)
Try Airborne. I've used it for years because it works.
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http://www.airbornehealth.com/
This is really nasty but if you can do it just once cold will be gone.
Take some of those Key Limes ( the real little ones)
Put in blender whole ( peelings too)
Tiny bit of water
Blend until smooth
Drink fast.
In bed for a few hours under covers to sweat it out and bam your up like a new person.
Never fails me.
I get rid of my colds and flues in one day..i drink about 3 quarts of red raspberry leaf tea as soon as i start to feel sick or to prevent it when another person in my house is sick. It is antiviral so it really knocks it out. Sweeten with honey not sugar. It is also good for stomach and intestinal flues.its really cheap to.
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I am an herbal student
An old doctor's remedy: take a hat and a bottle of booze (brandy is fine, bourbon or Canadian might be better) and a hat to bed. When you see two hats, start drinking chicken broth and orange juice. Sleep deeply. In 96 hours - or 4 days - the hangover will be gone and you'll be cold virus free!
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From my Dad's old doctor.
There is no medicine in the world to treat common cold.
If possible go to Yog class.
Common cold is due to excessive cough in the body. Try to eat less food. Avoid fatty and sweet foods. Add salads to your meals. Avoid sour foods, oils and milk or its' products.
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SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT TRG. AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE
R.H.19, JHULELAL SOC., SEC-2E, AIROLI, NAVI MUMBAI, INDIA.
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