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Subject: Cure for the common cold From: John C Date: 25 Oct 99 - 09:52 PM Its 3 in the morning where I am - cant sleep, cant swallow and my nose is running like Ben Johnson. Anybody know a way (folky or otherwise) I can get rid of this cr*p without resorting to (too many) chemicals? HELP. John C. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Mbo Date: 25 Oct 99 - 09:59 PM I've got a cold right now and could use the same help! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: _gargoyle Date: 25 Oct 99 - 10:18 PM Cure for the "Common Cold."
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: sophocleese Date: 25 Oct 99 - 10:24 PM John C. Wish I could give you better advice, I'm just getting over a godawful cold. You seem to be at the one point where I do actually resort to a small amount, never the full dose of any kind of decongestant just so I can get to sleep and then I know tomorrow my nose won't be running so badly. For a throat as sore as that I try and keep my place reasonably humid and also sip ice water or anthing cold enough to reduce some swelling, it makes me a little more comfortable. If its cold outside try taking deep breaths of cool air. Good luck and hope you get better soon. Sophocleese |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Little Neophyte Date: 25 Oct 99 - 10:38 PM John, check out the current thread Help: Folk Remedies, you will find some good suggestions for colds. Little Neo |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Rick Fielding Date: 25 Oct 99 - 10:48 PM John, you have my sympathies. I get colds from hell. I've tried EVERY home-spun remedy going and naturally they don't work for me. It's like religion...ya gotta believe FIRST, for it to do you any good! Rick |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: alison Date: 25 Oct 99 - 10:49 PM echinacea (from your health food store)...... builds up your immune system... good to take right through the "cold" season. or go for an old Irish (but popular everywhere I'm sure) remedy...... hot whisky...... whisky, hot water, honey and lemon juice. slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: kendall Date: 25 Oct 99 - 10:53 PM I used to get colds from hell too..no more! At the first sign of a cold. I used to speed to the supermarket and pick up a bag of zinc cough drops. Worked too. Now, I take zinc and vitamin C every day and havn't had a cold in months. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Little Neophyte Date: 25 Oct 99 - 11:28 PM Rick has an important point there. A strong belief in what you are taking is an essential ingredient to any good potion. Little Neo |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: paddymac Date: 25 Oct 99 - 11:58 PM Alison and Kendall have described my two most reliable "cures". In the first case, if you have enough hot whiskeies, you won't really care whether you get better or not. In the seconf case, a Nobel laureate can't be wrong, right? There is, however, another remedy for severe congestion and "croup". It's a folk remedy that actually has a sound technical basis. Onions contain a variety of sulpher compounds, some of which are of medicinal value. Take a three pound bag of onions, slice coarsely, cover with water, put a lid on the pot, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Remove the lid from the pot, put a towel over your head and the pot, and breathe the vapors. Be careful not to get too close to the pot. The "steam" tends to help clear the sinuses, and the vapors seem to have a virucidal character. The "stew" remains potent for three or four days, but I've never needed it more than 48 hours. Just reheat it as needed. It's a lot less expensive that any other remedy, and a lot more effective than most
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: alison Date: 26 Oct 99 - 12:17 AM Yep, Vitamin C is very important.. the zinc bit helps it to be absorbed by the body... another point to remember is not to use a decongestant inhaler thingy at night... sure it clears the tubes... but most of them have insomnia as a side effect. For sore throats, (this sounds vile.. but I am told it is great)... crush some garlic into some olive oil and gargle with it.......... yuck... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Mark Cohen Date: 26 Oct 99 - 12:18 AM Vitamin C and zinc. That's what my mother told me, and her only son is a doctor, so she must be right. I take a couple of grams of vitamin C at the first sign of a cold, and a couple of zinc lozenges throughout the day, and I generally find that my colds only last a day or two instead of a week. And as far as prevention, three words: WASH YOUR HANDS!! No kidding, take it from someone who sees a couple of dozen sick kids on an average day, that helps more than anything. By the way, the most common portal of entry for the cold virus is not the nose, or the mouth, but the eyes. I kid you not. Wash those hands, and keep 'em out of your baby blues. Aloha, Mark Cohen |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: kendall Date: 26 Oct 99 - 10:18 AM Noble laureate? who dat? Dr. Chohen echos the statement of my doctor, a well known internist and endocrinologist around here.. I asked him how he survives being around all those sick people all the time.. same answer WASH YOUR HANDS EVERYTIME YOU THINK OF IT. Theres an opening for Cletis |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: kendall Date: 26 Oct 99 - 10:25 AM Noble laureate? who dat? Dr. Chohen echos the statement of my doctor, a well known internist and endocrinologist around here.. I asked him how he survives being around all those sick people all the time.. same answer WASH YOUR HANDS EVERYTIME YOU THINK OF IT. Theres an opening for Cletis |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Jeri Date: 26 Oct 99 - 10:34 AM Everyone at work recently came down with "the company cold," so they've taken to hosing the phones down with Lysol. I pointed out they'd need to do the desktops, the doorknobs, the lock on the bathroom door, the faucet handles...they ignored me, I wonder why. You actually have control over where your hands go...well, most of us do. There are so many ways to get the stupid viruses back onto them after we wash them, it's better to just not stick the things in your eyes, mouths or around any other mucous membrane. And you'll still probably get the cold, anyway. (Yes, I'm bitter :-) The most effective way to not get colds as demonstrated in the medical setting, is to get every single one and develop a certain degree of immunity. Worked for me. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Allan S. Date: 26 Oct 99 - 01:07 PM My old microbiology prof had the answer. With treatment they last 7 days. Without treatment they last one week. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: kendall Date: 26 Oct 99 - 01:12 PM MY UNCLE CURT HAD A CURE FOR SORE THROAT HE CLAIMED THAT HE TIED A PIECE OF SALT PORK TO A PIECE OF STRING. SWALLOWED THE PORK, THEN PULLED IT BACK UP. REPEAT AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY. (I cant say if it works..never tried it) |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: annamill Date: 26 Oct 99 - 01:33 PM Kendall, that remedy sound like a good way to lose weight too. Sure beats the old finger down the throat method. Yuck!! Gross!! Love (with a grimace), annap |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Penny S. Date: 26 Oct 99 - 03:18 PM Inhaling steam, with or without additions. Friar's Balsam is th one I was brought up on. DO NOT BLOW YOUR NOSE. Hot off the press. It forces the muck into the sinuses. And Vit C and Zinc Penny |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Penny S. Date: 26 Oct 99 - 03:22 PM Nana's recipe was elderflower and mint tea. Then there's lemon juice, brandy and honey, with hot water. For a variation of Allan's. I'm currently using Calvados - it gives a wonderful fruity mixture. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: _gargoyle Date: 26 Oct 99 - 11:01 PM Uncle Curt's Cure works just dandy...
Make sure to totaly swallow....and pull out slowly... To get past the sphincter returning from the stomach.... you must elict a gag-respone such as two-fingers-down-the-throat.....or a reversed-spoon-down-the-throat.
Just remember Litl' Newbie's advice, "A strong belief in what you are doing is an essential ingredient"!!!!!!!!
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Auxiris Date: 27 Oct 99 - 07:20 AM Dear friend(s) suffering from colds, here are two (tested) recipes: COLD CURE #1 Ingredients: 2 large cloves of garlic juice of 2 lemons 1 bunch of fresh parsely, finely chopped 2 cups of water Bring the water to a rolling boil in a saucepan. Crush the two cloves of garlic and add them to the water, decrease to simmer, cover and cook for about 10 minutes. Add parsely, simmer for another 5 minutes, remove from heat and add lemon juice. Drink the whole thing, as hot as possible. Go straight to bed and wrap yourself up in a blanket or quilt. Noticeable results after a day or so. May be repeated as needed. Only undesirable side effect noted is that one's friends may tend to take evasive action until the garlic wears off. . . (recipe given to me by Jean-Pierre Favino) COLD CURE #2 Ingredients: 1 slice of lemon 4 cloves boiling water triple or (why not?) quadruple shot of GOOD whiskey Insert the cloves in the slice of lemon and place at the bottom of a large mug. Pour whiskey over the lemon & cloves. Add enough boiling water to heat up the mixture to the point where it burns your mouth. Drink as hot as possible, then go straight to bed and wrap yourself up in a blanket or quilt. I don't see any reason why cure #1 couldn't be followed by cure #2, though I don't recommend trying cure #2 then cure #1. Note: the garlic cure seems to truly weaken cold viruses, whereas the whiskey "cure" seems to be more for one's immediate comfort---as in "I really don't care if I have a cold or not". À votre santé, Auxiris |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Peggy Date: 27 Oct 99 - 05:01 PM Find out in your mind exactly when you felt the very first vestige and THEN, just before that, 24-48 hours - no longer before, spot what happened that was as I describe it "someone pooped in your soup" "rained on your parade" "you didn't get, or lost, or were forgotten" etc. you get the idea. Find THAT and you will be amazed how well you can feel. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Laura Date: 27 Oct 99 - 07:35 PM Cures for the common cold: A. Go to the Doctor, spend lots of money on the office call and antibiotics and the cold will go away in about 7-10 days. B. Go to the health food store and buy any of the remedies listed above and you will be over your cold in about a week to a week and a half. C. Go to the woods, grocery store, liquor store wherever to find any of the other remedies listed above and you will be rid of your cold in around 160-240 hours. D. Do nothing except rest, drink lots of fluids and stock up on vaseline for your nose and you will feel better in about 1/2 of a fortnight. When you are over your cold, please try to get a flu shot. Laura |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: BK Date: 27 Oct 99 - 09:09 PM Gotta go w/the vit c & zinc, tho the zinc tears up my stomach. also the WASH YOUR HANDS - & keep 'em outa yer eyes - & all other orifices - as much as possible. If ya do get it, small peices of the oherwise terribly strong regular "Fisherman's Freind" losenges & any of the herbal teas based heavily on "Slippery Elm" bark, laced w/honey & a little bit of freshly squeezed lime juice have not only helped me survive, but also helped me get thru half hour to hour stage sets w/o choking or coughing in the middle of a ballad - or getting too hoarse to function. [never felt any benefit from echinacia] Cheers, BK |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Penny S. Date: 28 Oct 99 - 10:19 AM And when you get to the bunged up stage, there are some little licorice plus other ingredients, menthol, capsicum etc. things called Imps, or Nigroids (I can't believe that name), which, despite being less than a quarter of an inch square, clear out the nose and the throat with a vengeance. Penny |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Neil Lowe Date: 28 Oct 99 - 10:28 AM Auxiris' remedies have plenty of personal appeal....anything having to do with garlic and whiskey can't be too far off the mark.... Neil |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Loretta Grace Date: 28 Oct 99 - 10:52 AM Just to tell you guys what I know about herbs (being a witch, I know a bit...): The thing about ecchinasea is that it isn't a cure, it's an immune-system booster, so it helps prevent it for some people. If you take it, only take it for six weeks, then give yourself a two week break, and try to only take it during cold season (although for me, that seems to be all year). As far as TREATING herbaly, goldenseal seems to really help me. Give it a chance, but don't take it too long -- like echinasea, you need to give it a break. Hope this helps LG |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: KingBrilliant Date: 28 Oct 99 - 11:23 AM I usually manage to stave off the worst of a cold by a combination of the following two: 1) A LOT of whiskey & then go to sleep under a lot of blankets etc & sweat it out. 2) Eat raw onion. Kris |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Brian Hoskin Date: 29 Oct 99 - 07:43 AM Of all the things that don't work to cure a cold, whisky is definitely the best. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Mike Regenstreif Date: 29 Oct 99 - 03:09 PM Suck 2-3 packages a day of 5-flavor Lifesavers and your cold will disappear in 5-8 days. Works every time. Mike Regenstreif |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Mike Regenstreif Date: 29 Oct 99 - 03:16 PM BTW, Lifesavers are recognized as a good dietary source of sugar, artificial flavours and food colouring; three of the main food groups. MR |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Date: 29 Oct 99 - 10:36 PM Mike...
Love it...
Stick around awhile....we need a five-fold-view. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Jeri Date: 29 Oct 99 - 11:10 PM I always though echinacea was also a, er...wossname...snot thinner thingie. AFTER I posted the above whine about colds, I got another stupid one. Two weeks since the last one, which I never quite got over - and don't even suggest anything that starts with an "a" and ends with "llergy." I popped over to the market and bought some zinc/vitamin C tablets and they actually seem to be working. They totally kill my sense of taste, though. |
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Subject: RE: Cure for the common cold From: Owlkat Date: 30 Oct 99 - 03:50 AM Hi From the North, 34 replies and not one of you said Chicken Soup? The horror, the horror... ;-) Mart. |
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