Cold remedies anyone?

[larklibby]

My man cold is kicking in - HELP  :bad:

[Humbled]

Hot Totty and a decongestant - (sometimes I have 2 of these before and early bed if not feeling 100 %)

 

Hot Totty (coat bottom of coffee mug with good amount of honey - add in at least 2 shots of bourbon or brandy, a splash of lemon juice and finish off with boiling water) - stir and enjoy - works great and will have you up an running in half the time.

[larklibby]

my kind of medicine!

 

 

Hot Totty and a decongestant - (sometimes I have 2 of these before and early bed if not feeling 100 %)

 

Hot Totty (coat bottom of coffee mug with good amount of honey - add in at least 2 shots of bourbon or brandy, a splash of lemon juice and finish off with boiling water) - stir and enjoy - works great and will have you up an running in half the time.

[Still winning]

Hot toddy:

thick slice of lemon, push 3 cloves (found in herb aisle) into the lemon, teaspoon honey, hot water and a dash of scotch, whiskey or brandy depending on preference.

 

Chicken Noodle Soup:

Sharwoods medium egg noodles, knorr chicken stock cubes, cooked diced chicken. Boil small pan of water, add a stock cube and wait till it melted (taste for flavour, I prefer 2 stock cubes with a cold). Add some egg noddles till cooked, about 5 mins, fling in cooked chicken bits and eat. I like to add sage to it as that's good for colds.

 

Medicines: Sudafed or Beechams seem to work better than the cruddy lemsips for most. You can take paracetamol with sudafed but not with beechams. Get some berocca, it's pricey but shaves 2/3 days off the cold and for about half hour you're like you on speed after drinking, great tonic! (NB makes your pee look radioactive for a while, don't panic). 

 

Thyme, Licorice root, Garlic, sage are good steeped to drink either mixed with honey and lemon (as taste rank) or add them to your foods to eat.         

 

Feel better soon. x

[Still winning]

oh and night nurse every time for overnight. Take about an hour before bed and then you'll be drousy and drop off quickly.

 

Don't forget vicks vapo rub on your chest for a cold, or on the middle part of the sole of your foot with cotton socks over for a cough.

[larklibby]

wait what ON MY FOOT

[Tink]

I love green tea, honey and lemon, Paracetomol if you have a fever

 

Or

 

Heated cider, whiskey, honey and lemon (sweats it out and sleep)

 

But man flu is serious so if persists I suggest A&E

 

Only joking about A&E ;)

[larklibby]

haha yes, it could be A&E!

 

I have green tea and paracetamol at home, so will dive into that when I get in from work. I think it's going to be a quiet Friday night for me! :help:

[ChRiSpY]

Water...water and more water.

[babs609]

Water...water and more water.

 

as I was scrolling down....I was going to write water...then I saw this.  Chrispy and I are thinking alike today.  :)

[BAT]

or on the middle part of the sole of your foot with cotton socks over for a cough.

 

That's funny that you say that. .... I worked with a guy out in far west Texas and we were talking about remedies and how he would lick the bottom of his kids feet if they had a cough. I just assumed it was an old Mexican remedy past down since he was hispanic.

 

Try licking the bottoms of your feet lark !!! :P

[larklibby]

LOL - ah man, they are a long way down!

[Jenny]

LOL - ah man, they are a long way down!

If you can lick the bottom of your feet I would appreciate it if you post a picture of it.  :)

[larklibby]

that's going to be one weird selfie!

[Doreensfree]

L.ol....you have had good advice....make sure you rest up....plenty of sleep....x

[BAT]

Paging Dr Bakon !  :)

 

bakon's response : Well if I could lick the bottoms of my feet I would never leave the house  :P

[JackiMac]

Awww poor you, rest, rest and sleep, take it easy xx

[larklibby]

In my wisdom, I've decided red wine is the best cure. It's working so far.

[MarylandQuitter]

Get some ginger roots, peel them and then pound them to break them up a bit (don't need a lot!) and toss them in some boiling water with cut up chicken breast and black pepper.  Cook until the chicken is cooked (obviously, lol) and make sure to not only eat the chicken and ginger but also the broth.  This is a southern Asia secret and it works.

[BAT]

[Colleen]

Anytime anyone is sick around me I use this.  I also use it for allergies and of course when I am sick.

 

[cpk]

Get some ginger roots, peel them and then pound them to break them up a bit (don't need a lot!) and toss them in some boiling water with cut up chicken breast and black pepper.  Cook until the chicken is cooked (obviously, lol) and make sure to not only eat the chicken and ginger but also the broth.  This is a southern Asia secret and it works.

don't have cold but this sounds good so am making for dinner with quinoa and broccoli.  :) 

[Leanna]

Aw, colds are terrible. :( 

 

Everything that I was going to recommend has already been said. I hope you feel better soon!

 

Oh, and thumbs up to the hot toddy recommendation. My mom used to make them for me whenever I was sick and they helped a lot.

[cpk]

Get some ginger roots, peel them and then pound them to break them up a bit (don't need a lot!) and toss them in some boiling water with cut up chicken breast and black pepper.  Cook until the chicken is cooked (obviously, lol) and make sure to not only eat the chicken and ginger but also the broth.  This is a southern Asia secret and it works.

Made this and added new potatoes and onions and it's radically good...I don't have cold but sometimes chest feels tight. Thanks, MQ. PS There can never be too much ginger root in anything, I say.

[cpk]

what exactly is a man cold - or - how does it differ

from a woman cold?

in my experience the worst colds ever

are experienced by toddlers, who don't

know how to use kleenix