Any recommended cold remedies please

SueB743

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Hi there, can anyone recommend anything for a cold. I used to hit the honey & lemon or a beechams but that was pre-diagnosis. Also used to have a spoonful of local honey a day for hayfever, but guessing this could now do as much harm as good. Sorry if this is a ridiculous question but as a newbie I am still finding my feet. Appreciate any thoughts, thanks
 

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Lots of fluids. Take paracetamol if you feel you are running a temperature. Make a hot lemon drink with real lemons and add some sweetener if it is too sharp.

Also I was recommended (when asking a similar question here) to purchase some menthol crystals from my local chemist. A couple of slithers in boiling water and inhale the steam. This helps with any congestion.

Hope you recover soon
 
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I'm not convinced you can do anything at all about having a cold.
I have bone soup and a hot water bottle or not depending how I'm feeling and just get on with it but but but ... I'm awkward.
Honey .... I have a conviction that comes from where I know not and is based on absolutely nothing that honey is something of a cure all comforter beneficial even for a diabetic sooooo ....I have around a half a teaspoon full maybe a little more ... everyday in yoghurt's.
My BS is averaging mid fives on fasting and hardly ever above sixes in the day unless I do something crazy.
 
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The only way I ever treat a cold is with Paracetomol and freshly made hot lemon with honey. Short term I would rather have the honey than the stuff you buy over the counter, it's a natural product , hope the cold soon clears
 

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Paracetamol only for the pains, I was told by my consultant and wait ten days!

Most remedies include sugar, and most meds are full of them, so avoid!
 

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A cold will take its own time.
I just take Paracetamol and Vick nose spray and Strepsils if my throat is sore,It releaves the symptons..
Strepsils are sugar free.
 
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Plenty of hot drinks, paracetamol and chicken soup.
 

SueB743

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Thanks all, lemons it is with a bit of sweetener otherwise I might look like this !!
 

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I have to swear by Echinacea, sorts me out, and gets rid of cold sores too if you catch it in time. They help your immune system. You can take a course but I find if I take 4 capsules at the onset and more in the afternoon it seems to nip it in the bud.
 

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One thing to avoid if you have high blood pressure as well is any commercial remedy containing decongestant. It works by increasing your blood pressure!!
 

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I also recommend sinus saline washes, otherwise known as Netipots or Neil Med Saline wash. It is the first thing I do several times a day when I feel a cold coming on.
Elderberry extract is also an immune booster that specifically targets respiratory symptoms.
 

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Regular use of a Netipot helps keep the sinuses healthy, but if you have any kind of blockage it will hurt like hell. I find Echinacea more effective in tincture form than tablets. Hot lemon drinks, curries and saunas will all help with symptoms, but a cold will run its course.