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I have a turnip shaped like Mother Teresa tied to my head.
LTK:
Pretty much anything works if you'll believe it'll work. It's the classic placebo effect.
calenlass:
Actually, I like to combine bedrest/general laying around the house with hot showers, ginger tea, and a hell of a lot of orange juice. Vitamin C pills are supposed to help lessen your symptoms, and I already buy lots of orange juice and hate taking pills anyway, so I may as well save the expense and the effort and just overdose on oj. If you have enough sense of taste left, anything with a bit of red or cayenne pepper in it will help clear your sinuses for a while, too.
I do this for sinus infections, too.
Lines:
I don't have weird cures. Rest, tea, chicken noodle soup, tylenol, and staying warm are all I do.
But you know what clears up sinuses? Ginger beer. The stronger the better.
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 15 May 2009, 03:11 ---Googling "cold remedy" gets the most extraordinary things... (hydrogen peroxide in the ears?)
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That sounds more like an ear infection cure. At least, that is what my mother would do when I had an earache. It would always make me sneeze and make my eyes water, for some reason.
Echinacea tea is good too, don't know about curing, but it makes me feel better. Then again, that is what the rum was for, wasn't it? Just so long as you don't stop drinking long enough for the hangover to catch up.
Ginger ale is great for congestion, I like the generic stuff that Safeway sells over here, it is the second strongest I have found, and is nice and cheap too.
My Grandmother makes a mixture of lemon juice and honey, I don't much care for that one. She swears by it, though.
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: BlahBlah on 15 May 2009, 13:49 ---I usually take Actifed and drink lots of water. Nothing really helps though.
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Similarly, it has become tradition for me to watch the three Lord of the Rings films if I am taking a sick day. Usually with a thermos of tea always by my side. Nuts to having to reboil the kettle every half hour.
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