Whats your fav cold remedy???

[Mort]

Just sitting here after having a head chest cold for the past 3 days. I am now much better.
But was wondering what works best for some of you guys?

Friday was my b-day, so I was not out celebrating, man I hate getting sick on b-days

Me - Lots of sleep, NYQUIL and fluids!

All I can say is that stuff knocks me out.

I know some of you probably hit the booze bottle and be table dancing....;:;rofl

 

[Kickemup]

Lots of night and DayQuil. I've had a cold for 3 weeks now finally went in last week and got some drugs.

 

[bowcarp]

When I feel a cold coming on zi-cam works for me , if not time fluids and alke seltzer cold and as much sleep as I can get

 

[257Bob]

Take internally the juice of 1 quart of brandy.

 

[Lou63]

when I feel like I am coming down with a cold I take as hot of a shower as I can stand trying to give myself an artificial fever, the cold bugs can only live in a certain temperature range and if I can raise my body temp with the shower over that range it seems to knock em out and I don't get as sick. I try to avoid taking any meds

 

[LBrandt]

Being older than dirt I have gotten all of the pneumonia shots and it seams to help even on colds. There is crap going around now where it takes like a month before you get better, cough, sinus, and sometimes low fever. Wife has been fighting it for a couple weeks now.

 

[AR-15]

Feel sorry for yourself where ever you go, then people will feel sorry for you and that will make you feel better

 

[NDwalleyes]

Hot whiskey and honey

 

[Auggie]

Is on NyQuil, as hot of a shower as you can stand for 20-30 min, straight to bed wearing socks, sweatpants, and a sweatshirt. My Old Man always said you have to cook the cold out. I do this when symptoms come up and Farley go more than a day or two of being sick.

 

[KDM]

My favorite is sex, but sometimes the store manager forgot to stock the shelves. Then it's a hot steamy shower followed by a hot Brandy 'n' Honey (Hot Tottie) then right under a dozen blankets to sweat myself into a mush. I prefer the first one though.

 

[MathewsZman]

I won't tell ma about the Brandy 'n' Honey treatment if you don't! They sure were some nice gals weren't they ?

 

[Petras]

I like to put vicks on the bottom of my feet before I go to bed when I'm sick. I HATE sleeping with socks on, but this usually does the trick for me.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Weekday(when work needs to be done):
Nyquil at night.
5 hour energy right when you wake up with some EmergnC.(gives some energy to get rid of Nyquil hangover plus some vitamins)
then
Sudafed(the real stuff you have to show your drivers license for because of tweakers) during the day to dry up the excess phlegm.
repeat.

Weekend(or stay home day):
Hot bath or shower followed by an old people drink(Ensure or whatever). Then a stout hot brandy and hit the bed with a pile of blankets.

 

[DirtyMike]

Hot brandy, honey and a squeeze of lemon. Or colloidal silver and some B vitamins. Check out colloidal silver guys. If you have kids, it's worth its weight in gold.

 

[Davy Crockett]

I'm lucky (knock on wood) Haven't had a cold in probably 20 years but used to quite often back then , No idea what changed but Alka-Seltzer plus as soon as I felt the first sniffle seemed like it worked.

Sweating it out is all the old timers knew. When I was a kid the worst part of caching a bad cold was the remedy, If it lasted a week and didn't get better Mom used to make a "Mustard plaster" and smear it on my chest and make me drink a big shot of black berry brandy and send me to bed. That's all I remember about that ............ I think the brandy was used to numb the pain from the mustard plaster. I'm sure anyone that has ever had a mustard plaster remembers it well.

 

[all4eyes]

Mucinex d and Tylenol every 4 hours. I agree with the hot showers also.

 

[measure-it]

2nd on the colloidal silver--add chewable vit C and B complex. Dress warm, plenty sleep, and homemade chicken/dumpling soup!

 

[jer79]

zinc supplement pills from the grocery store, about 3 times a day and some Benadryl or Nyquil right after supper so I get knocked out for about ten hours. I have rarely been sick for longer than a day or two for atleast 5 years now since someone talked me into the zinc pills, its a lot cheaper than zicam and zicam leaves a terrible taste in my mouth

 

[Mort]

Weekday(when work needs to be done):
Nyquil at night.
5 hour energy right when you wake up with some EmergnC.(gives some energy to get rid of Nyquil hangover plus some vitamins)
then
Sudafed(the real stuff you have to show your drivers license for because of tweakers) during the day to dry up the excess phlegm.
repeat.

Weekend(or stay home day):
Hot bath or shower followed by an old people drink(Ensure or whatever). Then a stout hot brandy and hit the bed with a pile of blankets.

Used to really like the old stuff, then they FDA made them take out a certain ingredient, now it don't do shit, so I haven't really found anything that will keep my nose from running during the day

 

[Captain Ahab]

Used to really like the old stuff, then they FDA made them take out a certain ingredient, now it don't do shit, so I haven't really found anything that will keep my nose from running during the day

You can get it at your local pharmacy and other stores. You just have to ask for it and show your driver's license as they keep it under more controls because of the meth cookers.

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They keep it behind the counter. Make sure the active ingredient is Pseudo ephedrine.