Home cold/flu remedies

[Reba 2]

I usually have hot lemon, with honey and echinacea. Put a bit of lemon juice in a mug, with a bit of honey pour in some hot water and then a few drops (as recommended on the bottle) of echinacea. About 5 times a day.

Ginger works well to unstuff stuffed noses too. And for a sore throat, get to a health food store and see if they have some slippery elm throat drops. They don't taste very good, but it works really really well.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Put 1 oz of whole black peppercorns in 1 cup water, bring to boil, let it boil 2 minutes.

Then pour strained liquid into cup and add some honey (1 tsp or so). Needs to be drunk hot.

Works even better if you have some ginger and cloves (or "cheater's version" in tea-masala).

[dani_christine 0]

a word of caution:

if you have a fever, the old wives' tale about "sweating it out" can be quite dangerous. if you take the advice of PP and drink hot tea while bundled up in many layers of blankets and have a hot water bottle on your tummy...well, you run the risk of elevating your body temperature even further to dangerous levels.

tylenol or ibuprofen to reduce the fever. and a cool bath. and lots and lots of water.