[Misc] Cold remedies

[Hornblower]

Got a lousy head cold and normally I just put up with it and don't bother taking anything. However, I tried the Benylin cold and flu max strength and they really do help. Any other good remedies?

 

[Notters]

Got a lousy head cold and normally I just put up with it and don't bother taking anything. However, I tried the Benylin cold and flu max strength and they really do help. Any other good remedies?

Can I suggest you get Tesco/Sainsbury/Morrisson's/boots cold and flu max strength which are exactly the same but about 1/3rd of the price?

 

[Hornblower]

Can I suggest you get Tesco/Sainsbury/Morrisson's/boots cold and flu max strength which are exactly the same but about 1/3rd of the price?

Thank you, will do.

 

[DavidRyder]

Have you tried Mrs Cravat?

 

[wehatepalace]

Local honey, freshly squeezed lemon and hot water.

I was always sceptical but a local bee keeper made me try it and it never fails to sort a cold out for me.
Apparently has to be local fresh honey though.

 

[schmunk]

If you need a decongestant, get something containing Pseudoephedrine, which will need to be over-the-counter. The ones on the shelf contain Phenylephrine, which is proven not to work.

That said, I find a big bowl of boiling water with some Vicks in, and a towel over my head, really does the job!

 

[banjo]

Get out for a nice walk. Bit of fresh air.

 

[Perkino]

I like to use some guaifenesin. It is intended for a chesty cough but I find it helps to thin whatever is clogging me up and looses it rather quickly making me feel much better

 

[RandyWanger]

Local honey, freshly squeezed lemon and hot water.

I was always sceptical but a local bee keeper made me try it and it never fails to sort a cold out for me.
Apparently has to be local fresh honey though.

Local honey works for me too. Quite a lot of bee keepers in London which I found odd.

If you need a decongestant, get something containing Pseudoephedrine, which will need to be over-the-counter. The ones on the shelf contain Phenylephrine, which is proven not to work.

That said, I find a big bowl of boiling water with some Vicks in, and a towel over my head, really does the job!

Boiling head works well and so does warm water in a small tea pot, turn your head to the side and pour in one nostril and it comes out the other flushing it all out.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Go to bed with a hot woman

 

[Weststander]

Lemsip .... not with boiling water, but a few degrees C lower that.

And for those nighmarish tickly coughs that start in bed, every night, soluble paracetomol swished round the mouth and throat. It works.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Take the juice of half a lemon and place in a mug, add one shot of brandy and two crushed paracetamol, two teaspoons of honey and top up with boiling water.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Get out for a nice walk. Bit of fresh air.

My cold/cough started 10 days ago ..i’m Out working in the lovely fresh air and rain ..doesn’t seem to be helping ..just knackered!

 

[banjo]

My cold/cough started 10 days ago ..i’m Out working in the lovely fresh air and rain ..doesn’t seem to be helping ..just knackered!

Rains no good for you.

 

[RandyWanger]

Being cold, getting rained on, going out with wet hair etc does not give you a cold. It's a virus, you catch it from other people.

 

[Notters]

Got a lousy head cold and normally I just put up with it and don't bother taking anything. However, I tried the Benylin cold and flu max strength and they really do help. Any other good remedies?

Can I suggest you get Tesco/Sainsbury/Morrisson's/boots cold and flu max strength which are exactly the same but about 1/3rd of the price?

Actually having looked it up, Benylin has caffeine, which I always try to avoid as I have too much anyway, but doesn't have Guaifenesin which helps with mucus/coughs.

 

[Weststander]

Being cold, getting rained on, going out with wet hair etc does not give you a cold. It's a virus, you catch it from other people.

True, but it’s not as simple as that:

“Research from the Common Cold Research Centre at the University Cardiff in 2005 showed that 13 of the 90 volunteers who had their feet chilled with cold water for 20 minutes caught a cold in the following 4 or 5 days, compared with only 5 of the volunteers who didn’t have their feet chilled.

The reason is possibly because the cold causes the blood vessels in our noses to constrict, and reduces our ability to fight infection. We are constantly being exposed to viruses, and so the chilling left the volunteers more vulnerable to this cold onslaught and therefore more likely to develop a cold over the following days. This could also be one of the reasons why colds are more common in the winter. So, to avoid a cold, keep yourself (and especially your nose) warm. Scarves out!”

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Actually having looked it up, Benylin has caffeine, which I always try to avoid as I have too much anyway, but doesn't have Guaifenesin which helps with mucus/coughs.

Yet, I find that Benylin chesty cough mixture does decongest me. The drowsy version is great for helping me to sleep when I can't breathe properly.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Not a remedy, but I've found that vitamin C and echinacea act as a brilliant prophylactic.

 

[The Clamp]

Local honey, freshly squeezed lemon and hot water.

I was always sceptical but a local bee keeper made me try it and it never fails to sort a cold out for me.
Apparently has to be local fresh honey though.

I have heard that local honey helps relieve symptoms of hayfever as it acts similar to an inoculation. I really can’t see what the reasoning behind local honey for a cold is. Othe than the beekeeper trying to flog it was local