Best cold/flu remedy

[binny]

help.

I feel like a truck hit me. Everything hurts, I have a fever you name it.

I CANT be sick this week. I have way too much to do. After Saturday I can be sick. Thats reasonable, right?

I have taken dayquill and airborne so far and am drinking a lot of liquids.

What do you when youre sick? I have to be able to function.

 

[Lintasare]

Lots of warm liquids like tea and Theraflu and try to rest as much as you can.

 

[JessicaR]

If you are able I would take some advil or motrin. The Dayquil has tylenol in it but that never helps me for body aches. Homemade chicken soup helps me too!

I hope you feel better quickly.

 

[Mickey&Donald]

Tons and tons of water and hot tea (I mean so much that I end up going to the restroom every 30-60 minutes).

The real secret is RAW HONEY. Go to your closest whole foods store and get a jar of raw honey. Put it in every cup of tea you drink, and if you can, eat it with a spoon. Honey is a natural antibacterial product, and I swear, it's helped me get over the flu in 3 days or less.

 

[MineeBaby]

We drink Emergen-C. You can get it at any grocery store or drug store next to where the Airborne stuff is. It works wonders for us!

 

[camreesmom]

DH & I are big fans of AlkaSeltzer night time cold medicine. When we start feeling sick, we'll take this and go to bed as early as possible. This usually knocks it out pretty quick. I'll second the honey recommendation also. When my throat is hurting, DH will make me hot tea with lemon and honey in it and it really helps.

 

[sassyangel]

putting vapor rub in a pot of boiling water... allowing the steam to become a nice medicine mixture... then placing it on a potholder on my table with a towel over my head breathing in the steam... within 20 minutes I can breathe and feel human with a hot shower right after.

 

[Michelle67]

I always use TheraFlu (preferably the strips if I can find them) to knock the symptoms, and then get some Traditional Medicinals herbal tea and have it with honey to try to help knock the actual virus.

 

[disney kid at heart]

binny, so sorry you are feeling bad. Since I can't take any OTC things hot chicken soup with lots of pepper works for me. Hope you feel better real quick.

 

[binny]

thanks everyone I slept most of the day and that seemed to help a bit I am going to just have to continue on with the same dayquill and advil (thanks that helped!) and the hot liquiids

thanks again

 

[Kitty 34]

I always recommend lots of sleep and believe it or not I always drink a little bit of diet coke all day and night. Feel better soon.

 

[Huskerfamilyof5]

I am fighting a cold right now, coughing and a lot of drainage. I have been taking Nyquel at night, just to get some sleep, and just started taking the otc muscinex, it seems that it has helped. Plus pushing hot tea and water! Get well soon, I took a day off last Friday, but back to work this week. Got to be ready to VOTE!

 

[golfgal]

Did you go to your DR to see if it was influenza? They could have giving you the tamiflu or whatever it is called to lessen the symptoms.

 

[binny]

no I didn't make it to the Doc I wish I would have. Was feeling better this afternoon but fever is back with a vengeance now I think.

Nyquil, advil and a shot of Airborne. I have to go to church tomorrow and work.

 

[mommasita]

You have received great advice.

I hope you feel better soon. It so sucks to be sick, and MORE so when we have a zillion things to do.

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

Currently, praying to die seems to be the best best, I've had a nasty upper respiratory thing for over a week now. I finally went to the doc yesterday and got meds.

Other then that, my neti pot and lots of tea.

 

[golfgal]

no I didn't make it to the Doc I wish I would have. Was feeling better this afternoon but fever is back with a vengeance now I think.

Nyquil, advil and a shot of Airborne. I have to go to church tomorrow and work.

Please don't--why would you go out when you are that sick?

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyl...yqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUT

 

[teacups]

I agree. If you are sick please stay home. That is how things spread like wildfire... and more than likely how you yourself caught it.

I hope you are feeling better.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Get yourself swabbed to see if it is the flu. Too late for Tamiflu although if it happens again go to the DOCTOR BINNY!!!

We have 2 confirmed cases of the flu here in St. Louis. Great.....

 

[teacups]

...and in Idaho the first flu death has just occured. Monday in N. ID.