Favorite Cold & Flu remedies?

[Kallison]

I have a feeling with my new job working around middle school kids I'm going to be sick.......a lot. Second cold of the season, has moved from the sore throat, to the hacking, flemmy, hurts my chest cough. When I'm sick I take:
Tylenol Sinus - non-drowsy during the day
Nyquil - at night to sleep
any type of cough drop for sore throat

Does anyone have a sore throat med suggestion?

 

[Scratch42]

Garlgle with warm water and sea salt!
But it has to be sea salt. At least 4 times a day and before bed!

Another remedy my mom always suggests, but working with people hard to do, at bedtime, scald milk, butter (1 tablespoon) and lots of garlic (minimum 1 clove). This will also ward off any Vampires!LOL

I know how you feel, just got over being sick and it took 4 weeks and I still have the cough!

Get well soon!

Scratch

 

[Kermit]

I try to take as little as possible, unless I actually need antibiotics or am so sick that I can tell it's about to settle in my lungs. I take cough suppressant at night so I can get enough sleep to get better, and I drink tons of water so all the yucky stuff can drain out. I also take Advil or Tylenol if I'm in pain. But cold medicines, especially decongestants, react horribly in my body and make me feel worse.

 

[DocRafiki]

I do the hot salt water gargling thing... never heard of sea salt. Then I carry around Chloraseptic spray and lozenges to deaden the pain.

I filled up on Cold Eze over the past few days, trying to avoid catching the cold from my relatives. It didn't work Hopefully it will at least shorten the duration.

 

[Kallison]

They make Cold-EEz in our town. The zinc makes me nauseous.