How to Use Natural Cures For A Cold

What is more miserable than the stuffy nose, sore throat and achy head that you get with a cold? Even though there is no actual cure for the common cold the following list of natural cures and remedies will go a long way towards making you feel better.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Hot tea:
   Add some lemon and honey along with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper to a cup of hot tea. The cayenne pepper is a antiseptic and will help to kill germs as well as unstuff your nose and sooth your throat.

2. 
    
   fresh garlic

   Chicken soup:
   Mom was right about eating chicken soap when you're sick. Add a little freshly minced garlic to your soup and just a pinch of cayenne pepper before it's served. Garlic is a natural antibiotic and antiviral that is at it's strongest when it's fresh.

3. Onion:
   for bad coughs just slice up an onion and pour some honey over the top. Let it sit overnight and in the morning you can eat the honey and or onion. Onions have strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

4. Neti Pot:
   Use a neti pot to help with your congestion and stuffy nose. The salt water solution will also help to kill germs. To help prevent re-infection be sure to thoroughly clean the neti pot between uses. You can either wash it by hand or put it in the dishwasher. Just make sure that it's dishwasher safe before you do so.

5. Fluids & Rest:
   Drink plenty of fluids, take your vitamin c and get a lot of rest. This is one time when you need to baby yourself a little. Otherwise it could get worse.

Tips & Warnings

• During the civil war when antibiotics were unavailable doctors would put fresh garlic on the soldiers wounds to help them heal.

Resources

• Care For A Sore Throat

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on 6/8/2009 It is cutting me off again! What I was saying is this is a trick I have not heard of before. Onion

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on 6/8/2009 I haven't heard of the honey