Head cold...I'm dyin' up here!!

[gman51]

Granny Clampitt had a miracle cure for colds. It was basically corn mash white lightning and guaranteed it cured colds in about 14 days.
Anyone remember that episode? LOL
Seriously the ginger root tea with lemon and honey should kick the cold out into the cold. Ginger root tea stopped a stomach ache for me real quick. Ginger tea is reported to be a very good antibacterial tonic.

 

[carpriver]

My Grand mother use to give us kids a hot toddy, warm tea, lemon, and whisky, put us to bed with a down comforter. slept hard,and sweated thru our PJ's, if you had a croup cough it was a mustard plaster. It did not kill us and we got better after a while.

 

[Watchdog]

Thought I had a head cold ,was the flu and 6 days later I am still alive but it was touch and go at first!

With advances in medicine and development of stronger anti-viral drugs, lots of folks today don't take the flu as serious as some of us older guys.

My dad told me about going around with his mother as she went from house to house in Lancaster County, South Carolina, helping to wash and lay out the bodies of the people killed by the flu pandemic of 1918. He said as they rode down the streets and roads in their two-mule wagon, they could hear the crying and wailing of the victims' relatives, and see the fires and smell the smoke from their clothes and belongings being burned.

I simply can't imagine something like that.

That pandemic of 1918-19 killed more people than WWI...somewhere between 20 and 40 million souls worldwide. More people died from the flu in one year than in four years of the bubonic plague...the Black Death.

Flu still isn't anything you want to fool around with.

 

[les.b]

Antibiotics don't work on viral infections, but are frequently prescribed to prevent a bacterial infection from setting in. I just got over a real doozy about a week or so ago. I have found that I do better if I get up and follow my regular routine than if I lay around in bed. I did finally go to a "MedExpress" facility, and was probably almost over the cold by the time I went. As soon as I start to feel the symptoms, I start taking the WalMart (Equate) version of the "Emergen-C", which has 1000 mg of vitamin C, plus 7 B vitamins and some antioxidants, and electrolytes.

Just before bed, a couple of shots of Cognac and a spoon of honey provide a little relief also.

I try not to get colds in the first place. I'm a college professor, and have students from all over the world, and they go back and forth to their home countries, and frequently bring new strains of colds with them. I keep hand sanitizer ... GermX brand in the office, and at home, and in the car. Use it frequently when I think it is prudent. Watch opening doors and handling stuff in stores, to minimize catching the colds in the first place.

Best luck to you.

 

[4barrel]

When you sneak across the border with your buddies things can happen. It helps to have a good doctor. My doctor is my friend but if I didnt have good insurance you are toast. I have seen it happen.

 

[Old TexMex]

Headcold update

Start the day with a hot steamy shower.
Vitamin C : 3 grams three times a day.
Manzanilla tea...all day with lemons off my tree and honey
Steamer of 4 Thiefs oil several times a day...this helps a lot.
Chlorol hydrate and fenilifrene before bedtime.
Zinc tablets, B12 (methylcobalamine)
Protein powder in water...60 grams daily
Water all the rest of the time.

It's getting better, my friends that have it are not making much progress.
The neighbors' cat checks on me twice daily.

 

[les.b]

Sounds like a great plan, TexMex!!

Hope you're up and about soon...

Best Regards,mLes

 

[okiegtrider]

That's quite a regimen. Hope it works for ya. Feel better.

 

[soFlaNative]

Start the day with a hot steamy shower.
Vitamin C : 3 grams three times a day.
Manzanilla tea...all day with lemons off my tree and honey
Steamer of 4 Thiefs oil several times a day...this helps a lot.
Chlorol hydrate and fenilifrene before bedtime.
Zinc tablets, B12 (methylcobalamine)
Protein powder in water...60 grams daily
Water all the rest of the time.

It's getting better, my friends that have it are not making much progress.
The neighbors' cat checks on me twice daily.

No food?
Is it starve a cold, feed a fever or the other way 'round?

 

[Salty RI]

This reminds me of one of my professors at Pharmacy college...he used to say: if you have a cold and take medicine you will get better in 7 days...if you have a cold and do NOT take any medicine you will get better in 1 week!

Hey Salty RI...are you by chance an RPh?

No not me but I do spend a lot of time in the Drug Store.

 

[Old TexMex]

No food?
Is it starve a cold, feed a fever or the other way 'round?

Oops....I miss-typed that part about the protein powder. I use 60grams three times a day = 180grams of protein per day.

Last night whatever this evil spirit that was taking up residence put up a fierce fight. Tremors and big sweat and a thorough "voiding" of the system. Being exhausted, I slept till 9:30 (I'm usually up at 5am).
Miles better, maybe I was just shaking off what wasn't all that great of a year...

 

[soFlaNative]

Oops....
Last night whatever this evil spirit that was taking up residence put up a fierce fight. Tremors and big sweat and a thorough "voiding" of the system. Being exhausted, I slept till 9:30 (I'm usually up at 5am).
Miles better, maybe I was just shaking off what wasn't all that great of a year...

There are worse ways to begin a new year than eliminating a "load" off of your mind.
Here's hoping things shake your way.