Request: A Cure For the Common Cold

[Dechristo]

I made it 'till a little before noon at work today, then had to go home; feel like I've been eht by a wolf and shit off a cliff. The thirteen hours of late-night gigging this weekend past probably didn't help a recovery... this venomous virus has been getting worse since last Friday. I may have to shave the mustache...fucker gets gross quick, if you know what I mean.

 

You got any treatments/recipes/down-home-cures for the Common Cold?

 

(hanging-out and posting smart-ass comments on CC.com proves to lack efficacy)

[The_Rooster]

Avoid chicken soup. It'll make your cold worse.

 

Got it? NO chicken!

[layton]

there is no cure for the cold don't waste your money. you can only treat the symptoms.

one of the best ways ever is called a Nettie Pot, basically pour warm salt water up your nose. also gargle with warm salt water.

then zinc and eccinahsea(sp?). be sure to take A LOT of ecch, way way more than the dose on the bottle. basically you want to finish the bottle or eat all the pills in about 5-7 days. ecch tea isn't strong enough, you need to drink about 5-7 cups a day...which may be a good way to go about it actually cuz you're really hydrating yourself.

also, Orange Juice promotes mucus, so go with Pinapple juice instead.

[layton]

one more thing. a mega dose of nyquil or theraflu tea before bedtime (although not very homeopathic!) totally knocks you out and the asperin or aceteominaphin in it relieves the pain and fever.

[cj001f]

Bourbon. Lots of Bourbon.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

100 ml. vodka, warmed

squeeze of lemon juice

honey

[Ducknut]

lots of

[Dru]

whatever you do don't mix nyquil and vodka/borbon etc if you like your liver.

 

staying superhydrated is good but don't get hyponatrea.

 

basically what mike said. gargling with warm salt water is easier than snorting it up you nose though.

 

vitamin c, zinc and echinacea. echinacea tea. tomato juice/V8. chicken soup. big doses of wasabi, hot peppers and so on will also promote the extra nose running. remember you don't want to get rid of the symptoms - you want to INCREASE the symptoms to get rid of the problem faster.

 

hot sauna and/or steaming your nose over a kettle of boiling water are other good techniques.

 

Vicks VapoRub and/or Mentholatum too.

 

and a couple packets of fishermen's friends. get the extra strong ones.

[catbirdseat]

The only thing that actually works is zinc, and then only if you start it as soon as you notice symptoms.

[layton]

The only thing that actually works is zinc, and then only if you start it as soon as you notice symptoms.

 

I hope the various research studies done on other therapies read this post.

 

Not to cause a controversy, but studies done on blood samples from folks who've had a chiropractic adjustment have shown clinically significantly increased PMN (basically white blood cells) and macrophage activity. Could be in response to brief local inflamm of the joints, who knows. just think that's pretty neat. not saying go to a chiropractor b/c you have a cold, just a cool side benifit.

 

Here's a VERY cool therapy i've had done. you'd be VERY hard pressed to find this contraption. I've had an ionizing lamp put down my throat (creating ozone which is highly toxic) and the theory is that the ozone kills the local infection (the viruses aren't in your blood, they are in your membranes in your respiratory tract usually). kinda like advanced salt water gargling.

Having your sinuses drained by a chiropractor is a very very cool trick (basically the doctor sticks their finger so far up your throat you want to die) and the results are profound and totaly fucking disgusting. won't cure the cold, but if you're too stuffed up to stand the light of day, worth a try. also an extra long q-tip jammed up your nose so far you think it'll poke your brain and coated with Silver Protien, is another amazing and totally gross way to drain the sinus. i've seen photos....super nasty.

[Dechristo]

Thanks, good suggestions... for the most part.

 

I'm doin' most of the treatments you've suggested. My wife (midwife, herbalist, voodoo witchdoctor) is in Wenatchee so I'm batchin' it, which causes me to look for all the stuff in cupboards and pantry unguided; but, I've found it all. Most of the stuff is in tincture and tastes nastier than cancerous dragon-colon-drippin's... I imagine.

 

Passed-out on the couch after starting this thread. Woke-up two hours later with a hunger for a Sonic BLT sandwich. Drove the 28 miles into town just to get the BLT: expensive sandwich. My dog, Stewart Ben Laddy (Jack Russell Terrierist) decided to jump out the window while the truck was traveling at 25-30mph. He tumbled and skidded and was bloodied-up a bit, but, excepting the road-rash, seems no more worse for wear.

 

While in town, I decided to make a bit more of the trip by stopping to gaze at the wonders in the aisles of the local Nordstrom's: WalMart. Stupor-stared at the Nyquil and row-upon-row of decongestants... and moved on without touching a box - couldn't bring myself past the thought of dumping shit like that into me.

 

Ahhh, but there's some nasty shit on the other side of the store I will dump gladly into me. A pint of Cherry Garcia, a pint of Phish Food, a can of honey-roasted cashews, and four-pack of vanilla frappuccinos. Like I said, my wife's out of town.

 

ML, thanks for the advice, but, I'm gonna need to get a whole lot sicker before I investigate having a chiro stick his hand down my throat up to the elbow, although I'd pay to see that done to some of my past clients.

 

cj, burpin', lots of burpin'? I gots no nausea wit dis.

 

KK, ...you fuckin' east Euros and your vodka. I did enough howlin' into a toilet this past Memorial Day weekend to last until... next time. thanks anyway.

 

Tealtestes, hot sex cures almost anything but venereal disease and nymphomania. Word.

 

Dru, you're a virtual backwoods sawbones. You hit the nail on the head.

 

cbs, I take zinc daily, anyway, to keep the lead in my pencil. TMI?

[chelle]

I've found that hyped up homeopathic remedy Airborne actually makes me feel better when I take it. I think some of the herbs in it help with the congestion.

 

Dechristo - be careful not to take too much zinc as it has been shown to take the lead out of your pencil when you get older.

[The_Rooster]

Actually this might help you.

 

 

[minx]

Actually this might help you.

 

 

 

so it just has cock flavoring but no actual cock in it? hmmm....

[Dru]

if i'd known it was going to be that kinda party, it would have had cock in it