EPT[?]Remedies for the common cold? - Page 4
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gibb
Sweden288 Posts
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
On November 22 2010 21:59 Koagel wrote: I there really enough evidence to show that Vit. D can be used as a treatment already? I thought it could be used for prevention and there was not enough evidence for it to be a viable remedy so far. Yes, pharmaceutical dosing in hospital is 2000 IU/kg. Personally, I've found it works, and others I recommend it to works as well | ||
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Ajunta
Germany522 Posts
 Here are three things that work for me: - Lots of spicy food: garlic (be a man and eat it raw, don't prepare it ...use milk or other food to sooth the burning), chillies, Hot Wings (KFC = my drugstore), and others. - stay clean. being sick is no excuse for not showering. - once you hit a fever the joke is over, go to the doctor and get some real treatment @the guys making a big fuss over the anti-bacterials: There is no such thing as a universal common cold, some people consider virus based colds as common, other consider bacteria-based colds as common | ||
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OOl
United States65 Posts
On November 22 2010 11:37 Sephy69 wrote: Man that sucks... I haven't had a fever so bad that I start hallucinating in a long time. I used to get some really bad fevers when I was younger. One time I hallucinated hydralisks coming out of the closet and they were HUGE! I can't believe I didn't remember that until now. @OP I doubt a lot of these people are doctors (they could have some experience with stuff like this though) that are saying it's bad he prescribed you anti-bacterials. IT does makes sense that it's weird that he did that while you have a virus haha. I'd suggest visiting a different doctor? Or asking him why he prescribed you medicine that won't fight your cold. Maybe he just did that so that it could stop a fever if you haven't had one yet? I don't know! You should find out though. I hope this isn't anything serious and just a bad cold and you get better soon ^_^ Those? Yeah they weren't hallucinations. Why do you think it took so long for you to remember? Memory wipes are not per-I mean...yeah! Weird hallucination man! Guess you overdid the SCing bro! OP: IMO the best cure/prevention method for a cold is just a generally healthy lifestyle--drink a lot of water, get enough sleep/exercise, live in a sanitary environment etc. I personally really rarely get colds as long as I eat healthy and get enough sleep. If I pull an all-nighter or start eating junky I notice I'll get sniffles and stuff. However, most of that is more preventative than when you actually have a cold. When I have a cold, I use airborne (http://airbornehealth.com/) and grape seed extract (I can't find a link to the actual brand I use, it's in liquid form and pretty potent, a few drops is adequate. Here's a page on grape seed extract in general:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_seed_extract) I'm no doctor, but I really find that combination works well for me and my family (we all use it when we're getting sick) That combined with general healthy living usually does the trick for me. However, when I do get sick it's usually pretty bad like your experiencing. I think even if you're living healthily there's just some colds that are too strong for your immune system to handle and as a result of your healthy living the minor colds get passed by and only the strong survive. In that situation, I just drink a TON of water to flush whatever it is out of my system as fast as possible. But, really there's not much you can do. I hope this helps somehow, just giving my 2 cents! | ||
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ArcticVanguard
United States450 Posts
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
If you're already sick do the same thing and you'll be fine in a couple of days. | ||
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
After a few years you are so accustomed to being sick that it doesn't really bother you anymore. | ||
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
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Almeisan
50 Posts
Healthy food won't do anything to cure. Your body has a virus and your immune system will just have to make the anti-bodies. Anything you can do is just lessening the symptoms. Healthy food will be just that; healthy food. Overdosing on vitamin is not healthy food and doesn't do anything. Overdosing on vitamins is actually unhealthy. You ought to eat a diet heavily based on vegetables no matter if you are healthy or not. But to what degree healthy food improves your immune system as long as we aren't talking about elderly people, people with serious chronic diseases or malnutrition, I doubt it actually helps fighting viruses. | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.woorigarden.com/images/menu/menu_dish_samgyetang.jpg) i had some homemade when i had swine flu and this thing helped so much. there really isn't any cure for common cold, things can surely make it easy but no cure. good food and sleep > medicine | ||
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.fitceleb.com/files/images/ginger%20tea.jpg) Ginger tea (get fresh ginger roots, peel it, cut it into small chunks, pour hot water, wait 10 minutes and you're good to go, no need to remove ginger pieces, you can just pour some more hot water when it's empty). Works wonders. Mix with Rooibos tea (or just your favourite, as long as you don't use sugar) for delicious taste. | ||
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
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DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
As for a remedy for a cold. Hmm, a few good nights sleep, drinking lots of water and eating fruit (to get vitamins ^^) usually does the trick for me. | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
In the short term make sure that you aren't running a high fever for days on end or you can suffer long-term damage to your body. If antibiotics do not help break the fever then you need to drop your body temperature through other means and you should definitely hospitalize yourself if the situation doesn't improve after a week - it could be something more menacing. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10813 Posts
Day after is horrible, really horrible. 2 days after i'm fine again. Works :p. | ||
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RiotSpectre
United States163 Posts
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GrazerRinge
999 Posts
Also no heavy physical exercise and lots of sleep. I am getting better now, i hope you get better soon too =D | ||
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Thrill
2599 Posts
On November 22 2010 13:11 Kakera wrote: People who get sick are amusing. I had all the symptoms for the flu a week ago on monday. Felt like crap one night and the next morning I was fine. I take no supplements no medicine ever, the only medicine I've ever taken outside of a surgery is sleeping aids and that's sporadically. Stop taking medicine for every little thing and you won't get sick. That and porn. Medicine just screws up your bodies ability to fend for itself. Grow a pair. People who can't sleep are amusing. | ||
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dahornnn
United Kingdom395 Posts
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