Are there ever days that you think you'd be better off without your head? Your throat burns, your eyes don't fully open, your nose runs and your ears ache?
Some days I'd like to trade places with one of my Bobblehead glass figurines. Like this Marie Antoinette for instance, whose head can easily be removed. She lost her head in the French Revolution and although I'm sure she didn't feel any better for it, at least these darn head colds can't get to her anymore.
Of course I'm kidding about ever wanting to trade places with sweet Marie, (even if she is carrying her own cake), but I do wish there was an easier remedy for full tilt boogie colds. If anyone has a favorite remedy out there or even product, feel free to post it. I'd really like to bounce back soon. I miss making beads. Strong cold medicine and 2000 degree torches do not mix.
Marcy - at the first sign of a cold, you need to start taking Zicam. It comes in may forms: gel, throat spray, swabs. It shortens the duration of a cold. I swear by it.
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Vicki
Marcy I swear by Zicam swabs and throat spray it shortens a cold and if you can catch it before it gets too bad it can stop it in it's tracks. Sounds like you are too far but it might lessen the duration.
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Ok... this isn't a CURE, but it always makes me feel better when I have a stuffed up head...
ReplyDeleteThere is a product made by Vicks??? that is a tablet that you drop onto the floor of your shower. While you are showering, it releases a eucalyptus/menthol kind of aroma which mixed with the steam from the shower really clears up your head.
If you can't find that, you can also use the Johnson's Baby Bath with Eucalyptus which is meant to be put into a baby bathtub to do the same thing. (Just put it on a scrubby/spongy thing and use it in the shower)
Hope you feel better!!!
I'm so glad you asked! Hi, Marcy -- as you know, herbal remedies are my thing (specializing in the miraculous). I've only had one full-blown cold in the last 10 years, thanks to my handful of anti-cold remedies, the strongest of which I've described here: http://www.home-remedies-that-work.com/best-cold-remedy.html
ReplyDeleteYou don't ever have to suffer like that again -- honest!
I swear by Zicam swabs and Air bourne at the first sign of a cold. However, if the cold blossoms anyway, now remember, I have tried this, to eat some wasabi for relief of symptoms. Instead of drinking from the bottle of wasabi, I put it on a cracker and ate the cracker. That really cleared my nose, but, I had to do it later again and again. My stomach hurt, but it was worth it. Wasabi helped.
ReplyDeleteHi Marcy - I hope you feel better soon. My remedy for a head cold is pineapple and potato chips (not at the same time.) The pineapple is full of anti-oxidants and the potato chips have phosphorus for cellular energy. Plus the salt on the chips helps with a sore throat. I know this sounds weird, but I swear by it. It really shortens the length of a cold.
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