Remedies that shorten the common cold

Luzion · #1 10-24-2005, 01:23 PM

I caught a cold recently. I did some googling and decided I was going to finally try sucking on some Cold-Eeze and see how well it works. But I changed my mind and decided to take megadoses of Vitamin C and see how that works on reducing the length of my cold. I jumped on the regime a bit late, but Im going for 1000mg of Vitamin C three times a day.

Can you guys share their experiences with popular remedies? Ill be especially interested in knowing how Vitamin C or Cold-eeze has worked for them in shortening their colds.

Zoelef · #2 10-24-2005, 01:30 PM

Vitamin C is a water-soluble antioxidant, so make sure you're drinking plenty of water across the day.

Shajen · #3 10-24-2005, 01:33 PM

noggindoc · #4 10-24-2005, 01:39 PM

airborne seems to work well, similar to cold eeze, but you really have to take it like the instant you think you are getting sick or it doesn't work...

Blarg · #5 10-24-2005, 02:41 PM

I think Vitamin C helps. But raw garlic is the real ticket for me.

spamuell · #6 10-24-2005, 02:56 PM

Leeches, raw spiders, eye of newt.

#7 10-24-2005, 03:23 PM

I have found that taking mega Vitamin C doses causes diarrhea. After that, the cold was the lesser of my worries [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Brad22 · #8 10-24-2005, 03:29 PM

I posted a thread about this that had some good ideas - check it out.

Link

nothumb · #9 10-24-2005, 03:44 PM

Drink a pint of whiskey, turn the heat all the way up, and sleep under about five blankets. Preferably take the day off if you do this.

My solution to colds is not to get them. I've been doing pretty well so far.

NT

Blarg · #10 10-24-2005, 03:46 PM

It can do that if you are sensitive to it, take too much, or take it unbuffered. It can definitely be hard on some people to suddenly step it up dramatically. It is an acid, after all.