I have a TERRRRIBLE COLD help!?!
Question: My nose is like a faucet. It just wont stop! I sneeze all the time and a cough is developing. I'm alergic to citrus, so dont tell me to drink lemon juice.
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I'm not sure if you can take Vitamin C with your citrus allergy., but here are some home remedies you could try:
ACONITE is sometimes called homeopathic vitamin C because it is useful at the first stages of many common infections including colds and flus," says Dana Ullman, M.P.H., president of Homeopathic Educational Services in Berkeley, California, and author of The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy.
For any cold, flu , or infection, Christiane Northrup, M.D., the author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (Bantam Books, 1994) recommends high doses of ASCORBIC ACID (vitamin C). She suggests 2,000-10,000 mg daily, divided into several doses throughout the day. "The sicker you are, the more you can tolerate," says Northrup. She recommends taking vitamin C until you reach bowel tolerance--you'll get diarrhea when your body is saturated with the vitamin. Back off a bit on the amount you're taking until your stools return to normal.
Talking ECHINACEA at the first sign of a sniffle or scratchy throat often bolsters the immune system sufficiently to help the body overcome the virus. Take two dropperfuls, followed by an additional dropperful every hour or two for several hours or until the symptoms subside.
Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Spontaneous Healing, makes a potent GINGER-GARLIC TEA to fight off colds and the flu. Simmer one teaspoon of grated ginger in one cup of water in a covered pot for five minutes. Strain; add one clove crushed garlic, one tablespoon fresh lemon juice, and one-quarter teaspoon cayenne powder. Sweeten with honey if desired.
Dr. Andrew Weil also uses CAPSULES OF ASTRAGALUS, a powerful Chinese herb known to improve immune functioning, to help the body overcome the flu. He suggests taking two capsules of astragalus three times a day for the duration of the illness.
"Soup is the great healer and is always my first choice when I'm feeling under the weather," says Annemarie Colbin, founder of the Natural Gourmet Cookery School in New York and author of Food and Healing (Ballantine, 1986). She makes a GARLIC MISO SOUP by simmering a head of peeled garlic in one quart of vegetable stock for ten minutes. Blend the garlic cloves with one cup of the stock and one tablespoon of miso, return to the pot, and season to taste with additional miso if desired. "If you should need to take antibiotics, eat this soup and take acidophilus to restore the balance of friendly intestinal bacteria," she recommends.
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Ginger Ale will break up the congestion. Your nose is running, so it will get better.
u probly need to take a nyquill and sleep it off
Take some echanaiga! (found at any local grocery store) ask an attendant to help you, Drink lots and lots of H2O, chicken soup, and Rest!!!
hot whiskey
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