Are You Looking for Home Remedies for Colds?
Herbal Cold Remedies That Really Work!
Home remedies for colds and the flu bug can help relieve the discomfort of a sore throat, cough, congestion, and bronchitis that develop rapidly after you notice the first tiny sign that you are coming down with the virus.
Influenza or flu symptoms are similar to those for the common cold but they can be more intense and instead of coming on gradually, they seem to hit all of a sudden. If you think you might have the flu or influenza including Swine Flu visit
Home Remedies for the Flu
for a list of flu symptoms and remedies
Those first sneezes, the little tickle in the throat, a sharp stab of pain in the side of your neck just below the ear. "Oh no!" you say. "I don't have time for this now," as if some time later would be better. And then very suddenly, you have a sore throat and you feel achey. That's it. You know for sure -- you have a cold. So.......
Are there any home remedies for colds?The first thing to understand is that both the common cold and the flu are caused by a virus. Vaccinations are available each year for the flu but the cold virus mutates so fast it is impossible for labratories to develop a vaccination for it. For the same reason our bodies cannot develop an immunity to all cold viruses. There are hundreds of different cold viruses all happily mutating as they infect our bodies.
Because colds and flu are caused by a virus, antibiotics do not help unless a secondary bacterial infection develops. Medications like TamiFlu are effective for the flu if begun in the first 48 hours that symptoms appear.
All you can do to treat a cold or flu is help the body fight the virus and relieve the symptoms that are making you miserable.
There are lots of home remedies for the common cold that can give you relief and you may have some of them in your kitchen cupboard or bathroom medicine cabinet. Chicken soup is a favorite cold remedy for many. Scientists don't know why it works but people swear by it. Vitamin C has been used for a long time and is most effective if obtained by eating fresh oranges, fresh squeezed orange juice, and fresh squeezed lemonade.
Sooth your scratchy, painful sore throat with Home Remedies for Sore Throat. Find out about Home Remedies for Cough caused by a cold or flu.
Relieve that stuffy nose with Home Remedies for Nasal Congestion. If your cold progresses into a sinus infection get some relief with Sinus Infection Home Remedies. Hopefully your cold won't progess into bronchitis but if it does visit Home Remedies for Bronchitis.
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