Cold complaints/remedies

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If your stuffed up with the cold, have to sleep with your mouth open which then dries up and your nose starts bleeding when you don't have time for this as you keep blowing it and the skin is raw and you look like Rudolf and you've coughed so much it hurts your ribs to sneeze and you can't taste or smell nowt and you don't feel like eating feel free to complain here. Remedies welcome - nice ones not involving gerkins etc AAaaahh Chhhhoooooo
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The ONLY thing I have ever found works for the blocked nose/sleeping with mouth open is the Sudafed spray, marvelous stuff!

Otherwise, take juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon, a spoon of honey, some grated FRESH ginger [not the dry powder stuff]. add boiling water and leave to brew for 10 minutes. Strain into a cup and drink, adding whisky or brandy as a nightcap if desired, then retire to bed with laptop for posting on TP. Its like potent lemsip only cheaper! Several of these with the nightcap addition leaves you not really caring about the cold even if it doesn't releive the symptoms :D
 
Yv said:
The ONLY thing I have ever found works for the blocked nose/sleeping with mouth open is the Sudafed spray, marvelous stuff!

Otherwise, take juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon, a spoon of honey, some grated FRESH ginger [not the dry powder stuff]. add boiling water and leave to brew for 10 minutes. Strain into a cup and drink, adding whisky or brandy as a nightcap if desired, then retire to bed with laptop for posting on TP. Its like potent lemsip only cheaper! Several of these with the nightcap addition leaves you not really caring about the cold even if it doesn't releive the symptoms :D
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Thank you! Sounds fabulous!! :D
 
I prefer the good old-fashioned Scottish remedy.....


Go to bed with a hot woman*





*treatment can be changed to suit individual needs ;)
 
heere ya go, sounds mad but works OH SO well

You will need

1 Onion... (yes this bit will hurt a bit)

Some Lemons (preferrably two)

Some Ginger

Some nice honey

a nice big glug of whiskey/brandy depending on how rich/tasteful you are ;)

boil a wee bit of water on the stove, put some ginger in it an let it boil

when its boiled, squeeze a lemon in there, making sure to get most of it in.

Add a load of honey (this will save yer life and make your throat feel loverly)

ADD LOADS OF BRANDY ( i reckon about three shots but you do what you want x)

leave to simmer

Basically, run a bath, real hot, cut the onion in half and peel it with your hand, let it get RIGHT up yer nose and make yer eyes go all funny and water

put half the onion under your bed... Seriously! has to be done an it doesnt smell or anything (Onion will just get all the nasties out of the air and mean you breath in nice lovely air not germy stuff

get in the bath as hot as can be and gulp down yer concoction, also as hot as can be


Seriously its what Lemsip WISHES it could be and no sore throat can survive after the amazingness that is warm honey and brandy and ginger and stuff... its absolutely top and needless to say you will sleep better than ever!

enjoy, dont forget/ distrust the onion, its the only way!
 
Boil up a big pan of water and bung in 2-3 peppermint tea bags. Then inhale deeply with a tea-towel over your head. Provides great relief for an hour or two at least! :thumbs:

We all know how crappy you feel. Hope you get well soon!
 
A teaspoon of Vicks in a saucepan of boiling water, tea towel over the head, inhale the fumes. A great nose, sinuses and throat clearer :)

Oh, and take echinacea as soon as you feel the tell-tale tickle at the back of your throat. Works wonders.
 
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