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- Becky Striepe
- March 1, 2011
- 5:06 pm
- 131 comments
It has been an extra sickly flu season for a lot of the folks in my life, and I bet that a lot of you are battling the wintertime ick, as well. With more cold weather on the way in a lot of the northern hemisphere, it felt like a good time to round up a few of the cold and flu remedies that seem to actually make a difference. While there’s no way to totally cure a cold or the flu once it’s taken hold, these remedies can definitely help reduce your sickness’ severity and duration.
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Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by Anna Gutermuth
Read more: Cold and Flu, General Health, Health, Natural Remedies, cold and flu season, cold remedies, flu remedies, herbal remedies, vitamins
Becky Striepe
Becky Striepe is a green blogger and independent crafter with a passion for vintage fabrics. She runs a crafty business, Glue and Glitter, where her mission is to use existing materials in products that help folks reduce their impact without sacrificing style! She specializes in aprons and custom lunch bags. Like this article? You can follow Becky on Twitter or find her on Facebook!
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There's a lot of good information, both in the article itself and the comments. I personally use Yin Chiao as soon as I start to feel ill, and it seems to help cut down the length of time I'm sick.
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This is very helpful.. Thanks
a late doctor, personal friend of mine was asked about aspirin versus antibiotics for a cold. He got tired of trying to explain the virus versus penicillin relationship, and the aspirin versus your digestive system thing. His answer was "You can take antibiotics and see me in 2 weeks, or aspirin and see me in 14 days."
I have found that having a TCM massage - focusing in unblocking meridians - can also help as a cold is coming on. If it 'cold' more emotionally related, especially, this can help ease the cold's intensity and duration.
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Thanks for the natural remedies :)
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This article about a recent study that includes data on the effectiveness of vitmain D versus the flu vaccine says, "The Japanese scientists, writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, say that the anti-viral drugs zanamivir and oseltamivir reduce risk of flu infection by 8 per cent in children who have been exposed to infection, compared with a 50 per cent or greater reduction with vitamin D." Are those clear and convincing results or what? To see an abstract of the actual study, visit .
By way of personal experience, I've been fighting a cold for 3 days using ginger, sinus flush, hibiscus tea with eucalyptus, and regular doses of multivitamins. I was holding my own but it wasn't until I remembered to up my Vit D dosage to 8000 IUs that I saw improvment. I'm now practically cold-free 4 days into the cycle.
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