Any Cures?

[lynbrown]

I think I am starting a cold. Runny nose, dry throat. Any tips to make it go away?

[jeffa]

Synex nasal spray.
Whisky.

[Jeza]

A cold has to run its course, you can only make it more comfortable for you.

[chrissa1]

DayNurse is brilliant for relieving the symptoms.

[sandyRoe]

Do zinc tablets shorten the duration of a cold?

[Hopkirk]

Sleep

[Daffy6543]

I agree with Jeza.

[Psybbo]

I agree with jeffa, whisky

[lynbrown]

Thanks all. Off for a wee nip.

[Sycamore3House]

I usually drink a couple of large glasses of dark rum & port. Usually knocks me out till morning & I usually wake up feeling much better. My theory is I sleep so well my body heals itself overnight.

[naomi24]

The best tip that anyone ever gave me - gargle several times a day with soluble aspirin dissolved in water and then swallow it. Sounds ridiculous - but it works. Magic!

[Old_Geezer]

You can't force a cold to go away but Zinc & Vit C supplements are thought to reduce the period. As for the symptoms there is plenty of stuff at the chemists to try, although sometimes I wonder if the symptoms are the body fighting the invasion and should be left.

[janbee]

Go to bed with a good book.... or someone who has read one !!

[Old_Geezer]

Oh, I've also been known to try Echinacea. Unsure if it helps, but I recall reading in a few places it might.

[ChillDoubt]

Black currant Lemsip, generous splash of lemon juice and a large dollop of honey mixed with the rather obvious boiling water.

[Retrochic]

Manuka honey melted into some warmed rum or whiskey and juice of one fresh lemon taken before you go to bed. During the day drink without the alcohol. I mix a beechams powder -the ones in the little paper packets -in with the mixture and it works for me.

[jno]

untreated colds last a week. If you treat it, that should cut it down to seven days.

[jourdain2]

Vitamin C & Calcium pills, 'Coldrex'. Used to buy them from the chemist's, they shortened colds.

[FrogNog]

Can you still get First Defence? Used to work a treat for me.

[NoMercy]

Are you sure it's not an allergic component?

Usually the first symptom of a cold is a sore throat.