Paracetamol is the best thing for lowering your temperature and easing your symptoms a bit. On top of that, try echinacea which can shorten the length of a cold
oranges
tangerines
lemons, paracetamol and lemonade
whiskey (for a hot toddy)
A good book - All that Men Understand about Women (it is full of blank pages) to keep you occupied whilst you recover.
as stated the only drug neede is paracetamo taken 2x4 per day.
you will get well but these conditions are draining and to get imrovement long term you must take a zinc supplement which takes a week or two to kick in but the results on your immune system are really good.
if you can, maybe of your doc get solvazinc, i did after a long cold and now feel really well.
all the best.
My old dad was Scottish and he used to say "Drink whisky, because if whisky doesn't cure you then you're not worth curing"
i follow this advice regularly.
P.S. I can't take things like Lemsip because of high BPressure.
I asked a pharmacist what I could take to relieve the symptoms of a bad cold.
She said "Whisky"