Anyone else got a cold?

[Wix]

I have and its very annoying because i can never seem to shake them off. Has anyone got anything to help get rid of it, i'm on 9 different pills 3 times a day already, if you can suggest something that would be great because otherwise i'll be off to the pharmacy in the morning buying vitamin C and Zinc tablets.

(Sorry if i sound like i'm moaning and complaining but if you don't ask you don't get)

[dove]

27 tabs for a cold ??????????????????

[jojojojoanne]

eating oranges could help :0)

[funnygirl]

I take Vit C and zinc too and I still get sniffles!!!!

[toby99]

Me.... started today! Why are you on 9 different pills -pills can't help a cold? The best way to avoid a cold is taking echinacea at first sign, but I didn't get it in time hence the cold

[Whickerman]

This is a genuinely fantastic Irish cure - we use it all the time.

Ingredients:
Half bottle of Whiskey (note the 'e' - no Scots nonsense)
1 Lemon
some Cloves,
Sugar.

Put about a pint of water in a pan, add lemon slices dotted with cloves, and add whatever sugar you like. Put the mix on the boil.

While it boils, drink the Whiskey.

Empty pan in the sink, retire to bed.

Never fails!

[bensmum]

My doctor once told me that a cold would last 7 days if you took tablets etc. and 1 week if left untreated! I just use Olbas Oil in boiling water to steam my head and try to keep up the fluid and vitamin intake. Colds are horrible - I have just had a real stinker but I only get them every 2 or 3 years so I'm lucky.

[weeal]

If you get recurring cold symptoms it could be an allergy !! I get colds all the time but the one I have just now is definitely just the common cold, barking chesty cough etc.

[Whickerman]

weeal - see my recipe above - should help you too...!

[weeal]

thanks Whickerman, I need a good toddy but Ive been using Brandy as I dont like whisky or whiskey lol

[tiggerblue10]

I used to get a cold 3 or 4 times a year. Then I started using Vicks First Defence. My colds usually start off with a sore throat so when I feel I'm getting one I have a quick snort, so to speak!

[evedawn]

colds are soooo grotty (I've just had one....and was posting on AB in the wee hours of monday morning in my misery ... I am not a sturdy sould when it comes to feeling poorly:-(

I don't often get a cold but when i do I take copious amount of Vit c and Echinacea. IT doesn't stop the cold but shortens its lifespan (4 me anyway) and paracetamol for aches and pains.

However....this last time I decided to take Lemsip...what a mistake...it has caffeine which kept me awake all night....hence monday mornings ramblings in the early am....

[Wix]

Firstly let me say, the 9 tablets 3 times a day are not for my cold, there for various other things i suffer from.
Secondly thanks to all of you for your suggestions, i'll try them soon and see how things work out.

Hope those of you suffering get well soon!

Goodnight, w↑x