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NATURAL HOME REMEDIES FOR COMMON COLD
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Common cold refers to an inflammation of the upper respiratory tract caused by viral infection. It occurs more often than any other disease. It usually lasts for 5-10 days varying from individual to individual. This is the most common problem among school going children who suffer eight times a year from this common cold. It mostly affects the nose but sometimes ears; bronchial tubes and sinuses are also affected.

Causes of Common Cold

The most common cause of common cold is exposure to a virus. There are more than 200 viruses that are responsible for the cause of common cold. The most common virus responsible for cold is rhinoviruses. This virus causes around 30-35 percent of adult cold. The other viruses like Para influenza and respiratory syncytial virus cause mild infections in adults but may cause high infections in young children. Exposure to cold weather can also cause cold.
Home Remedies for Common Cold

Lime is the most important among the prevalent home remedies for common cold. Lime juice should be diluted in a glass of warm water with a teaspoonful of honey added to it. It is an ideal remedy for cold and dry cough.

Garlic contains antiseptic properties. Garlic soup or supplement is the best natural remedy for common cold. (available at www.AyurvedicCure.com)

Common cold cure - Garlic oil combined with onion juice, diluted with water should be drunk several times a day.

Cut ginger into small pieces and boil it in a cup of water. Strain the mixture and add half teaspoon of sugar and drink it hot. Ginger tea is also beneficial in treating cold.

Diet for common cold - Take some tulsi seeds and some amount of ginger in identical amounts. Mix both of them thoroughly and make a fine powdery mixture. Consume five grams of this mixture two times in a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. This will definitely help in treating severe common colds and is good natural remedy for common cold.

Hot packs (fomentations) are excellent for chest and head colds.

A hot water bath is recommended as it relieves the patient from chest and nasal congestion. Good Home Remedy for cold.

Inhaling steam will also provide relief from congested nasal tissues. Another Good Home Remedy for common cold.

Various yogasanas like bhujangasana, shalabhansana, dhanurasana are also effective in treating cold.

In a glass of warm milk, add two milligrams of roasted asafetida and drink this milk quite slowly two times in a day. This is an excellent home remedy for common colds.

Steam with Vicks or Karvol is highly effective.

Prepare a pasty solution of asafetida in water and keep on sniffing at it ontinuously many times in a day. This is one of the good common cold remedy..

Any warm drink soothes the entire respiratory tract.

Prepare a powdered mixture of black pepper and mix this powder in curd. Then add some jaggery (sugar candy) to this mixture. Eating this twice in a day, once in the morning and once in the evening is a sure-shot home remedy for common colds.

Take 10 grams of Sprague in a clean cloth and tie all ends of the cloth. Heat this cloth in a vessel and sniff this. This is the best common cold treatment to remove nasal blockage.

Mix half a teaspoonful of fresh turmeric powder in 30 grams of warm milk and drink it in short intervals for immediate relief from cold. This is very effective and very simple common cold treatment.

Boil 7 black peppers and 7 sugar balls in 250 grams of water. Stop boiling when one-fourth of water is left. Drink hot and cover the entire body for 10 minutes. Repeat this twice a day in the morning and evening. This is another effective common cold remedy.

Make a paste of about 200 grams of coriander seeds and mix jaggery in it and make a fine paste. Then add water in it, and bring it to a boil. Inhale the vapors of this mixture. Do this four times in a day. This is good treatment for the common cold and is also one of the best home remedies for common cold.

For more Helpful Information Read Article Home Remedies for Common Cold.

Methods to comfort cold
  • Lemon barley water - Cut the lemon in two pieces and place it in a large jug with 2 tablespoons of barley. Pour the boiling water in the jug, cover it and leave it overnight. The next morning strain the liquid and drink it with or without adding honey. This drink should be taken fresh so it should be prepared daily.
  • Lemonade - Wash the lemons and remove its rind without including white pith. Put the rind into a pan with half of water and the sugar. Bring it to the boil so that the sugar is dissolved. Cover the pan and simmer it for few minutes. Allow it to cool and then strain the mixture, add juice of lemon and remaining water from the jug. Drink it as it is without any additive

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Drink lots of tea and gatorade. Also try drinking vodka, lots of it. It helps alot.
#1 - Dr. Mikkey - 01/16/2008 - 18:02
My mom has always given us-kids a orange, lemon, onion and honey syrup brought from a boiling temperture. Like always, boil the orange without the rime, same for the lime and onion. add your honey. For the adults-add some sort of liquor to this mixture. Boy, does it work. Usually, she would put us to bed; heavily clothed, under blankets and we would start the sweating mood. The next morning, change your sheets. Never lay upon sick-sweaty linen, you are just contacting the virus like clockwise. Try this method 2-3 times out of a week. You shall be back on your feet before the week is over. I stand behind my Moma's remedey. It works!
#2 - Eljeh - 01/22/2008 - 00:05
use a clove of garlic chopped up in 3 or 4 tablespoons of honey... have a teaspoon every night. it doesnt taste great but really works.
#3 - gee - 03/10/2008 - 07:13
try having a bit of brandy... i was sick with the flu when i was about four + i was so bad i wouldnt even move my parents gave me a shot of the brandy + within 5 minutes i was healed + doing somersaults on the bed, literally.... its worth a go....good luck + feel better soon:-)
#4 - bec - 06/16/2008 - 20:09
Ok you are probably gonna think this is reallyyyyy gross, but it works! I do this EVERY time. :-)
Ok, first take an onion peel the skin off. Then cut a circle out of the top, so its like a whole at the top, then fill it with sugar. Let it sit for 12 hours....the sugar will turn into a sugary onion juice, drink the juice @ the top and u will be better in no time B-) trust me, it doesnt even taste that bad!
and i do it every time!
i'm better in 12 hours!! :)
#5 - michelle - 08/22/2008 - 07:35
>-(.. Try this
Get some tea (any flavor u like), some honey, peppermint (preferably the stick kind), a lemon or lemon juice and some gin; YES GIN!.. Boil tea, pour in a mug (a big mug) add jus enuff honey and a little gin, slice the lemon in 4 halfs. Put 1 of the slices in the tea and another one on side of mug(to suck on after your done wit tea) and stir. Place peppermint stick in tea and drink! Should be relaxed and asleep in no time
#6 - granny's hot totty - 09/08/2008 - 10:16
right now im boiling giner,lemon,lime,oranges,and garlic...My own home remedy.I remember when i lost my voice before and this nice lady did this for our whole dance group and it worked wonders, but i havent done it on my own...we'll see;) Im hoping it works out! :) I'll keep u posted.
#7 - Kaminawadzi - 09/18/2008 - 09:16
my dad said that some vitamin c and zinc supplements improve your immune system. i just took them so i hope it works.
#8 - amanda - 09/23/2008 - 21:27
Just crush one clove of garlic and mix with one TSPof honey and a TSP of lime juce and swallow the mixture. Do this every four hours. By the third dose, hey presto! the cold is gone!!!!!
I promis you it works!!!
#9 - Tina - 10/19/2008 - 11:33
home made chicken noodle soup. grandmas recipe. Always helps
#10 - Avitalk417 - 10/22/2008 - 09:29
if u have a high cold and don't know what to do//// just take a hot shower and then rub the vicks in ur back, chest throat and nose.. u can also apply in ur temples... and if u can see u will have a nice sleep....

Pepper is good for health... instead of red chilli powder add black pepper.. it will sooth ur throat.. if u have problem in talking because of throat infection... in a tsp of honey put some lime juice this will help u from talking clearly
#11 - madhu - 11/17/2008 - 22:11
Take Zinc & C at the first sign of a cold. And DON'T EAT ANY SUGAR. It may be hard, but trust me, it will cut the duration of your cold in half (at least). Sugar drastically suppresses the immune system, and paralyzes our bodies' ability to decongest naturally. Colds can even be prevented by sugar abstinence.

When you have a cold take zinc & mega doses of C (but don't overdose on either) and drink plenty of fluids

for congestion the best remedy is hot sauce. Make your food as spicy as you can handle. keep the hot sauce (and a box of tissues ;-) ) nearby and add more as necessary.
#12 - crt - 11/26/2008 - 19:13
slice fresh ginger into some coka cola & heat up for about 2 min. drink it warmitll make u feel better.
ancient chinese secret
#13 - ronnie_slough2009@yahoo.com - 12/09/2008 - 14:09
This always works. Get a bucket of hot water and add some vapour rub. Then put a towel over your head and inhale the vapours. Nice.

Lemon and honey works most time.

And fresh air.
#14 - Aly - 12/30/2008 - 15:58
gargle warm water with salt for a sore throat. It works
;-)
#15 - trini - 02/03/2009 - 12:33
Take a hot shower and at the end, although it may be the last thing you want to do after getting all warm and cozy, take a two minute cold rinse.
#16 - Dr. Marsha - 02/04/2009 - 18:38
for nasal congestion get equal parts apple cider vinager and water, heat to a boil and breathe in steam. within a few minutes you will feel your sinuses draining. this works miracles for me. practice daily until you feel better
#17 - donna - 02/07/2009 - 19:51
I have always found that taking echineia Vitamin and zinc also lots of hot drinks will help the cold. I swear on honey & lemon in hot water helps the sore throat. Also If you can handle this.. take a teaspoon of horse radish (hot) and suck it.. it works for sinus;s and sore throat and couch as well. Garlic clove also!! If you need to buy any over the counter coughs syrups dont.. buy cold fx and follow the directions properly!!
#18 - Starz - 02/19/2009 - 13:26
my mum tells us to put euculyptus oil in sugar can that hurt you a couple of drops
#19 - linda shearim - 03/22/2009 - 00:17
i find drinking lots of water and of course histal while u start seeing syntoms helps
#20 - caribbean woman - 03/27/2009 - 11:44
:-D...thanx 4 all ur suggestions. I'm dying with a bad cold right now and I'm hoping these will help!
#21 - WeeWee - 05/24/2009 - 22:09
Mom always said for a stuffy head, Go to your bathroom, run hot water. A lot of it. Create a Sauna-like enviroment. You don\'t even have to be in the water! Just sit in the steam.;-)

I usually add onto it by putting extra blankets on the bed before I go to sleep.
#22 - Fawn - 05/26/2009 - 14:29
every since i was little, everytime i got sick, my grandma always made me a little cup of honey and fresh squeezed lemons. it helps and doesnt taste bad at all.
#23 - sara - 06/07/2009 - 21:27
B-) I am always getting colds, even in the summer! I am only 11 but i must have about 20 colds a year!:-o Personally, when i have a cold, i first use a vics nose inhaler ( to unblock my nose, i REALLY hate having a blocked nose) next i have a hot bath (a tidge hotter than usual) it sooths your throat and if you have sore boneds or aching muscles, it helps to relive the pain. After that, i get dry and put extra blankets on my bed, put long pyjamas on (its important to keep extra warm when you have a cold :-D) and have a cup of warm lemonade with a bowl of warm chicken soup. I then go to bed, i always get to bed early when i have a cold, if you have a goods night sleep, the symptoms of your cold will not be as bad, although you may wake up with a aheadache. I hope you all get better Soon! Amy. x
#24 - Amy - 06/12/2009 - 15:49
@ 13 Coca cola... "ancient chinese secret", Ronnie?
#25 - Shels - 06/27/2009 - 07:28
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