I'm trying out honey/ginger/lemon :what:(

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im on day 10 of influenza and pneumonia (failed on not getting a flu shot this year). reeeeeally sucks. only thing that's worked so far is a steady cocktail of prescribed pharmaceuticals, lots of water, and rest. tea, honey, and lemon is nice to sip though. ginger is for upset stomach only. if you're trying to fight it alone, drink a ton of water. you should be getting up for a vigorous piss at least every three hours, if you're not, you're not drinking enough water. good luck. i'm about over it.

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[QUOTE=feather;912301]I'm trying out honey/ginger/lemon :what:([/QUOTE]

add garlic and chillies to that ;)

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[QUOTE=feather;912301]I'm trying out honey/ginger/lemon :what:([/QUOTE]

thats a good one, heat the water with the ginger, and then add the lemon and honey.

lemon and honey alone do miracles too

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if you're having trouble sleeping, a little whiskey in that concauction helps put you to sleep too (hot tottie)... i don't think less than a shot would dehydrate you very much. like jenks said, in the meantime drink tons of water.

hope you feel better soon!

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Use a humidifier...and eat food containing hot chillies.

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I load up on this stuff... like 2 every 4 hours... it's always worked for me, in addition to lemons and steam and chillies.

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Once you have really got it, it pretty well has to run it's course. Drinking lots of water , honey and lemon will make it less uncomfortable.

For me, first sneeze or touch of a sore throat, it's Garlic, horseradish Vitamin c tabs. If I do it soon enough it seems to stop them in their tracks,

Sudafed etc, Please don't !! That runny nose is part of debris caused by your body fighting off the cold/flu. All sudafed etc do is dry you out , and the debris stays and can cause sinus infections. Then you can be really in trouble. People can have those for years :( I have had one for 20 months, I'm sort of keeping it under control, but I still have an underlying infection. The Eye and Ear hospital have thrown everything at it , nothing worked and some things made it a lot worse. Sinus infections are notoriously difficult to get rid of.

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shot of whiskey, lime and sugar or lemsip

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Water, rest, cold/flu tablets. Problem solved.

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grappa and honey!

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[QUOTE=DIDI;912417] I have had one for 20 months, I'm sort of keeping it under control, but I still have an underlying infection. The Eye and Ear hospital have thrown everything at it, nothing worked and some things made it a lot worse. Sinus infections are notoriously difficult to get rid of.[/QUOTE]

:shock: 20 months?! due to taking sudafed? lord, i hope you get better soon!

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Simple Chicken Noodle Soup!

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when i get sick like that:

1. copious amounts of ginger ale
2. copious amounts of chicken noodle (ramen or campbell's) with lots of crushed red pepper thrown in
3. saltines

it's about the only time i can stick to a particular diet lmao

hope you feel better brah!

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Colloidal Silver Oil of Oregano

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Whiskey ;)

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Most have already said what I would suggest: lots of rest, fluids, honey and garlic. For the garlic I take a piece of toast with some honey and as much minced garlic as I can handle.

One other thing that I didn't see mentioned is gargle some salt water or even mouthwash to help kill the germs.

I really hope you feel better soon! hugs

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[QUOTE=DancingQueen;912746]Most have already said what I would suggest: lots of rest, fluids, honey and garlic. For the garlic I take a piece of toast with some honey and as much minced garlic as I can handle. [/QUOTE]

When sick I've only ever had garlic with butter on toast, but with honey sounds like a much better alternative! Nice one.

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Booze, booze and more booze. let the alcohol kill off infection and numb the pain.

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[QUOTE=Garrick;912549]:shock: 20 months?! due to taking sudafed? lord, i hope you get better soon![/QUOTE] Anything that prematurely dries out your sinuses will do it. ^^^ Booze dehydrates you so no!! :lol:

Salt water is great. :D

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orange juice, combo of dayquil/nyquil, hot soup and lots of rest

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The honey/ginger/lemon thing seems to have worked, I'm back at work after 2 days of guzzling that mixture at home!

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[QUOTE=CircleUP;913038]orange juice, combo of dayquil/nyquil, hot soup and lots of rest[/QUOTE]

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i usually get drunk drink whiskey shots, wake up next day feeling aces

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[QUOTE=feather;913058]The honey/ginger/lemon thing seems to have worked, I'm back at work after 2 days of guzzling that mixture at home![/QUOTE]

Glad to hear that mate.... I've still got the sniffles and coughs a week later off being ill.