How's it going lurkers? Surely you remember that I caught a cold, last Wednesday. I would've published my home remedies sooner, but I've been juggling on and offline.
Better late than never, right? Because it is that time of season, here are my home remedies for cold, flu, allergies, and sinuses.
Anna H's Home Remedies For Cold, Flu, Allergies, & Sinuses:
{Gargling:}
Listerine & salt water- Normally,
doctors tell their patients to gargle their throats hourly with salt
water. Choose 1. I don't suggest simultaneously gargling with Listerine and salt in water.
Whenever I get dressed, I brush my teeth and gargle with 1/2 cap of Cool Mint Listerine.
Notice, that I said "cap" and NOT cup.
I gargle straight with Listerine from the cap. Then, I spit it out and brush my teeth and tongue with the leftover Listerine in my mouth. Afterward, I rinse.
{Beverages:}
Orange Juice, Peppermint Tea, Spearmint Tea, Lemon Tea, Hot Lemonade, & Lemon Lime Sodas-
I normally prefer drinking either Peppermint, or Spearmint Tea. If I happen to have any Peppermint Sticks with sugar cane in them, I'll drop it in my tea to make it extra strong. Anything with mint is good. Mint is great for nausea, cold, flu, allergies, sinuses, etc.
As long as you are NOT allergic to mint, I highly recommend stocking up on mint products.
{Snacks:}
Flamin' Hot Fries & Cheetos- These are fantastic to eat, when you are sick and need quick snacks to tide you over, until you eat a meal.
As long as you can handle eating hot and spicy snacks and DON'T have a severe heart condition, I recommend eating these fries and chips.
These hot and spicy snacks will help loosen the congestion. This especially applies to eating Buffalo Doritos. If you are EXTREMELY congested, the spiciness will make your eyes and nose run.
Eating anything hot and spicy helps!
{Food:}
Home Made Chicken Noodle Soup, Cabbage, Red Bell Peppers, Spicy Hot Ramen Noodles, Spicy Chicken Alfredo Pasta, etc- Like I already said, anything hot and spicy helps!
If you want to make your own Chicken Noodle Soup, you can add some Black Pepper to season up your Swanson's Broth. Now, if you want something that's NOT spicy, eat Red Bell Peppers.
Interesting Fact: Red Bell Peppers have twice as much Vitamin C as an Orange.
Sometimes we have Stuffed Red Bell Peppers with ground beef, rice, and cheese in them. I have Pepper Jack Cheese in mine.
This somewhat applies to cabbage as well. You can eat your cabbage cooked with or without Black Pepper or make Stuffed Cabbage.
Cabbage is EXCELLENT for battling nasty flus.
Similar to our Stuffed Red Bell Peppers, we sometimes eat Stuffed Cabbages, which have ground beef and rice in them with Tomato Sauce.
Most of what I have on this list helps take the soreness out the throat. This applies to gargling, drinking tea, lemon lime beverages, and eating hot and spicy snacks and food.
I reiterate, they also loosen the congestion when it comes to cold, flus, allergies, and sinuses.
So, if you're brave enough, try any or ALL of these on my list of home remedies and let me know what you think!
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