What are some of the common remedies for cold, flu and respiratory problems you grew up with?
November 22, 2010 by admin
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I currently have a presentation I am working on for my Pharmacy 1065 class covering “Over the Counter” medications (OTC). I am currently working on Cold, Flu, and Respiratory Products. One of the things my professor would like us to figure out is, “What are some of the common remedies you grew up with?” Maybe something your parents believed was the cure for the common cold, flu, or resolved allergies, and asthma. Some of the remedies I have heard about are “Drink a couple of hard shots of liquor to try and burn the cold or flu out of your system.” Another is the take a lot of Vitamin C, or Echinacea. Unfortunately the Echinacea has been proven not to work, and the vitamin C only helps a little bit according to some articles on Pharmacytime.com. One I heard about allergies is that if you eat a lot of foods that are grown locally to the area your currently living in will help you develop a tolerance to the pollens, and plant allergies of the area. Any thoughts would be help full.
My Mom used to give me these Bee Pollen pills for my allergies. And for colds everyone in my family thought that Vicks on the chest and under the nose cured everything.
Tons of Vitamin C, read Paulings book if you doubt it. Also try it if you doubt it. Take like 7 grams. Lots of rest. A sauna for a few hours. It always works for me. Havent had a cold for more than a few hours in 5 years or so.
I grew up with the knowledge that there is no “cure” for the common cold, but chicken soup, of course, lots of liquids, vitamin C, now if I feel a cold coming on, I take zinc.
chicken soup, sleep, water and niquil
Sitting in a hot shower. The steam somehow magically cures almost every symptom of allergies and respiratory problems. But in the end I think that any way you look at it it still takes about a week to get over a cold.
I am from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,where there are many different cultures so i have many. but ‘trinis’ use alot of ‘bush’ medicine such as ‘fever grass’,'chandiler’and a mixture of honey,lime and onion followed by a good beach bath