Hubs is getting sick.
He has been coughing for a few days.
"Are you getting sick"?
"No."
"Why are you coughing?"
"I don't know. I'm just coughing. Don't you ever just cough?"
"Not unless I'm getting sick."
"Well, I'm NOT getting sick"!
Well, it is 1:50 a.m. He woke me up wanting to know what to do for a sore throat.
"Gargle with hot, salt water. That's what we did when I was a kid."
He gets up. He gargles with hot, salt water. He comes back to bed. He goes back to sleep.
And Butch and I are wide awake. As I am spewing this verbage, Butch's very sensitive nose has picked up the smell of a CAT outside the window. He runs around from window to window looking for the cat....barking, of course.
Hubs is still sleeping.
Butch and I are still awake.
Life is grand.
He has been coughing for a few days.
"Are you getting sick"?
"No."
"Why are you coughing?"
"I don't know. I'm just coughing. Don't you ever just cough?"
"Not unless I'm getting sick."
"Well, I'm NOT getting sick"!
Well, it is 1:50 a.m. He woke me up wanting to know what to do for a sore throat.
"Gargle with hot, salt water. That's what we did when I was a kid."
He gets up. He gargles with hot, salt water. He comes back to bed. He goes back to sleep.
And Butch and I are wide awake. As I am spewing this verbage, Butch's very sensitive nose has picked up the smell of a CAT outside the window. He runs around from window to window looking for the cat....barking, of course.
Hubs is still sleeping.
Butch and I are still awake.
Life is grand.
Coffee is made.
Wanta cup?
Wanta cup?
27 comments:
I'd love a coffee please :)
Hope Hubs is feeling better - sounds like he has the same thing I do - wait til he loses his voice too!! Tell him to have hot water with lemon juice and honey too - it really helps.
ha ha ha ..... yeah coffee is ready here too.
hope hubs gets a good night's rest .. then he will be able to shake the cold faster.
Sounds like we would call 'manflu' LOL
X
Ha! Ha! Men are so stubborn, aren't they? Even the seasoned ones!
That coffee sounds so good...got Splenda? It is bitterly cold, snowy, and windy here in the MI. (Be glad you don't live here!) I think I'll have my coffeepot going all day today! Brrrrr!
I hate nights when I wake up at 2 and can't go back to sleep. Thanks for the offer but think I'll just sleep. I have 2 little ones here so I need the rest. Happy Holidays...Oh yes, put some hydrogen peroxide in his ears...that always helps me.
Wild Turkey 101 with a very little lemons ,pepermint makes agood toddy if it does not help the sore throat at lest You will feel better. 2 jiggers
D.Whie
take two laxative pills every time you cough in a very short time your cough will be cured
YOU WILL BE AFRAID TO COUGH
HA HA HA
DIRT DOG
Yes, that's the way it goes, at my house too, Inspired. But when I cough, hubby sleeps right through it. Of course, I think he could sleep through an elephant charging through the bedroom, but I'm a light sleeper.
Off topic, but thanks for your help with the information regarding the Iraqi kids that I posted. I truly appreciate it. You're the best!
now a real cough remendy
one cup honey
one cup lemon juice
one cup whiskey
mix together in pan
put on stove and bring just to a boil
after it cools
take one tablespoon as needed for cough and sore throut
dirt dog
Below are some old tried and true remedies to aid with comforting the common cold.
1. To help sooth a sore throat
Sage mixed with a bit of Alum 1/2 tea dried Sage, a pinch of Alum mixed in a warm 6 oz glass of water. Gargle several times every few hours.
2. Mix 2 tab. Molasses into a cup of chamomile tea.
This drink can be given at night to sooth one off to sleep with a sweet tea. The chamomile is also soothing on the stomach, and aids to promote sleep.
3. Sassafras tea
Great it aid in diminishing fever, and soothing ones throat.
4. Cold Eeze Lozenges
These are an all natural lozenges that are made with Zinc. Studies show the zinc will help reduce the length and severity of a cold. These wonderful lozenges can be purchased at most drug stores or health food stores.
4. Homemade chicken soup
Helps with congestion, and is thought to be an all around good cold remedy.
5. The wonderful Hot Toddy
Mix piping hot water to a cup, 1/2 shot of whiskey, and 1 tea spoon lemon juice, 1 tea spoon honey, mix well. The Alcohol has an anti-inflammatory effect on mucous membranes. Also said to reduce fever, and relieve muscle aches.
6. Garlic and fresh warm milk
1 good size glove of garlic crushed and mixed in 1 cup of warm milk. This concoction is said to shorten the duration of a cold. An active compound in garlic, allicin, is known to be a good decongestant. Garlic is also known to have potent antioxidant properties, so it couldn't hurt.
7. Vitamin C
Eat foods that are high in vitamin C. Studies show taking vitamin C will shorten the length of a cold.
8. Echinacea
the Chinese have been using Echinacea for centuries for its strong antibiotic properties. World Health Organization also supports use of Echinacea for use to shorten the common cold.
9. Cough syrup can be made very easily in your own kitchen.
Slowly boil a lemon with its skin on for about 8 minutes. Cut the lemon in two parts and squeeze the juice with the use of a squeezer. Add the lemon juice to a glass. Mix in two tablespoonfuls of glycerin, (purchase glycerin at your local drug store or health food store.). Stir lemon juice and glycerin together. Add 1 tablespoonful of honey. This cough syrup will real ease a sore throat.
9. Feed a cold; starve a fever.
There is a theory that eating less during a cold may shorten the duration of the cold. However, nutritionists strongly disagree with this theory, because the body that is stricken with a cold needs more nutrients, to aid in fighting off illness.
10. Breathe steam.
Steam does help liquefy and loosens mucus. This mucus helps clear airways, and can decrease nasal congestion.
11. The Old fashioned mustard plaster helps relieve chest congestion.
To prepare 1 tablespoon dry mustard, 1/4 cup flour lukewarm water. Sift together mustard and flour in a bowl. Slowly add just enough water to make a paste. Spread the plaster on a piece of muslin that is big enough to cover the chest. Cover with another piece of muslin. Like a sandwich, put over chest. Check chest in 5 minutes for any signs of allergic reaction. Remove if skin is showing hives or deep redness. Skin will be a little pink. Leave on 1/2 hour; remove plaster with tepid water
dirt dog
Symptoms of cold & flu
A runny or blocked nose, sore throat, sneezing, cough, headache and mild fever are all signs of the common cold flu symptoms are similar but the fever is usually higher, alternating with chills and accompanied by sweating, aches and pain and fatigue.
Why we get cold and flu?
Many different viruses can cause colds and flu. They are passed on by inhaling infected droplets that have been sneezed or coughed into the air or by touching an area with live infection.
Infection is most likely to occur when immune system function is low because of tiredness,stress, poor diet and digestion function , lack of exercise or smoking.
According to Chinese Medicine and naturopathy, susceptibility to colds can be increased by constipation and sluggish bowel function.
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Treatments for cold and flu
People spend billions of dollars every year trying to fight off the misery of the common cold.
Want to try something different?
Here are natural ways to knock out a cold or flu using herbal a remedies.
1. Eat plenty of leeks and green onions.
These herbs have powerful cold fighting properties.You can eat healthy vegetable soup with leeks or green onions in it. This will make you sweat , but don't take a shower whlie you have fever. Just clean your body with wet towel and change the night clothe and sleep well.
2. Take a large clove of Garlic, peel and keep it in your mouth.
Bite down every so-often to release the natural juices. Replace with a new clove every four or five hours. Your cold symptoms should be to gone in twenty four, to forty eight hours.
3. Your nose all stuffed up?
Try eating some hot or spicy foods which should open up those blocked nasal passages and you won't have the rebound effect of taking too many nose drops!
4. Not hungry?
Try a few minutes of vigorous exercise. The increased oxygen demand of your body will almost certainly cause you to breathe deeper and help open-up your blocsked nasal passages naturally.
5. Chest congestion
can be effectively cleared up by breathing a mixture of hot vinegar, or white wine. Breath in the vapors for a few minutes, and you should get relief!
6. Coughs and sore throats can be controlled with several home remedies.
A classic requires a large lemon. Start by slowing roasting it until it just splits open. Now take up to half a teaspoon of honey with the juice from the lemon. Repeat at hourly intervals until the cough is under control.
7. Feel better with elderberry
Elderberry tea to treat respiratory infections, now scientific evidence suggests that taking a standardized elderberry extract can shorten the length of time you're sick by 50 percent.
8. Soothe a sore throat
Drink a tea made of mucilaginous herbs such as marshmallow or slippery elm, which coat the throat.
9. Stop the cough
When you can't quit coughing, drink hot ginger tea. Ginger stimulates circulation and helps clear your sinuses and lungs of mucus. You may also get some relief with the natural cough suppressant, bromelain, an enzyme from pineapple.
10. Breathe easier
One of the best ways to open clogged sinus and bronchial passages is to breathe warm steam to which you've added essential oil of eucalyptus.
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Coughs, Very Simple Remedy for
"Take one-half tablespoonful hogs' lard or salt pork grease, heat it hot, fill spoon with coal oil and swallow while hot. Have used this, will stop and cure the worst cough." Not to be given to children.
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Hoarseness, Egg and Lemon for
"Beaten white of one egg, juice of one lemon, with sugar enough to thicken, then add one teaspoonful olive oil." Take one teaspoonful every hour until relieved
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Sore throat, Splendid Liniment for
"Olive oil 1/2 pint
Ammonia 1/2 pint
Turpentine 1/2 pint
One egg.
Shake till it forms emulsion. This can be used as a blister."
This is a very effective remedy, but you must watch the throat very carefully as this will blister quickly. After removing the liniment, grease the parts with oil or cold cream.
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Colds, Skunk's Oil for
"Skunk's oil has cured colds quickly by rubbing on chest and throat." The oil penetrates quickly and relieves the congestion. This remedy can always be relied upon.
Source: Mother's Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remidies from Mothers of the United States and Canada, T. J. Ritter
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Colds, Boneset for
"Boneset tea steeped and drank cold cures a cold." Boneset simply acts by causing a better circulation in the system and in that way sweating is produced and we all know that a good sweat will usually cure a cold if taken in time.
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Colds, Valuable Caution and Treatment for
Mrs. Maxwell, of Cleveland, writes in the Cleveland Press as follows: "If you intend to treat the cold yourself, take it up at the outset. Don't wait for it to develop. To break it up, nothing is better than the full hot bath at bed time, or the foot bath with mustard, followed by a hot drink. It is old-fashioned, but scientific, for nine colds out of ten are due to clogged pores. Benjamin Franklin said a hundred years ago that all colds come from impure air, lack of exercise, and over-eating, and nobody has ever bettered his conclusion. Even contagious colds will not be taken if the bodily resistance is kept at par. More fresh air, less grip. Avoid people who have colds, and keep out of badly ventilated rooms. Stuffy street cars are responsible for half the hard colds, not because people get chilled, but because the air is foul. And when you have a cold keep away from the baby. If the baby takes a cold, let it have medical attention at once. Don't experiment upon it with remedies intended for grown-ups."
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Colds, Rock Candy Syrup for
"Ten cents worth of rock candy; one pint of whisky; one pint of water; fifteen cents worth of glycerine; mix all together; this will syrup itself." Take one teaspoonful as often as necessary. This is excellent
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Cold in the Chest, Mutton Tallow and Red Pepper for
"If cold is in the chest, render enough mutton tallow for one cupful and add one teaspoonful of red pepper and rub on chest and apply a flannel to keep out the cold. This is an old-time remedy and a good one."
Source: Mother's Remedies: Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remidies from Mothers of the United States and Canada, T. J. Ritter
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A hundred years ago herbs were not only used in cooking, but were the basic ingredient in most health remedies used to treat common aliments. The herb were planted in the spring and dried in the fall, to be handy for the up coming year. Perhaps using home remedies was found to be the more prudent way to treat illness, than a costly trip to the doctor. Home remedies were used to treat illnesses such as colds, stomach aches, muscle pain, and more.
Most home remedies included medicinal herbs. The herbs were combined into concoctions, and by trail and error remedies were developed. The Tried and true remedies were used and shared with family, and friends. Many of these old remedies have survived, and are still used today. The common cold was one such illness that was frequently treated with a variety of old home remedies.
Below are some old tried and true remedies to aid with comforting the common cold.
1. To help sooth a sore throat: Sage mixed with a bit of Alum
1/2 tea dried Sage, a pinch of Alum mixed in a warm 6 oz glass of water. Gargle several times every few hours.
2. Mix 2 tab. Molasses into a cup of chamomile tea. This drink can be given at night to sooth one off to sleep with a sweet tea. The chamomile is also soothing on the stomach, and aids to promote sleep.
3. Sassafras tea is also great it aid in diminishing fever, and soothing ones throat.
4. Cold Eeze Lozenges. These are an all natural lozenges that are made with Zinc. Studies show the zinc will help reduce the length and severity of a cold. These wonderful lozenges can be purchased at most drug stores or health food stores.
Homemade chicken soup. Helps with congestion, and is thought to be an all around good cold remedy. (See great recipe below)
5. The wonderful Hot Toddy. Mix piping hot water to a cup, 1/2 shot of whiskey, and 1 tea spoon lemon juice, 1 tea spoon honey, mix well. The Alcohol has an anti-inflammatory effect on mucous membranes. Also said to reduce fever, and relieve muscle aches.
6. Garlic and warm milk. 1 good size glove of garlic crushed and mixed in 1 cup of warm milk. This concoction is said to shorten the duration of a cold. An active compound in garlic, allicin, is known to be a good decongestant. Garlic is also known to have potent antioxidant properties, so it couldn’t hurt.
7. Vitamin C. Eat foods that are high in vitamin C. Studies show taking vitamin C will shorten the length of a cold.
8. Echinacea, the Chinese have been using Echinacea for centuries for its strong antibiotic properties. World Health Organization also supports use of Echinacea for use to shorten the common cold.
9. Cough syrup can be made very easily in your own kitchen. Slowly boil a lemon with its skin on for about 8 minutes. Cut the lemon in two parts and squeeze the juice with the use of a squeezer. Add the lemon juice to a glass. Mix in two tablespoonfuls of glycerin, (purchase glycerin at your local drug store or health food store.). Stir lemon juice and glycerin together. Add 1 tablespoonful of honey. This cough syrup will real ease a sore throat.
9. Feed a cold; starve a fever. There is a theory that eating less during a cold may shorten the duration of the cold. However, nutritionists strongly disagree with this theory, because the body that is stricken with a cold needs more nutrients, to aid in fighting off illness.
10. Breathe steam. Steam does help liquefy and loosens mucus. This mucus helps clear airways, and can decrease nasal congestion.
11. The Old fashioned mustard plaster helps relieve chest congestion. To prepare 1 tablespoon dry mustard, 1/4 cup flour lukewarm water. Sift together mustard and flour in a bowl. Slowly add just enough water to make a paste. Spread the plaster on a piece of muslin that is big enough to cover the chest. Cover with another piece of muslin. Like a sandwich, put over chest. Check chest in 5 minutes for any signs of allergic reaction. Remove if skin is showing hives or deep redness. Skin will be a little pink. Leave on 1/2 hour; remove plaster with tepid water.
12. Homemade chicken soup. Helps with congestion, and is thought to be an all around good cold remedy.
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Honing in on Cold Remedies
If you've got a cold, what should you take?
By Lynda Liu
WebMD Feature
If you've got a cold, what should you take? Purveyors of alternative medicine offer a dazzling array of choices -- but only a few have science behind them. In this, the first of a three-part series on cold remedies, we'll look at herbs.
What is it about the common cold that makes it so tough to beat? For all its success against other illnesses, the pharmaceutical industry hasn't yet found a cold drug that does more than suppress symptoms. Most come with side effects. But because colds have bugged people as long as there have been people, there's no shortage of old-time remedies from which to choose. Here's what science has found out so far about some favorites.
Steam Treatments
There's no definitive answer as to whether steam can wilt the cold virus. A 1989 British Medical Journal study had 87 people with colds breathe room air for 20 minutes. Those who breathed air that had been humidified and heated to 109.4 degrees had only half as many cold symptoms in the following days as those who breathed air heated to 86 degrees.
But a 1994 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found, among 68 volunteers with colds, no differences in symptoms between those who received a 60-minute treatment of steam heated to 109.4 degrees and those who inhaled steam at 68 degrees.
If you want to treat your cold with steam, you can boil water, place your head over the pot, and drape a towel over your head, creating a tent that traps the steam and brings it to your face and nasal passages. You can also use a facial steamer for these purposes. Steam yourself for about 15 minutes at a time up to once an hour, recommends Patrick Barron, an Orlando naturopath.
Chicken Soup
It's more than an old wives' tale. A 1978 study published in the journal Chest found that drinking hot chicken soup increased the nasal mucous velocity in 15 healthy subjects from an average of 6.9 to 9.2 millimeters per minute. And speeding up the flow of mucus, researchers theorized, could move more viruses out of nasal passageways.
Drinking hot water alone increased velocity from 6.2 to 8.4 millimeters per minute, while cold water slowed the velocity from 7.3 to 4.5. Although researchers didn't know why chicken soup was better than plain hot water, they believe both worked at least in part because of the inhalation of water vapor.
Nasal Irrigation
The thought of pouring salt water down your nostrils may not be appealing, but a Pennsylvania State University study presented at the 1998 American Academy of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly in San Francisco reported that it could help keep you cold-free.
Researchers divided 294 college students into three groups who either took an inactive pill, gargled with salt water, or irrigated their nasal canals with salt water every day. Students who used the daily saline rinse (one cup of water for every teaspoon of salt) had significantly fewer colds in the 10-week period than those in the other groups.
You can also use nasal irrigation once you have a cold, says Barron. Buy a neti pot, which looks like a teapot with a long narrow spout and is made for this purpose, or use any plastic squeeze bottle with a tip that could fit into your nostril. After filling the container with saline solution, put the spout or tip into one nostril while holding down the other nostril with your hand. Tip your head back and slowly pour in the solution. You'll probably have to stop and spit it out as it runs into your throat.
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How to Make Chicken Soup as a Cold Medicine
Its that time of year when many of us will be victims to sniffles, runny nose, coughs, congestion and many other symptoms that comes with having a cold. We have heard for many years, of old time remedy' s of how to treat these symptoms. Reports indicates that hot chicken soup is more effective, than other hot liquids in clearing mucus particles from the nose. The cause of this beneficial effect is still not fully understood, but the soup does seem to contain a substance that prompts clearing of nasal mucus and might help cold. Home made chicken soup is a safe and effective treatment for anyone. (not those needing professional attention). It is inexpensive and widely available.
Things You’ll Need:
1 qrt Homemade chicken broth or low sodium or low fat.
Chicken parts (optional)
1 garlic head = 15 cloves peeled
5 parsley sprigs, minced
6 cilantro sprigs minced
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp lemon pepper
1 tsp dried basil crushed or 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
sliced carrots
a bay leaf or two to taste
Turnip (optional)
Potatoes (optional)
Step1Placed all ingredients in a pot without a lid. Bring to a boil.
Step2Simmer for about 30 minutes on medium low heat.
Step3Remove garlic cloves and herbs along with a little broth, puree them in a blender or food processor.
Step4Return puree to the broth and stir, simmer for 5 minutes on low heat.
Step5Serve hot.
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Colds, prevention of Remedy: Eat an onion sandwich and wash your hair.
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Colds, curing of
Remedy : Rub a mixture of Turpentine, kerosene, quinine, and castor oil on the patient's chest. The castor oil prevents the mixture from blistering the patient's skin.
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Colds,
prevention of Remedy:
Eat an onion sandwich
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what remendy did he use????
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