home remedies

[supersuk]

Think the caffeine is a diruetic. Also sugar in your blood stream makes you store more water.

But there is alot of water in pop, so not sure how that works... Net effect I think pop will still hydrate you more than it dehydrates you. Just probably not as well as water.

[nature boy]

i always wondered about that.
but i heard that a can of pop is like a cup of sugar. that's a lot of sugar man.

[Wetundies]

high dosage of Vit C when u feel a cold coming on. Or ginger tea with lemon.

Cold FX is just ginseng extract.

Eucalyptus oil also helps prevent colds.

[Wetundies]

Also doing Tai Chi on a daily basis helps.

[joel]

i take 1 vitamin c a day, regardless if I feel something like I am getting sick or not. I don't think there's anything you can do to prevent the common cold altogether. I also started drinking ginseng tea everyday a few months prior to allergy season to help with that.

Just generally take care of your body and washing your hands often.

Regular sleep, good diet, excercise all help to strengthen your immune system to help you fight off viruses. But you are still going to get sick sometimes no matter what you do. Sometimes it's just bad luck.

[nature boy]

i don't think this weather helps. i'm feeling more sick today. dang it, the worst time of the year to be sick.

[joel]

do you get annual flu shots? I think it's flu season right now, so i think it's more typically to get sick around this time than usual.

[nature boy]

hardly ever got those shots.

i got it once when i was forced to because i was on internship and the nurse was right freaking there, and before then only in high school. i didn't even bother when there was that whole swine flu fiasco either.

[Wetundies]

get a giant bubble with ur own oxygen supply, won't get sick again unless someone pops ur bubble.

[nature boy]

no, i don't like living in a bubble trapped with no food or place to put my waste (i.e. poop)

[Duncan]

If you HAVE to go out and do stuff while you're sick, i find taking a reactine even though you're not having an allergic reaction helps alleviate your symptoms temporarily.

Also, i find that if you gargle mouthwash twice a day helps. If you can try to gargle the mouthwash as far back into your mouth/throat as possible w/o drinking the mouthwash, it helps to kill the germs in your throat so it feels less froggy.

Other than that, being sick aint so bad... it's an excuse to sit in front of the tv all the while telling your wife that she's gotta take care of the kid by herself unless she wants a sick toddler running around...

[nature boy]

yeah, i do the mouthwash thing pretty often when i'm sick, it's something my roommate in saskatoon taught me.

and i usually take reactine anyway, for the cold rash that i get (yeah, i still get it).

[Duncan]

oh, how often do you take reactine? i hear that it's not good to take it all the time because it filters through your liver or something? i can't remember who it was who told me but it could be a buncha hokum

[nature boy]

actually, now that you mention it, i remember hearing something like that too.

i usually just take it maybe once or twice a week, depending on the weather. if it looks breezy i'll take it or if i know i'll be outside for a while.

[joel]

once or twice a week??!

i thought my allergies were bad and i take allergy meds maybe 4 or 5 times a year...