NaturalMedications

As soon as you feel the slightest sniffle or hint of a sore throat, take 1000 mg of vitamin C, 800 mg of echinacea, and two Blackmores horseradish and garlic tablets, and take them three times a day until the sniffles are gone. Cook lots of pasta dishes with tomatoes, onions and garlic, and drink lots of orange juice and herbal tea. Also take a hot bath with a handful of herbs tied in a calico bag and soaked in the water (eucalyptus leaves, rosemary, pennyroyal is one of my favorites). Sipping pineapple juice throughout the day will ease a sore throat, and makes a pleasant change from orange juice.

Keeping this up for a day or two usually means the cold will never gets past its initial stage. Stress can aggravate sickness, though. If you have a cold, please stay home from work if at all possible, so that you do not spread your cold to other people and cause them to lose work time too.

Herbal teas for colds: yarrow, rosemary, pennyroyal (but not during pregnancy!) or peppermint.

Bath for colds: 2 drops thyme oil, 2 drops tea-tree oil, 4 drops lemon oil, 1

drop eucalyptus oil. Swish round in the bath water before getting in. Don't use if you're nauseous or running a high fever.

Ginger Tea

Use one tablespoon fresh grated ginger root per cup of water. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes and sip throughout the day.