Head cold remedies?

mo'Nique · 02-14-2008, 08:09 PM

Whats up all?

This time of year seems to bring on bad allergies, chest and head colds. My spouse had a slight headache and runny nose this past tuesday and now he's completely congested and feeliing awful. I know his body has to go through the crummy cycle of getting better, but are there any good medications he could use to help the process go a little smoother?

Cognitive_Canine · 02-14-2008, 08:36 PM

Long hot showers and ice cubes.

That always does it for my hay fever.

As far as medication, I'm not a doctor but afrin will take away most sinus congestion. Vicks is always a great old remedy too.

Mythical_Suicide · 02-14-2008, 08:44 PM

If he can take it, Tylenol Allergy, Cold & Sinus always works for me.
And as PP said, Long hot showers helps as well as getting a warm mist humidifier.

mo'Nique · 02-14-2008, 09:02 PM

cool. I will inform him to take a steamy shower and throw on some Vicks

RayKay · 02-14-2008, 09:13 PM

I use Cold FX preventatively, but they do have a "shorten cold" dosage too once you have one (here you can get a generic version that is same but quite a bit cheaper too).

Chicken soup has been proven (in many studies) to really do wonders for clearing the congestion. Homemade is good, but they have actually found the Lipton mix has more of the stuff that works in it.

Hot showers breathing in steam helps me (I actually find going for a run on treadmill (not outside if I am sick) THEN going into the hot shower really gets the ickiness out of my lungs); or putting some vicks in a bowl of hot, hot water (cloth over head) and ingesting vapours.

I also use Tylenol Cold/Flu or NyQuil/DayQuil for bad cases.

onewithbooks · 02-15-2008, 12:19 AM

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I have used this stuff for years^^^^^^

I works quickly, and I can put a few drops on the corners of my pillow case at night and by the morning the congestion is lots better. Watkins has amazing products. I dont know where you live, or if you could get it locally, but I would definitely try it. I have never seen anyone who hasnt told me that it helped.

Shoot I even gave a bottle to my professor last semester. She told me that she was desperate to find anything to work, and so I brought it in for her. She said it was a god send.

ghost69 · 02-15-2008, 11:56 AM

do you have a gym? if you have one with a sauna use it. take a thing of OJ and sit in there. drink the OJ and hang ur head so all the crap can come out. works wonders.

02-14-2008, 08:09 PM	#1
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Cognitive_Canine Online Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Gender: Female Posts: 15,674	Long hot showers and ice cubes. That always does it for my hay fever. As far as medication, I'm not a doctor but afrin will take away most sinus congestion. Vicks is always a great old remedy too. __________________ Just 'cause I'm shallow doesn't mean that I'm heartless Just 'cause I'm heartless doesn't mean that I'm mean Sometimes love gives us too many options Just 'cause you're hungry doesn't mean that you're lean - LCD Soundsystem

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mo'Nique Offline Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Near the Ocean Blue Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 963	cool. I will inform him to take a steamy shower and throw on some Vicks __________________ Kaput & Zosky The Ultimate Obliterators!!! Planet Pax Espisode The Paxens - "NO VIOLENCE! NO INSULTS! On Planet Pax, Peace, Love and Beauty RULES!!"

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RayKay Offline Platinum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Middle of Canada Gender: Female Age: 31 Posts: 13,241	I use Cold FX preventatively, but they do have a "shorten cold" dosage too once you have one (here you can get a generic version that is same but quite a bit cheaper too). Chicken soup has been proven (in many studies) to really do wonders for clearing the congestion. Homemade is good, but they have actually found the Lipton mix has more of the stuff that works in it. Hot showers breathing in steam helps me (I actually find going for a run on treadmill (not outside if I am sick) THEN going into the hot shower really gets the ickiness out of my lungs); or putting some vicks in a bowl of hot, hot water (cloth over head) and ingesting vapours. I also use Tylenol Cold/Flu or NyQuil/DayQuil for bad cases. __________________ [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=darkolivegreen][B]<--- [COLOR=sienna]Carbun the Super-Bunny[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR][/FONT] [B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#556b2f][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=darkolivegreen][B]At the end of the day, how you imprinted on someones life and heart is the only true mark any of us leave on this earth and is what we are most proud of... [/B][/COLOR][/FONT][I][SIZE=1]- My Biggest Hero and Mentor: My Mum.[/SIZE][/I] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=orange][B]Il faut d'abord durer [/B][/COLOR][/FONT][I][SIZE=1]- Ernest Hemingway[/SIZE][/I]

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ghost69 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Gender: Male Posts: 33,418	do you have a gym? if you have one with a sauna use it. take a thing of OJ and sit in there. drink the OJ and hang ur head so all the crap can come out. works wonders. __________________ Not only am I friendly, but I'm invisible too. Too perfect of a relationship is too weird-g69 If you say you are normal, I'd think you are weird-g69 The world can only get better, it depends on how you look at it-g69 'As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me'-5fingerdeathpunch you cannot control the world, you can only live in it the best you can for you-g69 NooOoOoooOOoOoOoooooo

02-14-2008, 08:44 PM	#3
Mythical_Suicide Offline Join Date: Nov 2003 Gender: None Specified Posts: 5,984	If he can take it, Tylenol Allergy, Cold & Sinus always works for me. And as PP said, Long hot showers helps as well as getting a warm mist humidifier.

02-15-2008, 12:19 AM	#6
onewithbooks Offline Member Join Date: May 2006 Gender: Female Posts: 1,760	[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] I have used this stuff for years^^^^^^ I works quickly, and I can put a few drops on the corners of my pillow case at night and by the morning the congestion is lots better. Watkins has amazing products. I dont know where you live, or if you could get it locally, but I would definitely try it. I have never seen anyone who hasnt told me that it helped. Shoot I even gave a bottle to my professor last semester. She told me that she was desperate to find anything to work, and so I brought it in for her. She said it was a god send.