Head Cold Remedies

[dh.hamilton1]

Ever since my son was born, he’s 3 now, it feels like any colds I get linger longer than before. For reference, I’m almost 34, I work out 4 days a week, in pretty good shape and eat a pretty clean and balanced diet, don’t smoke or drink.

Besides the usual: staying hydrated, rest, taking DayQuil and NyQuil.

Does anyone have any good tricks for getting over a cold faster or just let it run its course and suffer through?

My coworker mentioned taking zinc helps him but I’ve never given that a try. I will take emergenC but not sure it actually helps since the cold is already set in.


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[Watcher of the Woods]

Zinc can help if you take it at onset, right when you get that tickle in the back of your throat. Other than that: hydration (3-4L daily), fresh air, change your furnace filter, SLEEP, manual lymph drainage (look it up on YouTube), and I personally like to make a mix of OJ, apple cider vinegar, and honey. My wife and I also started taking Freshcap mushroom supplements a couple years ago and I feel like they have helped our immune systems as well.

 

[missjordan]

Some of my favorite cold remedies that i would classify as ‘natural’ would be Oregon grape (especially for anything sore throat related), diffusing essential oils(doesn’t matter really they all smell good), and then oregano oil. The oregano I feel does a better job of keeping you from getting sick than getting you over from being sick. Kids add another level of complexity when it comes to colds and everything always seems to run through the entire household multiple times over.


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[Zdub02]

cowboy toddy or hot toddy - coffee or hot water, lemon juice, honey, splash of bourbon. If you're opposed to the bourbon disregard that ingredient. Will at least clear you up and cut your cough temporarily.

Kids just bring home super bugs that always seem to get you and get you for a long time. I'm in a similar situation as you OP.

 

[TNHighlands]

Zicam or zinc. Take religiously as soon as you notice symptoms. Hydration and sleep

 

[kpk]

Welcome to getting old.

I started popping vitamin C and multi vitamin gummies a few years ago. I have a little one in school and my wife and I both work in a hospital. It's certainly seemed to help keep some of the crud at bay in my case.

 

[strousek]

Just wait till your kid starts going to school and bringing home every germ known to man! Its a rough few years with new kids and getting sick but it levels out once you have gotten every cold and bug you can imagine.

I went through the same thing when my kids were little. I found that zinc and elderberry really seems to make a difference in kicking a cold quicker. Obviously lots of water and rest too. I have found some supplements on Amazon that are zinc, vitamin c, quercetin and elderberry that I take when anyone in the house starts sniffling. Maybe its a placebo effect but my colds don't seem to last more than 2 days after taking the supplements with plenty of water.

 

[cornfedkiller]

Always take zinc if I feel a little tickle in my throat. Vitamin D ahead of time as well, especially in the winter.

 

[KsRancher]

I actually about posted this exact thread recently. Used to a sinus/head cold would last around a week. Now it seems 3 weeks and its still hanging on. I haven't found anything that I take helps the side affects.

 

[KsRancher]

Just wait till your kid starts going to school and bringing home every germ known to man! Its a rough few years with new kids and getting sick but it levels out once you have gotten every cold and bug you can imagine.

I went through the same thing when my kids were little. I found that zinc and elderberry really seems to make a difference in kicking a cold quicker. Obviously lots of water and rest too. I have found some supplements on Amazon that are zinc, vitamin c, quercetin and elderberry that I take when anyone in the house starts sniffling. Maybe its a placebo effect but my colds don't seem to last more than 2 days after taking the supplements with plenty of water.

I work by myself most of the time. The rest of my family not so much. My wife is a HS teacher, oldest son in college, youngest son in high school, oldest daughter in 5th grade and youngest daughter in a daycare with 10 other kids.

 

[Duckhunterbrad]

ZiCam(huge fan) and oregano have been great at helping shorten colds.

 

[jmez]

HA!!!! Welcome to the wonderful world of bringing a fomite into your home. The best treatment is time. After kindergarten, 5 ish, the respiratory bugs will slow waaaaaay down. You will then be introduced to the wonderful world of GI viruses. That phase will last until 10-11. Pretty much out of the wodds by then.

When the GI phase starts, DO NOT TOUCH him. It will be gone in 48 hours. Enjoy!

 

[MuleyFever]

What about taking multivitamins. Any suggestions from anyone?

 

[TaperPin]

The bunch of crud that went around all last winter really held on a long time. I’m sure a lot of stuff this year isn’t all that much different, so it should be similar.

My mouth and sinuses (probably many other things as well) are naturally on the dry side even when well hydrated, so for whatever reason, forcing myself to drink twice as much water as a rational person would has worked most of my adult life to get over things quicker.

 

[madtinker]

Getting enough sleep. And here’s one my dentist shared: floss your teeth every day. Your immune system spends some amount of energy fighting gum infection, and flossing can help prevent infection in the first place, so your body has more resources to fighting colds, etc. it sounds logical and I hate having junk in my teeth anyway.

 

[LostArra]

Saline irrigation of your nose/sinuses. That's the entrance portal for most respiratory viruses and allergens. Keep things flushed out. If you are nasally congested hit each nostril with Neosynephrine a few minutes before the saline irrigation.

 

[NMJM]

Hot Toddy

• 2 oz whiskey
• 1 - 2 tsp honey (or maple syrup)
• 1 - 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
• Hot tea

 

[Will_m]

For everybody recommending toddy:

Skip all that fluff, triple the amount of whiskey and you won’t be worried about that head cold at all. You’ll feel so bad the next day too that the head cold will be the least of your problems.

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[cnelk]

I had a bad cold last week for a few days. A couple hot steamy showers a day sure broke it loose