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Make Your Cold or Flu Go Away Faster - How to Treat the Common Cold

There is a lot of reports of Swine flu, H1N1 that is shaking up the entire planet and it seems that this coming cold of Winter is going to be a lot worse that any Winter before.  And this is very alarming. There is no need to panic and there are a lot of things you can do to keep yourself well this entire cold and flu season and beyond.

 

Sometimes, you can help yourself when you are feeling under the weather, with these simple steps.  
When you feel a cold or flu coming on - you need to make sure you take good care of yourself and eat right.*

Drink water, drink orange juice, keep yourself warm and dry and get plenty of rest.
 

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 Here are some more ways to make yourself feel better.

*You should do that anyway.

**I am not a Doctor, nor did I play on on TV. (I wanted to but it didn't work out for me.)**

How to Feel Better When You Have a Cold or Flu

Eat Foods That Help to Fight Infections - When you eat right, you feel better and when you are suffering from a cold or flu, it is even more important to eat the right food and the right combinations of foods so that you heal better, faster.

Here is a list of some of the foods that help to fight infections and they will help you to get over your cold faster. Foods that help the common cold are listed below.

  • Bananas - Eating a banana will help with your upset stomach.

  • Brown Rice - If you are suffering from diarrhea, the brown rice will add some bulk to ease the symptoms.

  • Carrots - These are loaded with beta-carotene

  • Chili Peppers - The peppers will help to break up mucus in your lungs and your sinuses will be opened.

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  • Use a Hot Or cold Compress Between Your Your Eyes- A bag of frozen peas or a warmed wash cloth will help to make your congested sinuses feel a lot better, fast.

  • Eat Some Garlic - Garlic and the Common Cold - In 2007, garlic also known as Allium sativum, may help to fight as well as prevent the common cold. This report, from BBC news, has plenty of evidence to back up this study. Garlic has been used for hoarseness, coughs, croup and as an expectorant - for generations.

  • Keep Your Head Elevated - When your head is elevated, you can breathe easier and you will feel less stuffed up.

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  • Drink Plenty of Hot and Hold Beverages - Drinking hot beverages will help to relieve you nasal congestion, hydrate your body and the now inflamed membranes that line your nose and throat will be soothed.

    A great home remedy that goes back for several generations is a Hot Toddy. Every Grandmother and Great Grandmother used this to help ease the discomfort of a cold or flu.

  • Keep Your Nose Clean - Don't sniff. Blow. Blow often and blow correctly. Hold one finger over one nostril and blow glently, but thoroughly.

    When you blow too hard, you take the chance of blowing phlegm into your eardrums. When you do this you are sniffing mucus back into your body. The phlegm carries germs that can give you a splitting earache.

    To keep your nose from blistering and to open your breathing passages, keep a small amount of mentholated rub or olive oil all around it.

  • Keep Yourself Warm - Keeping yourself warm is a must - but not overly heated, this can cause discomfort. When you are chilled during a cold or flu, you are taking energy away from the healing process and it may take you longer to heal.

  • Get Enough Rest - Staying well rested is very important if you want to heal properly and if you want to heal in due time. Don't try to go back to work too soon and don't jump right into strenuous exercise. Relax.

  • Don't Let Your Throat Get Dry - Gargle Often - A nice warm gargle can keep your achy and irritated throat moistened and it can give you a load of relief - albeit, temporary relief. When you gargle, put a teaspoon of sea salt in the water.

    A tea made from honey and lemon juice has worked for many generations, it is used to tighten membranes in your throat. If you are getting ready to sing, stay away from the lemon.

  • Stay Off Of Airplanes - Flying adds pressure to your upper respiratory system and your cold or flu has already taxed this area. Because of the problems that you are already experiencing, you may end up with damaged ear drums, to boot.

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  • Cranberries - Bacteria that usually sticks to your urinary tract and your bladder have an enemy in cranberries. They can keep the bacteria from sticking and this makes a healthier you.

  • Blueberries - These are an antioxidant that some say will help to lower fevers and ease some of your aches and pains. Blueberries are considered a natural aspirin.

  • Horseradish - Helps to break up mucus in your lungs.

  • Mustard - Helps to break up mucus in your lungs.

  • Onion - Bronchitis and some other infections that make you feel horrible do not have a chance when you eat more onions. The phytochemicals that are naturally found in onions help to clear your body of these infections.

  • Tea - Non-herbal teas contain catechin, another phytochemical that is said to also aid natural heal of the body. There are natural antibiotics and teas are anti-diarrheal.

  • Get a Vaporizer - The vapor will help your nasal passages to relax and it will keep the air moist to keep your throat, skin and nasal passages from drying out.

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