I never take drugs for the common cold. You don’t have to take drugs for it. And you can proactively try to stop it. This article “Home Remedies for COMMON COLD —RUNNING NOSE” tells you how to get rid of the common cold without taking drugs. I usually drink ginger tea. But I am learning new tricks: eat as much raw garlic with my food as possible, eat raw onions, eat raw ginger, and drink ginger soup.
If the cold gets bad enough that I have a headache or stuffed nose, I apply Tiger Balm (which I do not consider as a drug) to my temples, forehead, nose, neck (both front and back), and back and then cover myself very warmly and go to sleep. I would sweat all over during sleep, which is exactly what I want. When I wake up, I wipe myself with a cotton tower to absorb the sweat. Usually, the cold would go away then. If not, I would repeat the whole process. This is somewhat similar to “gua sha (??)” in Chinese or “danh gio (?ánh gió)” in Vietnamese, which is having someone else rubbing smashed gingers on your back with a tower and covering you very warmly so you could sweat. Sweating brings the cold virus out of your body. That is why it is important to drink hot soup, hot tea, or hot water as much as you can when you have a cold.
One important thing you should always keep in mind when you catch a cold is to keep yourself as warm as possible. You may think that I don’t even need to mention that. But you will be surprised how often people don’t take that seriously. People often catch a cold when there is a change in the weather. That is because people do not change the way they dress fast enough to catch up with the weather. Even after they have caught a cold, they still don’t want to put on more clothes. They always think that they are stronger than they actually are. They don’t realize that their bodies get a lot weaker when they have caught a cold.
If you want your body to stay strong, eat well, get enough of rest and sleep, and do not get emotional or worried. If your body is weak and you do not have enough time to get yourself stronger before the cold gets you, you should take colostrum. Colostrum is not a drug. It is all natural. So there is no side effect or anything. Taking colostrum is as natural as drinking milk. I usually take colostrum as soon as I feel that I may be getting a cold. That will stop the cold right from start most of the time. I will not even have a running nose, not to mention stuffed nose or headache. The colostrum I take is from Synertek. Their website is firstmilking.com. Their colostrum is very effective. And you can always use my coupon code “dressking” to get 10% off.
To sum up, here are steps you can take to prevent a cold or to get rid of a cold:
- Eat well, get enough of rest and sleep, and do not get emotional or worried. Dress warm enough for the weather. Put on warmer clothes to keep up with the weather.
- Take colostrum as soon as you feel that you may be getting a cold.
- After you have caught a cold, eat as much raw garlic with your food as possible. Eat raw onions and raw gingers or ginger candies. Drink hot ginger soup or tea. Drink hot soup, hot tea, or hot water. Drink lemon juice, orange juice, or grape fruit juice, or eat oranges or grape fruits. Dress more warmly.
- If you have caught a cold bad enough that you have a stuffed nose, a sore throat, or a headache, apply Tiger Balm to your temples, forehead, nose, neck (both front and back), and back and then cover yourself very warmly and go to sleep. Wipe yourself with a cotton tower to absorb the sweat when you wake up. Do this repeatedly until you get better.
So far, as an adult I have not had to do anything else after the last step. In my childhood, my mother once had to ask an old lady to rub smashed gingers on my back to get rid of the cold for me. That was the most serious cold I ever had in my life. Before asking for help from the old lady, my mother even cried because she could not do anything about it. Even my grandfather, who was the most famous pediatrician in the city we lived in, was not able to treat me. He was only trained in Western medicine and Chinese medicine. He was not trained in folk medicine.