What's Your Best Home-Made Remedy For Colds and Flu?  

I think Brandy will just knock me out . . . even a slurp. Black peppered black coffee???? Wow, that also sounds lethal. I might let my son try that first.

Regards. Actually it is said that in olden days when there were no medicines or medical specialists, a cold lasted for seven long days while with the advancement of the medical profession, you can be up and running, with the help of modern drugs, in just a week. You stick to coffee and white pepper. Enjoy life.

One of my favorite OTC throat lozenges/cough remedies is called Fisherman's Friend, throat lozenge. It is licorice, menthol and black pepper. Tastes incredibly nasty, but it grows on you. It also will open your head up and clear a chest cold.

thanks garden, for the info- i might try it sometime when i run out of brandy. regards. enjoy life.

Yummm, that does sound good. I wish I liked green tea. But I'll try some licorice tea and see if that does the trick. Thanks Hatley.

Yeah, I feel a little dehydrated. Water helps a lot, though I do need to put a wedge of lemon in it. And I'm all for resting.

You crack me up . . . yes, most males are very close to death when they get a cold. I guess I just wanna be comfy during the 5 days of heck!!!

Oh, um . . . I'll vote for treating it then.

Amen to that!!

A few people have said to drink green tea. I have a box of it, but never tried it. I'm assuming Neo Citron is a powder of sorts . . . lemon flavored?

Personally I think green tea is a little blah without honey & lemon in it, but I do quite like it with. Neo Citron is a lemon flavored powder with cold medicine in it that you mix with hot water. It's a nice hot drink for when you're all stuffed up and the medicine does help. The sweet, lemony flavor goes great with green tea.

I still don't know what a hot toddies is or are. Heard it all my life but never had one or seen one. Oh well, I'm still on that learning curve.

Well, Lakota told you, take lemon juice, whiskey, sugar, and hot water, stir together and drink. Never had one, but Mom said the next step is to cover up heavily and it will make you sweat out the cold or flu. Rock candy was considered better than just plain sugar.

yup gtargirl I gave ya the recepie lol and yup Garden I have herd rock candy is better but seems I never have any in the house.
yup and wrapping up and sweatingit out I forgot that one lololol.
thanks for adding that and ya really can sweat!

Woooah! Really. I tell ya what, if it gets really really bad and nothing else seems to work I will try this.

You can boil an onion in water with sugar and make a homemade cough syrup.

How long do you boil it for, and how much sugar do you add?

I don't think I've ever heard of Calamansi juice. And I know ginger is good for a lot of things but I realy, really don't like it.

Calamansi is included on the family of lime and oranges. . When I drink Ginger drink it makes my flu or cold to cure.