It's Monday and I am having a bad day because I'm sick... :( I can't go on like this, it's just the start of the week and I cannot let this affect my job which I am about to lose. Already took some medicine last night but seems like it hasn't abated the cough and colds. I resorted to surfing the net for some remedies and home treatments for the common cough and colds. Here are a few options I am considering doing today. Hope this works for me...
1. If you find that your throat is beginning to hurt warm up water and add a spoon full of salt to it and do deep throat gargles.
2. Before you go to bed just rub some vicks vapor rub. Apply it on the chest, back, neck and the forehead for optimal effect.
3. Get rid of congestion by doing steam inhalation. Just heat up water till it is steaming then put a towel over your head and the bowl of water in front of you and inhale. A five minute bout is usually enough to loosen up the mucus.
4. Pour a couple of Eucalyptus oil drops on your pillow before you sleeps since Eucalyptus oil in its concentrated form cannot be applied to your skin. This essential oil has soothing and nose unblocking properties. The smell will help keep your nose unblocked all night. You can also mix it with a regular base oil like olive oil and massage it onto your temples and throat region for relief from cold and cough.
5. Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluids to help thin out the mucous membranes in postnasal drip.
6. Take lozenges and hot drinks. Try a menthol cough drop since it numbs the back of the throat thus decreasing the cough reflex. Drinking warm tea with honey can also soothe the throat.
7. Take a steamy shower since a hot shower can help a cough by loosening secretions in the nose.
Sources:
http://cashmere.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-get-rid-of-a-coughhttp://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/cough-relief-how-lose-bad-cough
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