I just got over some damn stomach bug that was going around here a few weeks ago and now I'm coming down with a cold! DAMMIT! I can't take time off classes or work so I need a hard core cold remedy if you've got it. I'm taking a super-hot shower in a minute and wrapping up with about 4 layers of clothes to see if I can heat up enough to kill this bastard, but if you have any suggestions I'm all ears.
SCRAP
I would probably stop eating immediatly and start fasting for about 2 days if your not already. Maybe have fresh fruit juice through out the day - see how that reacts with your stomach...
eat shit loads of fruit, and snort salt water to clean out your nose - it hurts like hell but is v effective. Get half hour extra kip a night as well.
While you're at it, rub napalm on your face twice daily to clean out your pores.
On the salt water idea,I'd say be very, very careful screwing with the inside of your nose. You don't want to ruin the cilia (nose hairs) that are there. That will make you more susceptible to colds in the future. Juninho mentioned it "hurting like hell"--be sure that pain isn't the feeling of nose hairs being ripped out!
Some time in a sauna or sweat lodge (and then drinking up lots of water afterwards to replace the fluids, of course) could make you feel better.
Also consider using vicks vaporub in steam and/or as a rub on your chest/throat tonight when you go to bed. Obviously also be sure to get plenty of fluids.
Oh, and eating some wasabi or some chinese mustard will help clear your sinuses.
Hey SCRAPPER...it was nice to catch up with you (although briefly) the other day.
If you are getting sick...right after getting sick...I figure the first one kicked your butt and opened you up to need extra recovery. I really think even you need a few days of no training of any kind to re-build.
For colds I have had success in the steam room. Also the usual ecinachea(sp?) golden seal. vitamin C...chicken soup. Oh yeah...and rest + Rest + rest and hydration.
:-)
Taku.
Thanks for the tips! I'm chugging vitamin C like it's my job and drinking tons of water. This better be gone soon, I hate being sick!
SCRAP
Scrapper, you need about 30 grams of glutamine and get some BCAA poweder as well if you can find it out there. Glutamine without fail overs gets me over cold fast. Garlic tablets help as well. Also, get as mut rest as possible wherever you can find it.
Mike Mahler
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Vitamin C as cold remedy was studied somewhere. Can't remember the exact results, but the idea was that it makes you feel better, but unfortunately it doesn't make the cold go away any faster.
raw garlic... after you eat cook the soup crush it and put it in just before eating, that way it is still mostly raw but you don't have to eat it straight. check drweil.com for 'natural' rememdies.
Just eat. And eat alot. Feed that fucker. It'll die.
-doug-
I have had good luck with Zicam. Supposedly, as long as you take it at the very onset of symptoms, it has a real goos success rate.
It worked for me the one time I used it.
It comes in either a nasal spray or nasal swabs. It is widely available at most drugstores here in California. I assume it would be no different for Hawaii.
Just remember Scrapper, sneezing is just a nasal orgasm. Enjoy it while it lasts!
Lots of Zinc Lozenges, pedialite, Echinacea and Goldenseal. Vitamins A,C &E. Get well soon.
Scrapp- Whenever I used to get sick, my grandma had a 3 step program to get me feeling better in a matter of 4 days.
1. Vicks Vapo rub on your chest and neck every night, and take a small amount on a Q-tip and apply it inside your nostrils.
2. A glass of OJ every morning, and lots of water.
3. Get yourself a humidifier (sp?) and place it close to your bed every night.
By day four I was feeling almost cured, and by day 6 I was back to normal.
This seems like a topic that might come up again in the future and be of value again. Any objections to me archiving it?
Pussy, eat more pussy, it won't cure you but at
least you'll enjoy having your nose wet. Actually I
have a cold too and hate it. I am taking transfer
factor, vitamin C, and staying warm, drinking lots of
liquids and not expending too much energy. I have
got to get well before next Wednesday when I leave
to work the pits for the Baja 1000.
Grandpab
I got ta second grandpab's curative!
Peace,
Chuck