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I have a rotten cold/achy body and the whole nine yards. I've been taking some Sudafed for colds
but is there anything better? I have a super walmart in my town, I was wondering about Halls' cough drops, cause my throat is just horrible.
Thanks for your help
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I've Got A Rotten Cold
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 09:52 AM
Neither Sudafed nor Halls cough drops will really help get rid of the cold, they just mask symptoms.
Here are some suggestions to boost your immune system and speed up healing:
Drink Echinacea tea, take lots of vitamin C, up your vitamin A and E, get Zinc lozenges (you can get them with vitamin C and Echinacea even, and in different flavours), they'll not only soothe your throat, but aid in healing, drink hot lemonade with honey. DON'T drink juice, it is too high in sugar and will depress your immune system even further. Drink lots of water, get rest (our bodies heal best when resting). Eat raw garlic (or take garlic pills), it's a natural antibiotic/antiviral.
I hope you will feel better soon.
Here are some suggestions to boost your immune system and speed up healing:
Drink Echinacea tea, take lots of vitamin C, up your vitamin A and E, get Zinc lozenges (you can get them with vitamin C and Echinacea even, and in different flavours), they'll not only soothe your throat, but aid in healing, drink hot lemonade with honey. DON'T drink juice, it is too high in sugar and will depress your immune system even further. Drink lots of water, get rest (our bodies heal best when resting). Eat raw garlic (or take garlic pills), it's a natural antibiotic/antiviral.
I hope you will feel better soon.
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Intolerant to all lectins (including gluten), nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant) and salicylates.
Asperger Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, Addison's disease (adrenal insufficiency), hypothyroidism, fatigue syndrome, asthma
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 10:53 AM
If you need a cough drop to get you through, as I just did with a cold I had as I couldn't even swallow my own spit and just needed to be comfortable enough to stop crying, Robitussin Honey cough and the Honey centers ones are gluten-free. As far as my lists go, Halls is only gluten-free in sugarless, which I can't stand, as artificial sweetners make me ill.
Ricola is not gluten-free at all, BTW. I have no info on anyone else.
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Ricola is not gluten-free at all, BTW. I have no info on anyone else.
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 01:43 PM
If you are in Canada, all Neo Citron drinks are gluten free.
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 05:10 PM
Ughhh, I had that 2 weeks ago. Actually I had a stomach virus that then turned into a nasty cold. Sucks!
I just took Tylenol Cold, Tylenol Flu and Robitussin. I had some vitmain C cough drops but I don't remember what brand it was.
I just took Tylenol Cold, Tylenol Flu and Robitussin. I had some vitmain C cough drops but I don't remember what brand it was.
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 05:14 PM
Cough drops won't hurt you, as long as they are gluten-free and don't have any ingredients that you are sensitive to.
But the best treatment is to DRINK lots of nice, hot, throat-soothing things, like chicken broth, herbal teas (licorice tea and "Throat Coat" tea are WONDERFUL for fixing that awful throat), hot ginger tea with honey, hot any kind of tea with hooney and a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Drink, drink, drink--and then you will pee all those awful germs down the toilet and be done with them.
(Don't forget to flush.)
But the best treatment is to DRINK lots of nice, hot, throat-soothing things, like chicken broth, herbal teas (licorice tea and "Throat Coat" tea are WONDERFUL for fixing that awful throat), hot ginger tea with honey, hot any kind of tea with hooney and a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Drink, drink, drink--and then you will pee all those awful germs down the toilet and be done with them.
(Don't forget to flush.)
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 06:03 PM
Fiddle-Faddle, on Jan 29 2007, 08:14 PM, said:
Cough drops won't hurt you, as long as they are gluten-free and don't have any ingredients that you are sensitive to.
But the best treatment is to DRINK lots of nice, hot, throat-soothing things, like chicken broth, herbal teas (licorice tea and "Throat Coat" tea are WONDERFUL for fixing that awful throat), hot ginger tea with honey, hot any kind of tea with hooney and a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Drink, drink, drink--and then you will pee all those awful germs down the toilet and be done with them.
(Don't forget to flush.)
But the best treatment is to DRINK lots of nice, hot, throat-soothing things, like chicken broth, herbal teas (licorice tea and "Throat Coat" tea are WONDERFUL for fixing that awful throat), hot ginger tea with honey, hot any kind of tea with hooney and a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Drink, drink, drink--and then you will pee all those awful germs down the toilet and be done with them.
(Don't forget to flush.)
It's so hard to find licorice that is gluten free ... I'm surprised there is a licorice tea that is
But yes ... got to flush all those germs down
Shirley
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It isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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West Kootenay.... British Columbia
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It isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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Posted 30 January 2007 - 11:18 AM
I use Zicam Gel Swabs. You put it on the inside of your nose. It sounds gross, but it totally works. They say that the cold virus first gets into your body through the nose.
There have even been a couple of times when I had a scratchy throat, or getting a cough and used the nasal swabs, thinking it probably wouldn't work, and it worked.
Nancy
There have even been a couple of times when I had a scratchy throat, or getting a cough and used the nasal swabs, thinking it probably wouldn't work, and it worked.
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Posted 30 January 2007 - 04:49 PM
I just called the vics company about their cold meds and was told all their products were gluten free.
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Posted 30 January 2007 - 07:11 PM
Viola 1, on Jan 29 2007, 09:03 PM, said:
It's so hard to find licorice that is gluten free ... I'm surprised there is a licorice tea that is
But yes ... got to flush all those germs down
But yes ... got to flush all those germs down
I think the teas use licorice root, not licorice candy (which has the wheat starch added). At least, there is no gluten listed in the ingredients!
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