How to fight off a cold..

MookJong · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:10

Drink lots of fluids
Eat quality food (5 a day) and get some extra Vitamin C
Towel over head and inhale over a bowl of steaming water
Get plenty rest

Toker · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:10

sudafed and disprin are my two weapons of choice, although I pretty much never get colds (which I hold down to eating lots of fruit and drinking a bottle of tropicana a day

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Nymins · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:14

Azagoth said:
It's a cold, it's not like you have the AIDS. Man up and sit it out.

bscly.

There are some things to help, but it will eventually go away on its own.

yhack · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:15

Clothes

mattheman · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:24

its a prove fact that cold cold affect men more than women.

gillywibble · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:24

English mustard. Smear it on your chest.

MooMoo444 · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:28

gillywibble said:
English mustard. Smear it on your chest.

Shut, door, way, out etc.

sausagerolls · 29 Dec 2008 at 13:24

also got a cold myself, which ive had for about a week but really want it to go away by new years eve so i can go out and enjoy myself.

No vitamin c tablets/pills in the house but been drinking lots of orange juice and water, still wont go away!

Jimmeh · 29 Dec 2008 at 13:26

Piping hot (spicy) Curry.

MiNxYyY · 29 Dec 2008 at 13:26

Pour a freshly boiled kettle of water into the sink,but a towel over your head and let the steam empty your pores and get rid of the cold

Works for me.

dangerstat · 29 Dec 2008 at 13:27

The only way to defeat the flu bug is to poo and sneeze at the same time

Glaucus · 29 Dec 2008 at 13:28

Vitamin c and zinc do nothing.
apart from suppressing the symptoms with aspirin, paracetamol etc. Nothing you can do.

MiNxYyY · 29 Dec 2008 at 13:28

dangerstat said:
The only way to defeat the flu bug is to poo and sneeze at the same time

Soo Wrong

Molemanmus · 29 Dec 2008 at 14:19

Sleep!!! its the best cure!

SpaghettiOs · 29 Dec 2008 at 14:21

Punch it in the ovaries

Seriously though, Vitamin C

GSDog · 29 Dec 2008 at 14:22

Garlic, lots of garlic.

"andy" · 29 Dec 2008 at 14:30

2 lemsips and a berroca in a mug

zootfloot · 29 Dec 2008 at 14:35

You cant beat the cold and flu bugs...they own you longtime.

Please for the love of god dont do what i did over this past week whilst suffering from major man flu...

I sent the wife out to buy the very strongest over the counter flu tablets available, then i decided i knew better than the instructions and because im a "big lad" took an extra tablet every 4 hours...what i didnt realise was that most of the flu tablets contain a goodly dose of caffeine in them, so long story short....for the past 3 nights i have been a no-sleeping jibbering mess.

Stupidly i didnt realise the cause of my nocturnal gurning after the first night, i just put it down to the flu making me stay awake/be uncomfortable as possible.

Mr-White · 29 Dec 2008 at 14:39

healthy food - vitamins, minerals etc
water - always good to keep good fluid levels especially if you keep blowing your nose
lemsip max - suppresses affects
rest - gives you more energy to fight flu

MW

TheVoice · 29 Dec 2008 at 14:44

I've had a cold the past few days too, been taking Lemsip, Vitamin C supplements and stuff to suppress it a bit. Also gone deaf in one ear too so I'm off to the doctors later to get that checked out, because the drops I've got aren't working anymore. Feels like my body is falling to bits!