- Home Remedies?

[decypher]

ginger green teas





oh and scotch

[Ms.Tarantula]

thanks for all the suggestions guys, most of them helped cope with the sickness for a short period of time but nothing seems to be making the virus actually GO AWAY...

GO AWAY SICKNESS! IM SICK OF BEING SICK.

ps - the salt water thing was fucking gross but has proven to be the most helpful in making the sore throat go away.. if only the sniffles and coughing would stop :...(

[jenai]

i recommend one of the following:

thyme
achillea
tansy
wormwood (usually used as an energizer tho this is the most bitter of teas yet)

all found at your local Polish deli in the tea aisle.

Originally Posted by Ms.Tarantula

I'm sicker then I can ever remember being before..

Its been three weeks now of first the flu then it kinda went away so I went back to work... Diddnt see a doctor just took whatever cold medicine and slept.

Then it came back as more of a head cold with runny nose dry cough.. Went to the doc got prescription and took couple more days off.. Started to get better so I went back to work again.

Now I'm on week three and its come back so bad that I'm posting this from my blackberry cause I don't even want to go to my computer. This time its like the flu and a head cold but I'm super congested and have a fever and a headache.

None of the stuff I'm taking (buckleys day/ night pills, buckleys liquid, cloraseptic throat candies) seem to be helping. Even the prescription (obv) didn't help. The only thing that's been doing any good is drinking neo-citran since it makes me pass out for 6-8 hours so I don't have to be awake while feeling so shitty. Waking up extremely groggy doesn't feel too great either though.

Anyways I'm wondering if anyones got any home remedies or other suggestions that have worked for them in the past? Anything you've got is appreciated. I'm willing to try just about anything to feel better at this point..

Thanks!

[jenai]

try not to overdo the tansy tho.

they are in picking season now. the black heads of tansy are less potent than the green form during summer and fall.

about a handful in a cup needs to be boiled in water, strained and the tea taken every four hours during wakeful hours (between sunrise and sunset). this works out to four times a day, none of the plant is to be eaten.

[jenai]

i caught something from eating hamburger, for a month after i had what evolved into stuffed sinuses, phlegm, and congestion.

so i don't recommend eating 10 oz of hamburger by itself. it's better in a bun and with veggies, lots of them.

i probably had a reaction to the antibiotics by-products and the growth hormone metabolites.

IMHO I think I was lucky I didn't get the severe flu-like symptoms. I bet organic beef doesn't cause this reaction.