Cold and flu remedies - I will try anything....

[Ironside]

best cure for a common cold (which is ofcourse what most women get when they think they have something as bad as man flu) is to work up a sweat and sweat it out

there are many options for working up the sweat the easiest without the need of another person is a good old fashoined run follow this with a HOT shower and you will feel right as rain in the the morning

[lucky_scrote]

Well if you have a bad fever, you can either be a man and freeze it out of you. I never do this, this is just a rumor i heard lol.


What i do when i have a fever is stay very warm and sweat it out, be sure to drink TONS of water as i lost 1 stone doing this last time (If you saw me you would wonder if it was possible to lose 1 stone)

[Flea]

Find one of those shops that does herbal remedies (not Holland and Barrett as most of theirs are synthetically produced) and buy some herbal guards and vitamin C tablets.

Take 2 of each morning and night (worked wonders for me).

For the sickness Omega3 tablets (which is a bit of a misnomer as they're more like capsules) are usually pretty good.

I tend to take the lot with a glass of orange juice to wash them down.

Oh yes and don't crunch the herbal guards unless you like the taste of raw garlic (they don't taste the best!!).

[cia260895]

sniffing cordite from an AK47 barrel will sort you out, just make sure yr finger isn't on the trigger

[KarmaDope]

Beechams Cold + Flu Tablets as well as Prochlorperazine is your friend

Prochlorperazine - where do i find it?

Any nausea tablets over the counter should contain it.

[kinboshi]

You can deal with a bad cold.  If you have flu, you will suffer.  Doping yourself up with drugs will numb the symptons but won't help cure it any quicker.

Flu kills people.  Colds are a temporary pain in the neck.

Keep hydrated and the body fuelled as best you can.  A sympathetic partner is also essential.  I've had flu twice, proper flu.  Never felt so bad - my muscles ached, my joints ached, my bones ached. 

[The_duke]

Pretty obvious that you are the first lady to get manflu, therefore a bottle of brandy is the only remedy, even if it does not work, you wont care

ps get well soon

It's the only way -- increase your alcohol/blood ratio

[tikay]

Men get proper colds. Women merely get a chill.

Back to work with you, woman.

[cia260895]

Men get proper colds. Women merely get a chill.

Back to work with you, woman.

PMSL   100% agree with you though

[tikay]

I never had a day off work "sick" in 40 years, but I had my share of colds, & could handle them pretty easily.

My remedy - which I DO NOT ADVISE YOU TO COPY - was as follows - basically, it's designed to sweat the cold out.

I took these all at once, one after the other.

2 Lemsips or Beechams powders.

A big swig of Night Nurse

A bigger swig of Bennylin

A big slug of whisky. (The worst part).

A large mug of very hot, sweet, milk.

Straight to bed, & the sweat would pour out of me all night, but in the morning, I'd be much better.

But don't ty it - it's genuinely "kill or cure".

[M3boy]

Typical!

Only a woman would moan about a little cold!!

You would never catch a man moaning

 

[thetank]

I never had a day off work "sick" in 40 years, but I had my share of colds, & could handle them pretty easily.

My remedy - which I DO NOT ADVISE YOU TO COPY - was as follows - basically, it's designed to sweat the cold out.

I took these all at once, one after the other.

2 Lemsips or Beechams powders.

A big swig of Night Nurse

A bigger swig of Bennylin

A big slug of whisky. (The worst part).

A large mug of very hot, sweet, milk.

Straight to bed, & the sweat would pour out of me all night, but in the morning, I'd be much better.

But don't ty it - it's genuinely "kill or cure".

!

[tantrum]

lots of chopped ginger and garlic into hot water with lemon and honey, before going to bed and then 3 times a day will sort you out in two days.... (garlic won't taste in hot water, just one clove finally chopped) during the day only ginger and lemon will suffice....

[Claw75]

vodka

FYP

[kinboshi]

You can deal with a bad cold.  If you have flu, you will suffer. Doping yourself up with drugs will numb the symptons but won't help cure it any quicker.
Flu kills people.  Colds are a temporary pain in the neck.

Keep hydrated and the body fuelled as best you can.  A sympathetic partner is also essential.  I've had flu twice, proper flu.  Never felt so bad - my muscles ached, my joints ached, my bones ached. 

Agreed, and they'll cost you about 18 quid in pharmaceutical bills. I know. I did it. It didn't really work.

Paracetomal with codeine is good though...

Forgot to thank you Lee for passing your flu on to me.  That's the thanks I get for taking you to Brize Norton and going an hour out of my way.