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the Vessel’s Wellbeing

Old School Cold Remedies

rowing up it seemed that no matter what was
wrong with my brother and I, my mom
Galways had something with a nasty taste or
smell that would heal any cuts and scrapes and
I swear if I came home with plague she would have
made some kind of bubbling potion that would cure
it.

Vitamin C
The first thing someone will tell you to do when you
have a cold is drink plenty of hot tea with lemon. This
is because lemon contains vitamin C. when taken in and Pepper soup. The soup is made by adding 50 mg
times of health it can help keep your immune system or Tamarind into a pot with 1 cup of water. Bring it
strong so the body can fight off the germs that cause to a boil then add one teaspoon of hot ghee and half
a cold, but once you have a cold it also help shorten a teaspoon of black pepper. You should have 1 cup
the duration f the cold and helps relieve the of this soup 3 times a day. After drinking you will fell
symptoms of the cold as well. your nose start to run and your eyes will water, but
within minutes your sinuses will be cleared out.
Chest Cold
Garlic soup is a great way to help open up the reper- Bitter Gourd Root Paste
tory system and make breathing easier while killing This is not one of my mom remedies so I have never
the germs that causes the cold at the same time. The tried it but I have been told from people that it really
garlic hold antiseptic properties that helps the body does work. This remedy does not cure the symptoms
rid itself of its unwanted guests, the oil the in the soup of the cold it goes after the cold itself. Take a tea-
opens the airways, and by adding a tablespoon of spoon of the paste and a teaspoon of honey. If taken
onion juice you can flush all the unwanted toxins for a month it will rid the body of the cold germs and
from your body by sweating them out. help strengthen your immune system.

Reduce a Fever Turmeric Root
It is not uncommon for someone with a cold to have This cure will cure everything that ails you. It will rid
a fever. A good way to reduce the fever is with Ginger. you of all the suffering from sore throats congestion
When cut up and boiled in water ginger has been and runny nose. For this cure you want to buy the
found to lower a fever in a matter of hours. A less bit- turmeric root in a powder form. Pour half a teaspoon
ter way is to put a small piece of ginger into a glass of the turmeric root powder into a pot with 1 cup of
then pour boiling water in the glass, after letting it sit milk and bring t a boil. When the mixture begins to
for 2 or 3 minutes put a tea bag in the glass and add boil, deeply inhale the steam. Then allow the milk to
some sugar. This method is less effective but tastes cool slightly and drink this twice a day. In just a few
much better. days you will feel better.

Diet These are just a small example of all the home reme-
Many moms go by the old adage feed a fever starve a dies that are out there. I have personally tried several
cold, and this is still good advice today. When the of these methods, and can vouch for their effective-
patient has a fever it is best to just give them water, ness.
fruit and vegetable juices mixed with some water.
A fever can make the body sweat and burn off much
energy and without plenty of fluids your body will Jack Reider
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start to dehydrate, which can prolong and worsen the
problem.

Tamarind and Pepper
A great way to relieve a stuffed up nose is Tamarind

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