Natural remedies for colds are extremely common because the chemical preparations that can be bought in all pharmacies merely ease the unwanted symptoms and minimise their longevity. These remedies can be traced back for thousands of years.

The usual complaints whilst suffering from a cold are coughing, a painful throat, runny nose, congestion, painful aches all over, tiredness, headaches, fever, feeling sick, vomiting and a lack of appetite.

Natural remedies for colds need not be hard to obtain or make. Initially raising the humidity of your rooms will help reduce the discomfort of a cold. But also make sure to keep your insides hydrated. By drinking more fluids, especially water, you will alleviate symptoms, replace fluids and flush out infection faster. Lemon is also very important among the many natural remedies for the common cold as it help to fight infection and is an antibacterial agent. Honey helps to soothe sore throats. Echinacea and goldenseal have been shown to reduce the symptoms and aid recovery.

If you feel really blocked up the following are extremely helpful: garlic, onion, ginger, spices such as pepper, cayenne, chilli powder, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, cloves and herbs such as thyme and oregano. Many of these fight infections and are antiviral.

Use tea tree, eucalyptus and peppermint aromatherapy oils to help loosen mucus and heals the throat, nasal passages and bronchial tubes. Inhale vapors of these oils by putting it on a cotton ball, in a steam bath or an aromatherapy diffuser.

Of the many natural remedies for colds there are some surprising ones such as drinking catnip tea (catnip is usually for cats). This herbal remedy has been known for some time. Catnip works as an expectorant and opens up the bronchial passages helping you breathe more easily. It also helps to reduce a high temperature by making you sweat. Catnip contains a sedative compound so it will also help you go to sleep. Catnip should be avoided by pregnant women.

Natural remedies for colds are becoming more popular as there is no cure in sight for the common cold or flu.  We’ve got the inside scoop to effective cold natural remedies now on Aloe Vera ~ Your Miracle Natural Doctor.

The weather nowadays seems so unpredictable although we have been learning so many years that certain months have particular seasons. Usually at these times, I often see many people got cold, sore throat or allergy. Here are some tips below to deal with such ailments using home remedies which I came across from a grandmother’s experience combine with my own.
Bronchitis: For mild bronchitis symptoms, use a vaporizer, take a steamy shower or turn the hot water on in the sink and cover your head and the sink with a towel (kind of a quick and easy sauna) to ease your discomfort and open up your chest.

Congestion: Red pepper, jalapenos and hot salsa will temporarily open up your nasal passages and break up congestion.

Eat plenty of varied fruits like oranges, kiwi, guava, papaya, etc. and make your plate a ‘rainbow’ plate which means regularly eat different colors of fruits.

Echinacea: drink Echinacea tea at the very first sign of a cold.

Green tea: Green tea is a natural antihistamine, which helps both allergies and colds. Choose Oolong type (Chinese green tea) or Ocha type (Japanese green tea).

Saline nose drops: Make your own nose drops by sprinkling some salt in boiled water (about 1/4 cup) to break up congestion and help you breathe (or you can get it already bottled and ready to use at the local drug store).

Sore throat, gargle salt water several times daily or gargle cider vinegar. Another way is you can chew on a cod liver oil pill, or drink hot green tea as (jujube tea).
Thyme: Make a tea with thyme or add a little to your recipes when you cook to break up congestion and relieve stuffy noses.

Vicks Up: Rub a little Vick’s Vapor Rub or another menthol salve on the upper chest, then rub what is left on your fingers under your nose, this can break up congestion and help you breathe more easily.

Sore threat is very irritating, especially when our work is related to public speaking. Usually, it could be accompanied with cough due to an infection of the lungs, causing a secretion of mucous. Most sore throat is cause by common cold.

Also if you are always feel tired, it could weaken your immune system and thus any bacteria or virus will happily hit you so easy. The most important thing is get your energy back to avoid tiredness.

Here is a program to completely eliminate your tiredness, not only will improve your health, also boost your immune system:

End Tiredness Program

Moreover, natural remedies for common cold must complement your healing methods. This will also treat the sore throat. Here are the Home Remedies that can be used:

DO’s

- Ginger is a very effective remedy that is used in various ways to treat sore throat. In fact, ginger can be used as a treatment for coughs and colds, which are the causes of sore throat. Ginger can be taken in the form of a tea, or it can be made into hot beverage with plain water and sugar. The juice of ginger is also taken with honey in order to treat sore throats.

- Add a teaspoon of cumin seeds to boiling water. Put some pieces of garlic in it. Allow this to simmer for a few seconds. When simmered enough, set it aside to get cooled. This preparation is to be drunk as a beverage while still slightly warm. It helps relieve sore throat.

- Boil water. Add a dash of cinnamon, a little piece of ginger, 1 tablespoon honey and drink.

- Take 1 tablespoon fresh ginger juice, 1 tablespoon honey and a pinch of turmeric. Swallow this mixture at least three times a day.

- Pour one cup of boiling water over a piece of ginger, ground cloves and cinnamon. Filter it, sweeten with honey and have it sip by sip. This helps when there is mucus in the cough.

- Add a raw onion, 2 cloves, 4-5 mint leaves, 2-3 black peppercorns and a small stick of cinnamon to a glass of water. Boil it thoroughly, strain and have while it is still warm. To reduce the spicy taste, you could add 1 tablespoon of honey.

- Heat water with 2 tablespoon of lemon juice and 2 tablespoon of honey and sip.

- Use of mango bark is very beneficial in sore throat. Make a gargle by mixing 10 ml of the fluidextract with 125 ml of water. This is one of the effective and simple home remedies for sore throat.

- The leaves of the holy basil have also been found beneficial in the treatment of sore throat. The water boiled with basil leaves should be taken as a drink or can also be used as a gargle. This is also effective natural remedy for sore throat.

- Take 4 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp. Honey, 1/8 tablespoon cayenne and mix them together, take a spoonful when needed and chew it up well before swallowing as this provides relief and is good natural remedy for sore throat.

- Make a tea by adding 1 or 2 teaspoons of dried chamomile blossoms to a pint of boiling water and drink a cup after every few hours.

- Mix 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, a pinch of cayenne pepper extracted juice of 1/4 a lemon, and 1 teaspoon of honey. Add to this 1 cup of hot water and stir well. Drink this up to 4 cups a day for sore throat relief.

- The spice cinnamon is also regarded as an effective sore throat remedy. Powdered spice boiled in a glass on water with a pinch of pepper powder and honey is highly beneficial in the treatment. The oil of cinnamon mixed with honey also provides relief.

- Cut an onion, put in a cup with a top, soak with honey, cover the cup and leave for one hour, swallow 1 spoon of the honey after every few hours to get relief. This is also effective home remedy for sore throat.

- Daily dry friction bath is also beneficial for the sore throat.

- A hot Epsom salt bath will be highly beneficial.

GARGLES FOR SORE THROAT

- An infusion of the seeds mixed with common salt can be used as a gargle in acute condition.

- Make a tea with 25 grams fresh sage in 600 ml of water and add one-fourth teaspoon of cayenne. Allow it to cool and strain it before drinking.

- Infuse one teaspoon of dried red sage in one cup of boiling water. Cover and leave for 10 minutes, then strain and add vinegar. This can be used for gargling four times a day and can be drunk as a tea without adding vinegar.

- Add 2 sprigs of coarsely chopped parsley, 3 whole spice cloves, 1 teaspoon of powdered myrrh, and 1/4 teaspoon powdered goldenseal to 1 pint of boiling water to prepare the tea. Stir use as a gargle or mouthwash.

- Put four teaspoons of salt in a liter of water. Warm the water, but not too much. It should be just alright for gargling. Gargle with this water for twenty minutes. If you gargle in the night before going to bed, then if it is a simple sore throat, it will be gone by morning.

- Heat one glass of water, add a tablespoon of salt and gargle. Be careful not to swallow the water as it may make you feel like throwing up.

- A gargle prepared from fenugreek seeds is also beneficial in the sore throat treatment.

DIETARY GUIDELINES

- Ghee can be had in little amounts.

- Flavoring the food with spices such as ginger, black pepper, salt and garlic is beneficial.

DON’T’s

- Avoid milk and milk products if you have excess mucous secretion for one month.

- Do not expose yourself to cold water and cold climate for a few days.

- Curds and other sour foods must be avoided.

- Fried foods are extremely aggravating for this condition.

- Oil must be avoided in all forms. Even a trace of oil in the food can compound the problems

- It is very dangerous to consume anything that is cold or refrigerated when there is a throat infection. This will make the sore throat so severe that even swallowing food and breathing might become difficult. Even foods with a cold propensity such as cucumbers, bananas, watermelons, papayas, etc. must be avoided.

- It is not advisable to have a head bath until the sore throat condition lasts.