A Cure for Ills

After waking up from the worst four hours of sleep I've ever had I find myself doubled over cuddled in a blanket coughing and sipping a ginger lemon tea.

After cursing the Gods and screaming out WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? I stopped to consider what home remedies there might be to a sore throat and cough.

My conclusion has been lots of tea, oranges, vix vapour rub, riccola echinecha cough drops and an old family traditional meal called "sicky eggs."

What kind of home remedies/traditions do you have when you're ill.
(Any reccomendations for a sore throat?)

Just cough drops and gargling with salt water, really. I'm actually extremely surprised I haven't gotten strep throat ONCE this year so far. I' usually get it two or three times + bronchitis and maybe pnuemonia in the winter. *knock on wood*

Feel better! :]

Medieval cures are the 'in' thing nowadays, I hear.

Making NANNY MANUS cry seems to be the cure for all my illness. :bigsmile:

Mom's chicken soup :)

I read once for upper respiratory problems to make tea from thyme, though I never tried it. Most of the time, I just wait it out, not taking anything but trying to eat.

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Originally Posted by Old Manus

Medieval cures are the 'in' thing nowadays, I hear.

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Get out the leeches!

With a sore throat, I'll drink a lot of honey-lemon tea. And my grandmother always used to make me eat a small amount of Vicks VapoRub too. Hey, it worked.

Sore throat:
Boil water.
Put salt in cup.
Let water cool enough so that it doesn't burn your mouth. Add to cup and dissolve salt in. Very lots salt, very little water.
Gargle for 30 seconds until cup is empty. Don't swallow.

If you're feelin' like you're gonna be sick, Sprite/7-Up/Sierra Mist works wonders in quelling that.

if you feel like you're starting to get a sore throat, drink some lemon juice. you'll feel it burning away the grossness in your throat. it's always worked for me.

and if you're really desperate, drink vinegar. i've never done it.

I've always favoured ritual suicide. All your aches and pains will disappear instantly, guaranteed! Admittedly it does have a side-effect, namely being dead, but hey, nobody lives forever.

When taken with kool-aid, Psychotic's method can be very pleasant.

Kool-aid makes everything better!

I just take the proper medication, if there is some or lay in bed until I'm cured.

I usually stick with the tea-soup-rest trio for the common cold/flu.