possibly tmiThrowing up when I'm sick helps a tremendous amount. I don't know if it's a mental thing, like my body thinks it's getting rid of the "poison" or whatever it is that's making it sick (I read that this is how the body reacts during bouts of motion sickness, so I assume it must be true for "regular sick" as well), but it always always helps. Then I munch on saltines and down sprite, OD on ibuprofen and sleep with a heating pad until I feel better.