Colds

Are You Stuck With The Sniffles

The weather will soon be changing and the cold winds and rains will follow. Its also at this time of year that we seem to have colds more often.Here on this page we hope you will find lots of great information that you can use to prevent colds or if you do get a cold make it easier.

Colds are caused by a virus , and the symptoms include various types of upper respiratory discomfort. Remember mucous should be allowed to flow freely because this is one way the body rids its self of infections. Unfortunly however colds can take many forms making it hard to fight.

Here's A Few Tips on Cold Prevention

Remember the old saying , an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and there is a lot of truth in that statement. In the early fall add broccoli , parsley and apples to you and your familys regular daily diet. Remember that other old saying , an apple a day keeps the doctor away. And don't forget apple cider vinegar here. In order to prevent colds drink a glass of water three times a day that you have added 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to and 1 teaspoon of honey. Its perfectly alright to give it to children over 3 also if you can get them to drink it.

Cinnamon Oil

If people around you have a cold or seem to be coming down with one add five drops of cinnamon oil to a 1/4 cup of water and drink it down. Repeat three times daily. You can also take a teaspon of eucalyptus oil three times a day to ward off a cold. Hold it in your mouth for 5 minutes before you swallow.

Shiitake Mushrooms

Did you know that the shiitake mushroom has always been used in Asian mediciene. If you feel a cold coming on or really once or twice a week in early to late fall add these tasty mushrooms to your favorite dish or salad. Or you can if you wish take shiitake mushroom capsules that you can get at amazon here on this page.

Wash Your Hands Often

Remember it is very important to wash your hands often with a good antibiotic soap especially during the time of year when colds are more apt to occur. And when you wash your hands be sure to wash all the way to the elbows and be sure to dry your hands and arms with paper towels that you are going to throw away. Resist the temptation to hang up a towel or two for every one to dry their hands on. You will only be spreading germs this way.

Door Knobs and Common Places People Touch , Use Caution.

In the time of year when colds are much more common you want to clean your door knobs , refrigerator doors and etc much more often. And even much more often if a person in the house has a cold. Use a good cleaning spray with clorox to clean with. Use caution when spraying any spray containing clorox near carpet or you will end up with spots on your carpet.

Childrens Sweaters, Coats and Gloves.

Wash your childrens Sweaters , Coats and Gloves at least twice weekly during fall and winter. Guess what all the kids hang their coats , sweaters and clothes together. Germs Spread and you will be declaring war on germs by washing the items often. Don't forget the scarfs if your children wear them.

Encourage Children to wash their Hands Often.

As above encourage them to wash their hands and arms up to their elbows. Tell them to wash their hands often at school every day and when they come home. Be sure they wash them especially when they come home. This is very important to prevent colds. If a lot of children in your childrens school have colds have them to change clothes as soon as they come home and have them to wash their hands. If you do this you will notice your children will have a lot fewer colds and it will also cut down greatly on colds in your own home.

People don't get a cold from getting wet but if cold germs are around and the person gets a chill a head cold may show up. There are all kinds of colds and unfortuntly that is one thing that makes it so hard to fight colds. Just keep in mind that to get a cold there must be cold germs around. On this page you learn many ways to declare war on cold germs and keep them at bay.

Below you will find a great imformative set of videos on treating the common cold with Chinese Herbs. I watched them and really learned a lot I did not know.

Yes Chicken Soup really does work wonders. While your heating the soup it releases a chemical that relieves some of your cold symtons. Other foods that also will really help your cold are fresh garlic , onions , hot peppers , and bell peppers. Did you know that bell peppers have more vitamin C than a orange.

When you have a cold be sure to drink a full 8 , 8 OZ. glasses of water a day to help flush out your body well.

Green Tea Can Help

It needs to be real green tea in tea bags and no not caffine free. When they remove the caffine they remove a lot of the other good things in the green tea you need. To a cup of steamy hot green tea add 1 teaspoon of pure honey and 1 teaspoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice. Drink it as often as you like but be sure to drink at least three cups every 8 hours for the best effect on you.

Need To Know How To Make Great Chicken Soup For Your Cold

Need to know how to make really great chicken soup to help your colds check out the below 2 videos on making chicken soup.

You know bottom line to keep your self or your children from getting colds you need to prevent the spread of germs. Remember to do this.

1. Wash your childrens outer garmets , coats , hats , sweaters scarfs twice a week during the heavy cold season during fall and winter.

2. Wash places people touch often. Including the phone or phones in your house. Wash your phones often with antibacterial wipes. You can find them just below. Your phone unless washed often is one of the dirtest germ covered thing in the house.

3. Was your hands often and encourage other people in your house to do the same. During the heavy cold season you can not wash hands often enough.

4. Make use of apple cider vinegar. Read about it above.

5. Chicken Soup does work. Make use of it.

6. A apple a day does keep the doctor away. Keep a bowl of apples readily available and encourage the children to eat them.

7. If you unfortuntly do get a cold read above all the things you can do.

8. If some one in the house has a cold spray the trash cans often with a spray with clorox and empty the trash cans often.

9 Wash childrens blankets and pillow cases at least twice weekly and more often if they have a cold.

10. And finally keep in mind for cold germs to spread they must survive, Try to precent this by making use of the products on this page, Declare war on the germs.