1. Drink Lots
I know we have heard this a thousand times, but I have taken this to a new level. What I mean by lots is non-stop. Just keep drinking until you are better. This doesn't work with cold liquids, which just make you feel sick if you drink too much, but I found that I can drink tea/hot water pretty much all day. Try it. It's the best remedy for sore throats.
2. Heated Coke with Ginger
Yes. It's exactly as it sounds. Pour some coke into a pot. Chop up big chunks of fresh ginger. Add to the pot. Simmer until it smells really strong and burns your eyes a little. Then drink. This one was reccomended to me in China. I was somewhat skeptical, thinking I was getting some great Chinese herbal rememdy and then finding out coke was an ingredient. But once again, try it. Clears up a stuffy head quite nicely.
3. Pickled Peppers
This one is for those extreme stuffy nose/sinus situations. You can't really feel the burn as you have lost your sense of taste, but with every pepper something pops in your head, and after at least half a jar, you are breathing freely again.
2 comments:
Well...I'm not happy that you've been sick. But I am happy that this has contributed to you posting frequently on your blog again. A very pleasant surprise. It's good to read from you. Beautiful yellowy sunshiny kitchen photos down below. Impressive Paper Bag Princess costume (Way better than when I tried to do the same in high school. Mine looked like it was made out of a paper bag that didn't survive the dragon's fire so well.) And go easy on the pickled peppers. How many half-jars have you had??
I've created a new game (see our brother's blog comments). It's Blog Word Verification Slang Teasers.
My Verification word is 'inedilly'.
inedilly: a predicament when one finds the best solution is to delay and 'dilly dally'. As in: 'I'm inadilly about going to the office as I know there's a huge stack of problems awaiting me'.
timing couldn't be better. will be employing your home remedies today! thanks for sharing!
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