Ways to get rid of a cold?

I've been stuck with a cold for over two weeks and I haven't been feeling better at all (my head still throbs and my nose is plugged all the time). Is it normal to have a cold over two weeks? Is there anything to do that can get rid of it? I've tried sleeping and hot baths for so long and it hasn't helped. Thanks. :(

try and catch a warm.

This is the old German cure: you buy a bottle of white wine, pour it into a pot and mix it with sugar. You heat it up on the stove until right before boiling. Drink it all down. You'll get drunk and fall asleep.When you wake up you'll forget you ever had that cold.

This is the old German cure: you buy a bottle of white wine, pour it into a pot and mix it with sugar. You heat it up on the stove until right before boiling. Drink it all down. You'll get drunk and fall asleep.When you wake up you'll forget you ever had that cold.

TheHighWind

Drink lots of beer. It's the cure-all.

This is the old German cure: you buy a bottle of white wine, pour it into a pot and mix it with sugar. You heat it up on the stove until right before boiling. Drink it all down. You'll get drunk and fall asleep.When you wake up you'll forget you ever had that cold.

TheHighWind

Well, my method of getting rid of a cold is running around the block a couple times, taking hot showers a lot more than usual, making sure I brush my teeth and rinse it with listerine three times a day (Yeah, it helps me. And no, I usually brush my teeth once a day...-_-), make sure I spit out whatever mucus I cough up, I spit frequently whenever my salilva feels more thicker or slimy than usual (I drink water to rinse my mouth than spit it all out), and sleep often. Drinking hot tea or coco helps too. I usually get over cold 3 to 4 days....

Well, my method of getting rid of a cold is running around the block a couple times, taking hot showers a lot more than usual, making sure I brush my teeth and rinse it with listerine three times a day (Yeah, it helps me. And no, I usually brush my teeth once a day...-_-), make sure I spit out whatever mucus I cough up, I spit frequently whenever my salilva feels more thicker or slimy than usual (I drink water to rinse my mouth than spit it all out), and sleep often. Drinking hot tea or coco helps too. I usually get over cold 3 to 4 days....

tocool340

Hot water with a couple ounces of whisky and a splash of lemon. Works for me.

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Hot water with a couple ounces of whisky and a splash of lemon. Works for me.

Mkavanaugh77

:lol: It works though, the hot water and booze loosens things up and lets you sleep better.

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[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"] You alcoholic!Mkavanaugh77

:lol: It works though, the hot water and booze loosens things up and lets you sleep better.

Take antibiotics. If your doctor with his fancy "med school" degree tells you they only work for bacterial infections, tell him to mind his damn business.

[QUOTE="tocool340"]

Well, my method of getting rid of a cold is running around the block a couple times, taking hot showers a lot more than usual, making sure I brush my teeth and rinse it with listerine three times a day (Yeah, it helps me. And no, I usually brush my teeth once a day...-_-), make sure I spit out whatever mucus I cough up, I spit frequently whenever my salilva feels more thicker or slimy than usual (I drink water to rinse my mouth than spit it all out), and sleep often. Drinking hot tea or coco helps too. I usually get over cold 3 to 4 days....

Pirate700

I got tired of the length of the colds one day and started experimenting til got into that routine. Scratchy throats are particularly what I hate about colds, and they last longer than my stuffy nose and fevers. Hot showers and hot tea/coco usually takes care of it for me two or three days.....

[QUOTE="tocool340"]

Well, my method of getting rid of a cold is running around the block a couple times, taking hot showers a lot more than usual, making sure I brush my teeth and rinse it with listerine three times a day (Yeah, it helps me. And no, I usually brush my teeth once a day...-_-), make sure I spit out whatever mucus I cough up, I spit frequently whenever my salilva feels more thicker or slimy than usual (I drink water to rinse my mouth than spit it all out), and sleep often. Drinking hot tea or coco helps too. I usually get over cold 3 to 4 days....

Mkavanaugh77

Have you ever been in a steam room?

go online and look for herbal remedies, theres a lot of good ones that get you better in no time.

also taking things like garlic (its true) and eating fruit helps.

or you could try a potion....

go online and look for herbal remedies, theres a lot of good ones that get you better in no time.

also taking things like garlic (its true) and eating fruit helps.

or you could try a potion....

incred_davis

I don't know if ill get modded for this but it's true!

The best cure for hemorrhoids is to take a clove of garlic and stick it up your butt!

Drink lots of Green-Tea you'll feel better

I've been stuck with a cold for over two weeks and I haven't been feeling better at all (my head still throbs and my nose is plugged all the time). Is it normal to have a cold over two weeks? Is there anything to do that can get rid of it? I've tried sleeping and hot baths for so long and it hasn't helped. Thanks. :(

lexika

fart it out

This may have already been said (I didn't bother reading the thread), but you can't get rid of a cold. It has to run its course. There are things you can do to make your symptoms more bearable, however.

Whenever I get sick, I normally just drug myself up and sleep it out for a few days. It goes by much faster than trying just trying to do it all as if you're perfectly healthy (which can take up to a week, for me). About a year ago though, I was sick with several different illnesses for over a month. I eventually went to the doctor and they prescribed me something stronger so as to at least control the symptoms. That's pretty much what got me out of that horrible time period more than anything else: antibiotics.

Sudafed always does the trick for me. But I'm pretty much never sick anymore because I'm relatively healthy, so that's probably part of it. :P

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Have you ever been in a steam room?

Mkavanaugh77

try and catch a warm.

PcGamingRig

dumbest this I have read... but it made me laugh! lol

Get Oil of Oregano.. best thing ever for colds.. go and get it!!!

warm brandy

Nyquil at night of course and hot steamy showers to break up mucus so it can be dealt with however you see fit (spit down the drain or blow your nose).

rub some dirt in it

Drink lots of beer. It's the cure-all.

Pirate700

you must really like beer...