Flu season is under way and I got tagged. Really badly. A coworker was nice enough to mention some tips on how to get through your cold/flu faster as I was coughing my brains out at work. I don’t have a normal cough; I have one of those cough that makes you cough uncontrollably and lasted for a minute. And if you don’t think a minute is long enough, try coughing really loud and continuously. Your abs will love it. It’s nothing worse then when you are talking to someone or in a classroom setting and you start to have a coughing fit. People would look at each other. “Is she dying?” “What the heck is wrong with her??”
Here are three remedies to getting through the common cold:
1. Drink lots of fluids. If you have the woofing cough like I have and wants to cut through those mucus, get some hot tea with lemon and honey. Hot water with ginger and honey is also good too.
2. Soups. Chicken soup is really good for the soul, but if chicken soup makes you want to gag, make yourself some spicy hot soup with onions and garlic. I went home and in 6 mins throw together my version of a ‘soulful’ soup. It consists of:
1 cup of 50 cents noodle (beef flavor)
Chopped broccoli, onions, garlic, bean sprouts
Pepper and a bit of hot sauce
A squirt of lemon
Cup noodle never tasted so good!!
3. Medicine. It’s really obvious but I still have to say it. Vicks DayQuil/NyQuil does it for me. I literally fell in love with this medicine after this one incident in middle school. I was taking Tylenol tablets then and was feeling so miserable. My head hurts and most importantly I couldn’t breathe. Well after one cup of Vicks, I could again. Take the liquid version.
Wash your hands, keep warm and sleep sleep sleep. TGIF!