Best cold remedies?

[HooverIsAlwaysBroken]

still in bed feeling terribly sorry for myself. Fought cold (sore throat, tired) and worked from home earlier in the week, now the cold has moved to a headache, earache and blocked nose.

what is everyone’s favourite remedies?

I am trying hot water with honey, paracetamol, ice lollipops. Open for anything.

Benylin Day and Night tablets. Pharmacy only so forget the supermarket. Basically paracetamol and stuff to clear your nose. Pseudoephedrine and diphenhydramine, I think.

Echinacea sorts me out whenever I feel a sniffle coming o, get the highest strength you can. Double dose for a couple of days and you should be feeling loads better next week.

Does echinacea work even if you have already got the cold?

Oh, echinacea, I have heard of that! I might try to venture out and get the Benelyn (never heard of that but guess boots have it?) and the echinacea….

this is so boring, still haven’t made it out of bed. I had a lemsip but it hasn’t really kicked in as I hoped.

I've had this headache and earache cold all week. It's horrible. I woke up on Wednesday, unable to breath and felt as if my head was in a vice.
Day nurse helped but nothing took it away completely.
I still have a sore throat and right ear that pops when I swallow.

I wonder if this is something going around? Some kind a a really nasty cold?

I had the flu a few weeks ago so the timing of this is awful (work is super busy).

bought the stuff (tablets recommended above), also oranges and lemons. Am planning to get a huge amount of vitamin C into me!

Whisky, honey, lemon hot water

Vitamin c and zinc tablets that you dissolve in water.

Ok, having the whiskey, honey , lemon and hot water now… will look for zinc tomorrow, will have a dissolvable vitamin c shortly.

think my cold is now in my chest…I am feeling quite sorry about myself 😔

@idolikealiein , how are you feeling?

I take lemsips or supermarket's own brand.