Tell me your cold remedys please!

[FiveNightsAtMummys]

Full of cold since sunday, my back aches alot I'm counting down the hours to the next paracetamol / ibprofen. Today i decide im going to see if eating certain foods will help, so far today I've had some kind of green smoothie, Apple juice, a pear. For lunch I'm having an orange, a kiwi and some kind of carrot soup. I've also had one of those little actimil thingies. I can't taste anything so willing to try any random foods. Also had a Epsom salt bath. I know I'm probably going to have to wait it out but I need to feel better asap so didn't know if anyone had anything that worked for them.

Symptom management only. Rest and treat your symptoms however feels best. Itll run its course.

Fluids, paracetamol, ibrufen, and rest. Don't bother with over the counter remedies. Waste of money. Eat little and often. If chesty, steam . Vic on your feet at night to stop the cough, and lather it on your chest.
See your doctor if trouble breathing or chest pains . Hope you feel better soon

Thanks! I've just got the Vicks out but I can't smell it at all. I MISS SMELLS!

Steaming your head will be more effective than Vicks. Turn the shower on hot and close the door/window. Mumsnet for 10 mins in the steamy bathroom. Repeat every few hours. It'll really help clear your head but remember to blow and not sniff afterwards!

If you are using throat lozenges, the only ones worth having are the ones with local anaesthetic in them. Personally, I prefer the sprays you can get over the counter for this.

Sleep/rest as much as you can.

Thank you! I have to do the school runs (school is a good drive away) and look after the dc after school so not alot of resting time. I've just had a throat and chest sweet but it tasted of nothing. Will try the steamy bathroom or might just do my face in sink of steam...might help my spots too 😂 Any ideas of what to have to eat later? Don't care what it is can't taste it but something that's good for cold! Soup again?

I've hardly eaten past 2 days I keep being sick and I feel really sick it reminds me of morning sickness. No change of being pregnant tho (haven't dtd and I'm on depo).
Cough is really wheezy and one of those annoying ones that likes to attack you when your trying to go to sleep. Sat in bathroom trying to inhale steam but feeling dizzy and sick just don't know what to do with myself.

Hot ribena, not the sugar free variety, three times a day. Hot lemon, honey, ginger. Steam inhalation, a towel over your head with hot water in a bowl with a few drops of Olbas oil in it. Paracetamol.