Cold Remedy

[Olanigw (Pekane)]

I drink lots of water and gag down a shot of raw apple cider vinegar every morning starting at the first sign of a cold.

Sore throat gets a mix of 1oz cheap whiskey, .5oz honey and .5oz lemon juice.

If my lungs get tight I drink mullein tea.  If they lock up I smoke a couple hits of my mullein smoking mix.

[JoJoDapyro]

What is in the smoking mix? Sounds like something my wife would really take to. She swears that when she is sick a Menthol works wonders. I agree with the Vinegar, When I was sick the last time I drank some pickle brine, I am better, and the 3 people that had it before me aren't yet.

[Olanigw (Pekane)]

3 parts mullein, 1 part coltsfoot by weight.  I spritz with diluted maple syrup to make it sweeter.

Mullein opens and soothes the bronchioles, coltsfoot stimulates a strong cough.

[H Rhodes]

staghorn sumac tea.  It is supposed to be jammed with vitamin C and is a natural source of zinc. 

[Danzn Bar]

staghorn sumac tea.  It is supposed to be jammed with vitamin C and is a natural source of zinc. 

Drop a teaspoon of honey in with and serve it hot.  hummmmm
DBar

[JW_Halverson]

Mullein was brought over from Europe as a medicinal plant.  Now it is an unrestrained invasive plant here in the Black Hills.

Several years ago I woke up in the middle of the night with one of the worst asthma attacks of my life.  My inhaler didn't work.  I was screwed without a job, savings, or insurance.  2:00 in the morning and I was out in the snow in the ditch digging with my hands for some mullein.  I rolled it up in some writing paper and toked hard on it. 

Nowhere as good as Ventolin or albuterol, but it WORKED enough that I could get to sleep. 

[okiecountryboy]

Wayne, you had me convinced that you were a pharmacist.

The whole vinegar thing IS the bomb!
My wife and I caught one 3 weeks ago, I did my mixture, she did not.
I feel fine, she does not.
Enough said.

I do 2 0z apple cider vinegar, 1 0z honey, squeeze 1/2 lemon, and about 4 oz hot water. 2x a day.
It will clean just about any little nasties out of your body.

Ron

[n8tr boy]

Wow, I've been looking for something naturally to help with asthma other then them inhalers. Will be trying the Mullein. How do you prep the tea?

[JW_Halverson]

Wow, I've been looking for something naturally to help with asthma other then them inhalers. Will be trying the Mullein. How do you prep the tea?

Contrary to good sense, the smoke is inhaled.