Choose the Spices Instead of the Pharmacy!

Taking over the counter medication isn’t the only way to feel better when you catch a cold. You can often prevent your illness altogether with a few preventative measures. Every once in a while, in spite of your bets efforts those germs get in anyway and leave you feeling like you just got ran over with a truck. You might think that it is a good idea to simply drug yourself into a stupor in the hopes of making your flu symptoms go away but this is a terrible idea. Sleeping through the flu certainly sounds better than being awake through the whole thing. If you are looking for something to help ease your cold and flu symptoms and to, hopefully, cure your cold completely there are plenty of natural options available. Here are natural remedies you can try.

Did you know that onions are health boosters? One of the best ways to help your cold is by taking cold syrup made from honey and onions. Here is how you make it: can an onion up into slices or chunks and then combine those slices with a bunch of honey and let the mixture sit for a while. You need to take time to mix both ingredients together and then let it sit still through the night. If you eat some of the mixture every few hours for two or three days the cold should start to fade. You might think about adding some chopped or sliced onions to your meals, they’re easy to incorporate! And don’t forget that wearing some clip on sunglasses will protect your eyes from damaging UV rays. One of the most tried, true and popular natural health remedies is ginger. Even when you aren’t sick, ginger is something that you probably keep in your kitchen for cooking and for making tea. It certainly can’t hurt to increase your ginger intake if you start to feel like you’re getting a cold or coming down with the flu. The healing properties of the ginger will start helping you get over your cold or flu. Regularly eating ginger foods or drinking ginger tea can help you strengthen your immune system which can help you keep from getting sick at all.

Tea is very healing. You want to look for teas that contain certain ingredients like yarrow or peppermint or even elder to help you deal with your cold and flu symptoms. Making your own tea with helpful ingredients is useful as well. Your body responds to these teas by sweating out the germs and harmful particles that are helping it stay sick. Natural health cures are all over the place! Don’t take a bunch of chemical based "cures" when there are better options available. If you’ve been given a prescription for medication from your doctor you should take it but if you haven’t been given any direct orders why not try the natural alternatives to your pharmacy aisle?