Home Remedies - The Common Cold

Sometimes it just takes modern medical science a few generations to catch up with what mothers have known for many centuries. In recent studies it has been determined that the old adage, "Feed a cold, starve a fever" is actually very sound medical advice.
Eating causes the body to produce gamma interferon, which fights infections, and fasting causes the body to produce interleukin-4, which fights the causes of fever. That is a very simplified explanation of the study. But mothers already knew that, which only goes to prove that scientists should listen to their mothers.
The traditional home remedy for the common cold is chicken soup.Medical science has finally started investigating this home remedy as well, and has found that there is very solid medical evidence to prove that chicken soup really does fight a cold.
Of course, a good pot of homemade chicken soup will contain many of the herbs that are known to ease the symptoms and the duration of a cold, like garlic, for example.
Chicken is loaded with zinc, which medical science has recently discovered is essential to fighting the common cold. Zinc lozenges are available on a lot of drug store shelves but chicken soup tastes better and is so much more comforting.
Fruits that contain vitamin C are one of the home remedies that have been used effectively for many years. Oranges and lemons are especially effective.
Echinacea is a herb that is a natural antibiotic. Echinacea should be started at the very first sign of a cold and continued for at least one full week.
The herb goldenseal is also a natural antibiotic and will help to relieve the lung congestion that is associated with the common cold.
Nose drops made of sterile water and table salt will open nasal passages and used as gargle will help to relieve a sore throat.

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