When you catch a cold, you might feel:
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Sore or tickly throat
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Headache and body aches, especially the back of the neck
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Runny nose, sniffles
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Cough
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Fatigue
And what you can do to shorten the duration of the cold is:
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Get plenty of rest, manage your stress.
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Drink fluids such as ginger tea, mint tea, lemon water, or make a thyme tea with lemon and honey.
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Take your vitamins, like vitamin C & D.
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Suck on a zinc lozenge. Just make sure you eat before taking zinc, so you don’t feel nauseated.
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Steam inhalation with eucalyptus, tea tree, pine, rosemary, or mint can help. Boil some water over the stove, turn off the heat, add a few drops of oil to the water and lean over the water with a towel over your head to focus the steam right onto your face, breathe in. You can do a simpler version with a teacup of hot water, a few drops of oil, and a little saucer over the water, inhale as needed. Get the nose to run and blow the virus out.
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Rinse your nose with a saline spray or gargle with salt water.
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Eat less sugar and more whole foods, such as soups, stews & tons of greens.
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Take an herbal remedy like Wellness Formula, Yin Qiao, or Airborne.
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Take an herbal cough syrup with elderberry or wild cherry.
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Wear hats, gloves, and scarves. Keep warm and away from drafts and wind.
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