Dang! What a weekend to have a cold. (and I live in AZ) So much for enjoying a primo cigar with the game, it might as well be a yard rocket as far as my taste-buds are concerned.

Anyone got any quick-cures, suggestions that work?

Thanks,

Tom

Zinc Lozenges (I once read that zinc has been proven to lessen the severity of a cold)

or

Alka Seltzer Plus Cold taken EVERY 4 Hours . . .

jmo

Jagermeister........a whole bottle, then sleep for 12 hours. You will awake stuck to the sheets and refreshed.

Massive amounts of water. Fill a gallon jug and try to drink the whole thing within 4 hours. You'll be pissing every 5 minutes but you'll be fine tomorrow.

Yes, zinc. In my experience over maybe 5 years, if I start taking zinc tablets immediately the first day that I feel a cold coming on, it goes away. If I don't take the zinc, and get the cold, zinc seems to speed up the recovery, but doesn't "cure" it. I start with 2 tablets first dose, then 1 tablet 4 times a day. I currently have 50mg zinc tablets. I take them with me when I travel.

But I've noticed that when I do get a cold, it's a mother... perhaps by not having as many colds, my resistance is lower?

Oh, and I sip Jim Beam neat and take tylenol instead of taking cough medications.

I have used Zicam but there _may_ be some problems with that product.

Pick you poison, type ZICAM LAWSUIT in Google before you decide. The company response is at the top, "Zicam Wrongly attacked?"

From all the links, lawyers are circling this issue like sharks.

Boon’s Farm or some other ‘soda pop’ wine works ok too.

Large amounts of Jack Daniels!

Charlie

Some people claim to have lost their sense of smell from using Zicam.

Not so sure the Jag cure is the best thing. You may be sticking to more than the sheets if you go that route.

Andy's other sure fire cure will work, though. Lots of hot sauce, onions and garlic. Sauerkraut, too, if you like it. Seriously, the capsaicinoids in the hot sauce will boost your immune system. The onions contain antioxidants and the garlic acts as a natural antibacterial. Sauerkraut is high in vitamin c. You'll stink to high heaven, but you'll be healthier!

I like all those things Heather. I'll have to post the story of the prodigal sauerkraut sometime.

Man, Heather . . . if I ate all those things, I'd have to have andy pull my finger . . .

Yeah, Jet, but you would live forever. My father's mother was a heavy drinker and smoker, but she ate one whole onion and 5 cloves of garlic every day. She lived to be 85, and as far as I'm aware never took any medication other than an occasional pain killer.

You're Probably Right . . . A good friend of mine is a record producer out of Hooterville, er, Ashville, N.C. and his label emblem is a Garlic Clove. I call his brother all the time and when I ask what's he's doing, he usually says, roasting garlic.

I love all that stuff, but don't eat it in the quantity you describe . . .

Probably because she smelled so bad no one got near enough to give her any germs!

airborne, water, and whisky. oh - and some chicken soup.

most colds last seven to ten days.

if you follow everyone's advice the cold will probably be gone in seven to ten days.