OT: home remedy for head cold?

Gun guru · Aug 21, 2009

My wife has bad head cold, but.....she is a diabetic and she cant take any over the counter medicine due to a reaction with insulin, etc, etc.

Do any of you guys know of a home remedy (like tabasco sauce, or whatever) that will burn out the nasal passages?

I thought I would try here.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 21, 2009

don't know if it would be dangerous to a diabetic, but if I get plugged up, I eat horseradish (straight horseradish, not the sauce that is cut w/ mayonaise). Nother thing that works pretty good is steam w/ mint oil or eucoliptus (sp?).

Dave

Uncle Ernie · Aug 21, 2009

Saline. Inhale some good old salt water. There is also a good product that smells good and is easier to take called Ayr. It is a gel.

JDB · Aug 21, 2009

I like a nasal spray called XLEAR. It is saline based with a natural product called xylitol in it. Safe to use as often as you like. When I"m really stuffed up, I"ll put 3 or 4 squirts in each nostril then lay flat on my back for 5-15 minutes. It really gets the stuff thinned and moving. Around here it is found in nutrition stores.

fixerupper · Aug 21, 2009

Breathe in steam. When I was a kid my mom would make me lean over a pan of steaming water with a towel over my head to make a tent. Have another pan ready in case she gags on the stuff when the steam sets it free. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Aug 21, 2009

I once read that if treated, a cold lasts 7 days, if not treated, it lasts about a week. IMHO, a cold has to run it's course, and the decongestants actually slow down the immune response. About all I do is to use some Vicks vapor rub, and a bit of Rock and Rye to sooth sore throat. Just my opinion.

Coloken · Aug 21, 2009

Test have proven that chicken soup helps.

Goose · Aug 21, 2009

Once upon a time when I was in the Marine Corps, I'd gotten off a 24 hour stint on duty. I had a cold, had the flu, was running a temp, had had no sleep for 25 hours, and was a total disaster.

I arrived at my quarters just as an Irish Staff Sergeant next door was leaving. He said, "I have just the thing for you". He re-entered his room and came out with a fifth of Irish whiskey and a water glass. He filled the glass half full, and told me to chug the whiskey and go to bed with a couple of extra blankets.

Being in no condition to argue, I did as he said. I woke up in late afternoon symptom free and feeling great.

Don't know how it works on a diabetic.

Mattlt · Aug 21, 2009

I have high blood pressure. A doc told me once that I can use Afrin nasal spray. But, you can't use it for more than 3-4 days. Better than nothing when you can't breathe. Not sure if it's OK for a diabetic?

Nowadays, since they took the pseudefed out of everything, it's been replaced with antihistamines in a lot of brands. They are NOT the same thing. Antihistamines tend to thicken the mucus, which can make things worse.

tjdub · Aug 21, 2009

Chicken soup and lots of orange juice. Although being diabetic, I'm not sure how much OJ she can have. It's also pretty hard to find unsweetened orange juice these days.

Spook · Aug 21, 2009

My wife has got this thing that helps you pour warm water up your nose. Sounds gross, but flood your sinus cavity with warm, salted water, and it clears ya up pretty fast. Kinda of a tea pot thingy that has a long snout on it.

Walterdavies · Aug 21, 2009

I was told to stick my head in a bucket of Hot water and then wait 3 days. But the guy was not known to be a good friend.
Walt

heavy hauler too · Aug 21, 2009

Iuse hot lemonade big T of honey Good big shot whiskey. Maybe a little more lem then whiskey. It will help, then go to bed.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 21, 2009

Zinc. 50 mg tablets. Lozenges to calm the throat and kill off new bugs.

Chicken soup made with bits of back and some of the normally attached organs and giblets. Canned chicken soup doesn't seem to be as effective for me.

Gerald J.

Bill Tom · Aug 21, 2009

Vick's Vapor Rub works well. Apply some under your nose or on chest.At night also. For coughs rub some on the bottoms of feet at bedtime especially close to the toes, put on socks and hop in bed. This works really well.

Ray · Aug 21, 2009

I remember granny on the beverly hillbillies.She offered some of her chicken soup and said take my special medicine and your cold will be gone in two weeks.

Mattlt · Aug 21, 2009

A Neti Pot. They work pretty well. I use one when stuffed up. Wife uses hers twice a day.

Gun guru · Aug 21, 2009

Are you serious about between the toes?

I have never heard of that before.

buickanddeere · Aug 21, 2009

Salt water gargle. The use the Neilmed saline flush for the nose. The saline water clears the passages and shrinks congestion.

Bill Tom · Aug 22, 2009

Gun Guru, sure does. Can't explain how but it works. Hope your wife gets better.

JBruce · Aug 22, 2009

Second the salt water. Discovered that while surfing in Honolulu. Agree with the horseradish also.

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