I guess I haven't been raw long enough because I caught a MAJOR COLD from work! I'm going crazy with coughing and sneezing and runny nose. I don't like taking cold medicine but don't know what else to do. Any suggestions?

You didn't "catch" a cold from work. You got it because your body is in a state of imbalance. The best way I overcaome colds in the past was to do a juice or water fast. NOTHING ELSE. You will move past it so much more quickly than if you continue to eat anything.

some people at my hubbys work ate the airbonre tablets-they were foaming at the mouth cause they did not know you are suppose to put the tablets in water and drink.i hear the air-borne tablets work good.but juice sounds good too.and rest.if I get stopped up-i get a bowl of hot water and put vicks in the water and a towel over my head and breath it...till the water cools off.If i have a cough and it is just non-productive.and i can not sleep.i put vicks on my feet and the coughing almost stops right away.if i have a sore throat-i get that herbal tea called "throat coat"and i put honey in it and it helps so much.i hope u get well soon and hugs from taylor.

Get plenty of rest and sleep, as this is where the healing occurs. If you can, call in sick and stay in bed all day. If you are not hungry, don't eat until the symptoms disappear, and drink only water. If you do eat, keep it as simple as possible.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. Unfortunatly I do have to go to work later. I already had breakfast but I'll try to just drink water the rest of the day.

May I suggest that when you go home, sweat! This is an old-fashioned way of getting rid of the cold. I used to do it in my cooked days. I would go to bed, cover myself realy well and sweat. I would flip the quilt occasionally (it gets wet). Often, I would be good the next day! No pills required.


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try raw garlic!!! It always knocked out my colds. Take 2 or 3 cloves before you go to bed see what happens!!

This is what I usally do:
Run three miles, take a sauna, drink an orange juice and banana soothie, go to bed.

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I usually take a good multivitamin.

I agree with rawgosia's and arilraw's suggestions about sauna and sweating.

Taylor's suggestion about putting vicks on the feet at night to help stop coughing sounds interesting. I wonder if eucalyptus oil and/or peppermint oil might work as well as vicks. I'm going to try that next time I get sick. Thanks Taylor!

Another suggestion for coughing at night when you can't stop is the old-fashioned vaporizer next to your bed. It's much more effective than most cough medicines. A little eucalyptus oil in the slot outside the vaprozer works well.

Elderberry extract helps, in addition to going all fruit if you can. Doing mono oranges is very good.

taylor, i love your suggestion about vicks on the feet. i am moving across the country and looking from town to town for the place we would like to live in the summer and a few days into our adventure i came down with a horrible i-don't-know-what. my little one just had a bit of the sniffles for two days but i was OUT for at least three (fever, aches, cough, congestion, etc.) and now (1.5 weeks later) though i feel much, much better i can't seem to shake the cough or some minor congestion. i realize that the air quality here is much worse than what i am used to and that i'm very sensitive to it, and also that the air is so much colder and a wet, pervasive, penetrative cold as well, which i am also very sensitive to but... it's unusual for me to feel bad for more than a day or two.
i have a bottle of a eucalyptusy, minty kind of oil called Shilling oil that i use in place of vicks and i will try that on my feel tonight. it is wonderful on the chest so i bet it will work wonderfully on my soles as well. i have also been drinking a lot more water and have just picked up some liquid chlorophyl. i'm taking some homeopathics too so we'll see if they have a positive effect.
i know it's because of the added stress from so much upheaval and it will settle down when I settle down but i do need some energy and great health right now to deal with everything. not eating isn't an option at 21 weeks pregnant either! ha.