What is your "Home Remedy" for coughs and sore throat from the common cold?

Drink lots and lots of fluids, juices are best.

Take vitamin C and try to sweat, as much as possible.

If you do what I recommend, your cold will be gone in 7 days.

If you do absolutely nothing, your cold will be gone in a week.

Good Luck and Feel Better

Sore Throat -

Quarter size amount of IODINE on the inside of each wrist.

Gargle with warm salt water.

Cold -

Ester-C tablets - STORE BRAND at Wal*mart are the least expensive.

Dry Cough -

I have so many troubles with that. I think it has a lot to do with the WEATHER. Son has this too & so does husband from time to time. Draining Sinus' causes this also, as well as allergies!

Drink more WATER. KEEP well hydrated.

I have been taking a store brand cold medicine that is for cough/congestion

The doctor gave me antibiotics & decongestant a few months back. WORKED well.

An easy way to stop coughing without the use of cough syrups or medication is to keep some ice cubes in your mouth. This works because the cold numbs the nerves supplying the throat. The ice must be kept continuously in the mouth. If you want to re-mineralize your body during this time, or make the technique more acceptable to children, you can freeze one of the sports drinks into ice cubes.

Home Remedy: Salt and hot water gargle...ginger in hot water and maple syrup or honey...lemon and hot water...but a natural remedy from the health food store:

BEE PROPOLIS in a glycerine or alchohol base...tastes awful but seriously coats the throat and works wonders!!! check it out online...I use it when I feel it coming on and it never gets worse..

For coughing u take some bee honey..in a small mug or cup. make sure its warm..(microwave it).. then add a couple of drops of lemon.. its really sweet but then the next day you won't be bothered by the throat pain..

hot milk with a tablespoon of sugar and apinch of turmeric powder. Soothes the throat and is fabulous for colds and a good nights sleep esp when its raining.

for sore throats gargle with warm salt water...make sure the water is more hot that cold and add a sufficient amount of salt.

go in your bathroom run very hot water and then plug up your drain and fill sink. then put a towel over your head and sink and breathe in the steam. works everytime and putting a little dab of vicks vapor rub also helps. just a little though, you don't want it to strong.

Homemade ginger tea with some honey.

Hot tea with honey and lime juice.