2006-09-16 01:49:03 · 10 answers · asked by prevacidman 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
The one thing that works beyond question is large doses of Vitamin C. Two 1000 mg. tablets every two hours. Add 2 caps of Echinacea on the same schedule. Take one zinc lozenge per day. If you begin this at the first sign of a cold, and continue until bedtime, by tomorrow your symptoms should be gone. If not, continue for another day.
1000 mg. of C per day should be a good preventive. C strengthens the immune system.
OTC meds like Tylenol only mask the symptoms. They don't prevent or cure anything.
2006-09-16 01:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been taking vitamin C for years. The amount recommended for daily allowance is just enough to keep from getting scurvy. When I feel like I am getting sick, I take those Vitamin C packs, they generally have zinc in the dosage. I sip them with lemonade or Tea, 1 every few hours . Alternative medicine says , 500 milligrams per hour until stomach upset then back off and the more a body needs to heal, the more it will take for this to happen. I find that 6000 is a good number for me and will generally ward off a cold or flu.
2013-12-27 08:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by islasunflower 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best thing to do and this is what has kept me from getting sick in the last 5 years make sure you get a flu shot every year and take mulit-vitimans every single day you will be amazed at how you feel in a weeks time
2006-09-16 08:53:02 · answer #3 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't. You are always going to get sick sometimes. But, staying healty keeps a good immune system.
Yes, exercise. Eat right. Take vitimains. Get sleep.
2006-09-16 08:52:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the drugstore and buy some Airborne;it really works! Exercise if you feel like it.but don't overdo it.
2006-09-16 08:53:39 · answer #5 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
triple the amount of water you drink...use over the counter decongestants, don't exercise heavily for a day or two and see how it goes.
2006-09-16 08:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by David B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
echinachia. 3 tablets 3times a day for 3 days.
2006-09-16 08:51:15 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try takin a hot steamy bath. close all doors and windows as steam will help your airways. i have cold and that calmed it down a bit
2006-09-16 09:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by sharon b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a good multi-vitamin with high dose of vitamin C works well for me
2006-09-16 12:48:07 · answer #9 · answered by Big-Daddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tylenol cold day time i use it and i work outside on a ranch works great
2006-09-16 08:51:40 · answer #10 · answered by little_outlaw_angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋