Recipes for flu, sorethroat, and chesty coughs?

Question

I am looking for food recipes as an alternative to medecine or tablets,against flu, or running noses, or chesty coughs...don't worry if it involve chillies....i think the hotter the better? Thanks to all

Anything from chicken soup to ...i dunno ..anything really

Answer 1

Oh, I recommend aloe. Sound weird, but yes it works.

Answer 2

When I was pregnant and started feeling achy like I was getting the flu I would get a smoothie from Jamba juice. The more citrus the better. For a sore throat drink hot tea with lemon and honey.
To open up your congested chest take a very hot shower and let the hot water hit your chest. Or sit in a steamy bathroom for a while. Good luck and I hope you feel better.

Answer 3

Be careful, I put off going to the doctor too long and I ended up with bronchitis, pneumonia, and ear infection and sinus infection.

Natural Remedy for Colds & Infections

3-4 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 teaspoons honey (Manuka if you can get it)
1 cup boiling water

Mix altogether and allow to cool.
Add juice of 1 lemon (optional).
Take 1-2 Tablespoons either neat, or if preferred, dilute with boiled water, 3-4 times a day.
Good to take at first sign of a cold, sore throat, sinus etc.
Continue taking for a few days.
Keep in a glass jug or container in the fridge.



http://www.natural-herbs-remedies.com/modules/articles/index.php?cat_id=7

this site has a bunch of homeopathic remedies.

Answer 4

Good old chicken rice soup for flu, Cepacol Mouthwash for sore throats by gargling. or they now have a throat drop. And for a chesty cough, cough it up and spit it out, never swallow it down, And alot of hot tea with lemon and honey. Hope it works for ya. I hardly get these symptoms but this works for me.

Answer 5

Tea, tea and more tea.

Chinese tea is the best. Just the leaves. You have to be VERY careful not to take to much, because your stomach will crap up big time and you will bend over in pain.
A chinese man once told me that his father of 90yrs, heavy smoker would drink this tea and doctors could not figure out why his lungs were so clear compared to other smokers.

My mom is a heavy tea drinker. Just regular tea. Tetley tea. She makes it real strong and never cleans the cup...yuk. She is 87 and she runs up stairs, jumping 2 steps at a time. I kid you not. And she is only 90 lbs. Very small slim lady who won't let anyone lift anything heavy, she will grab it and say that is too heavy for you. You have to struggle to get it out of her hands.
I swear it is the TEA.
She is never sick with a flu or colds.

Tea, tea and more tea.

Because of this I drink tea like a fool when I feel like I am getting sick. It keeps you going to the bathroom...so it flushing you out. And that is what you need, to be flushed out. Tea keeps you going.

Hope your not sick right now....if you are, you now know what to do.

Answer 6

A good quick and easy "recipe" that I know for sore throats, is to gargle warm salt water. Just heat up some water and add a little salt until it is thoroughly dissolved. Gargle this for 10-15 seconds every 30min-1 hour depending on the severity. I found this to be very responsive to sore throats. (P.S. DON'T DRINK THE WATER!!! LOL. JUST GARGLE)

Answer 7

mix some freshly squeezed lemon juice and honey, you can heat it lightly and sip for a throat irritations or infections, it soothes

make some chicken soup and add chilies- the hotter the better- this will open up nasal passages

Answer 8

Barbra's Best Chicken Soup! pt 1
Servings [Reset]
Keys : Poultry
Ingredients :

1lrgStewing chicken/hen
1pktChicken feet, (no such thing as too many)
2smTurnips (white with purple top), peeled, root cut off
2medParsnips, firm (slice in 1/2 if long), peeled, root cut off
6medOnions with a lot of skin, cut root off
2bnFresh parsley
2bnFresh dill
6medCarrots cut in half, peel & cut ends
6stalkcelery
Kosher salt
Table salt
Fresh ground pepper to taste
2xCubes Knorr bullion

Method :

* Take your chicken and clean it! Get those red glops out of the indentations inside the chicken! Throw away the liver and keep any other parts that came with the chicken. Now you are going to need kosher salt. Table salt is
* *not* a substitution. Put the clean chicken in a pot of ice cold water [I even add ice cubes]. Use a pot large enough so the water will completely cover the chicken with room left over for more water.
* Pour [freehand] kosher salt into the pot. I really use a lot!! I imagine it could be close to a cup, but precision does not matter here as we are not going to use this water and will rinse the chicken. Give the water a few good swirls [by spinning the chicken around] to dissolve the salt. If you were lucky enough to find chicken feet [the supermarkets here carry them off and on. When they have them I buy a few packages and keep them frozen - a kosher butcher usually has them as well] rinse them and add them to the pot. Also add any extras that came with the chicken (gizzard, etc). Let this sit at least an hour.
* I believe this process is called koshering the chicken [I just do it cuz it makes my soup taste yummy]. Now that you finished watching your soap opera... come back to the kitchen and take the chicken out of the pot.
* Rinse it well and place on a large piece of foil on the counter.
*Now look at that water. Yuk!!! See all the blood it drew out of the chicken and parts? Take kosher salt and pour a blanket of salt all over each piece
* [front and back]. Let it sit a half hour at room temp or you can refrigerate it overnight in ziplocks.
* Rinse it well and place it into the pot you are going to use to make the soup. Continue to rinse everything well and add to the pot.
* Now we have our chicken and other parts sitting in an empty pot. Take about six medium to small onions [you want ones with a lot of skin] and cut off
* *just* the root. Throw them in the pot. Add two (2) Knorr chicken bullion cubes. Fill the pot up with
*cold* [very important] water. Again, I am not sure I remember [I can find out if you want to know], but I think if you add a chicken to hot/boiling water it will seal the juices/flavor into the chicken so while the chicken might taste okay... your soup tastes like water.
* Carefully [it should be pretty heavy] carry the pot to the stove. Now you can add table salt [I am not one to really cook with salt, but when it comes to chicken soup... I just freehand it!!!! I have the Calphallon professional size salt and pepper shakers so there must be 60+ holes at the top of the salt shaker and I turn it upside down and let it pour!]. I also add fresh ground pepper [according to your taste].
* Let the soup come to a rapid boil and turn the heat down slightly. Skim the foam off the top and discard. Allow the soup to cook at a rapid boil for 1 hour.
* Add two small turnips [peeled and root cut off], and one large or 2 small/medium parsnips [peeled and root and tip cut off- if large cut in half]. Continue cooking for another hour. If the water level reduces then add more hot water from the tap.
* Time for the carrots and celery. If you are going for the clear broth: Peel about 6 carrots cut off tip and end and cut each in half. Throw [okay gently place] them into the soup. I guess you can use about six stalks of celery as well. Leaves and all. Wash it well, cut in half and add to soup
* [usually I never use the bottom piece of the celery for anything, but it is just great for the soup].
* If you want to eat the carrots and celery: Still add the carrots the same way as they will be easy to pick out of the soup and can be neatly sliced when cool. As for the celery, you
*must* slice the stalks into about 3/4" pieces [remember celery shrinks when cooking].
* Lower the flame to medium and cook another hour.
* Come back. Now really clean the parsley under water
*very* well. I know of nothing that is as dirty as parsley and dill. You can literally see all the dirt washing out. As for the dill: If you bought it with roots, cut just the dark [dirt] tip off and wash well. Add all to soup alternating between a handful of dill then a handful of parsley so it is all mixed up. Use a spoon and mix the soup and try to push a lot of the greens under the chicken. I

Answer 9

Grandma's chicken soup works for all these ailments

Answer 10

sore throat; equal parts milk, butter, vodka in a tea cup hot.