I just came down with a cold and I want it gone!
2006-11-15 02:47:19 · 1 answers · asked by Sheriff Liz 3 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Yes!
2006-11-16 14:03:01 · answer #1 · answered by dorothy1gale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I think Zicam has helped me. Is it starting in your nose? Zicam is good for that.
If it's starting as a sore throat, be sure to try stretching your throat out.... stretch neck backwards, preferably while standing and stretching whole body in a backbend.
for a cold, zinc (don't stop zinc for at least a week or two after getting better)
no harm in trying garlic or C or echinacea/goldenseal
take a multivitamin. don't eat much carbs. no sugar.
hot shower until you feel warm and fuzzy, then go as cold as humanly possible for a minute, then back and forth a few times.
simple stretching routines (yoga/t'ai chi)
i've had luck before with "Airborne" brand herbal supplement.
2006-11-15 03:09:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes Zicam works to help shorten the duration of your cold. Why not get your immune system built up after this cold though so you don't get colds at all. Take a good antioxidant supplement and a good multivitamin to build up your immune system. For now get the Zicam and follow the directions.
2006-11-15 02:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
there isnt a lot of evidence that it actually does, but many people claim so. id just get some cold-eeze or generic store brand zinc lozenges if you want to try it, because that's all zicam is- zinc gluconate, and its a lot more expensive.
2006-11-15 03:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES! I had a cold a few weeks ago, and i used the throat spray, and it got rid of it!
2006-11-15 07:29:02 · answer #5 · answered by California 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋