Does anyone know ways to help mucus backup? Not medicine please!?

Question

Um...I'm having a really bad cold, and I think it has to do with mucus backup in the chest. Does any one know how to help this without medicine?

Answer 1

spicy foods help break up mucous also. avoid milk products at this time, they tend to thicken mucous. jf had listed some good methods. if u like horseradish, use this in your dressing/dips.

Answer 2

Hi there,

There are a few natural ways I use for my kids who all suffer from asthma.
Firstly go into the bathroom and turn on the hot shower , no cold. let the room steam up and sit in there for 15-20 mins , the steam loosens the mucus allowing you to cough it up and clear everything. As I live in QLD and we are on water restrictions right now i have had to buy a plastic humidifier from the chemist that the kids hold their face over with a towel over their heads , not as effective but helps. Also try vicks vapour rub or eucylyptus oil on your chest and under your nose, you will laugh at this but when going to bed tonight smother your feet in vapour rub and put socks on , keep them on all night, it really works! Increase vitamin C intake and garlic of course, also horseradish and echinacea. By using a combination of these methods I have reduced my family's colds and flu's hugely and also cut medication use down by 80%.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Drink more fluids. Avoid dairy. When you cough it up, spit it out, Showers or steam help to break up congestion. Docs recommend cool steam vaporizers.

Answer 4

gargle with warm salt water
and drink juice and sweet
liquids..NO MILK(it helps build it up)

oh...you answered my question so ill give you some things for millsberry

I'll start with my best game tips:

***Game(Points required for Trophy)[Category]
*GDA (500)[Civics] - try to trap the ball between your paddle and the planet so it ricochets back and forth. You can get a lot of points that way.
*Match Wanted (940)[Civics] - make large combinations. They are worth more points.
*Peabody Park Cleanup (2519)[Civics] - Run in straight lines around the edge of the board and then make one large X from the lower right to the upper left and from the lower left to the upper right. You can pick up most of the pieces that way.
*Peabody Park Half Pipe (4651)[Athletics] - ride back and forth until you are flying high and then do combination tricks like a backflip with a double kickflip.
*Sherman Homerun Derby (10000)[Athletics] - be patient and try to not move around in the batter's box too much.
*Hide & Seek (500)[Intelligence] - Try to learn the names of the characters that are shown in the game and work in groups of 4. If your fist 4 are Lucky, Rabbit, Mrs. Seashore and Coach Danner keep repeating those names in order in your mind as you uncover the next tiles. When you find a match for one of those 4 (let's say Mrs. Seashore) go back to the start and add another one to the list of 4 so now you're looking for Lucky, Rabbit, Coach Danner and Rosie Ruiz. Concentrate on those 4 until you match one...etc.
*Countdown (3126)[Intelligence]- as you get to more complex equations do the math based on the last 2 digits for example) 29+44 just add the 9 adn the 4 and then look for an answer that ends in a 3. There will likely be only one answer that ends in that digit.
*Lucky's Charmed Life (1250)[Intelligence]- try to run as fast as possible. You are faster than the kids and in most cases you can avoid them. Always collect ALL the bonus charms on every level for maximum points.
*Rope Race (785)[Athletics] - Use F11 to expand the window to Full Screen so you do not click off it and play on a large surface so you have lots of room to use your mouse.
*Wave Blaster (1201)[No category, prize of a Sylvie Sofa] - use the 'double' shooter to make maximum hits with a minimum of wasted shots. Shoot only when you need to shoot because wasted shots cost you points.
*Hop & Drop (450)[Athletics] - play on the hard level and keep practicing until you have memorized the proper routes for each level.
*Peanut Butter Toast Crunch Swirl (591)[No stats category, prize of Cereal (in addition to trophy)] - The game is entirely random. You can try dropping each piece from the same location but there is no guarantee that it will fall in the same location every time.
*Slap Shot Shootout (1800)[Athletics] - Choose better shooter and stay in one location shooting repeatedly at the same spot on the goal. I prefer shooting at the left side of the goal. Shoot repeatedly, do not stop for anything.
*Lucky Charms Sudoku (1000)[Intelligence] - Play the game repeately to get familar with the structure and stragegy. DO NOT use hints as they reduce your score.
*Peabody Park Fishing (No score given)[No category, prize of fish or other items pulled from the pond] - there is no trophy for this game. You can get fish (to eat), diamond necklaces, divers helmets, old teddy bears, and soggy boots from the pond.
*Snowboard Slalom (1500)[Athletics] - you need to have 100% health stats and 100% athletics stats to unlock Kelly (third character in the game). Once you have kelly do a double backflip for 160 points. That will help you get a score high enough for the trophy. NOTE: Controlling Kelly is difficult and does require some practice.
*Solver (443)[Intelligence] - Play often and you will see familiar patterns and sets of letters. The more you memorize the high your score can go.
*Sink the 3 (1586)[Athletics] - Play on a slow computer using Opera or Mozilla Firefox and play on the largest size possible to have your window at maximum size and make the green bar more visible.
*Archtery (No trophy)[Athletics] - Try to shoot balloons at higher heights because you earn more points.

***Here is a link to some secret/hidden things on Millsberry:
http://pic2.piczo.com/millsberrycitizens...

***And here are my best health and money making tips
Health:
To raise your health you have to feed your person a healthy diet consisting of all 5 food groups every day. The 5 groups on Mills are protein, grain, dairy, vegetable and fruit.

I use two different diets to keep up my health and my health on all my accounts is at 100%.

Diet #1:
If your hunger level is grumbly or 'lower' eat the following:
1. Fruit Salad
2. Green Salad
3. Cheeseburger

If you are still not 'completely full' after eating those three items try adding another salad or fruit salad.

Diet #2:
If your hunger level is comfortably full or higher.
1. Lasagna (found on page 2 of the deli section of the grocery store)
2. Fruit Salad

Then if I'm still not "completely full" I supplement with the cereal from Chip's Grabbing machine.

You can also groom to raise your health 1 point per day. Put one of the toiletry items in your house (i.e. a hairbrush) and click on it. On the menu that pops up in the lower left hand corner you will see a 'groom' option. Click that and it will pop up a window that says grooming contributes to good health and it will raise your health 1 point. It can be done only once per day.

If you eat this diet every day you should see your health rise. It will rise more quickly if it is low (in the 20s for example) than it does when it is high (in the 80s for example) but it will eventually reach 100%.

I've done some testing on the idea that drinking water or changing your clothing raises your health level, but I've found that it has no impact whatsoever.

***Money Making
Playing games is by far the best way to make money in Millsberry but there are also some other things you can do to make extra millsbucks.
First, always check out the coach danner link on the millsberry main page (make sure you are logged in when you do it). It will link you to another millsberry recommended site like kidkinetic.com and will give you MB just for visiting the site. The current link is not working but if you wait until Thursday it usually changes. Often it's 1000 MB just for visiting the linked site.

If you don't have one already make sure you open a bank account. Put as much money as possible into your account. You will earn interest on your money every day. As you collect the interest your bank account balance will grow and as you deposit more money you get more interest.

Yard Sale, Yard Sale, Yard Sale. If you shop at yard sales yourself buy all the bargains that you see (for example if you find someone selling leaf layered skirt for 10 MB buy it!). Then re-sell your bargains for slightly higher prices (like selling your 10 MB skirt for 15). You should be able to sell things fairly quickly if you keep your prices low and even if you're not making huge profits on each item doing a lot of volume sales can get you lots of money quickly. Trophies are another great thing to sell in Yard Sales.

***Finally, here are the locations for the hidden art class canvases:
There are 9 hidden pictures on Millsberry. You need 100% intelligence to unlock some of them so it's best to make sure your intelligence is at 100% before you go searching for the canvases. If you have that this is where they can be located:

1. The shoreline in lakeview. Go to "The City" then click on lakeview, and then click on the lakeshore
2. The Westridge Crater. Again, click on "The City" then click on Westridge, click on the overhead shot of the crater, and click the crater itself.
3. Red Lion Manor. Click on "The City" then click on Ravenwood and click on Red Lion manner. Wait about 60 seconds and you will see a leaf falling across the screen. Click on the leaf and that will unlock a canvas.
4. In front of the community center the bunch of sunflowers closest to the left hand side of the sidewalk.
5. In the cafeteria there is a young man at the back by the windows. Click him and he will unlock a canvas.
6. In the chemistry lab click on the right of the two beakers on the table.
7. In your basement. Click on "My Stuff" then click on Basement. In the picture of the basement that is displayed click on the teddy bear.
8. Sylvie has a canvas. This one can only be received when she is giving out Sylvie Plushies as the day's prize and 100% intelligence is required. Visit Sylvane Lake while Sylvie is out and click on her and you will not only get the plushie but you also get the canvas.
9. There is a canvas hidden in the colehurst tunnels that can be dug up. I personally have not gotten this one because I don't want my health to drop. From what I've heard this is rather random in who gets this canvas. It's received when you dig up the colehurst portrait but I know people who have gone digging numerous times and have not gotten it.

There are a few 'free' items on millsberry, but not many.

1. You can play the chip the wolf prize grabbing machine one time per day and receive either a free chip the wolf doll or a free box of cereal. You can find the machine by clicking the 'grab a prize' link on the left hand navigation bar or by using this URL http://www.millsberry.com/prizecodes.pht...

2. You can receive a free box of Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp by visiting Chip the Wolf at the inventors expo. You can read all about the opening of the Expo here http://www.millsberry.com/town_hall/hist...

3. If you visit the Gym at the Millsberry Academy http://www.millsberry.com/academy/gym/..... and click on the soccer ball behind the chalkboard you will receive a free soccer ball. You can get only one soccer ball for free.

4. Spotting Sylvie - you can find Sylvie at Sylvane lake once per day and she will give you one free item each time you find her.
Sylvie is out 3 times per day. She appears the first time between 7:00am and 12:00pm EST and is out for 1 hour. It's always from the top of the hour to the bottom of the hour (8:00 to 9:00, for example) as opposed to random times (like 8:17 to 9:17).

She makes her second appearance 5 hours after the initial appearance. So if she's out at 10:00am she will be out again at 3:00pm

The third appearance doesn't seem to have any time pattern but it's always in the evenings. She is out for 1 hour each evening but you can't be sure of the time.


The best advice I can give you is to visit Sylvane Lake whenever you are on Millsberry. That will give you the best chance of finding Sylvie. And when you do spot her be sure to click on her because she will give you a gift. Sometimes it's something yucky like a seaweed covered hat but sometimes it's cool like Sylvie Plushie or a Sylve Beach Ball.

You can also dig in the colehurst tunnels to get really neat items. The tickets are not free (they are 500 MB) but it can be VERY rewarding. These are my best digging tips:

To dig you need a few things in advance:
1. A shovel. Personally I recommend the colehurst shovel because it takes the least health when you dig. But if you can't find one of those in the classifieds then I recommend the heavy duty shovel from the hardware store http://www.millsberry.com/shop.phtml?sho... It takes the 2nd least amount of health per dig. The regular shovel takes the most health when you dig.
2. A high level of health. To raise your health I recommend the diet that I listed at the bottom of this answer (I login every day but using this diet my people need to eat only every 3rd day)
3. A high level of intelligence. This gives you 'hints' when you dig about good digging locations.

Once you have those two things you can go digging. On the main millsberry.com page below where your mail messages are listed you will see a 'dig for treasure' link. Click on it and it will take you to the colehurst tunnels http://www.millsberry.com/colhurst/... Click on the woman at the register and it will take you to the room where you can purchase an admission ticket http://www.millsberry.com/colhurst/index... Buy the ticket and then click on the entrance to the tunnels.

Once you are in the tunnels only dig where it gives you the message "Hint: This looks like a good place to dig". If you dig once at a hint hole and you get a prize on the first dig and you don't see the message again press the F5 key to refresh the screen. If the hint does not re-appear refresh a few more times. If after a few more refreshes it does not appear again then move on to another hole - it's not likely you will find anything more in the hole in which you just dug.

There are 4 different levels in the tunnel and there are different prizes for each level. The following is a breakdown of which items can be found on each level:

1st level
Ancient rock painting
Antique lockbox key
Antique soda bottle
Anvil
Horse stirrup
Kerosene lantern

2nd level
Antique portrait
Dinosaur skull
Faberge egg
Golden Laurel Crown
Horned helmet
Native American drum
Sundial

3rd level
Baby papoose
Bamboo flute
Boomerang
Ceremonial mask
Colhurst portrait
Golden serpent
Greek lyre
Hero’s engine
Porcelain doll

4th level
Antique lockbox
Catapult
Colhurst’s Shovel
Egyptian sarcophagus
Kimono
Pacific island monolith
Totem pole
i hope it helps and i also know where things are hidden in millsberry /and codes for 1000 millsbucks
GOOD LUCK