What is a good over the counter medication or home remedy for a head cold?

Answer 1

Homeopathic Treatment(s) for Influenza/Cold :-

Head remedy; restlessness with prostration and excessive thirst at short intervals Arsenic Album 30, 4 hourly

Intercurrent remedy Influenzinum 200 and Sulphur 200, 4 hourly

Early stage with chill and sneezing; heaviness and tiredness of body and limbs; loss of thirst, bursting headache; relief from passing large quantities of pale urine Gelsemium 30 or 200, 4 hourly

Severe pains in limbs and back; bones feel 'broken', bursting headache; shivering,and chills in back; eyeballs sore Eupatorium Perf 30 or 200, 3 hourly

Rapid prostration; high fever, gastric symptoms; dull red face, nervousness Kali Phos.6X or 30, 4 hourly

With dry, hacking cough; headache is worse after least movement; wants to lie still and alone; better by pressure, tongue is coated white; great thirst Bryonia Alba 30 or 200, 4 hourly

Patient very chilly; feels cold even in bed; least movement or exposure intensifies the sensation of cold; fresh shivering and chill after drinking; aching in limbs and back; nose stuffed up at night Nux Vomica 30 or 200, 4 hourly

Severe pains in back and thighs; chilliness, no fire or heat can warm up the patient; rapid pulsation with temperature not proportionately high; restlessness; violent pulsations; bruised feeling all over Pyrogenium 200, 3 hourly (3 Doses)

Cold/Catarrh/Coryza :-

1st Stage :-

Icy coldness of whole body; internal and external both.
To give heat to the system Camphor 6X or 30, 1/2 hourly

Cold due to sudden exposure to dry cold wind; chilly feeling; headache, watering of eyes and sneezing;a nxiety and fear; feverish feeling Aconite 30 or 200, 2 hourly

Running of nose during day and blockage at night with chilly feeling Nux vomica 30, 3 hourly

Cold with sneezing and profuse from eyes and nose; worse in warmth and indoor; better in open air Allium Cepa 30, 3 hourly

Dryness of nose with headache; worse from motion; thirst more; lips parched and dry; stools constipated Bryonia 30 or 200, 3 hourly

Sneezing; watering of nose and eyes; throat sore with constant desire to swallow saliva; foul smell from mouth; feverish feeling with sweat which do not relieve. Worse at night Mercurius Sol 30 3 hourly

Watering and burning of eyes with streaming nose; acrid discharges Euphrasia 30, 3 hourly

Chilly feeling though face is hot; restlessness; unquenchable thirst, drinks often but little at a time; better hot drinks Arsenic Album 30, 3 hourly

Acrid discharge from the nose which corrodes the upper lip. Nose filled with phelgm; breathes through the mouth Arum Triph 30, 3 hourly

Cold; running of nose and sneezing; redness and pain forehead; watering eyes Sabadilla 30, 4 hourly

Cold;pain throat; red face, rush of blood towards head Belladonna 30, 4 hourly

Aching pain; dullness; chilliness in back; sneezing; bland and thick discharge from nose; feverish; better by passing urine Gelsemium 30, 3 hourly

Coryza with sneezing and aching in bones of extremities with soreness of flesh Eup Perf 30, 3 hourly

Cold; better from cold bathing Calcarea Sulph 30, 4 hourly

Dripping of nose while eating Trombidium 30 or 200, 6 hourly

Dripping of nose while going to sleep Thuja Occ 30 or 200, 6 hourly

Dry coryza; sniffles of infants, blockage of nose Sambucus *** 30, 4 hourly


2nd Stage :-

Discharge from nose; yellowish or greenish; stringy Kali Bich 30, 4 hourly

Greenish yellow mucous from nose; loss of taste and thirst; better open air Pulsatilla 30, 4 hourly

Thick yellow discharge from nose; post nasal cattarh; constipation Hydrastis Can 30, 4 hourly

Watering from nose like a tap; thirst more; stools constipated; cold aggravates till noon and ameliorates after noon Natrum Mur 30 (in acute stage Bryonia 30), 4 hourly

In fat and flabby patient; worse after bathing; chilly patient Calcarea Carb.200, 6 hourly

Watery discherge from the nose and finally it becomes thick, yellow. Pain in the throat on swallowing as if full of splinters; sensitive to cold Hepar Sulph 30, 4 hourly

Cold worse early morning; chronic; dry catarrh; aversion to take bath Sulphur 200 weekly (3 Doses)

Chronic catarrh; dry coryza, with blockage of nose; worse change of weather and cold Psorinum 200 weekly (3 Doses)

Chronic cases with tubercular history Tuberculinum k 200 or 1M, fortnightly (6 Doses)

Obstinate chronic cases when indicated remedy fails Bacillinum 1M, weekly (3 Doses) .

Choose the remedy which is most similar to the patients symptoms, Do not try to mix or exceed the given dosage or remedy.
Take Care and God Bless You !

Answer 2

I took Sudafed and did very well. I've been around others who were taking other things and still looked and sounded awful. The only time I felt ill was when it was time for another pill. Pseudophedrine is the generic and most chain pharmacies have it at a lower price than Sudafed and it is the same thing. You will have to ask the pharmacist for it as it is one of the drugs that people make meth from so it's not out on the shelf but it is still over the counter. Keep the fluids moving thru your body so you don't get dehydrated and you'll be fine.

Answer 3

real sudifed works great,