15 People Share Best Cold Remedies

From Redditor u/Pr0m3th3u5:

Drink tons of water, sleep a lot, and exercise while awake.

From aformer Redditor:

Zinc cuts the sickness duration and severity. Take it within 24 hours of symptoms starting. Vitamin C helps, but it does not truly help. Hydration and rest are the best actions. Treat aches, headaches, or fever with Tylenol, Motrin, or aspirin non-productive.

From Redditor u/idieitifidie:

Get as much Vitamin C as possible. Lemons beat Vitamin C tablets. Make a drink with lemon, honey, and ginger. Use hot water, lemon juice, a tablespoon of honey, and grated ginger. The lemon gives Vitamin C, the honey soothes the throat, and the ginger stops you from feeling queasy. Sage tea works well for sore throats too.

From Redditor u/hectorinwa:

Avoid sugar and alcohol. Both weaken your immune system.

From Redditor u/patipaw:

I had pneumonia. I took all kinds of pills and inhalants. Nothing helped; I almost went to the hospital. A friend had me try Tahitian Noni Juice (the kind with the guy blowing a conch shell). I took an ounce every fifteen minutes for an hour, then half an hour. By the fifth dose, I had to believe I was actually sick. I had no fever and no congestion.

From Redditor u/longwinters:

Sleep. Go to sleep early. Drink much water. Bundle up, rest, and limit exercise.

From Redditor u/Xeraphym:

At the first sign of a cold, drink a lot of orange juice. Vitamin C makes your immune system work faster and better. It will not stop a cold; you still feel sick, but it will not be nearly as bad.

From Redditor u/TheMrB:

This works for me. Before bed, rub lots of Vaseline on your feet and put on socks. Wear many layers and go to sleep (this last step might take time; I never had trouble with it, but some people struggle to sleep when too warm or hot). When you wake up, you feel great, maybe a little warm. This helps.

From Redditor u/MiddleKid:

Heat kills a virus. Take a hot bath, as hot as you can stand it. Drink a hot drink while you bathe. Homemade bone broth works best, but tea or just hot water is fine. Make this right before sleeping. Stay in the tub as long as you can handle it; aim for 20 minutes. When you exit, stay warm and go straight to bed. Cover yourself with many blankets. Stay under the blankets until you sleep. If your body heat gets high enough, you will kill the virus and feel good the next day.

From Redditor u/10wilsoj:

Drink lots of fluids, eat healthy food, get good sleep, and pray.

From Redditor u/The_Sven:

I asked my girlfriend this when we started dating. She is a doctor, and I thought she might have a cure for me. She said a cold takes one week to clear if you don't treat it. However, you can get it down to seven days with the right mix of medications.

From Redditor u/Ballznasty:

This is my routine when I get a cold.

Drink a large amount of orange juice.

Take a very hot shower.

Put on warm pants, socks, and a sweater.

Go to bed under a warm comforter or several blankets.

I always wake up feeling like a new man.

From Redditor u/LazySOB:

Sweat it out. It works for me every time. I wear many layers: a beanie, a t-shirt, shorts, and thick socks. Then a hoodie and sweatpants. Add a heavy winter coat with a hood. Crank the heat. Wrap myself in a heavy blanket. Wrap me up like a burrito. For good measure, whiskey. Raising my core temperature and letting whiskey flow through my veins makes my body hostile to the virus. The next day, the worst I feel is a slightly runny nose.

From Redditor u/gypsycatt:

Don't eat dinner. When you sleep, your energy goes to digestion. Direct that energy to recovery instead!

From Redditor u/Bazzmania:

Raw ginger grated, honey, and hot water. Rest as much as you can. Honestly, if you can, cut some raw ginger into thin slices and eat it. Munch it up and swallow it; it is tough at first, but you get used to it. Google raw ginger for its benefits. If the cold has hit you, you must endure it, but if you feel one coming, use the ginger. I have kept colds away by doing this while sharing lifts with people who have bad colds.