Vicks in yoiur nose, vicks on your neck and vicks on your chest. Cover neck and chest with a cloth. Eat hot broth, poached eggs with toast and drink fruit juice. Take extra Vitamin C and stay out of drafts.

Thanks Tommy. I feel very cold, and am constantly wearing many layers of clothes. Would vicks on my chest still work?

Vicks on the chest - if your not going OUT - opens the pores, much better to use when already in bed...

Chicken Soup! LOL Thousands of Jewish Grandmothers cannot be wrong : )

Thanks Gina. I know that these things won't stop the cold in it's tracks or anything. Just seeing what I can work with to try and quell it slightly. Something to keep me moving for the holiday.

I'll have to work with what I've got, and that's not much. I hope I can pull enough money together to buy some vicks. It's actually not a regular thing I have in the house. I might not even have chicken soup. I have to do something though!

warm/kind of hot water with lemon and honey tastes good and i really think it does the trick-


makes you feel better.

(you can put in as much lemon and honey as you want... it's kind of like hot lemonade and really does soothe)

My grandmother swore by lots and lots of garlic on toast. Although with granddad it was a shot of whiskey so maybe don"t go by what they said... Feel better!

While applying the vicks apply to the bottom of your feet too and cover with socks

It's all in the timing. Run faster!

eccanacia (s/p?) and extra vitamin C

lemon/honey tea is great, and you can add ginger root and mint if you're having stomach issues. also a bit of rum, and you've got a hot toddy.

the absolute best thing is bed rest/ sleep. as we all know, there is no cure once the cold sets in.

Thanks everyone. A little bit of Vicks, a little bit of soup, a little bit of OJ, and I'm feeling about as good as I think I will be.

No time for R&R. Just taking my time getting the things done that need to be accomplished. :)

A tot of Whiskey always works for me. Single Malt.

Notice I said ' tot' and not ' lot'.

Tommy forgot to mention Lithium.
So I will...I LOVE Lithium

Whiskey with a slice of Lithium....

Mojo was right about the eccanacia and ginger root. My Mom (who is an herbalist) swears that Camomile Tea with honey and ginger root makes the cold germs go running for the hills! She's 82 and as healthy as a horse-girl knows what she is talking about.