I find that drinking echinacea tea really helps, and it tastes pretty good, too. If nothing else, drinking hot tea and breathing in the steam helps break up a cold and is soothing on your throat. I'm also a big believer in vitamin C for helping with colds. Depending on what you prefer, you can drink a lot of orange juice, or take vitamin C supplements. Oh, and if you get sick of tea, hot lemonade is great, too. Just squeeze a lemon into a mug, and add hot water and sugar (or other sweetener) to taste.

Hope you feel better soon!

Echinaceal extract three times a day for three days, extra C,E and Zinc. If you feel the cold coming on, NOW is the time to start the regime

In addition to what the above said, try taking a Vitamin B Stress complex with extra vitamin C and zinc in it ( I use nature made's B-Complex, stress formula ).

I take 1 pill in the morning or afternoon, apart from my normal multivitamin ( I take them 12 hours apart if possible ), drink lots of water, fresh pineapple juice, and hot teas ( ginger is good for colds ) and eat a lot of foods with a lot of garlic in them. ( garlic has anti viral, anti bacterial properties when crushed or chewed. You can also take it in enteric coated tablet form, about 300mg a day ).

I had a doctor tell me that he takes a garlic supplement daily and that has helped him. I think he starts taking it a couple months before cold weather hits when colds are more common to have his system prepared.