http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2010/10/cold-kicker-remedy-a-tried-and-true-recipe.html

I've tried this before and it totally works! Easy to make.

Do you drink Kombucha?

Yes! Everyday except when I'm broke! I love it! All flavors except the green one.

Yeah and I bet the "cold cure" takes about 5 days, as long as it doesn't morph into a sinus infection. Seriously, if I was going to gen up a home remedy I could not come up with more cliched ingredients than garlic, ginger, horseradish root, apple cider vinegar and cayenne pepper.

Try good Bourbon Whiskey, lemon juice and honey and call me in 5 days.

My grandfather used to mash up onions and garlic with honey and black strap molasses. It came out as a brown goo after the air hit for awhile. He'd keep it in a dish in the fridge. Every couple hours he'd take two spoonfuls and mix it into a few ounces of whiskey and gulp it down. The family always figured it was just a dodge so he could drink whiskey at home when he was sick so my grandmother wouldn't complain.

That recipe Gia posted is a ferment. It probably is providing some boost nutritionally and probably some beneficial bacteria, yeasts and enzymes but its not curing anything.

."A cold lasts seven days, but with proper treatment it can be shortened to a week."

Not to mention the alcohol it's providing...no matter how low a level. Nothing like drunking up your kids to get them to stop complaining about a cold.

edit: I matered when it mattered.

The cold remedy doesnt taste as good as Kombucha, but when I like it and drinking it made my skin nice.

what always works for me except once when i was really sick is taking two coricidin and spoonfull of dimetap(cant stand how cough syrup tastes) or cough syrup.didnt have any dimetap so i found a way to make cough syrup stomachable,which is pouring the dose in a glass then filling it with milk and drinking it.

but since were talking about home remedies ill share one im sure ive mentioned before for stomach ache/heart burn.squeeze out lemon juice into a glass of water,stick a spoon into baking soda and put it in your mouth,then chase it with the lemon water.this will add to the gas temporarily but youll either burp it out or itll come out some other way.to make it work better burp on purpose after taking the mix.

but if you want something off the shelf this is on par if not better than alka seltzer:

I've seen some herbal remedies work first or second hand in Latin America. I wish I could find a link to whatever it was my wife took in Costa Rica when she got the "bots". A local offered to either go to a local plantation and pick the leaves so she could make the tea, or go to the pharmacia and buy tablets. We needed tablets. It worked.

Garlic, cayenne and ginger may clear your sinuses but then again so will wasabi.

Figgs, have you ever considered putting your Bodega Brand goods up against PanzerProducts? That's some pretty nasy looking shit, there.

Beaner vs. The Red Kike

Dayquil for days, Nyquil for nights (capsules), plus keeping hydrated. Works for me.

the packagings not pretty but it tastes good and cures your stomach.i live in california so ive never been to a bodega,but you can find this at any mexican supermarket and maybe even at normal ones too.im sure this shits all over whatever jew boy might recommend.

I just eat my ass off. I triple my food intake using only mashed potatoes and jars of pinneapples. I'm usually only sick for about three days.

Is that before or after you throw up continuously for 48 hours. Ick!

I haven't had the shit/vomit type of sickness in about 12 years BDM. I just get lousy head colds/sinus-ear infections, and the eating thing works for me.

Bristol-Myers Squibb (Mexico)

Looks like Sal de Uvas Picot has the blessing of Bristol Myers. I've had it. Works fine. Like Alka-Seltzer w/o the aspirin.

If you throw in some fresh ginger it might work even better.

Am I the only poster who goes to see a doctor when I am sick?

I won't see a doctor unless I'm vomiting and shitting more than a Max Hardcore scene- weird because I have insurance. I go to the dentist more than necessary even when nothing's wrong with my teeth.

had some mean gas last night and no picot or alka seltzer.so i did the lemon water/baking soda dance in my stomach.might have over done it on the soda and the gas got worse,but i burped it out and felt great relief.

Maybe. Being Canadian does have it's perks.

I see a doctor once a month to keep an eye on my blood and to monitor my bone disease. Also due to a low immune system if I get a cold I'm put on antibiotics immediately. The last time I tried to not do that [4 months ago] I got double pneumonia.

I haven't been to the doctor in about 8 years. I haven't been to the doctor for a real-deal physical ailment in about 10. Everytime I went to the doctor for a real sickness (not anxiety, which what 85% of my doctor visits composed of), all I got were fucking smoking lectures and an antibiotic script that seemed to do nothing. They always got a puzzled look on their face when I told them that I smoke because I don't want to be old, as old people piss me off.

BDM, if you drive the speed limit and don't block entire grocery store aisles with your goddamn cart, then you're excluded.

Aren't you the guy that broke his hand and came here for tips on what to do? I think it was Bornyo that had the knee problem.

Yeah those are two of the things that piss me off the most too. We have a tunnel here through the mountain that a lot of older folks slow down in by 10 mph or more when entering. Never have figured that out. Also the aisle blockers aren't just the elderly. Mostly 400 pound wimmen in moo moos with 4 screaming mini monsters.

you're still the only person i know thats ever gotten pneumonia from a lightning strike. do you have to dose up every time a storm rolls through now?.

No but my sphincter tightens up a little. Want pics ?

no. we're done.

Ahem..clears throat and moves on. :-)

Did I post about a knee problem? My knee is good now so whatever y'all told me to do, that I actually did, worked...'cause I ain't going to a fucking Doctor unless I already know what's wrong with me and know a prescription is the only way to fix it.

I definitely have white-coat syndrome.

^^^ I dunno what advice you got about your knee, but my mom's been doing the following and says it actually works:

"Place a box full of golden raisins (must be golden) in a glass vessel, like a canning jar. Pour in gin specifically made with Juniper berries, until the raisins are completely covered. Let the raisins sit for a week at room temperature and soak up the gin. After that, eat 10 raisins per day. Theoretically, if you have arthritis pain, this will help."

I thought that was John Henry in your avatar.

I believe the raisins might help. What Gins are made with Juniper berries as most smells like it anyway?

I took fish oil tabs and some chondroiton/glucosamine tablets for my knee. Again it was probably just the passage of time that fixed it.

By definition gin is flavored with juniper berries. Otherwise it's just vodka.

Heh Willie Dixon- wrote the song "back door man"

Real bone broth is supposed to help joint problems among other things. Look around for a recipe but its basically slow cooking bones in an acidic solution.

Which is exactly what chondroitin/glucosamine is in extracted form.

I hate the smell of junipers for some reason...I blame it on a spring break trip in the early 80's that involved a half-gallon of ABC brand Gin. Uggh.

I've never again been able to drink pbr for the same reason except in high school. :-)

MSM is wonderful for joint problems.

The problem is that people seem to have forgotten that the stuff we can buy in a capsule or tablet is a supplement to the foods we eat. Combine the two and you have something, otherwise you are usually just changing the color of your urine and spending money needlessly.

I'm a little confused about the whole juniper/gin thing. Is there a type of gin that's made from fermented juniper berries? Or is all gin just grain alcohol with flavors added to it?

just herbs and flavors added.

Exactly. I love when fat asses who eat McDonald's all day write me and ask what kind of vitamins should they take.

Sadly enough most big companies use artificial "natural" flavorings as opposed to the real deal. I'd do research with brands to see if they're actually using the real herb.

Hey Padover... Juniper ain't an herb- it's a conifer.

I was using 'herb' as a general term not specifics Perhaps I should've said 'plant material' LOL

The more you know...

Edit: Do you give your present boyfriend anal these days?

He doesn't like anal sex. He loves the tight pussy. Which works out perfect because I'm not big into the shit pipe myself. Husband now

A rough dicking will make you forget any cold you have.

Congratulations Gen!!! He is a lucky guy

Yeah Congrats! I had no idea. (I bet he had no idea, either. )

Tell him you know it will be difficult, but for him to try not to let me come between you and he.

I bought some small-batch shit from artsy fartsy San Francisco called Junipero Gin. It has "juniper" in the name, so I figured it was the best choice. As an added bonus, it is 98.6 proof!

To your health!

If you look gin is defined by a juniper flavoring but that does not mean it won't have other flavors, usually just described as "botanicals".

LOL! Thank you and thanks for the laughs. We make a good team.

Speaking of kicking colds... when I was a kid, my Father would fill part of a glass with cognac and the rest with 7-up at night and it'd knock shit quick. Morning came and I woke up thinking, "What? Sick? Guess I won't be missing a day of school this year as well."

If we didn't have cognac it would be some crazy Italian anise liquor he had. Which wasn't appreciated much as a child of course. BLAH!

My grandparents would fix a hot toddy with cognac, lemon juice, garlic, and honey. Helped us sleep, when we were sick and visiting. It cleared a cough pretty well.

Another boozy remedy: grandma used to make toothaches go away by soaking a cotton ball in bourbon and then having us bite down on it.

If any of that liquor shit actually worked, good and all. Otherwise it appears to be some alcoholics' justification to kick back a few.

whats good for a toothache that my grandma would recommend was a mint leaf rolled with salt inside and placed near offending tooth.

A piece of cotton doust with clove oil and placed where it hurts is amay-zah-zing!