Yeah, my mother managed to convince me to take these things. I'm mostly a "suffer through it" and "drink lots of juice and sleep it all off" kind of person. I take over the counter stuff if it's really shitty, or I just want something to knock me out, but usually this helps me: 1 capsule/tablet each of Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Echinacea, and Garlic. It's not like...a miracle cure, but it seems to make the cold last a bit less. I do all the juice drinking and lots of sleeping, too. Sometimes, if I'm congested I drop some eucalyptus oil into a steaming bowl of hot water and inhale the vapor. Kind of like Vicks, but nicer. But yeah, I'm typically a GO WESTERN MODERN MEDICINE person, but these seem to help, too. =)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2009-02-27 10:35 pm (UTC)