Which is the best and fastest way to get over a common cold?

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Something I do and it never has failed me .
DRINK salt water, instead of gargling it .
I do this at the first sign of a cold .

*WARNING* This method sometimes makes the wind pipe close up for a few seconds , which may make you feel like you are choking . This feeling passes within seconds , but is quite unnerving.

Sometimes I chose getting a cold over using this method for that reason . But if you cant afford to be sick it will work!

High doses of Vitamin C - like 5-10g over the space of a day (1g every hour is my trick) for the first 2 or 3 days. You can't overdose on it; all it'll do is err, make you want to go. But that's never happened to me.

Lots of echinacea, 2 or 3g over a day for the first 2 or 3 days.

Garlic... eat food with lots of fresh, organic garlic in it.

Orange juice (or anything high in Vitamin C) with a pinch of ground ginger in it.

Gargle super-salty water and hold it there for a minute or two.

Then drink a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in water (or on its own if you can handle it) every few hours if your throat hurts.



Do all that and in my experience the cold doesn't stand a chance - my nose might drip for a day but that's the extent of it!!

Sadly, there's no sure-fire way to get over a cold faster. Your best bet is to stay in general good health, which keeps your immune system functioning at peak levels, and you'll get fewer colds and get over them faster. Too much vitamin C is unlikely to hurt, but most people in developed countries get enough from their normal diets anyway, so I wouldn't recommend a supplement. It's just a waste of money, for the most part.

Garlic also seems to have some strange, nearly magickal ability to bolster one's immune system, plus it's delicious. I can't find a flaw in the idea of artificially simulating a fever, but NyQuil and other medications that cover the symptoms are usually more likely to extend the duration of the cold by suppressing your body's natural immune functions. Cough suppressants are probably a horrible idea unless you're having a hard time sleeping because of your cough, but expectorants are probably good.