When you are sick, what do you use to help you feel better?

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What do you use when you get sick? Do you stick to natural remedies (ex: tea) or do you reach for the drugs to ease your cold?

NathanDavis · Accepted Answer

whenever I get a cold, they're usually very mild... just a mild headache, body feels funny and that's pretty much it, I usually ignore it but, if the upper respiratory starts to get annoying or something

first thing I'll do is to head to the cold showers, lmao... and then, right away to warm foods and drinks, chicken soup with veggies and potato, and also some chamomile tea if I am stuffy

I don't like pills at all... so the only reason for me to go with drugs would be if the headache had gotten really bad and my body temp really higher, but these instances are very very rare, lol

The_Shadow_Dweller · Accepted Answer

I just wait it out for a few days. Let the body try to take care of the problem. Natural help from my side with fruits, and other things.

But if it is not working, I ask my parents and they prescribe medicines and I take them accordingly. But this stage rarely comes up.

Blackcupcake · Accepted Answer

it depends on how bad it is… but both, because I always get a stuffy nose so I abuse nose spray because I absolutely hate having a stuffy nose

SaoirseS · Accepted Answer

It’s rare that I get sick, but when I do I tend to drink a lot more water and take meds to help rest.

AviatorTom · Answer

When I'm sick, I drink lots of liquids, mostly water, hot chamomile tea with honey and lemon for a sore throat, and megadose on vitamin-C. If I have a headache, I might take 2 ibuprofen, but I generally stay away from drugs.

SnowedIn · Answer

Mint or lemon tea often do the trick. Sprite and some form of cracker. DayQuil and NyQuil if whatever it is is really bad. Tylenol for most other things.

JPresidente · Answer

After medicine, I usually eat saltine crackers and drink Sprite.

LaBokaChula · Answer

Nothing, I am a sleeper! If not, if it's not going away rarely ill take medicine and or vitamin c.. but that's it. I mainly sleep it off.

JustiReno · Answer

Run first then shower then eat good food I got Covid for a week maybe cuz stress otherwise haven't had a cold in 15yrs+ cardio kills any cold hard to get going but 👌

Chris_u006 · Answer

I'll sing it like Daron Malakian:
Come eat some chemicals with me baby come eat some chemicals!

On the serious note though, I am all for decoction of onion when I have a cold especially with a sore throat. Really soothing.

Sevenpointfive · Answer

if it's something i need to eat it's chicken broth. i still do this and i haven't been sick since a child

FreyaRed · Answer

Ibuprofen and earl grey with honey and lime juice.

Anonymous · Answer

Pretty, I believe in old school of sweating it out. Steam room, sauna or just plain sweating to exercise. Water, sweat, water sweat, repeat. Then sleep.  KIK

DJB72 · Answer

It depends on what's wrong. For flu I drink honey, lemon & ginger in black tea but I still take ephedrine to clear my chest.

Jdjfjcjj · Answer

Workout. It may suck doing it but I've found it helps

BigschlongEnergy · Answer

I workout when I’m sick and get plenty of sleep 💤 and get tons of nutrition and fluids.

es20490446e · Answer

I cut onion, I eat a bit of it, and leave the rest nearby. If I have mucus, I also take ginger. Thyme also helps.

KatherineJ · Answer

Depends. If it’s just the sniffles I stick to tea and chicken noodle soup. If it’s anything worse I usually go to the doctor.

TallAnon · Answer

Drugs can be natural, it's just verified to work; paracetamol is mostly just extract of the bark of a willow tree. So yeah, that's what I use.. The things that's verified to work.

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

I would take the prescribed medicine and try to sweat as much as possible and drink plenty of water. Something that smells menthol can also help with that

exitseven · Answer

If it is a cold I just drink lots of water and take ibuprofen and wait it out.

Likes2drive · Answer

Tea sometimes, depends what it is, fortunately I hardly get sick, like years go by at times, I never got Covid and haven’t had the flu in 8 years

Sparkie460 · Answer

I drink ginger tea with honey. Load up on vitamin c. And I take airborne which reduces the length of your illness

Sisters_Of_Time · Answer

Tea... easy food like yoghurt... or fruit and sleep.. baths... and more sleep.

Shark_61695 · Answer

Usually nothing but if feeling dreadful I'll start with Lemsip and honey for a bit of a boost.

tfan1 · Answer

Alka seltzer cold and flu, followed by fruits and orange juice 👍🙂

MadClown · Answer

I wait and wist and wait and let my immune system know that I believe in it.

Pudsmucker · Answer

I find the natural remedies do not harm the body with chemicals.

skyee_727 · Answer

garling warm water with salt at least twice or thrice a day + inhalers

LavLavLuv · Answer

natural remedies, drugs too, warm food, lots of sleep

Avatar74 · Answer

If I have a sore throat I use Lozenges, I drink a good amount of fluids usually water.

LordOfThePines · Answer

I will use medicine and natural remedies, usually at the same time.

captain_voidwalker · Answer

Usually I just try and get more sleep not that that is easy when you work 12 to 14hrs per day.

Twalli · Answer

It depends, nausea is usually ginger ale or ginger tea

Havthrills · Answer

Usually just lemon tea with honey.

Andres77 · Answer

Sleep and a hot lavender bath

sirderpsalot123 · Answer

Tea, sprite, and sleep.

Zolly99999 · Answer

Sleep... lots of it

Paris13 · Answer

For Flu (I Have NOT HAD in Years) Nightquil. xx

curiousaboutthis · Answer

GREEN TEAAAAA!!!

ShadezMcgee · Answer

Gimme the drugs and water

jshm2 · Answer

Sex, good sex tends to cure most ills.

pink-jilly · Answer

I go for natural remedies

Anonymous · Answer

Lots of tea and rest.

Fireguy17 · Answer

hot bath, lots of water and sleep/rest.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

It depends on what I'm sick with.

TacosRAwesome · Answer

Sleep and rest.

Anonymous · Answer

Whatever the doctor gives me.

msc545 · Answer

Drugs. Science works!

Reign1 · Answer

Hot Sake works for me!

the_sinner · Answer

Mostly natural. Ginger tea, honey, steaming.

BLP11520 · Answer

Vitamins and minerals, tea homemade soups

Jouth · Answer

Spicy foodddddd

Bethany22 · Answer

I drink tea

Msputiton · Answer

Drug me up

boobliker · Answer

18 38 dd is the best things

LemiaOfThunder · Answer

Water or squash.

La_isla_bonita23 · Answer

A glass of sage

Anonymous · Answer

Sleep.

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