Colds Viruses and Flu: Simple Remedies that Works

Colds Viruses and Flu: Simple Remedies that Works offers what some may call generational or folk remedies. As you may know doctors often dismiss ‘folk remedies’ as quaint, not effective or potentially unsafe. Research has now found that some...

How to Use a Neti Pot to Help Cure A Cold Flu or Allergies

What is a Neti Pot? The Neti Pot looks like a cross between Aladdin’s lamp and a teapot. You use a Neti Pot to perform a healing sinus wash called nasal irrigation or “douching”. Cleaning out your sinuses with liquid is really nothing new; in fact, nasal irrigation goes back thousands of years beginning with the ancient Yogis

Colds Viruses and Flu: Herbal Remedies

Colds Viruses and Flu: Herbal Remedies is part 3 in a series of providing information for treating a cold viruses and flu this season. Hopefully, this series will assist individuals in taking proactive measures to avoid sickness this cold and flu...

Summer cold and flu symptoms - What I did, should and shouldn't have done

Soups to Fight Colds and Flu

Chicken soup has been known to "cure" or at least lessen the symptoms of a cold or flu,  because chicken releases an amino acid called cysteine that helps maintain the structure of protein in the body. There...

Essential Oils To Help Cure Respiratory Problems

Respiratory ailments are common health problems suffered by children and adults alike. Even the slightest disturbance in your nasal passages and respiratory system can bring about a wide range of respiratory...

What & Why Parents of Teenagers Should Know About Cough & Cold Remedies Like Coricidin What is Dextromethorphan? DXM,?

Developed in the 1950's as an alternative to codeine as a cough suppressant, dextomethorphan which is found in cough and cold medicines like Coricidin, and Robitussin DM, has had a long history of abuse. A recent resurgence in popularity with teenagers thirteen to sixteen, makes it something that should be on the list of concerns of all parents who have teenagers.

Is it a Cold or the Flu?

People often confuse having a common cold with having a proper flu. While these illnesses may share a few common symptoms, they're caused by totally different viruses and are actually fairly easily distinguished between if you're familiar with the...

Can Olive Leaf Extract fight Swine Flu?

A few years ago, I meet a friend who was so into natural medicines. She told me about Olive Leaf. Mind you I was very sceptical and had no idea how potentially effective it is when used for illnesses and health benefits. Olive leaf extract is...

Give Your Body A Fighting Chance Against Colds And The Flu

Common cold prevention is a process of building up your immune system. If you follow some or any of the advice in this Hub your body will thank you for giving it a fighting chance against colds and the flu.