There are many things that you can do to prevent yourself from getting a cold.

1. You should wash your hands a lot. This frequent hand washing, especially when using any anti-bacterial soap, will help you to get rid of any potential germs that you might have come into contact with.

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There are many things that you can do to prevent yourself from getting a cold.

1. You should wash your hands a lot. This frequent hand washing, especially when using any anti-bacterial soap, will help you to get rid of any potential germs that you might have come into contact with.

2. You should carry and use anti-bacterial hand lotion several times throughout the day. Use it especially when you cannot get to a bathroom and you know you have touched something infected or have been near an infected person.

3. You should also get plenty of sleep or rest. If you are tired and fatigued, your body’s resistance decreases and you will find that you are more susceptible to colds.

There are many ways that you can fight a cold once you have caught one.

1. You should eat spicy foods. Spicy hot foods will cause your body to expel mucus. When you eat these types of foods, your nose will start to run and you will begin to cough up mucus. Spicy foods work just like a natural decongestant but without side effects. This advice is good for those people who cannot take over the counter medication.

2. You should drink plenty of liquids. Liquids like soup, water, juice and flat ginger ale will keep your body hydrated. This is true especially if you have a fever. During a fever, your body loses a lot of fluids. You will need to replenish what you have lost. Therefore you need to drink often throughout your illness. You should also avoid drinking any dairy drinks because the dairy will cause mucus to form and coat your throat making it very difficult for you to swallow and cough.

3. You should use a vaporizer. It will keep the air that you breathe moist. If you do not have a vaporizer handy, then just crack open the windows in your home. This is very important if you have an extremely warm and dry home.

If you are up for it and catch it just right, some light exercise can speed recovery.

Or you can drink lots of tequila with a bit of lemon juice. It won't cure your cold, but you won't be annoyed with it any more.

Drink hot lemonade and sniff salt water up your nose! Works for me, but then I'm a freak of nature! lol

drink a tea made up of:
1spoon of vicks vapor rub
2 cups of water
8 tea leaves
1/4 cup of all natural honey
and 1 pinch of oregano
you will wake up feeling like new...

drink a tea made up of:
1spoon of vicks vapor rub
2 cups of water
8 tea leaves
1/4 cup of all natural honey
and 1 pinch of oregano
you will wake up feeling like new

Three natural immune system booster, Zinc, Vitamin C and garlic. Over the counter drugs do not work for the common cold. The virus is constantly evolving and mutating. The best defense is to boost your immune system and help your body fight it off naturally. A hot drink like tea, mixed with manuka honey and a squeeze of lemon will help relieve a stuff head and nose.

Get some zicam if you can thats the best and takie it exactly how the directions say. If you cant do that drink some lemon or orange tea, with a load of honey. Keep yourself warm even if its a little uncomfortabe. Don;t over work yourself by doing too much, and try to sleep whenever possible.