Use a blender to whip together 1 cup OJ (fresh if you can get it), 1 T honey, 1 tsp fresh grated ginger, 2-3 cloves fresh peeled garlic, and a couple dashes of cayenne.
Best taken all at once, with more OJ as a chaser.
Also: hot steamy showers, with or without a sympathetic friend.
I use capsules of cayenne, garlic, ginger and horseradish - heavy dose three or four times a day, and lots and lots of water - I mean drink it 'til you slosh. Take enough to make you sweat - it will also loosen the gunk you're not coughing up. The annoying thing is that the best way to cure something like this involves briefly -intensifying- the symptoms in a controlled way, to get the crap out of your system, which after all is what your body is trying to do anyway.
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Date: 2007-07-19 09:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-07-19 10:54 pm (UTC)Use a blender to whip together 1 cup OJ (fresh if you can get it), 1 T honey, 1 tsp fresh grated ginger, 2-3 cloves fresh peeled garlic, and a couple dashes of cayenne.
Best taken all at once, with more OJ as a chaser.
Also: hot steamy showers, with or without a sympathetic friend.
Hope you're feeling better soon!
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Date: 2007-07-20 04:07 am (UTC)Mince about a half inch to an inch of fresh ginger root.
Simmer with orange zest, whole cloves, cinnamon stick.
Add honey to taste, drink hot.
Sweat.
You can Americanize & add the juice of half a lemon to the tea along with the honey.
Tastes good, works great. Feel better!
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Date: 2007-07-20 05:41 am (UTC)