Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru

Yes, yes. Spicy Indian food specifically. It warms you from the inside out.

EDIT: Wait. Why is spicy out of the question? It will clean you out nice and good.

Also, I swear by this. Don't hold back: go full strength and drink it all. (Translation: Do you want to get better? Then don't be a pussy.)

Ginger Tea

INGREDIENTS

• 1 inch / 2.5 cm piece ginger root, peeled
• 2 cups cold water
• 1/2 t cayenne pepper
• 2 T lemon juice
• Sweetener to taste
• 1-2 cloves garlic, mashed

METHOD
Grate peeled ginger root. Put it in a pot with 2 cups of cold water, bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Add cayenne pepper and simmer 1 minute more. Remove from heat.

Add fresh lemon juice, sweetener to taste, and mashed garlic (you don't want it to cook). Let cool slightly, and strain if desired (I don't).

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Also, use a neti pot.

Originally Posted by snowy

Have you tried a neti pot?

Neti pot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Seriously. This thing will rinse all the gunk out of your sinuses and nose. Given where you live I would use distilled water in the neti pot (chlorine can cause a burning sensation). You might also want to add salt. Don't use table salt with iodine--use a sea salt or kosher salt, about 1 tsp. per 2 cups of water. They also sell premeasured packets of salts for use in a neti pot. You also want the water to be about body temperature. I put the distilled water in a liquid measuring cup and microwave it for about 50 seconds, which gives me water near 98 degrees (I used a candy thermometer to measure the temperature of the water the first couple times).

And if you can find Traditional Medicinals teas, they sell a cold care variety pack that has a bunch of herbal teas my SO and I love when we're sick.


Especially this one:


This is another beverage we're a fan of when we're ill:


Basically, rinse your sinuses out regularly, drown yourself in liquids, and rest up--you'll be better in no time.