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5 Natural Cold and Flu Remedies

While there's no way to totally cure a cold or the flu once it's taken hold, 

these remedies can definitely help reduce your sickness' severity and duration.

1. Oil of Oregano

The second you start feeling run down, you'll want to pop oil of oregano pills twice a day between meals. I normally get a couple of bad illnesses during the winter, and this time around I managed to kick the sick in just a few days, rather than battling symptoms for a week.

2. Vitamin D

You can get your vitamin D through dietary sources, supplements, or good old sunshine. The only trick with vitamin D is that you want to be careful not to take too much. Since this is a fat soluble vitamin, your body doesn't eliminate it as efficiently as water soluble vitamins.

3. Zinc

zinc is a powerful natural cold and flu remedy. Many of the ones in the drug store have additives that either make the zinc less effective or lower the zinc content too much. Stick to a brand you trust and do some careful label reading to find a zinc supplement without too many extra ingredients and a higher percentage of zinc.

4. Neti Pot

I can't say enough good things about the neti pot! While it's a little bit tricky to use at first, once you get the hang of it, you'll never want to be without yours. If you're feeling congestion coming on, I'd suggest flushing with the neti pot a couple of times a day. Even if you still get sick, you'll spend fewer days mouth breathing and nursing a dry, painful nose.

5. Rest

When all is said and done, rest is one of the best things you can do for your body when you're under the weather. Your immune system needs time to do its thing, and resting gives your body a chance to heal. It's sometimes hard to take a day off from work to nurse yourself back to health, but a day or two of rest now can help cut down the duration of your illness and save you many days of discomfort.

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