Ten Natural Ways To Stop The Common Cold

With the onset of the cold weather at certain times of the year, we can expect to suffer from the common cold.

Unknown to many of us, there are more than 200 different cold viruses floating around to make our lives miserable. Only a strong immune system can repel these viral invaders—and most often it does, or nobody would ever stop sneezing!

Should the cold virus slip by your bodily defenses—or has already—Norman D. Ford, a medical researcher and writer, has offered a 10-point crisis program to get you well in just one day:

• Take a brisk walk for an hour or more.
• Stop smoking completely and cease drinking alcohol for as long as the cold lasts.
• Begin taking nutritional supplements.
• If you have a sore throat, start taking Slippery Elm lozenges. Or you can also gargle with a warm saline solution (with some crushed garlic, if you wish) every hour or less until the itchiness in your throat disappears.
• Drink plenty of fluids.
• Eat lightly.
• Increase the humidity and clear your nose.
• Make yourself comfortable.
• Stay calm and relaxed.
• Think positively.