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magidLast night, after dinner (jasmine rice with chickpeas, sauteed onions and garlic and swiss chard, and sauteed onions and mushrooms and flounder fillets, followed by a variety of sorbets) on the porch with friends, I actually managed to get to bed at a reasonable hour.
It seems I did not do this soon enough: despite a decent amount of sleep last night, a sore throat had started by the time I woke up this morning. Feh. Are colds just lurking until anytime I get overtired to sneak in?
So today I have had multiple cups of tea, ginger (4), de-tox (1), and garlic (1). Also a cough drop, when I couldn't face another beverage. Still not feeling well, but mostly due to not seeming able to stop the oncoming cold, since the sore throat is still at the nuisance stage.
Asked a cow orker for suggestions. I was told
(a) Put a large crushed clove of garlic in half a cup of luke warm water before bed. Drink before getting out of bed the next morning. (for before the full blooming of the cold).
(b) Drink vinegar (apple is particularly good), sweetened with maple syrup (or another sweetener).
(c) Mix a teaspoon of sugar with an equal quantity of some form of ground hot pepper (cayenne?). Eat. (gotten from a trucker she got a ride with once)
Any other suggestions?
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It seems I did not do this soon enough: despite a decent amount of sleep last night, a sore throat had started by the time I woke up this morning. Feh. Are colds just lurking until anytime I get overtired to sneak in?
So today I have had multiple cups of tea, ginger (4), de-tox (1), and garlic (1). Also a cough drop, when I couldn't face another beverage. Still not feeling well, but mostly due to not seeming able to stop the oncoming cold, since the sore throat is still at the nuisance stage.
Asked a cow orker for suggestions. I was told
(a) Put a large crushed clove of garlic in half a cup of luke warm water before bed. Drink before getting out of bed the next morning. (for before the full blooming of the cold).
(b) Drink vinegar (apple is particularly good), sweetened with maple syrup (or another sweetener).
(c) Mix a teaspoon of sugar with an equal quantity of some form of ground hot pepper (cayenne?). Eat. (gotten from a trucker she got a ride with once)
Any other suggestions?
e