Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Eating a toe of raw garlic is about the only real remedy. Because it’s antiviral slime covers the throat and some ibgredients suport the body in defending. Lime blossom (? Lindenblüten) tea has a similiar effect but less potent and accelerates the metabolism instead.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve heard garlic has anti bacterial properties, does this actually work? I’ll eat a whole bulb of garlic, I don’t care.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
For me, it does. It’s a case of woah and then read up the why. But really chew it good (nose will instantly get free too) and bite through it.
But still, it’s only suporting. And too much will get you sn upset stomach.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 1 day ago
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6465033/
Found that quickly and even though it says the results may not be significant, I’m willing to eat a couple cloves of garlic with dinner. I’ll let you know how I feel tomorrow morning.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Bettee before bed, no?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 day ago
this sounds alot like nimbus variant, covid than a cold.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ugh I hope it isn’t covid. I don’t have time for that. My throat doesn’t hurt when I drink or eat, it’s just painful when I’m trying to sleep because it gets so dry. The headache lasted about 4 days but I’ve had a few episodes of cluster headaches in the past that felt the same. Same spot on my head and frequency so I wrote it off as stress and lack of sleep triggering it. Almost no sneezing, mild cough with clear mucus. Night sweats the last couple days but it’s been 6 days already so hopefully I’ve gotten through most of it. I think you’re right though, it seems worse than just a cold.