Flu remedies for winter
With the holiday season just days away – wahoo! – unfortunately
now is also the time for many people to come down with flu and winter colds.
While grabbing a hot lemsip and heading to bed is great sometimes that’s not so
easy to do. Bathing Solutions
asked me to share my top tips for the season so here we go….
Depending on the symptoms you might have a cold – sore
throat, sneezing, coughing, congestion, or, if you have these symptoms with an
added temp or headache, muscle aches, extreme fatigue, nausea etc you are more
likely to have the flu.
Sore Throats
The most common symptom! One of my favourite home remedies
for this is to gargle with salt water. Fill a mug with warm water and mix in a
heaped teaspoon of salt and start gargling! It breaks down the catarrh and
helps reduce inflammation.
While you’re doing this pop the kettle on and have a hot
drink of hot water, orange juice and honey for the perfect curl up drink. If
you can add a squeeze of lemon juice into the mixture as this also helps to cut
down the bacteria and viruses.
Congestion.
The worse feeling as it also contributes to headaches and
general UGHness. This is where actually relaxing becomes your friend. Have a
hot steamy bath! If you can add in a couple of drops of essential oils. Tea
tree oil will help a weak immune system, rosemary is great for coughing and
thyme oil is also antibacterial and will help the respiratory infections! Chuck
in a cup of fine sea salt and 4 drops of each for a bath before bed. Don’t stay
in longer than 20minutes though or your skin will start to dry.
Prevention
Much better than cure! First and foremost, wash your hands.
This is the biggest thing that you can do to prevent becoming unwell. Up your
zinc intake at the first sign of a cold – but don’t take for more than a week
as after that it starts to reduce your immunity! Get your rest. One of the
reasons for a bad cold & flu is when you are run down and your body has no
energy left to fight the infection.
Good luck over the winter and I do hope it’s a cold and flu
free one. Check out Bathing Solutions for more tips and tricks to help combat the symptoms!
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