What I Do When I Have a Cold

Hi there ^_^

First of all, the first thing I do when coming down with a cold, is to make sure I have plenty of peppermint tea on hand. It helps to:

• Clear nasal congestion
• Clear mucous-y cough
• Sooth sore throat after coughing
• Relieve headache
• Wake you up when you feel groggy
• Keep you hydrated when you lose fluids from runny nose & sweating

Also, my husband swears by Cold-FX pills. Personally, I find them hard to swallow and don't always sit well with my sensitive stomach, so allergy medication (anti-Histamines) works well to relieve all the coughing, runny nose, headache & sneezing.

This is because our bodies react to a cold virus in much the same way it reacts to an allergen: By releasing a hormone called Histamines, which induce extra mucous production to help detoxify your body so you feel better. Only it doesn't feel good at the time :/

So for today's #Kawaii365 project, I drew a couple of cold-related items:

Other ways to help alleviate a common cold are:

• Make a 'tea' of honey with hot water. It soothes the throat.
• Sit with your face over a bowl of hot water or hot tea, and place a towel over you & the bowl to breathe in steam.
• Do some mild yoga to induce proper flow of fluids.
• Drink a mug of hot chicken broth. The fat has antioxidants in it that help our bodies heal.
• Get lots of vitamin C from oranges, lemons, cranberries, pineapples, etc. in fruit and in juice form.
• Put Vapo Rub on your feet and cover with socks.
• Also use a cotton swab to put Vapo Rub in your nostrils.
• Give your temples & nose/sinuses a massage 3x times daily.
• Sleep with a humidifier running so you don't go 'dry'.

Thank you for reading this daily blog, and I appreciate you! xoxo