Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Colds and the Future

2008-02-04 Thread Edmund Storms
Jed, the cure is simple. When you feel a cold coming on, take a hot sauna or hot-tub. The virus does not like the increased body temperature this produces. Afterwards, bundle up and stay warm. Do not take aspirin. Repeat several times while taking lots of fluids to wash the reaction products

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Colds and the Future

2008-02-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
I am stricken with a stuffy nose and post-nasal drip. This happens to me a lot. In lieu of sleeping, I got to thinking about we might treat the common cold, in the distant future. What would be the ideal treatment, given what we now know? Let us assume we do not discover some panacea that

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Colds and the Future

2008-02-04 Thread Terry Blanton
Try Airborne. It has many other things than just Vit C. Works for me. Plus, I always take zinc supplements, never touch my eyes unless my hands have been sterilized, and never touch a door knob (especially in the bathroom) without a napkin or paper towel between me and it. Wash your hands like

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Colds and the Future

2008-02-04 Thread OrionWorks
Ed sez: Jed, the cure is simple. When you feel a cold coming on, take a hot sauna or hot-tub. The virus does not like the increased body temperature this produces. Afterwards, bundle up and stay warm. Do not take aspirin. Repeat several times while taking lots of fluids to wash the reaction

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Colds and the Future

2008-02-04 Thread Edmund Storms
OrionWorks wrote: Ed sez: Jed, the cure is simple. When you feel a cold coming on, take a hot sauna or hot-tub. The virus does not like the increased body temperature this produces. Afterwards, bundle up and stay warm. Do not take aspirin. Repeat several times while taking lots of fluids

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Colds and the Future

2008-02-04 Thread Jones Beene
--- Terry Blanton wrote: Try Airborne. It has many other things than just VitC. Works for me Plus, I always take zinc supplements Or ... get them both in Zicam. A few other excellent choices: Megadoses of C with bioflavinoids (polyphenols). French cure: Oscillicoccinum (at least

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Colds and the Future

2008-02-04 Thread thomas malloy
OrionWorks wrote: Ed sez: Jed, the cure is simple. When you feel a cold coming on, take a hot sauna or hot-tub. The virus does not like the Ed My spouse also subscribes to the same methodology. Makes sense. Can't hurt to try. IMHO, a tablespoon of powdered wood charcoal suspended