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[blakely]

being sick right before vacation sucks really hard. IF anyone cares to share their secret how they get rid of one over here i'm sure a lot of expats would be dying to know right now...Besides lots of rest and liquids/vitamins

cheers

[machoman]

feed a cold, starve a fever/flu. so, eat a lot.

[OiGirl]

Raw garlic, green tea, orange juice if desired. In very large quantities.

[seoulsucker]

Whatever is in those booster shot cocktails they give you at the health clinics always seems to perk me up. I think it's just loaded with vitamins and it might be placebo effect, but man...they've KTFO of most colds I've had here.

[4024anna]

I always eat as much as I can of...chicken soup, raw garlic, broccolli and spinach (or any dark green veggies), oranges and orange juice, ginger, honey and lemon in hot water. And rest as much as possible - it's better to give your body as much energy as possible to beat the cold, rather than using it elsewhere. And drink lots and lots of water.

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

Not Korean, but go to any pharmacy and get some cold meds with pseudo ephedrine. (soo-do-ep-ed-uh-rin).

Add multiple hot toddies. If you don't know how to make them, there are countless recipes online. I prefer this one:

The juice of half a lemon (or more if you like)
2 Tbsp honey
4 Tbsp bourbon whiskey (some prefer rum, or other spirits)
1 cup or more of VERY hot black tea (some prefer other varieties of tea)

This is better than nyquil, imo. I've got 2 bottles of Nyquil that I haven't used since changing over to these when I'm sick.

[FDNY]

If you want to sleep, get a prescription for Xanax from your local doctor. This has to be one of the easiest prescriptions to get. Any time I go to my local doctor for unrelated complaints, like eye allergies from bike riding in pollution, he practically throws Xanax at me. And if you want a good night's sleep. Xanies will do it for you.

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[fugitive chicken]

kimchi, pounds and pounds of kimchi. If you are sick, you arent eating enough.

[ktkates87]

Hit up your doctor. I went in about half an hour and got a shot in the arse, bags full of pills and some disgusting syrup. I also discovered "theraflu" at the pharmacy the other day. It's "Neocitron" for any canadians desperately seeking it!

[rumdiary]

Carry around a spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol. Spray down your students, desk tops, door knobs etc. Echinacea helps.

[Drew345]

I love the orange peel tea (or whatever it is). In the instant tea section of your local grocery there are jars of orange syrupy stuff. Comes in a few shades of orange. Stuff is great for sore throats. The warm drink makes it nice to sleep too.
Of coarse I would rather have Nyquil green cold capsules and Chloroseptic throat spray from any store in America.

[fugitive chicken]

[Zackback]

Tie a piece of garlic around your neck and wear it as a necklace. The smell into your nose is healthy and will kill almost anything.

[lille]

Get some thumbs of fresh ginger. Peel and roughly chop them, and drop them into boiling water. Leave them to boil for a good half hour or so. When the water's picked up a ginger colour, turn off the heat and pour yourself a mug and drop a tablespoon of honey and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into it.
Good idea to taste it first, make sure it's strong enough. It should burn a little!

For those that like to measure, it's approximately 3c water, 1/3c chopped ginger, and the aforementioned quantities per serving of honey and lemon.

Amazing on congestion and coughs and definitely reduces the length of your cold if you down the lot of it in one evening.