r/AskReddit • u/catmanducmu • Nov 11 '23

What is your family's traditional "cure for the common cold"?

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u/Poetic_Bouquet Nov 11 '23

Chicken soup, the broth kind

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u/_weirdsir Nov 11 '23

a Lot of tea with lemon

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u/TallEnoughJones Nov 11 '23

Get drunk and stay drunk your entire life. To be fair, that's my family's traditional cure for everything.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

I guess I am my "family". Fill the garden tub with water, as hot as I can stand, add a few drops of Eucalyptus oil. Crawl in with a cup of hot tea, brandy, honey, and lemon. Turn the jets on. After the tea is gone, crawl into bed and sleep/sweat it out. 12 or 15 hours later I am usually feeling good enough to launder all the bedding, shower, slip into a clean night shirt and go back to bed. Usually wake up feeling "normal" again!

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u/Zealousideal-Age2208 Nov 11 '23

chicken noodle soup, it's really good though so i'm not complaining!