What is Your Favorite Placebo?

[Umbran]

"When I went to San Fransisco, I arrived with a terrible cold. A lady recommended that I drink a quart of whiskey every 24 hours. I ran into an old friend, and he recommended the very same thing.

That made a half a gallon."

-Mark Twain Tonight

 

[Wombat]

When I have a cold, I make my Killer Ramen....

Take a packet of ramen, throw away the flavour packet.
Take one large onion and slice thinly -- add to water prior to boil.
Take 2-4 cloves of garlic, minced roughly -- ditto
Add soy sauce to taste
Add Tobasco, very hot salsa, fresh ginger, Rooster Sauce, and any other hot material to extreme taste -- ditto
Bring water to boil as usual; add ramen; cook three minutes -- make sure that your eyes are stinging while you are standing over the water.

Eat/drink down hot...

Believe me, you'll breath clear for a solid hour and a half and then be less congested than usual for the next four...

 

[ssampier]

Hot tea, blanket wrapped around tight, and lots of time (and bed rest, too).

I usually will take an OTC decongestant so I can get at least some work done.

 

[Relique du Madde]

What no Siera Mist / Sprite / Seven Up?!?!?

 

[RithTheAwakener]

Other. The best I believe is Pho (vietnamese food) with lots of sriracha (spelling?) in it. Mmm mm good. It also is perfect drunk food, and seems to sober people up quicker.

 

[Dioltach]

Well, IIRC there is a japanese superstition that you will get better faster if you give your sickness to others.

That must be the theory behind the Dutch public transport system then ...

My personal favourite cure is to drink half a bottle of port. It soothes the throat, and even if you have a hangover the next day you're probably not feeling much worse than you would anyway. Plus, while you're drinking the port you feel much better. And if it doesn't cure you the first time around, keep trying until you're better.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Wow gold and Horde Leveling Guide for World of Warcraft
SNIP!

Nope... I don't think WoW is a placebo. Anyways, thanks for the spam...


REPORTED!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Other. The best I believe is Pho (vietnamese food) with lots of sriracha (spelling?) in it. Mmm mm good. It also is perfect drunk food, and seems to sober people up quicker.

Pho is an extremely healthy soup, at least if you're not a sodium dependent hypertensive like myself...and I still love the stuff!

A basic meat broth (usually chicken), noodles, sprouts, cilantro, mint and lime are your main ingredients. Easy to digest, nutritional, tasty, and fragrant.

IOW, good for what ails you!

 

[Gilladian]

Chicken soup. Generations of parents have spooned chicken soup into their sick children. Now scientists have put chicken soup to the test, discovering that it does have effects that might help relieve cold and flu symptoms in two ways. First, it acts as an anti-inflammatory by inhibiting the movement of neutrophils — immune system cells that participate in the body's inflammatory response. Second, it temporarily speeds up the movement of mucus through the nose, helping relieve congestion and limiting the amount of time viruses are in contact with the nose lining. So which is better, homemade or canned? Researchers at the University of Nebraska compared homemade chicken soup with canned versions and found that many, though not all, canned chicken soups worked just as well as soups made from scratch.

 

[Nyaricus]

Not grandma/work friendly!

Read this to see what I think is the ultimate cold cure.

Hot orange pekoe tea is good too, with honey

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