How to get rid of a cold naturally in 5 days
It happens to all of us one day or another: we wake up with a scratchy throat and the certainty that we have a cold. Here are tips for boosting your immune system and easy-to-prepare home remedies way before the germs could win the battle.
To get rid of a cold naturally in 5 days, here what you should do:
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Rinse the nose often:
Rinse your nose with water every three hours when you have a cold.
Do this from morning until bedtime for five days.
You can use salty water (saline solution) or a humidifier, especially at night.
If the air in your house is dry, keeping your nose moist helps protect you from getting sicker.
You can add a little foaming soap to the water to kill virus, but rinse with clean water after (kill COVID too). The soap destroys the fat that protects the membrane cover of the germs and kills them.
Your nose is your body’s first defence against colds.
Each type of white blood cell has its speciality: eating cells (macrophages), for example, ingest intruders and foreign bodies and neutralize them. Killer cells, on the other hand, eliminate cells infected by a virus to keep you healthy..
When your nose is moist, white blood cells can move around and do their jobs. If your nose is dry, it is harder for them to protect because access to the nose walls of the throat are blocked.
Following this simple suggestion for the next 5 days is the only one that guarantees that the cold will be gone within this time.
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Blowing the nose: Blow your nose often to clear out mucus from a cold.
After blowing your nose, rinse it with water right away to help keep it clean and moist. -
Sneezing : Sneezing helps your body get rid of germs and mucus.
Don’t try to stop a sneeze. When you sneeze, the wind speeds inside the lungs, throat and nose can reach 275 km/hour. It moves very fast. If you block a sneeze, air can go to your eardrums and hurt them or cause ear infections. It can also divert towards the small nasolacrimal duct and pop the veins in one eye. This happens to one of my sons and stick for 3 weeks. - Sleep well: Not getting enough sleep makes it harder for your body to fight colds. Good sleep helps you get better faster. Try to go to bed around 9 P.M. Don’t watch TV or use a phone for 30 minutes before bedtime. Looking at screens or bright colors before bed makes it harder for your brain to sleep well. It can take 20 to 30 minutes for your brain to relax before deep sleep.
- Eat well:What you eat changes how strong your body is against germs. Eat lots of colorful vegetables like carrots, kale, and broccoli. These foods have nutrients and antioxidants that help your body. Citrus fruits, cayenne pepper, and cranberries have lots of vitamin C. Vitamin C keeps your immune system strong. You can also take vitamin C supplements, but don’t take too much. Too much vitamin C can upset your stomach.
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Wash your hands! Our hands are real incubators for microbes, and we very often bring them to our eyes, nose and mouth, which increases the risk of staying sick for longer. Wash your hands often, and always keep a bottle of sanitizer with you for times when there is no sink nearby.
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Walking or do exercise: Exercise can reduce inflammation and stress and strengthen your immune system. This will give your body a chance to fight off colds. Ideally, you should go to walk around 30 minutes per day, 3 to 5 times per week.
Home remedies for colds: They may not cure you, but comfort is assured!
- Add a little lemon juice and honey to a cup of warm water to soothe your irritated throat;
- Take 1 teaspoon of honey. Its antiseptic properties will help calm throat irritation and coughs. Be careful, however: never give honey to a baby under 1-year-old due to the risk associated with infant botulism
- Eat chicken soup if you have a stuffy nose. Adding cayenne pepper flakes will increase its decongestant properties;.