Results: Remedies of the old days
Published on 12/27/2023
Disclaimer: Consult with your doctor before trying any of these home remedies.
It's the season for happy thoughts, new hopes and... getting sick. Sure, we all like to celebrate and be with friends and maybe dream of a better future at the end of the year, but since it's winter... we also need to be careful about falling sick. Between a new covid variant, influenza and your common flu, there are enough options out there to put a damper on the celebrations.
Yes, you can take pills, antibiotics and so on (which is probably best course of action anyway), but home remedies exist and some of them actually work. Please comment if you know of other remedies that i'm not covering in this survey.
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Here are some remedies I know of for coughing. Which have you heard of?
Honey & Lemon (on it's own, or in a hot drink)
76%
2137 votes
Honey & Cinnamon
20%
573 votes
Butter (or margarine) with Honey on toast bread
8%
229 votes
Peppermint tea (with or without honey/lemon)
36%
996 votes
Eucalyptus inhalations
32%
897 votes
Seawater gargle
20%
551 votes
Ginger & Honey
32%
886 votes
adding a humidifier in the room
46%
1300 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
42 votes
Not Applicable
11%
303 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.12% | 9 | |
| Caught medicine | 0.01% | 1 |
| Yogi Tea Breathe Deep | 0.01% | 1 |
| Whiskey, honey ,and lemon | 0.01% | 1 |
| garlic soup with cilantro and hot pepper is a Mexican one | 0.01% | 1 |
| slathering the bottom of your feet with Vick's Vapor Rub, then thick socks over your feet before going to bed. | 0.01% | 1 |
| a spoonful of honey | 0.01% | 1 |
| Saltwater gargle | 0.01% | 1 |
| Drink warm, not cold drinks, as cold drinks cause more coughing. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Good old Buckleys cough syrup | 0.01% | 1 |
| honey | 0.01% | 1 |
| Inhale steam from boiling water pot and towel over head | 0.01% | 1 |
| Moonshine or Everclear. | 0.01% | 1 |
| 100 proof Granddad,,Lemon and Honey. Old School Cure1 | 0.01% | 1 |
| vick vapor rub | 0.01% | 1 |
| whiskey | 0.01% | 1 |
| Honey and whiskey | 0.01% | 1 |
| Dark chocolate | 0.01% | 1 |
| vaporizer | 0.01% | 1 |
| vinegar | 0.01% | 1 |
| Honey lemon cough drops | 0.01% | 1 |
| Salt water | 0.01% | 1 |
| Salt water gargle | 0.01% | 1 |
| Wiskey and honey | 0.01% | 1 |
| Cough medicine ie Benadryl | 0.01% | 1 |
| Hot dr. Pepper and lemon | 0.01% | 1 |
| Brandy, lemon and honey | 0.01% | 1 |
| vicks on your feet | 0.01% | 1 |
| warm milk with figs | 0.01% | 1 |
| Honey & wine (or whiskey). Tried...and it works! | 0.01% | 1 |
| Cod liver oil for everything yick | 0.01% | 1 |
| brandy | 0.01% | 1 |
| oil of oregano; also echinacea, also Vitamin C sustained relief tablets | 0.01% | 1 |
| hot toddy | 0.01% | 1 |
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2.
Here are some remedies I know of for fever. Which have you heard of? Tiger balm / VapoRub
32%
907 votes
Hydration (ideally with hot liquids)
37%
1027 votes
Sweating it out (dress in thick clothes, stay under a pile of blankets...)
47%
1318 votes
Rub your body with medicinal alcohol
16%
452 votes
Putting potato slices in your socks before sleep to absorb the "heat"
6%
179 votes
Suck on ice
15%
426 votes
Take a warm/hot bath
28%
789 votes
Chicken soup
59%
1646 votes
Onion peel tea
4%
112 votes
Moringa tea
4%
104 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
31 votes
Not Applicable
15%
424 votes
Mulled wine with pepper, cinnamon or other spices
5%
138 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.10% | 7 | |
| Tylenol | 0.06% | 4 |
| aspirin | 0.03% | 2 |
| Colloidal Silver | 0.01% | 1 |
| Chop up onions and wear them in socks, fever is gone in one hour | 0.01% | 1 |
| none | 0.01% | 1 |
| Hot toddy | 0.01% | 1 |
| Cold bath or shower | 0.01% | 1 |
| onion or garlic raw | 0.01% | 1 |
| cold shower | 0.01% | 1 |
| onion tea (boiled onion slices, strained and honey added) | 0.01% | 1 |
| never a warm bath but a cool/cold bath | 0.01% | 1 |
| brandy in hot coffee | 0.01% | 1 |
| Garlic | 0.01% | 1 |
| rub white vinegar on the bottoms of your feet. Works like a charm! | 0.01% | 1 |
| My father always put black pepper in hot milk and it worked | 0.01% | 1 |
| Old fashion Buckleys complete | 0.01% | 1 |
| Thick slice of onion in your socks during sleep | 0.01% | 1 |
| Yarrow tincture makes you sweat out the fever, very effective | 0.01% | 1 |
| Cool cloths on “your hot areas” ( your underarms, groins, forehead, back of neck | 0.01% | 1 |
| take a cool bath; swab down with alcohol | 0.01% | 1 |
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3.
Here are some remedies I know of for stuffy nose. Which have you heard of? VapoRub/Tiger Balm
66%
1850 votes
Eucalyptus / Pine / Mint scented humidifier
37%
1039 votes
Hot Shower
51%
1432 votes
Vitamin C (ideally from orange/grapefruit and so on, but also ok from a pill)
41%
1142 votes
Ginger tea (with or without honey)
24%
668 votes
Saline spray (or the DIY version of it)
41%
1150 votes
Eating foods heavy on garlic or onion
15%
413 votes
Apple cider vinegar + water & honey
14%
395 votes
Mulled wine with pepper, cinnamon or other spices
5%
139 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
22 votes
Not Applicable
12%
328 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.04% | 3 | |
| Neti pot | 0.02% | 2 |
| Hot peppers | 0.02% | 2 |
| chicken and a sandwich with hsriracha sauce on it | 0.01% | 1 |
| oil of oregano in tea | 0.01% | 1 |
| Sniff prepared horse radish and your nose will definitely run. Hot sauce works, too. | 0.01% | 1 |
| wasabi | 0.01% | 1 |
| Colloidal/Silver water to gargle with then swallow. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Vickie run | 0.01% | 1 |
| Navage | 0.01% | 1 |
| Spicy mustard | 0.01% | 1 |
| saline spray | 0.01% | 1 |
| Hot chicken soup | 0.01% | 1 |
| chicke soup | 0.01% | 1 |
| Chicken noodle soup | 0.01% | 1 |
| Claritine ie allergies | 0.01% | 1 |
| Eating foods that are spicy (hot, contain capsaicin) | 0.01% | 1 |
| Chicken soup, hot liquids such as tea | 0.01% | 1 |
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4.
For an average cold, do you think these home remedies work? Better than OTC medicine (preferred choice for me)
15%
433 votes
Only if the flu/cold is not extreme (I'd start with this but move to OTC /prescription medicine if it doesn't get better)
31%
873 votes
They work ok as augmenting the OTC / prescription medicine, just be sure to read for counter-indications.
20%
571 votes
No, but they help your moral.
14%
401 votes
Not Applicable
19%
522 votes
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5.
Do you consider yourself as having a strong immunity to flu/viruses? Yes
43%
1214 votes
No
22%
605 votes
Undecided
26%
722 votes
Not Applicable
9%
259 votes
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