For over 25 years I have taken cold-eeze with zinc whenever I had a sore throat. I would not travel without it, just in case I got a scratchy throat while away, I used to go to Europe 2x a year, I always had a supply with me, and still do.
Now, at the first sign of a sore throat, I start spraying the above cold-eeze with zinc right into the back of my throat. It fights the germs remarkably well. I swear by it as they say. You can look up all the medical mumbo jumbo, you can check with Dr. Oz who has mentioned this (well after my own personal discovery!), do what you must. But know that this works for me.
I also start drinking black elderberry extract at the first sign of flu symptoms.. Mine is from the Vitamin Shoppe and called Sambucus. I get some for my son at CVS called Sambucol. Again, this homeopathic remedy works for me, I have been using if for years! Dr. Oz also mentioned this, a decade after I discovered it!
You can google all of this on the Internet if you don’t believe me. I had a rough head cold in April and I am telling you that the above combo cut the duration of my cold down to 4 days, these used to last over a week for me!
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I watch the Dr Oz show where he talk about zinc and the common cold,Being that I get a lot of colds the pills were a big help.
Woke up with a cold. Definitely hitting up the drug store tomorrow after dropping the kidoo off at school to get some cold-eeze! Iv’e never tried it. Hope it works. I feel so miserable.
I hadn’t heard of the elderberry extract thing, but I’ll try it. I usually go with a megadose of Vitamin C at the first sign of ‘puniness’–as my granny used to say!