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. Studies have shown that cold germs have trouble growing on a zinc surface. If they can’t grow, they die and the cold is over! There are other brands that you can use, I just find the above one works best for me, and they are not compensating me to say this. I just hate being slowed down with a sore throat!
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 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!
I would keep one at my house and one in my purse. This stuff sounds good
My daughter used this when she worked at a day care. The kids were constantly passing colds back and forth. Any time she started to feel a cold coming on, she’d use it. Her colds went away within a few days, much shorter than they use to last.