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5 Kitchen Cures for Cold & Flu Season
These botanical remedies are nothing to sneeze at—they can fortify your immune system and make it easier to fend off illnesses when winter hits.
By Emily Main
Topics: home remedies, cold and flu
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Ready for cold and flu season? During chilly winters, all the time you spend inside, cooped up with other people, ups your chances of contracting miserable winter afflictions. Thankfully, scientists are discovering that common kitchen ingredients like garlic and thyme can be just as effective at curbing symptoms and shortening colds as over-the-counter medications, without all the jittery side effects. So the next time you're laid up with a stuffy nose or fever, reach for one of these five natural remedies. Thyme Licorice Root Garlic Echinacea Elderberry |
Published on January 5th, 2012
Last updated on January 6th, 2012
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Elderberry & Sambucol
So glad you mentioned this! Great Stuff! Just be sure you get Sambucol!