*Ha, I see I wrote more than one needs to know for just
this.
Tho salt and water are great -Apple Cider vinegar, for me, is better.
I put Hydrogen peroxide in my ear, tip head for a min.---drain.
Blow a warm hairdryer into the ear and all around it - place cotton inside.
Lay head on a hot water bottle - most people don't have one, darn.
Buy one.
Move the bottle around to all the lymphs - in neck, back of the neck,
think where mumps happen...milk those lymphs to help flush them..stimulate the lymph glands right
under the jaw, also...one side is usually more sore if you have a sore and swollen throat - be gentle.
Heat will imitate a fever and step up your white blood cells, *soldiers*, bringing them
like PacMan to the area to chomp on the bad guys -(Since it is viral -Antibiotics will just kill the good
bacteria in your gut, terrible.)
As you have 'die-off' milking the lymphs is very necessary like flushing a toilet - keep the movement happening.
You want this all to move out and not linger.
Hot teas, lemon, ginger - more fluids than usual are necessary for ridding the body of this.
Other things that help, snorting Golden seal, the size of a match head, tipping head back to let it drain down the throat.
Vit C 500 mg every 2-3 hours.
And,yes, even tho it isn't nasal ---steaming eucalyptus will aid the whole area.
Have all these things around at the ready, I say, cuz mine may start up at 2 am...gotta jump on it!
This is what
I do, that's all ..and it works.
I can't afford to get sick being self-employed.
Helps to attack this the first hour you feel any symptoms, of course.
And don't get water in your ears...warm moist areas are breeding ground for bacteria, tho it is viral, I know.
Keep your house humid - a dry nose can't repel viruses. If need be -Use Vicks on a Q-tip
in the nose as a preventative..
Ha, esp when flying.
Only 3-4 people have ever bothered to do what I suggest - but they were amazed.