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looking for pregnant-friendly cold/flu remedies....
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Anonymous
| help... I'm sick. Congestion, cough, exhaustion..... |
Anonymous
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Sleep, fluids, humidifier, neti pot, hot tea.
Feel better. |
Anonymous
| neti pot! and tea with honey. |
Anonymous
| hope you feel better! |
Anonymous
| Reiter Hill's website has a list of "approved medications." Feel better soon! |
Anonymous
| Neti pot! I'm reemphasizing it because I was hesitant to try one (thought it wouldn't work) and I LOVE IT! |
Anonymous
| I had a cold last week. I took Benadryl for two nights and used lots of saline plus humidifier. You can call your OB to ask what meds are approved. Also, I took a few Halls. |
Anonymous
| I am in the same boat and not sleeping well at all. Any recommendations for humidifiers? |
Anonymous
| Go to Whole foods, pick some Byron Homeopathic remedies (made in France). They vary based on your symptoms - so it will take few minutes to choose but it works! |
Anonymous
|
A terrific ayuervedic remedy - bring water to a boil, and boil cinnamon (either crushed cinnamon stick, or cinnamon powder) and black pepper (as much as you can stand) for 3 minutes, add some honey. Start with, say, 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon or half a cinnamon stick, and a generous pinch of black pepper. Make it stronger next time if it doesn't have enough of a spicy kick.
My mother in law made it for me when I was congested when visiting India last year, and it worked wonders. I got sick while pregnant a few weeks back and made it a few times a day; it really helps (and, if you have enough honey tastes terrific) It worked very quickly for me. This was great, especially when Sudafed wasn't giving me quite the punch I needed to kick the congestion. Feel better! |
Anonymous
| Neti-pot. I hate it...but it works. |
Anonymous
| eat something spicy, like wasabi peas, to clear out your sinuses and then take a hot shower. works for me when congested. |
Anonymous
| humidifier, neti pot, hot showers, and hot tea with fresh lemon (i did 1/2 lemon per cup of tea) and organic honey - i had as many as 2 lemons per day for 2-3 days and it totally staved off a cold this winter. now i can feel the allergies setting in, hope this trick works for that too! |
Anonymous
| I'm a neti pot evangelist. I thought it was all hype but it's really a godsend. Feel better! |