A cold call

A cold takes seven days to heal without medication and a week with medication.

Cure for a cold, when the temperature is low, or having no warmth like a cold water—heat it, cold day – warm clothes. If you have an skaters were cold, the uncomfortable lack of warmth then make it hot.

Remember the story of the Satyr, who was amazed when a man rubbed his palm for warmth from the cold, and blew on his burning palm to cool it?

When someone is cold like lacking passion emotion, enthusiasm, ardour etc. then the grand passion play may help, or might make sense too slink away.

Those cold replies, require colder reception.

But when it comes to the common cold, the upper respiratory disorder characterized by sneezing ,sore throat, coughing, etc. caused by an allergic reaction by a viral or bacterial or mixed infection, the remedy is a Rs.250/-consultation.

Rx

• I tell my patients to gargle with warm water adding two disprins in it. For a day three times a day . from day warm saline gargle

• Vitamin c 500 for 15 days.

• Antibiotics after culture sensitivity analysis.

• Lounges maybe I prefer the Ayurvedic Kadiraadi.

• I also distill a counter-irritant myself.

• Lots of fluids, like soup.

When it comes to self medication then it is very simple

• Hot cups of ginger tea

• Warm soups

• Pepper Rasam (a south Indian concoction which is great)

• Kadiraadi.

• Good sleep.

Lets face a common cold takes seven days to heal without medication and a week with medication.