Let's Kick This Cold In The Butt! Part 2

Yesterday, I wrote a blog post about dealing with the common cold and trying a mixture of honey and cinnamon to spur it along. I am happy to say that I think my cold is finally going away. Today was the first morning that when I woke up that I actually felt like myself again. I still have a cough and the sniffles but I think that it's just the gunk that needs to leave my body. I'm not feeling the achy, freezing cold, fog that I'm in when I'm sick. 

Now, I don't want to say that the honey and cinnamon mixture was 100% effective in taking care of this. I was still doing my best to take cold medicine regularly, give my body plenty of rest and drink fluids. So, I think it was a combination of all things. 

Read my previous blog post below if you would like to find more information. 

Also, if you've tried this let me know how you think it worked for you. I'm interested to know. If you also have an home remedies for the common cold pass them along. Knowledge is power!

Let's Kick This Cold In The Butt!!

I've had a head cold the last couple of days with all of your basic symptoms, sore scratchy throat, watery eyes, dripping nose, uncontrollable cough and exhaustion. At first I thought it was just going to be a couple of sniffles and I'd be able to go right through my day... not the case necessarily. I feel like I've been hit by a semi truck.. apologizes to people who have actually been struck by semi trucks. 

I've been loading up on cold medicine, herbal teas, water and chicken soup.... and I still feel like crap. Even hibernating like a bear in the winter isn't making me feel all bright eyed and rosy. Instead I feel like a slug, a fat lazy slug. 

Ew.

Instead I'd like to be feeling like this...

So now I go to my first resource for information... Pinterest. I found this link and I found this link to Health, Home & Happiness for their honey and cinnamon cold recipe. I've been hearing a lot about the antibacterial and antiseptic properties and it's pretty interesting. I always thought it just tasted good in hot teas. 

What the heck... let's give it a shot. 

What You Need:

1 TSP of honey 

1/4 TSP of Cinnamon 

Verdict.. not sure but we'll see. I tried this about an hour ago. I'm not completely cured but I didn't expect to be. Health, Home and Happiness said to take this a couple of times a day. So I'll try again in a couple of hours. Of course this is NOT a substitution for any medicine. I still will be taking plenty of cold medicine, drinking hot tea, and keeping hydrated with water. 

I'll try this again in a couple of hours and check back with an update.