So i have a Martial arts tournament coming up in 10days and today i got sick

I will be fine untill it´s time to go but i could really need a few good workouts in before i´m stepping up.

So far a have a sore throat and i feel abit feverish but hopefully it won´t be too bad.

Ive been drinking ginger and lemon like crazy today and gonna eat some lentil soup with alot of garlic and chili and hopefully it will help.

I will be taking some kava soon and go to sleep early and hope i can work tomorow.

So does anyone have any miracle cures that i haven´t heard of? it would be a miracle if i could do a light workout on friday and then maybe 1-3 hard ones before i´m fighting.

Just because you have a cold doesn't mean you cant work out. Just don't go overboard. Keep drinking your teas and whatnot, maybe an immune supplement, make sure your diet is good and you're getting plenty of sleep., but definitely keep doing some light exercising through your cold.

Whenever I feel an illness coming on I swear by echinacea. I take the herb orally but teas work too, 2-4 times a day for about 4 days. It boosts the number of immune cells in your body and has been proven in a number of studies to be helpful against fighting the common cold. I think in Norway the family practitioners even prescribe it it's so effective. Hope you start feelin better soon!

I used to get really sick fairly often.

Over a year ago I was so sick I thought I was dying. I used turkey tail mushrooms in echinacea tea for the first time that I gathered from the forest. I drank this a few times a day with elderberry brandy at the time.

Those mushrooms are incredibly healing. I blame them for the fact that I haven't been sick for the first time in my life in well over a year (even though I'm not certain, it just seems that way) If you've never tried them, I would suggest doing so.

What's up with all this Turkey Tail Mushroom talk? Something goin' on there...

Garlic tablets or capsules, and fresh garlic also alot of emergen C powder.. Usually once a cold decends its a matter of riding out the cold symptoms and just dealing with it til it runs its course. I find its a matter of finding cold medicine with the least annoying side effects to be functional during the day .
At night i just take everything i can to knock me on my ass. Take hot baths with lots of epsom salts sometimes that can help to cleanse out the system.
I 've been a teacher for a long time and i'm constantly on the defensive from colds etc....

Eat a whole pineapple. Just the innards, but all of them. A guy I knew swore by the pineapple. It's got bromelain or something. Knocked out my last sore throat like nothing.

Vitamin D3 reduces occurrence of colds and flu.

You might consider mega-dosing (50,000iu weekly) which is a common treatment for deficiency, or a more steady approach of 2,000-5,000iu daily.

I think Felnik is right- the focus on a practical level should be on symptom relief more than a cure.

Having said that, theres some evidence that Vitamin C, if taken before the cold strikes (a little impractical, I know!) can help.Also zinc has been shown to shorten the duration a little , but its unclear exactly which salt (gluconate/acetate), and at what dose the best effects are achieved.Avoid Zinc containing nasal sprays as they can screw your sense of smell up permanently.
Echinacea is currently regarded as in the 'it wont do any harm, but clear evidence of its effects is lacking' category.

When it comes to the best combo of conventional meds for symptom relief, my personal favorite is a combination of the following at the appropriate dose : pseudoephedrine, a COX2-type anti-inflammatory and an opiate.You can march on through the heaviest of colds if you get the dose of each right.

Def more than a simple cold, ive been sleeping for 13hours and still feel like shit, probably won´t go out to get any of the stuff you mentioned but i will do what i can and drink alot of hot tea.

i wish i had some cb at home since that´s usually a nice thing when feeling like this and honestly it would be worth it to end my break for a medicinal cause like this one.

I had some kratom but i ran out a few weeks ago would kava be a good or bad idea in a case like this? i just need something to keep me couchlocked and help me rest.

^^I tend to stick to the items I mentioned as they are, IME, very effective indeed.It really depends on your symptoms as to what pharmaceutical is most appropriate.I have no experience of the herbals that people cite as effective hence dont feel able to really comment.

Rest and maintaining a decent fluid intake are important, and probably most important in not passing it to others is frequent handwashing.

I had about 3cups of coffe and some paracetamol after i wrote that and i was reborn!!

I felt so good that i took the buss to my shroom spot and found about 100liberty caps

I took it really slow and i think the fresh air helped me alot, now i´m just drinking yerba like a madman and gonna try to superdose on the ginger and pepper.

hmm well i have a miracle cure that i have used to turn around people who are seriously FUCKED UP with multiple sickness's stacked on top of each other, i dont stick to strict recipes so it has changed depending on what i have available, so feel free to use what you can and if you cannot get certain ingredients sobeit, basicly i mix: raw (unpasturized) noni juice with bluegreen algae and apple cider vineager, and juiced ginger...oh and i put some colloidial silver in there too..also elder berry and turkey tail tinctures are both quite effective if you have some on hand...anyways mix everything together into a big 'ol glas and drink until its gone. it might take you awhile as its ussually a little difficult to down in a timely fasion especially if your not doin too hot, but yea like i said i have fed this to people who thought they were going to die and have them out having a good time with their friends the same day i fed it to them as far as dosage get in as much of each ingredient as you can handle, if you dont have fancy ingredients you can probaly get pretty good results just from mixing apple cider vineagar with juiced ginger after all the fuss once you feel vaugly well enough go for a jog...it will feel counter intuitive and it will probably feel like shit but it will make you well