Flu

[louiselux]

I had a toffee waffle and some tea and now my head aches slightly.

I've had the flu, my doctor said. I don't wish it on anyone. It has a lovely wide range of symptoms! I have never had such an upsetting frustrating cough in my life, the sort where it wakes you up all night long and your coughs begin to make other people look around for the sealion that got in... Cough medicine is useless against a cough like that, I found. I put my faith in honey, fizzy vitamin C tablets and hot marmite. Not all at the same time, I hasten to add. I like to think they helped.

Anyway, it's going. At last!

Comments

[gen50.livejournal.com]

amen to the vit C - it helps with the stress, and helps with the recovery

also, juices are good. going to the bathroom removes toxins -
so you need tons of liquids. water's good too.
but usually when having flu, the taste is bleah, so i'd recommend the juice
instead of plain water.

freshly squeezed lemon juice with honey is good.
in my part of the world, we have hot calamansi (no english translation)
with some honey. does a body good.

and for the throat. hot water with rock salt.
gargle. works wonders, too.

hmmm. i dont know marmite so i'd have to google that -

hope you get better faster.
the flu is the pits indeed.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamondin,

(Sometimes) I think in Malay it may be called Limau Kasturi. ^__^ but this can be mixed up with other thngs of the same general family of citrus fruit...but on looking deeper I find that I'm mistaken...here for more...just for knowledge...

Plants and their Uses (http://www.rimbundahan.org/environment/plant_lists/taman_sari/index.htm)

ps- Sorry Ms Lux to spam your space. *runs away*

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the well wishes. Yeah, I've been so thirsty and a lot of the time fluids were all I wanted.

Ooh, calamansi look interesting - like satsumas. Marmite is like a yeast extract paste and you can add hot water and drink it like a broth.