{"id":15718,"date":"2026-01-31T12:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/nine-home-remedies-to-better-cope-with-a-cold-or-flu\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:20:25","slug":"nine-home-remedies-to-better-cope-with-a-cold-or-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/nine-home-remedies-to-better-cope-with-a-cold-or-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine home remedies to better cope with a cold or flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/12-5.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Body aches, fever, chills and nasal congestion can make you feel sick. While home remedies can&#8217;t cure a cold or flu, they can help relieve symptoms, such as body aches, fever, chills, nasal congestion.<\/p>\n<p>Find out some cold and flu remedies you can try at home:<\/p>\n<p>Helps with hydration and is easy on the stomach. Nutrients help the immune system, although they do not cure the disease immediately.<\/p>\n<p>It has anti-inflammatory properties and can relieve an irritated throat or reduce nausea. Ginger drink is warm and relieves symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>It is anti-microbial and can help with a cough or sore throat. Adds well to lemon tea.<\/p>\n<p>Contains allicin, a substance with anti-bacterial\/anti-viral properties. May help cold symptoms in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>Some studies suggest it may help prevent or relieve cold symptoms. The effect may be limited.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin C may help symptoms a little and shorten the duration of a cold. Probiotics support the immune system, but require more research.<\/p>\n<p>Soothes a sore throat and helps clear mucus. Mix \u00bd teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water.<\/p>\n<p>Warm steam helps to clear blocked sinuses and soothes the nose\/throat. Using it keeps the air moister, which helps breathing.<\/p>\n<p>Ointments with menthol or eucalyptus can help open the airways at night. Use as recommended for age.<\/p>\n<p>There is no instant cure for cold or flu at home. These methods only help with the symptoms and the well-being of the body during recovery.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Body aches, fever, chills and nasal congestion can make you feel sick. While home remedies can&#8217;t cure a cold or flu, they can help relieve symptoms, such as body aches, fever, chills, nasal congestion. Find out some cold and flu remedies you can try at home: Helps with hydration and is easy on the stomach. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"views":35,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15720,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718\/revisions\/15720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}