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Show just common cents by Pat Whitfield Coddling the Common Cold v Fall's in the air, without a doubt. We're scraping wind-shields wind-shields these mornings in the,, knowledge that winter's not far off. And with : the changing cooling seasons 1 come colds, sniffles, chills "and fever. ,A .; There are as man$ theor-' ies ' about - how to cure the ' , ,' common cold as there are ' species of colds. One thing's, certain,1 there's not one guaranteed remedy, but it's . pretty certain you can cure yourself as.; well as any specialist in the medical arts can; Howtd deal with the miseirievs ;of the common cbldy fry these. . u Jn "spite ; 6f arguments to JlbVop'ntra'Vitamin C does v helI Jf ypil take just one 500 f milltjgrani of Vitamin C after '.inl&T'idokfl'sVmptoms, your virus yield will drop within 16-48 hours to 120 of what it would have been without the G After 48 hours, your virus yield should drop to 140 of that of an un vitaminized " individual. Extensive experiments, experi-ments, funded by the National Nation-al Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease support these findings. ' : .Terence Anderson, a Toronto, Tor-onto, Canada medical researcher,- has found the people who took just one 500 mg, tablet a week, but took three - tablets on the first day of any "illness and' two tablets on days two through five, have about one third fewer sick days and suffer from far less 'chils, fevers, and other discomforts associated with "colds and sore throats. Besides Vitamin C, some of GrandmVs favorite reme- dies work" with amazing 4 effectiveness, despite their ' ! folksihess and apparent qu-aintnessf. qu-aintnessf. For example, there's a concoction consist- . inof one-eighth teaspoon of cayenne pepper, the juice of : one lembn't one minced clove of .garlic, and one gram of :tiyjtamiri"C,- Sip the mixture slowjy; The cayenne pepper Ayifaf garlic have germici-r',Cvl germici-r',Cvl properties and make you j- Rftwpire,; which brings some relief. Lemons are loaded ; .with both Vitamin C and , ibioflavonids which seem to -make .Vitamin C work better. Whatever the formula, if relieves cold miseries. Teas aplenty assuage cold suffers. Camomile is the v most highly; recommended, but other helpful brews are lemon balm, boneset (espe- ? cially good with fevers); coltsfoot (an effective con-gestion con-gestion reducer) elder, perir; nyroyal and vervain. Teas should be taken hourly and sipped slowly. Ethnic remedies worth .considering, but only for the-truly the-truly hardy, are plunging i your nose into a snow bank to relieve congestion as the Eskimos do. Evidently, the extreme drop in jemperaturd ' shrinks membrane. The Pot es heat a cup of milk until it's scalding, then add a tea; ' spoon of honey, a teaspoon of butter and stir until well mixed. Then, they add a half teaspoon of garlic powder. This formula is sipped slowly before retiring and relieves almost all symptoms upon awakening. This remedy is similar to one used by my . father and that's been handed down in his family : fdeirsUtwbrksJI .A O V - -;-- ,:.-,v-.'V-..,. -j 1 |