Natural Flu Remedies - Tried and Tested Solutions

Looking for some useful and effective natural flu remedies and treatments?

Fighting the flu is no picnic, but it certainly doesn’t have to drag out for long if you know which natural remedies for influenza will work.

The natural route when treating the flu means getting the treatment that people have been using for thousands of years. This is especially important in this day and age where antibiotics are being overused and are often prescribed for the flu, even though they do nothing to fight the flu itself, resulting in more harm than good.

For the most part, a flu is something that your body needs to ride out and, in healthy people, the flu will go away on its own without any treatment at all. However, adding natural flu remedies can mean the difference between waiting a week or more while you ride it out, complete with all the nasty symptoms that go with it, or getting rid of it faster with less symptoms and discomfort.

The flu usually causes a variety of symptoms, including; malaise and just an overall ‘icky’ feeling, fatigue, fever and chills, and sometimes a cough and congestion go along with it as well. The flu itself should be treated with all the things your mama always told you to do - drink lots of fluids and get plenty of rest.

But for relief from the symptoms, there are natural flu remedies that have been around for centuries that will help with the discomfort, so that you can comfortably ride out your virus. Here are some natural flu remedies:

• Thyme: If your flu has also brought with it a fever, headache and congestion, then this one’s for you! Thyme has many benefits helpful to fighting the flu; it works as a decongestant and antiseptic and helps to clear the mucous from your chest and throat while also helping to keep anymore bacteria from building up in your system. All you do is take some dried thyme leaves and boil in water. Let it steep for a few minutes while you hold it up to your face, allowing the vapors to clear your sinuses. Then, add a little honey to taste and drink it down so it can really do its magic for you.
  
  
• Lemon: This is one that your grandmother likely touted as one of the best natural flu remedies around, and she was right. Lemon is still used in everything from cough drops to flu medications because of its ability to soothe like nothing else. To get the most of lemon as a flu remedy, you should cut up an entire lemon into small pieces, add it to a cup of boiling water, and let it steep for a few minutes. Strain and add some honey (great for soothing a scratchy throat) and drink. Do this a few times a day and you’ll be feeling better in no time.
  
  
• Cayenne: Yes it’s true - cayenne pepper is great for the flu. It tends to cause some people to sneeze and, as it turns out, that is exactly the effect we’re after, because it helps you to release mucus. Take a teaspoon of cayenne and add it to a cup of hot water along with some honey. Drink it back and get ready to feel less congestion in your chest and even to sweat a bit.

These natural flu remedies worked for your grandparents and likely even their grandparents, so with all of this staying power, you know that you’re getting some tried and true remedies and cures that will make you feel good naturally and without side effects.

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