Comments on Topics from 192 countries: When you catch a cold in Japan

welcome to the club , i already caught the flu 4 t...

2006-11-11T06:37:00.000-08:00

welcome to the club , i already caught the flu 4 times this year twice in the UK and twice in Mauritius :P .. rest and enjoy cable tv are my advice .

This is a link to better understand flu /cold hope it helps put u back on feet : http://www.chic.org.uk/chicmco/spotlight/downloads/coldandflu.pdf#search=%22remedy%20flu%22

cheers,
Javed

(Knock wood) I haven't had a cold in years, but wh...

2006-11-09T09:33:00.000-08:00

(Knock wood) I haven't had a cold in years, but whenever I did, ginger and garlic tea always used to work for me. Grate the ginger and finely chop some garlic, drop them in water and bring to a boil. The water will begin to look greenish-yellowish after a while. Strain the liquid and sweeten with honey if desired.

get well soon Shinji. Normally we have to eat ora...

2006-11-09T06:51:00.000-08:00

get well soon Shinji.

Normally we have to eat orange, grapefruit before catch flu. But if youad it alrady, you would take medicine such as Gribex, Tylohot. These are the flavour of orange juice and Lemon. I personally take some aspirin too.

We drink lots of orange juice, and take medicines ...

2006-11-09T06:18:00.000-08:00

We drink lots of orange juice, and take medicines and rest and complain a lot. I agree that American medicines are too strong- I have trouble taking them even though I am not small. I usually take the child's dose or version. I recognize the medicines you pictured, especially the Contac.

Hope you are feeling better.