Remedy
Cold, onset
Rest, steam, hot drink, honey if they are over one. Herbs here are comfort. They do not replace a day in bed.
- Stop working. A cold you walk through in August becomes a chest in January.
- Hot spicebush or thyme tea. Elder syrup if you made it.
- Steam the face over thyme or mullein. Sleep in a cool room under enough blankets to sweat a little, not a lot.
- Salt-water gargle or sage gargle if the throat started it.
- Garlic in the soup. Water, not just tea.
A stiff neck, purple rash, short of breath, or a baby who will not wake is not a tea. See First aid → Illness.