I've seen so many of yall suffering with colds, flu, viruses, etc.....well....either yall or yall's family members. And it's kinda frustrating to sit back, knowing what I know and have experienced as cures for me and my family members, so that we don't get sick from these things anymore.
It isn't ethical to advise yall to use these treatments, so I'll just let yall know what has worked for us and let yall use your own judgment on whether to try these methods.
Colds, flu and stomach viruses (the kind where you don't know whether to sit on or hug the toilet) are ALL caused by viruses.
Cinnamon kills viruses. We've used it different ways (cinnamon toast, cinnamon tea) and always take it if we've been around anyone complaining of symptoms of these illnesses, but I've found the simplest way to keep it handy, even to carry it around with me is to get some gel capsules from the local health food store and fill them with ground cinnamon....then take two when necessary.
The other thing that's helped me and my family for quite a while is an amino acid called "L-Cystiene"....we buy it at our local health food stores in case something that causes horrible hacking non-productive coughs creeps up on us. We just take it according to the directions on the bottle and it liquifies everything in our lungs and we can loosely cough up anything there and breath much easier. We haven't had to use a steam vaporizer in decades! And I've heard it even helps people with emphesema. The "upside" is that neither of these "cures" is harmful.
Hugs,
Frannie