How do I get rid of my cold?

How do I get rid of my cold?
How do I get rid of my cold?

I am not a doctor, but advice from the National Library of Medicine’s Medline Plus (bit.ly/NLMColds) is to rest, drink fluids, gargle with salt water, use cough drops, and try OTC medicines for pain and colds. There is also some limited evidence for benefits from some complementary approaches, including oral zinc, rinsing the nose/sinuses, vitamin C, probiotics, and meditation. There are some warnings attached to some of these – see details: bit.ly/NIHAlt4Colds.