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Q: Best remedies for a cold in China?
What's the best medicine against a cold here? I don't know why, but I am sick much more often here.
12 years 25 weeks ago in Health & Safety - China
Dust, pollution, etc will do that to you.
There are thousands of remedies for a cold sold here, but somehow I remember what my doctor back home told me, there is no medicine to cure a cold. Rest, plenty of liquids, and from 5 days to a week should "cure" you.
But you can buy from antibiotics to liquids and all in between by the ton, and still have the cold until a week later.
Now, you can control a runny nose, or a sore throat if you have that too, but can not cure the cold.
Eat loads of those mandarin oranges they come really cheap at the nearest green grocers near you 
As happy expat said rest and fluid is the only thing that can help to rid you of a cold. Symptoms can be relieved though with cold and flu tablets.
For your sake and that of everyone DO NOT go down the antibiotic/drip road. Useless for cold and flu and makes antibiotics in general less effective when you really need them.
As for prevention good health and washing hands are the best things you can do.
Consuming lots of garlic and ginger is good. It'll strengthen your immune system. Make sure to get lots of vitamin C in your diet too. An old-time remedy is hot lemon juice and honey. You may have to drink litres of it, but if it doesn't flush out the flu, it'll certainly help you to detox in other ways.
Strangely, the best cold relief remedy I've found here is not really medicine, but I found it in a tea shop in Henan. Heat up a teapot with Coke and a ton of sliced ginger. Drink like tea. Won't cure anything, but it helps the throat a bit and clears the nose.
