Sick Again

A few weeks ago, I caught a cold from my daughter just before Midnight Madness, but luckily, I was fully symptom-free a few hours beforehand. With less than 24 hours until coed astronomy's mini-Game, she's gone and infected me again. I'm now desperate to stop this rhinovirus.

There are several remedies out there for shortening the common cold's duration, some of them kind of weird:

• Increased rest and fluids, the old standby
  
• Saline nasal rinses
  
• Megadoses of vitamin C
  
• Salt-water gargles
  
• Increased exposure to sunlight, to boost Vitamin D production
  
• Cool mist humidifier
  
• Zinc lozenges
  
• Increased garlic intake
  
• Pouring hydrogen peroxide into ear canals
  
• Honey lemon tea
  
• Herbs such as ginger and echinacea
  

I'm tryin' 'em all.