Top 10 Natural Remedies for Flu
The flu, or more formally, influenza, is a virus causing a variety of miserable symptoms. While tincture of time and some symptom suppressing over the counter medications usually seems the only option, there are a number of wonderful natural remedies that relieve flu symptoms AND shorten the duration of the flu.
Flu symptoms include sore throat, cough, runny nose, sinus congestion, body aches, chills, headache, swollen lymph nodes, malaise and fever. Home remedies like apple cider vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, and cayenne pepper can alleviate multiple symptoms as well as bring healing.
"The Flu" Versus "The Stomach Flu"
The flu and the stomach flu are both caused by a virus and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. But "the flu" is a nickname for "influenza," and "the stomach flu" is a nickname for "gastroenteritis." In the world of natural remedies, some of the useful treatments will overlap. But the diseases are not the same and neither are the symptoms. The stomach flu is usually shorter lived than influenza. Sometimes vomiting and diarrhea (typical of the stomach flu) do come along with influenza. For specific stomach flu remedies, see this page.
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List of Remedies for Flu
- Apple Cider Vinegar (36 )
- Hydrogen Peroxide in Ears (19 )
- Hydrogen Peroxide Inhalation Method (6 )
- Grapefruit Seed Extract (5 )
- Apple Cider Vinegar, Lemon Juice (4 )
- Aspirin (4 )
- Aspirin, Vitamin C (4 )
- Cayenne (4 )
- Coconut Oil (4 )
- Garlic (4 )
- Mama's Flu Recovery Remedies (4 )
- Vitamin C (4 )
- Baking Soda (3 )
- Cold Showers (3 )
- Ginger (3 )
- Green Tea (3 )
- L-Lysine (3 )
- Oregano Oil (3 )
- Ted's Remedies Feedback (3 )
- Apple Cider Vinegar, Cayenne (2 )
- Hydrogen Peroxide (2 )
- Mexican Herbal Tea (2 )
- Multiple Remedies (2 )
- Oscillococcinum (2 )
- Ted's Remedies (2 )
- Zinc (2 )
- Apple Cider Vinegar, Garlic (1 )
- ACV, Garlic, Lemon, Coconut Oil (1 )
- ACV, H2O2, Epsom Salts, Eucalyptus Oil (1 )
- Apple Cider Vinegar Spicy Drink (1 )
- Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda (1 )
- Aspirin, Cayenne, and Hydrogen Peroxide (1 )
- Buteyko Breathing Method (1 )
- BHT (1 )
- Boneset Herb Tea (1 )
- Brazil Nuts (1 )
- Cayenne, Activated Charcoal (1 )
- Cinnamon, Ginger, Cardamon (1 )
- Cold Showers (1 )
- Colloidal Silver, Wild Oregano Oil (1 )
- Cabbage, Radish, Mung Beans (1 )
- Chinese Remedy Yin Chiao (1 )
- Colloidal silver and Manuka Honey (1 )
- Echinacea (1 )
- Essential Oils (1 )
- Elderberry, Vitamins C and E (1 )
- Aloe Vera (1 )
- Glucosamine Chondroitin Sulphate (1 )
- Garlic, Onion, Horseradish, Cayenne, Ginger (1 )
- Garlic, Pepper, Chili Pepper (1 )
- Green Tea, Lemon Juice, Honey and Cayenne (1 )
- Grape Seed Extract (1 )
- Honey (1 )
- Lemon and Honey (1 )
- Lugol's Iodine (1 )
- Magnesium Foot Bath (1 )
- Miracle Flu Drink (1 )
- Mucous Buster Recipe (1 )
- N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) (1 )
- Neem (1 )
- Oscillococcinum (1 )
- Oregano Oil, Echinacea, Goldenseal (1 )
- Parsley and Spinach Tea (1 )
- South American Herb (1 )
- Steaming, Apple Cider Vinegar Baths (1 )
- Supplements (1 )
- Tomato Tea Remedy (1 )
- Greek Folk Remedy Tsiporou (1 )
- Tea Tree and Oregano Oils (1 )
- Turmeric and Bromelain (1 )
- Turmeric, Ginger, Black Pepper, Honey (1 )
- Vitamin C and Vitamin E (1 )
- Vitamin C, GSE, ACV, Green Tea With Baking Soda (1 )
- Vitamin C + NAC + Homeopathy (1 )
- Vitamin D (1 )
- Yogurt (1 )
