This is Zinc & ACV level shit right here.
My livelihood depends on my voice working immaculately. If I'm congested, coughing, and don't have access to half my vocal range, I'm not getting money. If you've ever had an audition, or pivotal gig a couple days away, and you wake up with the sniffles, this could save you.
(Note: in my experience, this works only with rhinovirus head colds and run-of-the-mill flu, not chest colds, sinus infections, strep throat, or flus named after animals)
Hydrogen peroxide. The shit in the brown bottle that costs a buck. Get an eyedropper, too. Lay on your side, get an earful of that H2O2, using the eyedropper, Hold it for 15 minutes (it'll be uncomfortable), drain your ear into a towel, then repeat on the other ear.
If the illness you have can be helped by this, your ear will have a stinging/itching/burning sensation, really fucking uncomfortable (and usually more evident in one ear than the other), and if you don't feel this, the remedy probably won't work for your particular illness.
Assuming that happens, after 1 treatment of both ears, your congestion should improve. Repeat the treatment every 2 hours or so, and you should be breathing clearly and fully before you count the total treatments on one hand.
Yeah, it's really unpleasant to sit there with the peroxide feeling like an allergy test in your ear, but I'd gladly tolerate this a few times if it meant I didn't spend the next month recovering from a cold (it takes me upwards of 6 weeks to thoroughly shake a respiratory infection, even though I rarely get sick), and especially if a paycheck is riding on it.
The how behind it is that the viruses that cause the particular infections are killed by exposure to hydrogen peroxide, and that they set up shop and multiply in the ear canals. Therefore H2O2+Ear Canal=Viral death.
I've done it many times. As long as I got that itch on the first application, the process cured the cold within the day.
My livelihood depends on my voice working immaculately. If I'm congested, coughing, and don't have access to half my vocal range, I'm not getting money. If you've ever had an audition, or pivotal gig a couple days away, and you wake up with the sniffles, this could save you.
(Note: in my experience, this works only with rhinovirus head colds and run-of-the-mill flu, not chest colds, sinus infections, strep throat, or flus named after animals)
Hydrogen peroxide. The shit in the brown bottle that costs a buck. Get an eyedropper, too. Lay on your side, get an earful of that H2O2, using the eyedropper, Hold it for 15 minutes (it'll be uncomfortable), drain your ear into a towel, then repeat on the other ear.
If the illness you have can be helped by this, your ear will have a stinging/itching/burning sensation, really fucking uncomfortable (and usually more evident in one ear than the other), and if you don't feel this, the remedy probably won't work for your particular illness.
Assuming that happens, after 1 treatment of both ears, your congestion should improve. Repeat the treatment every 2 hours or so, and you should be breathing clearly and fully before you count the total treatments on one hand.
Yeah, it's really unpleasant to sit there with the peroxide feeling like an allergy test in your ear, but I'd gladly tolerate this a few times if it meant I didn't spend the next month recovering from a cold (it takes me upwards of 6 weeks to thoroughly shake a respiratory infection, even though I rarely get sick), and especially if a paycheck is riding on it.
The how behind it is that the viruses that cause the particular infections are killed by exposure to hydrogen peroxide, and that they set up shop and multiply in the ear canals. Therefore H2O2+Ear Canal=Viral death.
I've done it many times. As long as I got that itch on the first application, the process cured the cold within the day.
"Make a little music everyday 'til you die"
Voice teacher here. If you ever need help with singing, speech and diction, accent improvement/reduction, I'm your man.