Salt water can work wonders.
This is why I clipped coupons and have been scouring the sale ads for cold/flu medications soon as they started showing up. Seems like the past 2 yrs or so I catch more than I have in my whole life (seriously I never used to get colds or flu) and I figure with watching easy child's boys.......whew boy, I'd better be prepared!
Handing you a big fluffy pillow, pushes up a comfy foot stool, covers you with a soft comfy blanket, orders you to gargle with a tsp of salt in an 8 oz glass of fairly warm water before bed, and to get plenty of rest.
And my dogs are cracking up while I'm chicken dancin for ya.
<<<< now you gotta stay well, they can't take much more. LOL
((hugs))