What do you keep in your medicine cabinet for winter illnesses?

[4390evans]

Everyone here is ill, me not so much as i havent been sick, yet!
I think natural herbs spices etc are brilliant for natural cures but sometimes its easier to reach for the painkillers, especially when you run out of cardamon.

What do you guys recomend to be kept in the medicine cupboard?

[Aberdeenplotter]

I have a box of sachets of blackcurrant flavoured lemsips. Hopefully won't be needed but great for fighting off the lurgie

[Thelma Sanders]

Paracetamol, Blackcurrant Strepsils and Imodium - cover most things that occur here

Forgot, also need Gaviscon in case of indigestion at Christmad .................

[Bal]

I have just discovered wild oregano oil. Seems to work on any thing especially colds if taken at the first signs of one

[veggiechicken]

Local Honey

[jackarmy]

Yep, i also have my local honey on speed dial....... cough..cough...splutter, i mean i also have honey in the cubord

[Scarlet]

White wine seems to work for me

[rary]

Like VC local honey for sore throats and colds, and garlic tablets to keep blood pressure low.


Also good to put honey into a hot whisky toady, purely medicinal ofcoarse

[crannman]

lemons honey whisky works for me

[Lumpy]

As above I have honey, pure lime juice (works the same as lemon), dried lemon balm leaves if sore throat is really bad.

Liquorice helps with constipation.

Dried mint to make tea for tums and fennel seeds for OH and his world famous wind.

[Bren In Pots]

Honey, lemon and ginger made into a drink seems to work for me.

[noviceveggrower]

Cheap painkillers usually paracetamol. Have calpol for the kids and buttercup cough stuff for Han but that's about it. Our medicine shelf is very empty.

[Guest]

paracetemol, calpol, local honey, lemon squash (preferably one with added vitamin C) and vicks.

[Bill HH]

A bottle of whisky and a packet of fags.

[PyreneesPlot]

Nothing special, although from the above posts we clearly need to top up on whisky and wine