When I related the following recipe to one of my doctor friends he said, “You are not curing yourself of a cold, you are murdering the virus!” (He also said he didn’t know if he could survive my *cure*…)
Regardless 😉 this works for me and I don’t have to end up taking medication.

At the first sign of that tickle in the back of my throat – which for me signals: ALERT, alert a cold virus has snuck in! — I either defrost my homemade chicken broth or pry a frozen chicken carcass out of the freezer and make broth out of it.

(I used to use store bought chicken broth but discovered it contains sugar or corn syrup!!)

My broth is better anyway because it is made with lots of veggies in addition to the chicken parts. Strained, cooled and fat skimmed off.

Add to the chicken broth as many finely chopped garlic cloves as you think you can stand. I use 6-8. Add flaked red pepper. Finely chop the following and add – onions, green peppers, carrots, cabbage, and celery – really any veggies you love.

When you eat, add some salt and/or Tabasco sauce.

Have a cup or two any time you feel plugged up or your throat hurts.
It really does the trick. Kills the cold by the end of the day.
*If* you survive the soup…

This recipe was contributed by Kathy Thirtyacre from the Radiant Recovery Community Forum.