Staying healthy can help your immune system fight the common cold.
Laryn Hoggard, 21, environmental studies and anthropology major at De Anza College, has a home remedy as she peels and puts ginger in a pot and boils it for about 15 minutes. Then Hoggard adds cloves and boils it all together for another 10 to 15 minutes. After that, she removes the cloves and adds lemon or lime juice and sugar or honey for flavor.
Ngoc Long, a a nurse practitioner at De Anza’s Health Center had more tips to cold sufferers:
• Wash your hands, because that’s the most common cause of transmission of viruses and bacteria.

• Get plenty of rest, get exercise, and keep a healthy diet.
• If you are going to cough or sneeze, make sure you cover your mouth.

• It’s best to cough or sneeze in the corner of your elbow, rather than your hands, because your hands are what is touching everything else and is what is transmitting germs.
• Use disposable tissue rather than a handkerchief.

• If you’re a smoker, smoking cessation is always good, if you’re a drinker, limiting how much you drink is good.
Stay healthy!