Thursday afternoon I started feeling (a burning? rawness?) discomfort in my throat. I went home and took a dose of Ivermectin, 200 mg of zinc and 1000 mg of quercetin and I also gargled hydrogen peroxide before going to bed. Woke up with a slightly less discomfort in my throat and called my boss to alert him that I was ok to work but felling like I may be coming down with something. He told me to stay the hell away from work and for me to get better. So I took another dose of zinc and quercetin and gargled hydrogen peroxide. I went to the store and bought grapefruit, blueberries, tonic water, and a sub sandwich loaded with spinach.
I peeled 3 grapefruits and boiled the rinds for 2 hours. Took a nap because my head started to get stuffy. My nose was runny after I woke up and I thought, "here we go, I'm sick!" I poured 20 ounces of tonic water and mixed in 2 tablespoons of grapefruit rind juice and drank it. That was at about 10 a.m. Friday. I took another dose of zinc and quercetin at noon and then another at 7 p.m. with a tonic and grapefruit to wash it down.
Saturday morning I felt no change - which was GREAT! It's not getting worse! Gargle peroxide, take zinc and q, wash it down with tonic and grapefruit, take my second dose of Ivermectin. Do the same at night sans Ivermectin.
This morning I woke up and forgot I was supposed to be sick! Holy crap, I've never beaten a cold this quickly! I used to take dayquill, nyquill dimetapp etc. but not any more!
I just want to thank you guys for posting these little remedies. I can attest that they do work.
Same thing for me. I felt like I was getting a cold-slight sore throat and slight nasal congestion. I took 4000 IU Vitamin D, Vitamin C 2000Mg., Quercitin 800 mg, Zinc 100 mg., followed by one zinc lozenges with echinacea and elderberry at night. I did this for 3 days. No runny nose, better after 2 days, but followed the regimen one extra day. I am not a doctor, so not giving medical advice. It worked for me.
One other note. I have chronic back pain from several falls-it rotates left to right and is worse at night and following housework. I was taking ibuprofen 600 mg twice per day for 6 days, but knew that was bad. I normally take Vitamin C complex 1000 Mg daily, Vitamin D3 2000 IU, and turmeric 1500 mg twice daily. I added back Quercitin 800 mg, Zinc 50 mg and bromelain 500 mg. After 3 days, my back pain is almost gone! I am not sure if it was the zinc, quercitin or bromelain, but I will stay on it for a week and then every 3 days eliminate one, starting with the zinc, and see what happens.