text: cold remedies?? i'm in the early stages of a cold, and i just got over one not even a week ago! i think i caught it early enough this time to try some remedies to shorten it or something along those lines. i can't get out to a store as of right now for any zicam or zinc losenges, as i've tried before, so i'm wondering if anyone out there has home remedies that work just like the store bought medication? airborne works for me. it is a tablet dissolved in water. it helps me but does not help other people i have recommended. i guess you body will tell you. go get it!