Treatments of the common cold primarily involve medications and other therapies for symptomatic relief.
Getting plenty of rest, drinking fluids to maintain hydration, and gargling with warm salt water are reasonable conservative measures.
Much of the benefit from symptomatic treatment is, however, attributed to the placebo effect.
As of 2010, no medications or herbal remedies had been conclusively demonstrated to shorten the duration of infection.
Treatments of the common cold primarily involve medications and other therapies for symptomatic relief. Getting plenty of rest, drinking fluids to maintain hydration, and gargling with warm salt water are reasonable conservative measures. Much of the benefit from symptomatic treatment is, however, attributed to the placebo effect. As of 2010, no medications or herbal remedies had been conclusively demonstrated to shorten the duration of infection.
Common cold