Big hug for Terri (Germs?? I don' care bout no GERMS!!!)
They didn't have to take the psuedoepherine out of Nyquil, they only had to regulate the sale of brakefluid ... the morons.
That said, Nyquil is nasty stuff, only surpassed by Dayquil.
Terri - try this - less crap to f*** with your asthma. ( Mine is no where near as bad as yours, but those 'quils' have me wheezing and reaching for Albuterol every time...
Momma Jay says eat/drink this:
OK!Here is the chest cold recipe straight from the great- great- ( hundreds of generations great) grand cat of the old herb lady who was mistakenly burned as a witch in 1632 (three days after that everybody in the village got a bad chest cold, covered themselves with leeches and died before the vampires got there and could do a proper job of it.)
Fresh herbs are better, but it is January/February so the instructions are for dried.
In a cup, measure 2 oz of rum, vodka or gin. Add 1 powdered ( crumple it up between your fingers) teaspoon each of Basil, Oregano, Red Clover, Peppermint, Spearmint, Chamomile and licorice root. ( if you can't get licorice root, leave it out and buy some real licorice and chew that while you drink the tea. Add 1 oz water. cover lightly. Microwave (10-50 sec..)until it steams ( almost boils). The use a spoon and mash the stuff until you get a kind of paste. Then, depending on your taste, mix the result with 16 oz of water and simmer for 3 min to make a tea. ( Yes, you can add honey or sugar. No Milk.) Drink 8 oz now and 8 oz in 6 hours. ( Drink regular tea, water and juice between the cold-tea).
If you don't like the tea, add a couple shots of liquor and drink with 7up. Remembering that soda will dehydrate you and you will need to drink water and orange juice.
This will clear your chest.
I will come back later with the kick *** chicken soup recipie that goes along with this.
Here it is:
Chicken Soup For Your Cold.
1lb of boneless skinless chicken cut into small chunks.
(ALTERNATELY: The carcass of the chicken that you cooked, picked over and is now sitting there with meat on it but not quite enough to make a meal for 2)
½ cup chopped celery
½ cup sliced carrots.
¼ cup diced onion. ( You can use 1/8 cup of dried onion)
1/8 cup diced garlic. ( You can use dried garlic, jar-ed garlic or even garlic powder ( 2 tsp) do not use garlic salt.)
1 tsp lemon juice.
½ tsp dill.
1tbsp dried crumbled Basil
1 tbsp dried crumbled Oregano
½ tsp chopped fresh cilantro ( or two pinches of cumin)
2 pinches turmeric
½ tsp paprika.
½ dried cayenne pepper. (Ok you can use a couple of shakes of chili powder or a couple shakes of dried powdered cayenne.)
1/8 of a sweet red-pepper diced and diced real fine.
1/8 cup olive oil
a pinch of black pepper.
1 cube of chicken buillion SALT ALERT! (you will need this if you used white meat chicken.)
A handful of egg noodles if you swing that way or a handful of brown rice if you swing THAT way.
Bring 8 cups of water to a boil. Add the olive oil and the chicken. Continue boiling for 10 -15 min. reduce heat to a simmer. Add everything else except noodles or rice. Stir in. simmer for 1-2 hours or until carrots are soft. Add salt if you need it.
Add noodles or rice if you want it. Cook on low until rice or noodles are edible.
Eat. Relax, Repeat. ( My Russian Father in Law claims that you have to add two shots of vodka to this. If you take my cold remedy you don’t need to worry about that.)
. They'll be dropping cherry shots at 7:30.
~giggle~