Short breathers

For upper respiratory infection, cough and swollen tonsils, a list of remedies:-
Paracetamol
Extra strong Lemsip
Salt water gargle
Grated ginger root
Honey
Robutissin 
6 Litres fluid daily
REST
Turmeric in milk
Vit C, D 
Cod liver oil caps
Short walks to the river and back.


The Dr was not encouraging as to how long recovery time might be and said he hoped I had good travel insurance. So, in desperation, I decided to embark on the chewing cloves of garlic remedy.  If you have not tried this it is like old-fashioned horse plasters - the cure so painful that the horse forgets the original malady.  Deliberately setting your head on fire with a coal from Mount Etna might be comparable . But - it may have worked as my tonsils are curling up in anguish and ears, nose, sinuses and eyes are steaming.