It is a fact, if you live on planet earth you are going to catch a cold. You are out and about interacting with people; talking to them, shaking hands, putting your hands on door knobs. Germs are spread. When you come into contact with other people you can count on spending time sneezing, coughing, blowing, and sniffling. Most Americans catch two to four colds every year. So we know the facts but it does mean we have to live with with all the consequences.
There are a lot of remedy's for what helps cure a cold, but the truth is it's impossible to cure a cold; however, you can impact how long it hangs around. And there have been only three things that have been shown to reduce the amount of time a could persists -
Chicken soup
Zinc lozenges
Vitamin C
What's even more interesting is, science recognizes these three things but literally has no clue why they work, but the research clearly shows they do.
Here's the cold reduction plan
Take regular doses of any of the three at the moment you start feeling symptoms - That's 500 milligrams of vitamin C four times per day and make sure you're taking plenty of water immediately at the start of cold symptoms and for the next two or three days, or one zinc lozenge every six hours, or a cup of chicken soup four times a day at the onset of symptoms. Doing these things can reduce the average time a cold lasts from about five days to three.