Jen's Writing Journey

We writers talk a lot about different ways to save money on health care, Internet service, writing supplies, and so on.

One way to save money is to make your own home remedies when you have a cold or mild flu.

Now, you should not rely on home remedies if you have a serious illness, and avoiding the doctor is not always the best way to save money in the long term. But, for the minor wintertime illnesses that don’t require a doctor’s care, you can pull together some low-cost cure-alls.

I shared my recipes for ginger lemonade and ginger tea on Pop Culture Curmudgeon today. Earlier this cold and flu season, Christina Katz tweeted her prescription for cold symptoms.

What remedies or combinations of cold medications do you rely on when you are under the weather?

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