Ask-A-Zontee: Favorite Flu Remedies

My friends and I often joke that I’m the person they call randomly when they need advice on everything from shopping to health. With that in mind, I’m sharing my answers every once in awhile, here on my blog. It’s Ask-a-Zontee, so named by my friend Liz.

Zontee! Need your help. I swear I’ve been coming down with the flu the last hour, and fast (chills, aches, skin hot to touch, weakness). I didn’t get a flu shot this year. Any tips? Anything I should stock up on while I can still move? I trust your knowledge on these things!

– Katheryn

Well, I’m definitely not a medical professional, but I’ll tell you what I rely on when I’m sick: Theraflu, zinc spray, lots of tea and soup. Particularly, I suggest chicken soup (or vegetable stock) cooked with goji berries (high in nutritional value and antioxidants) and ginger.

When I was a child, that was the traditional Chinese home remedy that my grandmother and mother would make for us, and it always helped me to speed towards recover. If you don’t have stock, boiling ginger and/or goji berries and drinking the broth can also be very fortifying.

Get well soon!