Home Remedy
Just about every family has its own special cure for the common cold. Mention your sniffles, and you'll get suggestions from all sides. Some are as simple and predictable as chicken soup, and others are more arcane. Perhaps this is the natural result of not having an official medicinal cure for the problem. We have to fight, so we try all sorts of things and hang onto what makes us feel a little better. At least we feel like we've done something about it. The primary reason science has had such a hard time with the common cold, as I understand, is that it is as good at adapting to new conditions as the human beings it infects. Colds change. They resist attempts to wipe them out, and medicine that might have worked in the past isn't guaranteed to work again. Fighting a cold can't be done by putting on your heavy armour and reaching for a big sword (metaphorically...or literally, I guess.) It's...