Nuking a Cold

[demian_dec]

Good evening fellow pipe smokers!

As I mentioned in my previous thread about flake tobacco clogging problem, I got quite sick - that being, an annoying cold. I'm armed with all kinds of pills, powders and sprays against it, and downing boiling hot ginger-lemon tea with honey. Couldn't help but wonder if it is possible - not that there's a medical reason, I just noticed like it sort of numbs my throat a little in the past - to nuke that sore throat with strong tobacco? Say, Rustica with Latakia/Perique/Kentucky and a bit of Burley on top?
I understand how whimsical the question is, I just can't get the idea out of my head, but am not sure if smoking a lot during cold is going to cut in aiding it at the same time.


Thanks in advance,
Demian

 

[proteus]

Not sure about tobacco but I do know I use my own homemade elderberry syrup.

Smoke in general opens up your sinus for a while but then it doesn't last. If I were to guess I would go straight Virginia 507C.

 

[olkofri]

What you need is an onion.

 

[demian_dec]

What you need is an onion.

Got it included in each meal in substantial amounts, along with raw garlic and hot pepper

 

[olkofri]

Got it included in each meal in substantial amounts, along with raw garlic and hot pepper

Cayenne pepper would definitely help. Well played!

To be more accurate, onions help more during the onset of a cold than later. Whenever I start getting the runny nose and the sneezes that portend a cold I reach for my homoeopathic chest and promtly take a dose of Allium cepa, 30C. Within 6 hours the symptoms stop and the cold never happens.

 

[Flatfish]

Sounds like man flu.
Very serious

 

[OzPiper]

Good evening fellow pipe smokers!

Couldn't help but wonder if it is possible - to nuke that sore throat with strong tobacco

Not my place to hand out medical advice
I stop smoking whenever I have a sore throat, head cold or mouth ulcers.
Even homeopathic practitioners do not attempt to NUKE illnesses

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

If you are determined to do weird stuff to your throat suck in some helium and entertain the kids in the neighborhood.

Inhaling strong tobacco smoke is about the last thing you want to do with a sore throat.

 

[ThermionicScott]

A neti pot looks a little like a pipe. Try that.

 

[FLDRD]

There are dozens of healthy actions to take / partake, but most are gradual in effect and won't typically make haste in symptomatic change...
Several replied avoiding smoking with a sore throat, but you didn't mention a sore throat.
Just go with your instinct and partake or refrain as you see fit and consider it to be an experiment for your personal constitution.

 

[kcghost]

I don't know of any cold that using tobacco helped. Lord, knows I wished it did.

 

[anotherbob]

Good evening fellow pipe smokers!

As I mentioned in my previous thread about flake tobacco clogging problem, I got quite sick - that being, an annoying cold. I'm armed with all kinds of pills, powders and sprays against it, and downing boiling hot ginger-lemon tea with honey. Couldn't help but wonder if it is possible - not that there's a medical reason, I just noticed like it sort of numbs my throat a little in the past - to nuke that sore throat with strong tobacco? Say, Rustica with Latakia/Perique/Kentucky and a bit of Burley on top?
I understand how whimsical the question is, I just can't get the idea out of my head, but am not sure if smoking a lot during cold is going to cut in aiding it at the same time.


Thanks in advance,
Demian

nicotine kills micro organisms.

 

[anotherbob]

nasal snuff especially medicated are great when you have a cold.

 

[OzPiper]

nicotine kills micro organisms.

Also a highly effective poison (extremely potent vasoconstrictor) for humans, if delivered in the right dose !

 

[churchlady]

I've heard of more than one person smoking (inhaling) mullein leaf for a cold. Apparently it doesn't burn very well, but the people who smoke mullein leaf generally don't smoke much and only want to get a half dozen inhales anyway.

 

[PaulRVA]

Spicy Foods work for me and also the magic elixir of Thera Flu.
Thera Flu helped get me through Jump School with a severe URI and fever. I swear by it now.

 

[warren]

Recommending cures for self-diagnosed maladies is risky. A common cold simply runs it's course, while the sufferer takes all sorts of OTC meds to ease the symptoms. It's simply a virus with no cure. So, do whatever is required to mitigate the symptoms for you. But, you're not going to stop it as it runs its course.

 

[anotherbob]

Also a highly effective poison (extremely potent vasoconstrictor) for humans, if delivered in the right dose !

Oh it is good we suck at absorbing the stuff. If you took even the nicotine in a small bowl of the weakest blend and put it into your system quickly it would be fatal or nearly so if you're lucky. We basically get the tiniest percentage of the nicotine from smoking, dipping, or snuffing tobacco.

 

[OzPiper]

Oh it is good we suck at absorbing the stuff. If you took even the nicotine in a small bowl of the weakest blend and put it into your system quickly it would be fatal or nearly so if you're lucky. We basically get the tiniest percentage of the nicotine from smoking, dipping, or snuffing tobacco.

Nicotine is much more readily absorbed through mucous membranes (ie oral or nasal) rather than if swallowed
Hence with nicotine gum, you're told to chew a bit, then park the gum in your cheek. Then repeat
And not to chew like you're chewing gum and swallow.

 

[mortonbriar]

There are certain mild colds that I find smoking helps me feel less miserable, and other colds/flus that I know it would only add to the misery so I put the pipe down till its over.