Hot Tub Help You Recover Faster To Flight The Cold

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A hot tub is typically used for relaxation. And, relaxation has some tremendous benefits, especially after you step out of your hot tub. Why not use your hot tub to help your body fight the flu or a cold?
1. Use a Salve Under your Nose. A small dab of mentholated salve (good ole Vicks) under your nose will open up breathing passages and help soothe the irritated skin at the base of the nose. Menthol, eucalyptus and camphor all have mild numbing agents that help relieve the pain of a nose rubbed raw. Put a fresh dab under your nose when you get into the hot tub for maximum effect.

2. Blow Your Nose Often and the Right Way. Experts say its important to blow your nose regularly when you have a cold rather than snuffling mucus back into your head. The heat from the hot tub will make your nose run which is a good thing. Keep a towel handy to dry your hands before you reach for a tissue. Be careful how you blow. Blowing too hard can cause an earache. The best way to blow? Press a finger over one nostril while you blow gently to clear the other.

3. Stay Hydrated. Hot tubbing is actually dehydrating as you are sweating in the tub. Drink plenty of water before, during and after soaking. And make sure you stay hydrated for as long as your cold or flu lasts. If you can bear the thought of drinking something hot in the tub, hot liquids like herbal teas and the perennial chicken soup relieve nasal congestion, help prevent dehydration and can soothe the uncomfortably inflamed membranes that line your nose and throat. Tea and coffee are diuretics, so avoid them while hot tubbing, and alcohol-even your old family remedy for hot toddy-is a definitely a bad idea with or without a cold.

If you’re lucky enough to take zinc at the first sign of  the sniffles, you may just shorten your sick time reports today’s New York Times.

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