Created: 2008-10-16 07:44:51

Common cold and flu are the usual fellows of fall - as soon as the weather becomes chilly, we start looking for cold and flu medicine.

Many are careful and prepare early, by taking some cold and flu prevention means, like flu vaccination or vitamins, strengthening immunity. However, when prevention doesn't help, and people start feeling the symptoms of disease, there are two ways, in which they fight with the virus. The first one can be generalized as modern medicine - that's all kinds of medications, offered by your doctor, prescription medicine and other common pills. Another way to improve your health is alternative medicine - home remedies, herb preparations and teas.

While the latter variant can be considerably cheaper and more natural, it might take longer or even have no effect at all. However, people were using home cold remedies ages before modern medicine emerged, but the percent of successfully recovered ones was definitely less. Another thing is that flu viruses evolved, and some home remedies can have absolutely no effect on them nowadays. Still alternative medicine has many supporters, as it gets along with the very popular trends of naturalness, ecology and "green" living.

Which method do you choose?