1. Sleep like you have never slept before.

Sleeping is probably one of the best remedies for the common cold. When you sleep your body gets a chance to build up its strength and natural healing abilities which ward off those pesky mutants invading your body. Not only is sleep good for getting over a cold in no time, it is very inexpensive.

2. Feel good mentally and you will most likely feel much better physically. Typically when our body is run down we usually aren't in the best of moods. This negative mood can actually make our sickness worse. I know for myself, when I get sick, I am usually upset that I am not doing the activities I really enjoy doing. This compounds the effects of the cold or infection. So it is important to remind ourselves that we are only temporarily ill and the rest of our life will not be this bad. If you want to get over a cold sooner than later, accept that you have cold, think well about it and just go with the flow. Maybe take a nap.

3. Drink water and drink some more water.

Proper hydration allows the right chemicals and nutrients to move around our body in a much easier fashion. Without the proper hydration our body fluids get thicker and do not work as efficiently as they should. Just imagine having a cold and having all that mucus stuck inside you. That mucus gets out of your body much faster when it's thinned out by water. Your blood pumps easier when hydrated properly., moving the healing nutrients throughout your body. Drink more and more water the next time you just start to feel sick and watch how much faster you heal. Proper hydration is an excellent preventive measure as well.

4. Nature's Cold Medications

I try to stay away from the laboratory drugs and stick with Mother Nature's remedies. Garlic, Mushrooms and chicken broth all lend themselves to healing. Garlic and mushrooms are both believed to be natural immune system boosters. Plus they go along great in chicken soup. Remember our mothers and grandmothers pushing chicken soup on you when you were a kid. Well, she had something right. A team of Nebraska University Researchers found that chicken soup has natural anti-inflammatory agents that sooth sore throats and colds. They also found that chicken soup and many of its ingredients helped stop the movement of neutrophils ? white blood cells that stimulate the release of the mucus believed to cause cold symptoms such as coughing and stuffy-nose.

So remember, take it easy, think positive, drink water and rely on some old fashion advice and you will be feeling like a million bucks in no time.