Mix 300 gm. of 'amla' powder and 100 gm. ginger powder. Take one tsp. of this mixture with a  little water in the morning and evening everyday. It will protect you against cold and improve digestion. Honey can also be added to make a perfect health drink.

Lime juice in hot water with honey to taste is one of the best things for an incipient cold

Pineapple is good for those who catch cold easily

In case of cold, take one teaspoon juice of tulsi leaves with a little honey. In fact, a few leaves of tulasi taken daily is the best way to avoid a lot of ailments.

- Take dry ginger and long pepper in equal quantity (100 gms each).

- Grind it to a fine powder

- Mix it with about 100 ml of pure jaggery powder (now available in the market).

- Store the resulting powder in an airtight bottle.

- Take half a teaspoon by slowly licking it. You can add a little honey to it to sweeten it and make it easier to eat it especially for kids.

Wash a few tulsi leaves (basil leaves), and put them in a jug / container containing drinking water.

They will give a pleasant smell to the water and also help in preventing  a cold.

To stop constant or ceaseless flow of water out of the nose, extract the juice of "garike" grass and let it into the nostrils drop by drop.

A couple of drops would suffice. Remember to use a dropper for the same as excessive medication might cause more irritation.

- Raw onions eaten twice or thrice a day will help to clear stuffed nostrils resulting from ordinary cold and will also give relief to patients of asthma, nasal and bronchial catarrh.

- Also during susceptible days when the patient is likely to be afflicted with cold. i.e. days when heavy weather changes are likely, chilly or musky days etc., keep a cut onion in the bed-room. This will help to prevent infection of cold and cough.