Most often I did have cold or some respiratory inflamations.

I am used to curing myself with large ammount of herbal tea. Ginger. Mint. Chamomile. Thyme. Sometimes I suspect it really is more about heating up with hot liquid (and then swetting it off in a mild fever) than actual enefits of those specific herbs.

Recently I become a fan of cleaning my nasal cavity with salt water. Seems to help with runny nose a lot.