Fighting and Preventing Common Cold Naturally

With the onset of winters there is always a spike in cases of cold and flu. Work will have to be skipped and numerous productive hours will be wasted because of fever, coughing, runny nose, headache and more. Common cold which is also called acute viral rhinopharyngitis is a viral infectious disease. Common cold affects the upper respiratory system consisting of nostrils, nasal cavity, throat, sinuses and larynx. There are over 200 viruses that are responsible for the common cold and about 35% of them belong to the rhinovirus family. Common cold is contagious and spread mostly by being airborne;