Since the average cold tablet leaves me feeling a little loopy, I have started seeking herbal remedies for colds and nausea. Next time you get sick, give some of these a try! They really work.

With cold and flu season rapidly approaching its seasonal peak, your first emphasis should be on prevention, not remedies. Make sure that you eat well, exercise, get enough sleep and keep stress levels low. These factors all affect how easily our bodies can fight off viruses, so be certain that you're living a healthy lifestyle. Remember that smoking, drug use, or excessive alcohol use also play a factor in how successfully your body fights, or doesn't fight off illness.

Cinnamon not only tastes good but it can be used as an herbal remedy. If you want a tasty way to relieve problems such as, gas, cramps and much more, here are great uses of cinnamon as an herbal remedy. Cinnamon oil has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. It can be an effective herbal remedy for many different health issues.

Herbal Remedy: Arthritis pain

Add half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder to one tablespoon of honey every morning before breakfast. Take this every day for one month. You may notice results as soon as one week.

Herbal Remedy: Headaches and Migraines

Make a paste using one teaspoon finely ground cinnamon and one teaspoon water. Apply on the temples and forehead to find relief from the pain.

Herbal Remedy: Cough and the Common Cold

Suffering from a flu virus can put you out of action for days - often weeks. Help your body to rid itself of the virus more quickly using the best of herbal wisdom.

Often a bad cold can seem like flu, but whereas you can still function despite feeling ill if you have a cold, flu is more debilitating and can take several weeks to recover from. As flue is a virus, it won't respond to antibiotics or conventional medical treatment, but herbal remedies ease the symptoms and boost your immune system so that you can recover from the virus more quickly and avoid most of the unpleasant side-effects.

The onset of flu is usually experienced a aches and pains all over the body, a high fever, headache, sore throat and an inability to do anything but rest. Your body's reaction to the virus is to raise your temperature to burn it out of your system, so you need plenty of fluids to stay hydrated. Herbal teas and infusions are nature's gift at this time.