Are you resembling Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer, since you caught the cold? Does your body will like it has gone on a shut-down? Does your voice sound like the funny cartoon characters on TV because of your congested nose? These are just a few visible signs of the common cold. Instead of popping a pain-killer here are some uncommon tips to beat it.

1) Meditate

You might be wondering that how can you meditate with a stuffed nose. But meditation has great healing properties that can strengthen your immune system. It acts as first aid to your immunity which is attacked by antigens during an infection. It also helps increases your energy levels when illness saps it away.

2) Try Pranayama & Yoga

The ancient knowledge of Yoga is naturally ingrained in all of us. If you see little kids sleeping you will notice that their positions and hand gestures are very similar to Yoga postures and mudras. During a cold practice Agni Mudra and Vayu Mudra as they increase the heat in your body providing much needed relief.

Agni Mudra is done by folding the ring finger to the base of the thumb and pressing it with the thumb at the medial phalange while leaving the other three fingers straight.

Vayu mudra is done by letting the index finger touch the mound of the thumb and letting your thumb touch the medial phalange of your index finger while leaving the other three fingers straight. Repeat each pranayama for 3 minutes, at least 3 to 4 times a day.

3) Heal with Sound

Listening to even the slightest sound might irritate us while we are unwell but certain sounds have the vibrations to heal. Sounds created by Sanskrit chanting produces positive vibrations and help you slip into a deep state of rest. Author Helen Lavretsky, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA, believes that sound has interesting implications for treating chronic stress and memory problems.

4) Believe That Nothing Is Wrong With You

The Daily Beast reported that playing a virtual-reality game eases pain in burn patients by as much as 50 percent, more than drugs alone Refuse to give up to illness. Rather than surrendering to the cold and slumping down on your bed hit the yoga mat. It might be difficult in the beginning, but our mind is more powerful than we think. The way you have faith in the doctors and medicines to heal you, have faith in your body and mind to heal itself.

We all have suffered from the common cold both in our childhood and in our adult life. The occurrence of the common cold is so regular that people have just accepted it as a part of life and mindlessly pop pills without introspecting about the more deeper cause.

According to Ayurveda, the common cold attacks our body when the elements of our body go out of balance. This flu season, keep the kleenex aside and try out these natural remedies to ward of the common cold.

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