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While prescription medications can shorten the length or severity of the flu, over-the-counter options can relieve symptoms while yourillness runs its course. Natural treatments can help, too:

• Steam breaks up nasal congestion. Take a hot shower or sit over a bowl of hot water with a towel over your head.

• Clear broth soup offers many benefits. The steam clears yournasal passages, the liquids help replace lost fluids, andvegetables provide nutrients. The warm, salty liquid eases sorethroat pain.

• Saline spray can thin out mucous inside your nose and reducestuffiness. A saltwater gargle can clear pain-causing germs and irritants.

• Putting menthol ointment under (not inside) your nose or on your chest can help relieve coughs and open nasal passages.1

• Rest to let your immune system direct its energy to fight thegerms in your body.

• Your body’s fever can fight disease. If you’re an adult with a feverunder 102 degrees, you may want to let your body’s heat kill thegerms (unless otherwise directed by a doctor). Fever-reducingover-the-counter medications can slow this process.

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A flu vaccine and proper handwashing can help prevent illness, but if you get sick, you can care for yourself naturally.