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Bubbeleh, Have a Little Nosh: Starve a Cold?

By Dr. Ed Rabin

Boise Weekly | October 20, 2005

Starve a cold, feed a fever (or the reverse) is a crusty old gem handed down from old wife to old wife, then finally to the Farmer's Almanac.

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Tags: alternative medicine, Colds, Echinacea. Chicken soup, Viruses, Vitamin C

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