A Fukuokan's Notes from Sapporo

Let me say something bossy in this post. 

This is only my personal opinion as a lay person: a disclaimer has been made.  I wonder why something called "general cold medicine” are still sold while medical professionals, including major drug companies themselves, have been asserting that there is no medicine that can cure the cold itself. These drugs just alleviate sore throat, headache and other uncomfortable symptoms that appear when you have a "cold". 

In fact, I have not bought any cold medicine for ages. Instead, I stock painkillers, throat drops, fomentations in order to take care of each symptom separately, and some Kampo medicine assuming (or hoping, or wishing) they boost my body system as a whole. I have had no problem with this preparation.

I am not saying you should follow my example. But there may be an alternative to running around to get cold medicines, which are currently in short of supply, risking of picking up an unpleasant virus or two.  

ちょっと偉そうなことを言います。

素人考えで恐縮ですが、「総合風邪薬」ってどうして今だに売っているのでしょう？医療のプロは（製薬会社でさえ）風邪そのものを治す薬はない、と言っているのに。いわゆる「風邪薬」はのどの痛みや頭痛なんかの不快な症状を和らげるだけだそうです。

私自身はここ何年も風邪薬を買っていません。その代わりに鎮痛剤やのど飴的なものや、シップなんかでそれぞれの症状に対処しています。それと漢方薬で体全体の調子を上げているつもりになっています。これでこれまでのところ問題なくやっています。

私の真似をせいとは言いませんが、ヘンなウィルスを拾うリスクをおかしてまで風邪薬を探しまわるのではない、「風邪」に対処する他の方法もあるのかもしれません。

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