I went to PT and all I got was this lousy head cold

Over the past few weeks I've been having more pain in my elbow and forearm and wrist again, and it got particularly bad last weekend when I had to spend the weekend on a very uncomfortable cot - at one point Saturday night I woke up and both my arms were asleep, even with the elbow brace. So yesterday I cut Chinese tutorial and went to PT instead, which was a good decision. My therapist manipulated my neck for a good ten or fifteen minutes (we talked about Bay Area restaurants and Japanese, as usual) and within 20 minutes of when I'd left my head was as congested as it's ever been in my life - in fact, last night I probably had the worst head pressure I've ever had. I've never had this happen before, and I hope it doesn't happen again, but no matter what, it was worth it.

And I got epershand's boss's cold remedy recipe:

1 pint (500 ml) still spring water

1 teaspoonful whole cloves

Cinnamon stick, broken

1 level teaspoonful ground ginger

Honey to taste

Juice of one freshly squeezed lemon

 

Pour the water into a stainless steel or enamel saucepan, add the cloves and broken cinnamon stick and bring to boiling point.

Turn down the heat and simmer in a covered pan for five minutes.

Then turn off the heat, add the ground ginger and leave on the stove to infuse for about 30 minutes.

Re-heat before use to just below simmering point.

Pour some of the decoction through a tea strainer into a cup, then add one dessertspoonful lemon juice and as much honey as you wish to sweeten.

 

Drink a cupful two or three times a day, gently reheating the spicy decoction (but not the lemon juice and honey) each time before use.

This made two cups and is quite tasty with a shot of whiskey and juice of 1/2 lemon each.