5 WEIRD things my German wife does when she has a COLD 🤧

Germans deal with their cold a bit differently than others. In this video, we explore 5 weird things Germans do when they are under the weather.

⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:32 - #1 Inhaling
03:20 - #2 Medical Tea
06:18 - #3 Scarf
07:28 - #4 Nose Shower
08:58 - #5 Sleep for days

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[famke]

Hey Jen, you could also inhale with chamomile tea, it's softer on the airways and works well for me. Fun video. :)

[emilwandel]

I never heard of nose shower. The scarf thing actually was done with a wet tissue. Halswickel

[maraboo]

Instead of an inhaler it is enough to have a bowl with hot water and some drops of Japanisches Heilpflanzenöl (menthoil) or camomile tea and a towel that you can put over the head while inhaling. An additional inhaler would just use some space.
That oil is also useful in some other cases such as muscular pains.

[AkshayBhave]

Nose shower is called Jal-Neti. Its ancient Indian thing. I have done it many times.

[hartmutbohn]

When I saw my general practitioner because I had a nasty cold some years ago, the very first question and recommendation was: Do you always wear a scarf to keep your throat warm?
About medication, there's the old popular wisdom in Germany that "a cold takes 14 days with medication, and two weeks without medication...".
I haven't had a cold for some years now, but when I do, I like to use my Nasendusche before going to bed. Feels very strange, at first, but it helps.

[Neman]

We do all these five things in my country Afghanistan.
Number four is almost the same we do. We don't habe that shower bottle let's say, instead we put some salt in a glass with warm water, then we pour water in our hand and try to breath it in our nose by sucking the salty water with our nose.
The ginger, lemon tea is awesome and very effective.
I usually have about 5 big cup of it everyday with honey. In only 2 days i can say i recover 80%.

[tummykiwi]

OMG i used to live in the Middle East. Inhaling everyone does that it really helps, Number two the medical tea yeeeess Panadol has Ginger & Lemon medical tea, number 3 the scarf, my mom wears one to bed on a daily basis. Number 4 i haven't heard of but everyone gurgles salt water when they have an infection, number 5 is the best medicine to help your body recover. This video is very helpful great job guys. & Yvonne i hope you're feeling better

[mystickal]

We do all these all things in India as well
1 Medicine tea
2 Ginger and Honey
3 Wear Scarf
4 We use Inhales steamers as well
5 We do salty Nose Shower too
6 We take rest and sleep as well

[andreashorn]

Nose showers are scientifically proofed. I use them, too. It reduces the sweiling, and has a slight antibacterial effect. And it has a mechanical effect of just spilling bacteria out.

[Steeler-wgzo]

Ihr wohnt doch in D'dorf...Wenn gar nix mehr hilft, dann 1 Flasche Alt heiß machen und möglichst schnell trinken (schmeckt sofort ins Bett und schlafen. Habe ich jetzt schon 4 oder 5-mal gemacht. Und jedes mal am nächsten Tag die Bettwäsche wechseln müssen, weil man da in seiner eigenen Sülze aufwacht. Das tolle dabei ist, die Erkältung geht echt über Nacht weg. Am nächsten Tag wieder fit wie 'n Turnschuh... (ist übrigens ein altes Rheinisches Hausmittel)

[jensbarlau]

Als a German I am guilty of knowing all of theese "treatments". And also I do all of those things exept of inhalation. Other stuff that you also can do as a German is eating chicken soup and using infrared light.

[mystickal]

Nose shower is Scientific Yogic way of ancient India ..its called Neti.. if you do this nose shower daily everyday you wont have cold . I practice Neti

Its even cures Depression as well ..

[itachi-ffsx]

We in Pakistan also drink medical Tea (Joshanda) when we are sick, we also do the steam inhaling thing :P

[barbrostock]

Gracias chicas!!!!, just recently moved to Berlin from Argentina, and I am used to Neti pots (indian nose showers) and tried the nose shower and OMG, easier and better, and the apothekerin that sold us was very nice, thank you so much!!!

[nfp]

the good ole Emser Nasenspülung, i just used mine on Saturday 🤣🤣 Wärmflasche oder Kirschkernkisse is something you forgot 😁

[lianet]

I haven't heard it called a "nose shower" before. This comes from India. It is based on the neti pot in India and this is a very old remedy that works well to cut the duration of a cold.

I use an electronic neti pot from NeilMed and it is called a sinus rinse. I use it clean the dust and pollen out of my nose and sinuses, so I have less issues with pollen. I use it to clean my nose when I have bad allergies and need to breathe! It works well.

In USA we boil the water for 5 mins to clean and sanitize the water, add the saline packet, let it cool to room temperature and then add it to the machine. I keep sanitized water in a closed container, so I don't have to boil it each day.

I use my NeilMed sinus rinse machine to cut off sinus infections and allergies. It works well. I use it each morning and evening to prevent allergies (then I can take less allergy medicine pills). I use it 8-10x a day when I have a sinus infection or cold to cut down the duration of my cold or sinus infection.

[indiansoul]

I didn't know.. Germans sleep with scarf, because I never slept with one😜 .. But somehow last year, I developed the habit of cuddling and sleeping with my scarf.. Nasendusche is a old indian Ayurvedic practice to clean sinus cavity it's called 'neti'

[rickyn]

In USA we use a device for the Sinuses called a Nettie pot;resembles a small tea pot, but I like Yvonne’s design better & ease of use. I’ll add more later. I’m nursing a crushed left shoulder. 💁🏽‍♂️

[thelonelyking]

as always, when a question is on my mind, you two make a super helpful video about it!

[julievonk]

My dad used to have a nose shower and I tried it out when a was a child and made the same experience like Jen. Twenty years later i had a cold when I was at my aunts place and I tried again. Now I am a big fan of the nose shower. It really helps. You get all the stuff out and can breathe again. At least for a short time. So YES to the nose shower!
I was wondering why you didn't mention the Rotlicht. My mum still tells me to do it when I have a cold. I think it's very popular in Germany but I find it quite useless.