Catching a cold could be a blessing in disguise

The common cold is probably the most poorly understood health complaint.

Most of us look at a cold as an irritating pain in the okole (Hawaiian for butt), caused by some “virus” going around. So what do we do? We direct all of our efforts to eliminate by any means possible and in as short a time a time as possible, the various uncomfortable symptoms.

The first thing that’s done is to visit a drug store with their unbelievable arsenal of weapons to wipe out this enemy, the common cold with antipyretics, to wipe out a fever, antihistamines, decongestants, sedatives and much, …read more