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Hello, my name is Dr. Susan Jewell, and on behalf of Expert Village, today I'm going
to talk to you about the ways to alleviate some of the signs and symptoms of colds and
flus. Now, in this particular clip, I'm going to talk about steaming and steam baths...facial
steam baths so that you can relieve some of the congestion from flus and colds. You can
go and take a whole body flu which can be good because that can help decongest your
sinuses, but also it will help to relax your muscles and help with the aches and pains.
Or, you can actually do what I have here, which I will demonstrate for you to do an
actual steam bath where you can help to decrease the clogging and the congestion of the nasal
passages. Now here, imagine you have a bowl of hot steaming water with lots of steam rising.
And add to the steam some of the vapor rub. It's a eucolyptus, menthol odor that will
help relieve some of the congestion. So you can add a few teaspoons into the hot water
so that all of that vapor would actually rise and then stir it around so that it is all
dissolved. Then what we do is get a towel and you are going to put your face over the
steam bath. You don't touch the water, you just breath in and inhale the steam. And to
increase the effect, you get a towel and you wrap it over your head. You actually cover
your whole face and the bowel. Then you inhale. You do this for five minutes or so, as long
as you can take it. It will just help with the decongestion and then clear some of your
nasal passages to help you breathe.