Take a Bath to Treat the Cold or Flu

Relaxing your body and giving yourself time to rest is essential if you want to treat the 
flu or a common cold properly. This begins with taking a nice warm bath, which is great 
for sore and tired muscles, fatigue, headaches, and many symptoms of both the cold 
and flu. Here are some options for taking a bath when you are ill.

Make Healing Bath Salts

The first way to really benefit from your bath is to add some healing ingredients that 
detox your body and also help with some of your symptoms of the cold or flu. To start 
with, you might do better with a lukewarm bath instead of one that is piping hot, 
especially if you are already dealing with a fever from your illness. You can make your 
own bath salts to add to the bath, using Epsom salt, which provides more magnesium to 
your body, along with some eucalyptus essential oil to work as a decongestant. Other 
oils can also be used as long as you find the scent relaxing.

Try Homemade Bath Bombs

Another DIY product you can make for the bath when you are trying to deal with illness 
is with bath bombs. These can be beautiful, scented, and soothing for your body at the 
same time. Bath bombs are primarily made with citric acid, corn starch, and baking 
soda. You can find many recipes that tell you exactly how much of these ingredients to 
use, and how to make the bath bombs. When you want to use them for healing your 
body, you should also add in some other natural ingredients, including Epsom salts, 
coconut oil, witch hazel, and essential oils like peppermint and eucalyptus. 

Take a Healing Detox Bath

Bath salts and bath bombs are not the only way you can have a relaxing bath that also 
detoxes your body of toxins. This detox bath solution is actually great at preventing 
illnesses, not just treating a cold or flu you already have. Try to make a habit of taking a 
nice detox bath at least once a week. For this bath, you once again want to start with 
Epsom salts in the bath. Other ingredients to add include baking soda, fresh ginger root, 
and a little sea salt. You can mix these together and put them in a container, then add to 
your bath after you start the water.
