It's Cold and Flu Season 🤧 But These 12 Incredible German Hacks Will Help You Stay Healthy

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Oh, the dreaded cold and flu season 🤧
Were you prepared for it this year? If you're an expat or immigrant living in Germany, trust me... it's only a matter of time before you start adapting these German "Omi" hacks into your flu time rituals!
What other cold and flu tips would you recommend? Keep in mind this entire video is about how to help keep you healthy without needing to constantly refer back to that naughty medication box of yours! 😉
Bleib gesund this cold and flu season 💛
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01:16 - My Viral Instagram Reel
01:47 - German Cold & Flu Hack #1
02:02 - German Cold & Flu Hack #2
02:23 - German Cold & Flu Hack #3
03:10 - German Cold & Flu Hack #4
03:53 - German Cold & Flu Hack #5
04:09 - German Cold & Flu Hack #6
04:35 - German Cold & Flu Hack #7
04:54 - German Cold & Flu Hack #8
05:01 - German Cold & Flu Hack #9
05:40 - German Cold & Flu Hack #10
05:55 - German Cold & Flu Hack #11
06:21 - German Cold & Flu Hack #12

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@Opa_Andre 6 ай бұрын

The chicken - noodle soup came into my mind right away, very traditional German method. Basically, it serves two purposes - firstly, it is easy to digest and healthy (made from natural ingredients) and secondly, it helps you to stay hydrated, especially if you sweat a lot due to fever etc. Instead of using a "nose shower?" (Nasendusche), we use the inhaling method. For the traditional application or simplest variant, you only need a large pot, hot water (not boiling water!) and a towel: let the water in the pot get hot, build a "mini sauna" with a large towel over your head and bend over the pot to breathe in the rising steam. In addition depending on your liking, either use some salt or put some drops of essential oils such as peppermint oil, eucalyptus, sage, camphor or thyme into the water. Slowly breath in through your mouth and out through the nose. The heat and the areosoles themself help to clear the blocked nose and sinuses caused by a cold by means of the rising vapors, making breathing easier, soothing irritated airways and relieving coughs. Inhale for about 10 minutes, then use the towel to dry up your sweaty face. Thats the way I still remember from being a child myself. Nowadays instead of using a pot with hot water you can also buy an electric inhalator, however I never used one myself.

@jennyh4025 6 ай бұрын

The old chicken „altes Suppenhuhn“ supposedly contains something that helps the immune system fight off viruses. I forgot the name for that, but according to some articles I read ages ago (way before 2020) scientists actually found a special compound, that does that. And old female chicken seem to have more of that than younger (male) chickens. But that’s just what I remember. 🤷‍♀️

@insulanerin7601 6 ай бұрын

Salbeitee gegen Halsweh, Thymiantee mit Honig gegen Husten. (Sage tea for a sore throat, thyme tea with honey for a cough.)

@fritzieschomaker1476 6 ай бұрын

Another home remedy were Wadenwickel for pulling a high fever down into your extremities, and in my childhood we used Salzstangen instead of Zwieback (Salzstangen und Cola).

@martinkasper197 6 ай бұрын

So happy to hear more Deutsch from you... 🙂 Beinahe akkzentfrei. Stay healthy... 🙂 Und bis später...

@mizapf 6 ай бұрын

Mein Tipp: heißer Apfelwein (OK, ich bin aus Hessen). Apfelwein mit einer Zimtstange, ein paar Nelken, Apfelstückchen, etwas Vanillezucker erhitzen, nicht kochen. Nach Geschmack noch etwas Honig zugeben. Alles absieben und in ein Geripptes abfüllen (ab besten genug für zwei Gläser zubereiten). Langsam trinken und auf dem Sofa unter einer Wolldecke entspannen.

@martinkasper197 6 ай бұрын

Warmes Bier (mit Honig) kann bei einer Erkältung helfen Grund dafür sind die ätherischen Öle und die Bitterstoffe aus Hopfen und Malz. Diese fördern den Schlaf, beruhigen und der Alkohol im Bier wirkt außerdem antibakteriell. Heiße Getränke wärmen nicht nur sondern fördern auch die Durchblutung.

@jennyh4025 6 ай бұрын

Lüften is great when you are sick, you feel better from the fresh air and it lessens the risk of your loved ones getting infected as well. I also love chicken soup! It’s quite easy make, when you’re fine and have a big enough pot, you just need an old chicken [„altes Suppenhuhn“], greens for soup [best from you favorite stand at the market], some spices, onion and potatoes, soup pasta or rice [according to your taste].

@stefanlinne9403 6 ай бұрын

Zwiebelsaft bei schwerem Husten und Halsschmerzen sowie Zwiebelsäckchen aufs Ohr bei Ohrenschmerzen.

@Ace-Of-Spades--- 6 ай бұрын

Boil and mash the onion let it get cold and mix with honey. The best cough syrup ever. Both onions and honey have an antibacterial effect and the essential oils of the onions dissolve the mucus. It lasts a few days in the fridge, but strangely enough, it doesn't work anymore when it's preserved, so you can't buy it.

@sajontalukdar1987 6 ай бұрын

I want go to German ❤❤

@sarahmichael270244 6 ай бұрын

vor Erkältung schützen Kneipp'sche Anwendungen. Hatte mal 6Jahre weder Erkältung noch Grippe als ich damit anfing. vorher jedes Jahr 1 mal.

@m.u.550 6 ай бұрын

1 Video from Jenna and i feel much better! Dankeschön 🙂

@eisikater1584 6 ай бұрын

My Bavarian grandfather used to drink boiled beer with honey when he had caught a cold, and it seemingly helped. I personally prefer cold beer and tea with honey when I'm sick. And, that's true: I'm very hesitant about taking pills. An Ibuprofen now and then, but that's about all.

@Sir_Rantalot 6 ай бұрын

I wanted to write the same: hot beer with honey, especially with a fever. If done correctly you sweat like a pig and the fever is gone.

@Wachtel-Haltung 6 ай бұрын

Warm beer (not boiled!) works as well if you use alcoholfree beer. But it must be beer, not Malzbier. Drink it and go to bed. You will sweat and feel better in the morning 🙂

@schattensand 6 ай бұрын

I get myself a flu shot early in october, when the new one is availible at the doctors place. Not very German or very household precaution, but it works best.

@reinhard8053 6 ай бұрын

We can get it for free at the company (most years - no notice this year, yet) and I go with it.

@joriskemper5392 3 ай бұрын

My German father always gives me honey candies with ginger.

@tasminoben686 6 ай бұрын

Moin, Hühnersuppe habe ich immer zu Hause. Allerdings in Dose! Vielleicht ist man einfach zu krank um zu kochen. Fenchel Honig habe ich auch mal zu Hause im Winter. Sehr gut gegen Husten. Kennst du Wärmflaschen? Weil, unsere Freunde in Kanada kannten sie nicht! Liebe Grüße und gute Gesundheit, weiterhin dir und deiner Familie! Grüße aus dem eisigen Hamburg bin❤😂

@joannunemaker6332 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I like this video!😊❤

@lifeingermany_ 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🥰🫶

@erikweber8514 6 ай бұрын

I think i already mentioned it here or elsewhere: Handschuhe, Schal, Mütze. :-)

@reinhard8053 6 ай бұрын

I always have a cap with me, even in summer I have one at least in the car. It started when I began scuba diving. You need completely healthy ears and nose for that, so I take no risk.

@arnodobler1096 6 ай бұрын

If you don't believe in it, then I don't think anything will work! But all your tips were great!

@tasminoben686 6 ай бұрын

Moin Arno und liebe Grüße aus dem sehr kalten Hamburg! Habt ihr vorgestern versucht bei Lauren zu antworten. Ging aber irgendwie nicht. KZbin spinnt mal wieder ein wenig. Liebe Grüße Ben

@arnodobler1096 6 ай бұрын

@@tasminoben686 Ich sehe deine Nachrichten erst heute, bei Jenna und Lauren! Ja haben mal wieder Winter und an Weihnachten dann 20 Grad. 😂 Liebe Grüße nordwärts

@vbvideo1669 6 ай бұрын

Klasse Video! :)

@lifeingermany_ 6 ай бұрын

Dankeschön 😊

@nirfz 6 ай бұрын

3:20 What? One country to the south, that's not used against a cold or after vomiting but only when someone has diarrhea. Lindenblütentee mit Honig und Ingwer (dictionary says: lime blossom tea with honey and ginger) when having the flu makes you warm and sweat a lot. (higher bodyheat like when you have fever helps killing the flu virus as it's not heat resistant)

@Why-D 6 ай бұрын

German household remedies!

@Steeler-wg5zo 6 ай бұрын

Also, Altbier auf ca. 40°C erhitzt und dann (unter leider oftmaligem Rülpsen) in kleineren Schlucken vor dem zu Bett gehen hintereinander weg getrunken hilft wirklich! Schmeckt zwar ekelig, aber man schläft wie 'ne Leiche, und wacht am nächsten Morgen in seiner eigenen Sülze auf. Bettwäsche und Schlafanzug waren waschmaschinenreif! Ich hatte jedenfalls danach nix mehr! Nada, nil, zip!

@m.u.550 6 ай бұрын

lol

@tylermiller3207 4 ай бұрын

Number 13…Apotheke is a pharmacy. I’ve lived here for a couple months now and thought they don’t believe in medicine because it’s not in Reve or Pennies.

@uliludwig2798 6 ай бұрын

"The bad Flüssigkeiten" 😂

@arnodobler1096 6 ай бұрын

Omg 😂🙈

@Kristina_S-O 6 ай бұрын

Actually, the Cola (the real sugar-loaded stuff, not diet) and Zwieback or Salzstangen are supposed to refill some of the nutritions and minerals you've lost when being sick, and not feeling like having a full meal yet. Most kids love it! 😅

@LucaSitan 6 ай бұрын

I thought I'd stay healthy and now I'm down with the worst flu ever - courtesy of my students 🥵

@lifeingermany_ 5 ай бұрын

Oh no! Well I hope you’ve stayed healthy since! Once you’re a teacher long enough, your immune system becomes invincible 🤣 (that’s what my mom tells me at least)

@robinsonhauser883 6 ай бұрын

Meine Oma, die immerhin 96 Jahre alt wurde und nie Alkohol getrunken hat, hat dann in das warme Bier noch ein Ei reingerührt. Naja, früher gabs nichts anderes.

@roastntoast7550 5 ай бұрын

Kann man auch in Kanada etwa nicht krankschreiben lassen von seinem Hausarzt wenn man krank ist und wird dann trotzdem weiter bezahlt?

@lifeingermany_ 5 ай бұрын

Auf jeden Fall - obwohl es meiner Meinung nach weniger um die „gesetzlichen Regeln“ als vielmehr um die Art und Weise geht, wie dein Arbeitgeber dich im Nachhinein behandelt oder respektiert. 😫

@roastntoast7550 5 ай бұрын

Hörst du eigentlich bei einem Gespräch auf englisch, mit einem Amerikaner heraus ob er aus den USA kommt? Gibt es einen Unterschied in der Sprache, Aussprache oder der Betonung von Wörtern zwischen Kanadier und Amerikaner? 🤔

@lifeingermany_ 5 ай бұрын

Es kommt ganz darauf an, woher man in Amerika kommt. In vielen Fällen ist es sehr schwer zu sagen! Manchmal wundere ich mich, dass ich es nicht sofort erkenne. 🤪