Re: [bolger] Digest Number 721

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> Subject: Re: flu remedies
>
> I have long been fond of the Irish Two-Cap cure for flu and bad colds.
>
> Throw your cap on the bespost and go to bed. Proceed to drink good malt
> whisky until you see two caps. Keep at it until the cold has gone.

I once read a theory about why this should work with colds - tho' flu might
be different. The theory ran that the responsible viruses flourish in the
environment of chilled tissues - such as the mucous membranes. Warm them up
by bringing blood to the surface by drinking alcohol and you make the
virions much less happy and they go away... or get defeated by the hody or
fail to reproduce, or something.

Gavin