For Cold Relief, Try a Hot Fruit Drink

Getting over a cold virus takes time, but you don't need to feel miserable every moment until your sickness runs its course.Some people turn to over-the-counter medication to ease their congestion, coughs and other symptons. Other cold sufferers try folk remedies, like chicken soup.

But the broth may not be the only thing in the kitchen that can make a person feel better. A new study suggests that hot fruit drinks can provide sustained relief for symptoms including coughing, sneezing, chills, sore throats, runny noses and fatigue, ABC News reports. The drinks were made from concentrated apple and black currant juices that were mixed with water and heated.

The study was small, involving just 30 people who had not taken any other remedies for their symptoms. And it had some scientific limitations. But a researcher said the results were promising because they showed the drinks "provide immediate and sustained relief from most cold and flu symptoms, especially cough and sore throat