The mix that works is Tropicana low acid orange juice in 6-8 oz amounts when you are thirsty, Ester C Vitamins in the 1000 mg and 500 mg tabs ingested every 5 hours together and right before bed, One universal naturals or Centrum complete multivitamin in the morning and before bed, Halls Max Strength Relief intense cooling drops to open your breathing and sooth your throat, and eat canned or homestyle chicken soup once per day with no other food. Once symptoms decline make chicken with 40 cloves recipe and it should be gone in 4-5 days. Hope this helps.