Water Therapy for colds

Since I was feeling under the weather today, I decided to look for some home remedies for my common cold and I found this site: Hydrotherapy for Cough and Common Cold

My colds usually lasts for a week or two, my immune system is a little weak because of my weird nightshift schedule in my previous company. I guess it takes a while for my immune system to recover.

I'll be trying this out for the next few days:

1. Drink plenty of water.

To wash out the virus in our system, our grandmothers will recommend 2 glasses of water right away upon waking up and before eating breakfast. They say this will help in elimination of waste from the body, probably with the intent also to lessen the virus already affecting it. If possible, drink from 8 to 10 glasses of water in its pure form a day, every hour. Water with dissolved substance like fruit juice also helps.