For severe colds, there are several easily found at home remedies you can follow. If you are having the problem of excessive phlegm and mucus, you need to concentrate on remedies which will loosen the congestion and help you to run it all out of your body. Drinking grape or onion juice at room temperature will take care of this problem effectively and well. You can also add the juice of a couple of crushed garlic cloves to it, as this will also help tremendously with loosening mucus. You can make and store a juice of the following ingredients and have it warmed every other hour for best results: two tablespoons each of ginger powder, holy basil, cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, anise seeds and honey boiled in four glasses of water till it reduces to half. However, it is important to know that this will work better of had fresh. You would also need to remember that you must not boil the honey, and add it later instead.
Another effective remedy for a bad cold is to soak in a hot bath to which you have added a few drops of eucalyptus oil. This will loosen your sinuses and make you feel better almost at once.
answered by G M