The garlic and ginger (and tumerec) are great for fighting colds - better than most antibiotics that I've had.... (Doctors don't want us to know so they can keep charging us $$$...)
speaking of home remedies... buddy of mine is on this organic health kick, he sent me a recipe for some drink that supposedly cleans out your colon, claims he sat on the toliet for 2 dang days but lost 22 pounds.