5 Body Hacks for When You’re Sick

No matter how healthy you are, you likely end up feeling sick at least a few times a year. And we have many pharmaceutical options these days to help us feel better. But some non-pharmaceutical remedies are supported by science, including some that have been around for thousands of years.Hosted by: Michael ArandaSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org----------Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow----------Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow----------Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishowTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishowTumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow----------Sources:Chicken Souphttps://www.cmaj.ca/content/161/12/1532.short#F1 https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(15)37387-6/fulltext https://journal.chestnet.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0012-3692%2815%2937746-1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04127.x https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11035691/ P6 Acupressurehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33131633/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32857730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6177529/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566070206002219 https://exploreim.ucla.edu/self-care/acupressure-point-p6/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02196.x https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26522652/ Ice Massagehttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/150/3699/971 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1801755/pdf/canmedaj01126-0051.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304395980900081 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526952303002770 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10965/ Alcoholhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22784340/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33627064/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26411330/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/well/live/a-cure-for-nausea-try-sniffing-alcohol.htmlhttps://www.jwatch.org/na46286/2018/03/09/inhaled-isopropyl-alcohol-superior-oral-ondansetronhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019606441501361X?casa_token=Q-0mScv4AgAAAAAA:CyClVRuGGEEdgVTcv-tgnkKTho-RmtspsqTqxbtegpRm3ayduxYUG6-JQAr8WPgrbUbmjaweUoYMassagehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3019042/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23028447/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26086030/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00207459608987266https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207450590956459https://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/assets/fmhs/som/psychmed/petrie/docs/2012-massage-on-antibody-repsonse-to-HepB.pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19486657/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7892330/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467308/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361287/ Images:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avicenne_-_Avicenna_-_Ibn_Sina_(980-1037)_CIPB2067.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hua_t08.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diseases_of_the_nervous_system_(1908)_(14592739869).jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cortisol3.svg