common cold really dont hav any medicenes. It will hang out for 4 or 5 days, thats all its life time. To be free from irritations and pain actually we go for madicenes. General medicenes like cetrizine and paracetamol will do.
1.Use lot of "ajwain" in your food if you are down with a cold.
In fact you can make kids inhale the aroma of freshly roasted ajwain . This is quite relieving.
2. Put a few drops of ginger juice in a tablespoon of honey. take this 3-4 times a day. Gives instant relief.