This is really off-topic but I thought I'd throw this out. I'm getting over a cold right now, and for some reason no amount of over-the-counter medication does anything to clear me up. But I start a pipe and my nostrils open up, my throat feels soothed, and I stop coughing.

I don't know what that's about but I like that remedy. But please take into consideration that I'm the same man who cures a sour stomach by drinking hard liquor.