Got a Cold? - this should make it feel better (Lotus Olbas Tissues)

Member Name: Pharmtastic

Product:	Lotus Olbas Tissues
Date:	10/12/08 (265 review reads)
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Advantages: More convenient than a bottle

Disadvantages: Watch the eyes!

Lotus tissues have launched a new tissue product especially to help clear the nose when it's blocked from a cold or 'flu.

When you suffer from a cold or 'flu, there is nothing that can be done to "cure" the situation, but symptoms can be managed to help to maker the sufferer feel better. Blocked noses can be helped with inhalations: either steam [I find a shower makes me feel a lot better!] or oils to help clear the nose.

Olbas have long been a well know brand with their Olbas Oil range. The oil can be dropped into hot water, or placed on a handkerchief for mobile nose clearing purposes. I was never a great fan of the second method as I felt I could always smell the oil, even when the handkerchief had been washed.

Lotus to the rescue, therefore, by producing a tissue paper that come ready impregnated with the Olbas Oil. They claim to have captured the oil in tiny capsules on the tissue: crushing the tissue then releases the oil and allows it to be breathed and therefore clear the nose.

A week or so ago I did have quite a bad cold but still needed to be out on occasion to take children to school, football etc. I did find that a pack of these in my coat pocket gave a certain amount of symptomatic relief, and so I didn't feel quite as ill as I might have.

They come in pocket sized packs with ten tissues; I bought them in a multi-pack of 6 x 10 for £1.49.

One word of caution, though. The pack bears the following warning:

After using these tissues wash your hands before touching delicate parts of the body. Do not rub your eyes with the tissues.

It's probably worth remembering that the Olbas oil contains Mint Oil and Eucalyptus Oil. Both of these essential oils are irritant to the skin, especially the skin on "delicate parts of the body"! You have been warned!!

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Summary: Helps you through a cold