Nothing to do with chess. Just wanted to share this because I know of several chess people suffering from flu/cough symptoms after the chess festival. I was feeling a little proud that my immune system was strong but I did get it bad after coming back from Cititel. It's contagious!!

Was coughing and having severe sore throat for almost a week. Did not take any medication, cough syrups or anything. So I suffered for the week until I remembered some advice from a Facebook gardening group about one plant I had in my balcony.

No it's not the "air filter" plants I took to Cititel.

This is the "Indian Borage" plant ~ a type of mint. I have it growing in a small pot because they say it's a very hard plant to kill. According to the Facebook group, this plant is good in remedying coughs.

With nothing to lose I have been taking this the past few days and my flu/cough is now almost gone which is a big relief seeing how often I woke up in the middle of the night coughing or just had too much phlegm I had to spit out.