remedy

I have a cold. Sneezing 50+ times a day and always having a sachet hanging out of my mouth, my host dad gives me some words of advice, saying that if I keep drinking cold water Ill be sick for years. Hot tea is the only cure. So, I sit at the table in the darkness (no power = no fan = sauna), and I drink hot hot tea. He makes a comment about how good the tea smells, which I obviously could not smell at the time. 20 minutes or so later, the smell of pomegranate and raspberry reach my nose. If host dad wasn't right, I must've I sweat it out.