Natural medicine for flu (flu remedies), flu-like infections, colds. If the body's immune system is weakened, infections tend to become chronic. Herbal remedies can alleviate symptoms or prevent them. Natural healing methods can support the body's own healing powers. The body should be able to deal with pathogens on its own again. Herbal home remedies for fever, headaches and aching limbs can help here. Fever, headaches and aching limbs can be alleviated with a tea made from meadowsweet flowers, peppermint and willow bark. Willow bark contains salicylic acid, a natural precursor to the active ingredient acetylsalicylic acid (known as aspirin), as well as ginseng, oregano oil, purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), sorrel, African geranium, linden and elder flowers, elderberries or sea buckthorn, rockrose, mustard seed flour and thyme, echinacea, pelargoniums and hemp agrimony. A tea mixture of coneflower root, rosehip shells, thyme leaves, ginseng root, rockrose herb and elder flowers also relieves flu symptoms.