Timeline for Does inhaling steam from fresh-boiled potatoes help with a cold/flu cough or congestion?
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| Jan 5, 2017 at 1:55 | comment | added | Nij | Why potatoes? Because they're available and you can eat them after they're boiled. | |
| Jan 5, 2017 at 1:45 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | They make some unconvincing speculations, e.g. "There is a possibility of difference in the epidemiology of rhinoviral infections in the subjects from different geographical areas, especially in relation to the viral strains. Climatic and seasonal differences may also have affected the outcome. There was a difference in the duration of warm vapor inhalation with a longer period (30 minutes) being associated with no benefit and increased resistance of the nasal passage. Hence, one can postulate an optimum duration of heat administration would coincide with a subjective feeling of comfort." | |
| Jan 5, 2017 at 1:40 | comment | added | user5341 | One thing missing from this answer is, why potatoes? Why not water, or other vegetables? | |
| Jan 5, 2017 at 1:38 | comment | added | user5341 | Does Cochran go deep enough to see how the studies differed so that they produced different results? Or merely filter "good enough" list and aggregate summaries? If nothing better shows up, i'll accept this answer later. | |
| Jan 5, 2017 at 1:30 | history | answered | Oddthinking♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |