If you get cold every 8 weeks the obvious thing is to get vaccinated against the common cold.
The second thing is to get enough Vitamin D3. Either naturally through spending time in the sun or through a supplement.
For example I thought that dealing with ear pain with a cup of pan heated salt poured into a sock and held against it (increases blood circulation and somehow that helps) is pretty universal, but just yesterday it turned out an Austrian pharmacist never heard about it. It may be new to you as well. As a traditional folk remedy, it provides very quick symptomatic belief, works in about 10 mins, but if the pain returns the next day, doctor.
The fact that it provides quick symptomatic relief doesn't mean that there isn't risk involved by putting something very warm near your ear.
There is no vaccine against the common cold.
I'm not sure that the heated salt is hot enough to be worrisome. What ill effects do you think are likely?
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