Gargle method to reduce the duration of common cold symptoms

An oral treatment method to reduce the duration of common cold symptoms, comprising:

• administering to a patient suffering from the common cold, with administration beginning within the first 12 to 24 hours of the first cold symptom, an oral composition in a form suitable for gargling, said oral composition consisting essentially of 20-95% by volume aqueous ethanol in an amount sufficient for the patient to gargle said composition, and further wherein said patient gargles the composition;
• and
• repeating the administration of said oral composition at least three times per day or at least every 4-6 hours for at least two days.

An oral treatment method to reduce the duration of common cold symptoms, comprising:

• administering to a patient suffering from the common cold, with administration beginning within the first 12 to 24 hours of the first cold symptom, an oral composition in a form suitable for gargling, said oral composition consisting essentially of 20-95% by volume aqueous ethanol, wherein said aqueous ethanol is a food grade or consumer digestible ethanol or spirit ethanol, in an amount sufficient for the patient to gargle said composition, and further wherein said patient gargles the composition;
• and
• repeating the administration of said oral composition at least three times per day or at least every 4-6 hours for at least two days.