Here's what I do to deal with a full on cold: 3 grams of Vitamin C at once, adding a little dash of baking soda, keeping warm, possibly 1 drop (2000 IU) of Vitamin D, if there's no sunshine. Then, everyday, take 1 gram of vitamin C, dash of baking soda! Eat well and ride it out! Takes hardly ever more than 2 days. I stopped taking any and all medicine for over 5 years now. Can't report any serious illness for a long time, really. Here and there I may have some stomach issues, remainders of a stressful life, I'm sure, but other than that... well...there's the occasional aura-migraine, colorful blindness for a few minutes, but it is rare and brief.
SOooo...you don't need to drug yourself up, trust me. Just be calm, warm and wise!
AND THIS TREE LOOKS LIKE playful WISDOM to me!!!
It's very strong and makes a very serious piece of art, but there's such spunk in it, hehe, I love it!