My "natural" cold and flu season medicine cabinet

So cold and flu season has begun. This past week Olivia caught her first little cold. We nipped it in the bud with some great homeopathic remedies and other "natural" concoctions. Then Jason decided to get a sore throat a few days later, probably the same virus. So out to the store I went to get some adult natural remedies. We have had such success with them I want to share with you what is in my medicine cabinet for cold and flu season.
For Olivia I have Hylands C Plus Cold Tablets and Hylands Vitamin C Tablets. We followed the directions on the package and her symptoms (a fever and runny nose) were minimal four hours later. I am also giving her my homemade elderberry syrup once in the morning and once at night. In her sippy cup I put the cooled tea "cold care" for kids, she LOVED it!
For Jason it was a little bit more complicated. He has a harder time fighting colds since he had his spleen removed in high school so I wanted to make sure I got enough immune enhancing stuff to help reinforce his own natural immunity. After consulting my favorite book " Prescription for Nutritional Healing fifth edition" by Phyllis A Balch I ended up with the following items:

• Tea- Organic Lemon Echinacea Throat Coat "supports throat health" by Traditional Medicinals
• Vitamin C- I bought mine in the form of Emergen-C Oseries on sale at Fred Meyer this week for 3.99 plus a two dollar off coupon!
• Super Lysine by Quantum Health good for " Aids in destroying viruses...do not take longer than six months".
• Oscillococcinum by Boiron homeopathic medicine for fighting cold and flu symptoms.
• Zinc Lozenges - "Boosts the immune system. Keep on hand for the first sign of a cold." For pain relief of sore throat , healing and improved immune function.
• Colloidal Silver- Antibiotic and antiviral properties. Apparently no known side effects.
• Mens One Multi Vitamin with vit B and probiotics-For healing and general good body health
• Tea Tree Oil- For cleaning and disinfecting surfaces.
• Vitamin E- promotes healing and tissue repair.