Editing Common cold (section)

===Alternative medicine===
{{main|Alternative treatments used for the common cold}}
While there are many [[alternative medicine]]s and [[Traditional Chinese medicine|Chinese herbal medicines]] supposed to treat the common cold, there is insufficient [[evidence-based medicine|scientific evidence]] to support their use.<ref name=AFP07/><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Wu T, Zhang J, Qiu Y, Xie L, Liu GJ |title=Chinese medicinal herbs for the common cold |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |issue=1 |pages=CD004782 |date=January 2007 |pmid=17253524 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD004782.pub2}}</ref> As of 2015, there is weak evidence to support [[nasal irrigation]] with [[saline (medicine)|saline]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=King D, Mitchell B, Williams CP, Spurling GK |title=Saline nasal irrigation for acute upper respiratory tract infections |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |volume=2015 |issue=4 |pages=CD006821 |date=April 2015 |pmid=25892369 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD006821.pub3 |pmc=9475221 |url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:363301/UQ363301_OA.pdf |access-date=30 December 2018 |archive-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505030257/https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_363301/UQ363301_OA.pdf?Expires=1588647864&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=JNzYRuMeJadbzbgCE~xCv8xoYpIcVafTFA-YDCLgXUQxrBDH84lVq2sENa6OkdMaBI1hD7EIAdcrNxl4Zpx1dfo05al3UFxXwQiYIxlAf1iiGf8DzCYk2pv7gvM-kgHXa46x2P~571ZZz6a5cFmlzMTm2xfmfHSwLv9zObHNiIPn~QauXGNGkKCLpQs4wA6CsAbY4utwc~wQiB-8VYuXj~WgsRK0ng3zOi5mk~wlAbMPqyzqyrrZx2SZERa6fJBXHvAhM5pzPYUXC6aSMNC82Usp7OEASHbkmQeu0WE8023xvwrQTzKDWu43cYXJ1VAsVEpBaL0ulZYYD1898nUZ6Q__ |url-status=live }}</ref> There is no firm evidence that [[Echinacea]] products or [[garlic]] provide any meaningful benefit in treating or preventing colds.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Karsch-Völk M, Barrett B, Kiefer D, Bauer R, Ardjomand-Woelkart K, Linde K |title=Echinacea for preventing and treating the common cold |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=CD000530 |date=February 2014 |pmid=24554461 |pmc=4068831 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD000530.pub3 |type=Systematic review}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lissiman E, Bhasale AL, Cohen M |title=Garlic for the common cold |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |volume=11 |issue=11 |pages=CD006206 |date=November 2014 |pmid=25386977 |pmc=6465033 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD006206.pub4 |veditors=Lissiman E}}</ref>