Vaping with the flu
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and I'm a flavor chaser 
Like others, my sickness rate has been greatly reduced since vaping. Plus, when I do get a cold (2 or 3 times in 3 years), recovery is much, much faster.
When your taste is compromised for whatever reason (cold, allergies, vaper's tongue, etc.), I find that most any sensory juice (ie, those you can "feel", not just taste) work well. My short list is: menthol, spearmint, peppermint, wintergreen.
Menthol helps a lot and is used in things like cough drops to soothe and decongest, but I find a steady diet of it, even for a couple of days, leaves me lacking. A nice wintergreen/menthol mix is very nice and I vape a DIY spearmint that will buckle your uvula.
When your taste is compromised for whatever reason (cold, allergies, vaper's tongue, etc.), I find that most any sensory juice (ie, those you can "feel", not just taste) work well. My short list is: menthol, spearmint, peppermint, wintergreen.
Menthol helps a lot and is used in things like cough drops to soothe and decongest, but I find a steady diet of it, even for a couple of days, leaves me lacking. A nice wintergreen/menthol mix is very nice and I vape a DIY spearmint that will buckle your uvula.
@ibi
I love this topic because of all the talk of menthol
Makes me grin from ear to ear
I think I was sick once since i started vaping - and I vaped a menthol juice but cant remember what it was.
Nowadays I just keep my trusty VM menthol concentrate bottle at hand for the odd few drops here and there. It amazes me how some juices can be transformed with a bit of added menthol. That is of course if you like it - and i know not everyone likes menthol - my mom despises it.
I love this topic because of all the talk of menthol
Makes me grin from ear to ear
I think I was sick once since i started vaping - and I vaped a menthol juice but cant remember what it was.
Nowadays I just keep my trusty VM menthol concentrate bottle at hand for the odd few drops here and there. It amazes me how some juices can be transformed with a bit of added menthol. That is of course if you like it - and i know not everyone likes menthol - my mom despises it.
Lol, @Papa_Lazarou
Not really a freak - i just like throat hit - and I like the menthol burn I get on long restrictive lung hits.
Yet its still refreshing.
I discovered the menthol quite late in my "vaping life". The juice and vaping master from Koringberg advised me a long time ago to add some menthol drops into juices to see what it does. I bought the menthol but it sat for months and months. Then one day I tried it and was quite amazed.
My first and only full DIY juice I made was "Lime Ice". Its simple, just Lime and menthol. But at a PG/VG of 50/50 with lots of menthol - it works unbelievably well in the Reo/Nuppin. Kicks and burns at the same time. Its just lovely if you like that kind of thing.
The rest is just adding menthol to other ready made juices - mainly VM's Strawberry. I have also experimented with a few tobaccoes to great effect.
Long live menthol
you discovered it late and i started off too early with it. only vaped menthol for the first 2 years. now the only menthol in my rotation is xxx
Menthol does work for me too.. Only been sick twice since vaping, and no big flus either 
I'm also going through a change of seasom flu session. I went to the Vapery in Botha Avenue and asked for a really strong menthol juice. The guys there were awesome as always and let me tast a couple of menthol juices. The juice i went for is CraftVapour Matterhorn Menthol 6mg.
Its a 50/50 PG/VG ratio juice so If you're sensitive to PG, stay clear of this on. Its strong and frosty at higher wattages and clears up the congestion almost instantly. It makes the throat cool down if you do hard lung hits and I can actually swallow again now. It does make your nose a bit more runny but its a good thing if you are as congested as i was earlier. Its helps alot to be able to breath again.
I dont know if its a placepo effect but my thoat seem to be less scratchy a lot less sore.
I'm currently hitting it quite hard at 95 watts on a sextupple 0.4 ohm coil in my FTV4 mini and its working like a charm although the menthol hits like a minibus at those settings. Snif snif ... Cough cough...
I hope helps someone.
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Its a 50/50 PG/VG ratio juice so If you're sensitive to PG, stay clear of this on. Its strong and frosty at higher wattages and clears up the congestion almost instantly. It makes the throat cool down if you do hard lung hits and I can actually swallow again now. It does make your nose a bit more runny but its a good thing if you are as congested as i was earlier. Its helps alot to be able to breath again.
I dont know if its a placepo effect but my thoat seem to be less scratchy a lot less sore.
I'm currently hitting it quite hard at 95 watts on a sextupple 0.4 ohm coil in my FTV4 mini and its working like a charm although the menthol hits like a minibus at those settings. Snif snif ... Cough cough...
I hope helps someone.
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sound like a lemonade with mint?
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