DrinkWire is Liquor.com's showcase for the best articles, recipe and reviews from the web's top writers and bloggers. In this post, Matt Merkin offers cocktails to enjoy during flu season.

^{Note: This is not medical advice, and I am definitely not a medical professional. You are an adult and should know better than to get medical advice from a booze blog. Now, go enjoy responsibly.}

Flu Season.

It's coming for you. It is only a matter of time. And if you're a night owl or a bar fly, it's a matter of sooner rather than later before you wake up a fevery, achy mess, completely useless to the world besides maybe refilling your trashcan with kleenex and re-watching Twin Peaks on Netflix.

You are young and virile, though, so you'll be back on top in a week, two tops. But what about that mucousy blackhole—what do you do during the flu?

I always heard that a glass of wine a day is good for your health. Logically then, two cocktails is even better…so I went ahead and created two to get you through the flu.

First, the Dayquilroni is an iridescent, non-drowsy take on the classic 1/3-1/3-1/3 Negroni recipe. And for the evening, I created the Lights Out Old Fashioned, a calming and cyan-hued update, which includes herbal tea-infused simple syrup and a touch of NyQuil.

Go fix these up and get comfortable. Season two is really weird.

Dayquilroni (Dayquil Negroni)

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Gin
1.5 oz Sweet vermouth
.75 oz Campari
.75 oz DayQuil

Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in shaker and stir. Strain into rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with orange slice.

Lights Out Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Bourbon or rye whiskey (Bulleit Rye or Wild Turkey 101, recommended)
1 oz Sleepytime simple syrup*
15 ml NyQuil
1 dash Angostura bitters
2 dashes Regans’ Orange Bitters No. 6

Instructions:
In a chilled rocks glass, combine the whiskey, Sleepy Time simple syrup and nyquil over a single large ice cube. Add bitters. Garnish with orange peel (optional).

*Sleepytime Simple Syrup:
Cold-steep one bag of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Herbal Tea in pre-made simple syrup (1 part water, 1 part sugar) for 1-2 minutes, depending on how much of the tea flavoring you want to incorporate