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Home remedies for colds. Cold

Almost everyone gets a cold, especially during periods when the immune system is weakened. This happens in the off-season, which is characterized by sudden temperature changes, and in winter. Often, a cold begins with hypothermia, exposure to drafts, exposure to rain and other adverse situations. For a cold, you can use folk remedies that help prevent the development of the disease, relieve symptoms and prevent the disease from progressing into a more severe form.

How to cure a cold with folk remedies

If severe symptoms of the disease appear, it is advisable to consult a doctor to confirm the diagnosis and consult on the use of folk remedies. They are widely used as an alternative to pharmaceutical chemicals. Folk remedies for colds help well with a runny nose, cough and other symptoms of a cold, while not having a negative effect on human organs. True, when treating with such means, you need to remember about a possible allergy.

When choosing which folk remedy to treat a cold, you should not rely on the advice of other people. What works well for one person may not always work well enough for another. Therefore, it is better to select funds individually. Folk remedies that quickly helped to cope with the disease should be remembered and used next time from the first symptoms of the disease.

Folk remedies for children from colds

Young children get colds much more often than adults. This is due to the not yet fully formed immunity. In babies, colds are usually accompanied by moodiness, weakness, refusal to eat, fever, runny nose and other signs. Parents should remember that the temperature below 38.50C should not be knocked down. At the same time, the child does not need to be wrapped up, it is better to dress him in light natural clothes and cover him, if desired, with a thin blanket or sheet. It is impossible to use solutions of vinegar, alcohol or vodka in children to lower the temperature, this can lead to poisoning by the vapors of these substances. If the temperature rises above 390C, you should call an ambulance.

Folk remedies for colds in children are used the same as for the treatment of adults. The exception is substances that cause a strong allergic reaction, for example, honey, some herbs, and so on. You also need to be careful with alcohol tinctures.

For coughing, children are advised to use black radish or turnip juice. To obtain it, the vegetable is rubbed and mixed with honey, and then left for several hours. Next, with the help of gauze, squeeze out the released juice. This remedy is given to the child 4-5 times a day, giving it a large spoonful at a time. With a strong unproductive cough, the therapeutic single dose is increased by 2 times.

With frequent colds, you can prepare an effective folk remedy from grated carrots mixed with honey. She is insisted in a cold place for about a month, and then taken in case of illness every day 3-4 times, after warming up a little.

Warm tea made from chamomile and linden flowers can be given to relieve the symptoms of the disease. Older children should be taught to gargle. For this, decoctions of medicinal herbs are used: sage, coltsfoot, chamomile and others. Instead of decoctions, you can use an aqueous solution of salt and soda, to which a drop of iodine is added.

Inhalation of chopped onion vapors helps to cope with a runny nose. A well-known folk remedy for a cold in children is aloe juice, it is instilled into the nose or added to St. John's wort and drunk. Also, with a runny nose, you can warm up your nose with a small amount of salt heated in a pan, poured into a linen bag.

Cold during pregnancy: folk remedies

During the period of expectation of a child, many drugs are prohibited, therefore, in the treatment of colds, many pregnant women resort to folk remedies. But you need to be careful with them, as they can cause allergies.

During pregnancy, folk remedies for colds are better to choose simple ones. So, one of the most suitable medicines at this time will be warm tea with lemon. It is also helpful to include small amounts of garlic in your daily diet. It can be simply eaten without chewing. With a cold, the juice of this vegetable is diluted with water 1: 2, a drop of vegetable oil is added there and instilled into the nose. It is advisable to use medicinal herbs only in the form of inhalations and rinses, as they can have a negative effect. The use of honey during pregnancy can cause allergies, in addition, this product leads to an increase in the tone of the uterus. Therefore, it is better to use it only for external procedures. When adding honey to tea or other drink, you need to strictly monitor its amount.

Folk remedies for concomitant diseases

Colds on the lips: folk remedies

For the treatment of colds on the lips, you can use the following folk remedies:

  • Raspberries. When fresh, they are crushed until a homogeneous slurry is formed, which is applied to the damaged area for half an hour;
  • Dried or fresh mint leaves. They are brewed in boiling water at the rate of a large spoon per glass. A gauze or cotton swab is lowered into the cooled and filtered solution, and then it is applied to the cold for a couple of minutes. It is advisable to repeat the procedure every 1-2 hours;
  • Tincture of birch buds. To prepare it, 2 large spoons need to be poured with a glass of 70% alcohol. The container is closed and placed in a dark place for 10-14 days. The resulting folk remedy is lubricated with a cold on the lips several times a day;
  • Melissa oil. They should smear the affected area every 2-4.

Folk remedies for colds and runny nose

To cope with a runny nose and a cold, you can use the following folk remedies:

  • Garlic. Juice is squeezed out of it, diluted with water not less than 1: 1, and instilled into the nose;
  • Fir oil. It is dripped into the nose several times a day, before washing it with a salt solution;
  • Aloe juice. This remedy should be dripped into the nostrils 4-5 drops every 3-4 hours;
  • Kalanchoe juice, which is instilled into the nose 5 times a day;
  • Eucalyptus. From the common cold and colds, the leaves or oil of the plant are used. Inhalations are carried out with them;
  • Warming up with salt. To do this, the salt is well heated in a frying pan, poured into a cloth bag and the bridge of the nose and sides of the nose are heated with such a compress;
  • Mustard powder. It can be added to water during hot foot baths, and dry mustard can also be poured into socks, put on your feet.

Folk remedies for colds and coughs

For the treatment of colds and coughs, the most famous folk remedies are the following:

  1. Black radish with honey. A hole should be made in the radish, into which a large spoonful of honey is poured. To cope with a cough, you need to drink the juice formed in this recess.
  2. Poppy infusion. To prepare it, poppy seeds are ground and poured into boiling water, and then left for some time to infuse.
  3. A mixture of glycerin, honey and lemon juice. These components are mixed in equal amounts, the remedy should be drunk in a small spoon three times a day.
  4. Peppermint. Pour a large spoonful of dried or fresh leaves of this plant into a glass of boiling water. Then boil in a water bath for 10 minutes, cool and filter. It is advisable to add a little honey and lemon juice to the product.
  5. Horseradish. The roots of this plant are crushed with a grater, distributed on a flap of cotton fabric and applied to the chest as a compress.
  6. Milk with figs. Four fresh figs are crushed and mixed with 400 ml of milk. This mixture is put on fire and boiled for a couple of minutes. Drink the resulting broth in a glass 2-3 times a day.

Folk remedies for colds and flu

Treatment of flu and colds can also be carried out with folk remedies. The following recipes are suitable for this:

  1. Infusion of coltsfoot leaves. It is prepared at the rate of three large spoons of leaves per half liter of boiling water. The remedy should be drunk in a warm form, approximately 50-60 ml at a time.
  2. Decoction of sage in milk. For a glass of milk, take a tablespoon of sage leaves, previously crushed. The mixture is boiled over low heat for 5-10 minutes, and then filtered. The remaining milk is brought back to a boil. You need to drink the remedy before going to bed to get rid of night and morning cough.
  3. Decoction of yarrow. A large spoonful of this herb is poured into glasses of boiling water and boiled, covered with a lid, in a water bath for about 20-25 minutes. After this, the product should be cooled and filtered. Use this decoction for drinking and as a rinse.
  4. Tincture on orange peels. To prepare it, alcohol and orange peels are mixed 1: 1 and placed in a dark place for a week. Next, the liquid is squeezed out, and the remains of the crusts are thrown away.
  5. From viral diseases, essential oils of lemon, pine, mint, lavender help well. A few drops of any of them are added to a spoonful of honey and the mixture is taken orally three times a day before meals for a week. Before taking essential oils, you need to check for allergies to them.
  6. A mixture of lemon, butter and garlic. Using a grater, grind 2 medium lemons and a head of garlic, and then mix them with a pack of butter. You can do this with a mixer, blender or a regular fork. The resulting mixture is applied to bread and eaten on such a sandwich three times a day, washed down with warm herbal tea.
  7. Mixture of juices of beets, carrots and radishes. To prepare such a folk remedy for flu and colds, 100 ml of beetroot and 50 ml of radish juice are added to 300 ml of carrot juice. You need to drink a mixture of 50 ml in the morning and evening.
  8. Warming potatoes. Vegetables are washed and boiled without peeling. Then the potatoes need to be crushed and, wrapped in gauze or a rag, applied to the chest or back. This procedure is repeated several times a day.
  9. Drink based on beer for colds. 2 half-liter bottles of beer are poured into the container, a little crushed lemon peel, a pinch of cinnamon, 4-5 cloves, and 3 yolks, pounded with 3 large spoons of sugar, are also poured into the container. All this mixture is put on fire and boiled over low heat until the product becomes thick, while it should not boil. Drink a drink of 300 ml per dose, it is better to drink it before going to bed.

Folk remedies for the prevention of colds

You can reduce the incidence of diseases by strengthening the immune system. There are folk remedies for the prevention of colds.

  1. Berries of mountain ash and wild rose. They are mixed in the same amount and poured with boiling water. Infuse the remedy for about 5 hours with the lid closed, then filter and drink for preventive purposes twice a day for half a glass.
  2. At the first sign of a cold, you need to peel the middle onion and chop it into a pulp. Then the wings and the surrounding part of the skin are smeared with vegetable oil and a compress of onion gruel on gauze is applied to it. Keep it should be 5-10 minutes, the procedure is repeated in the morning and evening.
  3. For the prevention of colds, it is useful to drink tea from raspberry and currant leaves.
  4. A mixture of chopped onions and garlic is poured with vodka at the rate of 1 liter per pound of the mixture. The tincture should be infused in a dark place indoors for 14-20 days, regularly shaking and shaking the remedy. The finished tincture is filtered and drunk 10-20 drops three times a day.
  5. Mix half a glass of red wine, the same amount of hot black tea and thick raspberry jam. Such a drink should be drunk at night when signs of illness appear.

A mixture of motherwort and chicory root in equal proportions is brewed with boiling water and insisted; for prevention, this remedy is used 2-3 times a day for half a glass.

Cold includes a number of diseases caused by hypothermia of the body. A cold occurs for the simple reason that during hypothermia or in another situation that depresses the immune system, those viruses and bacteria that your immune system easily contained are activated.

Causes of a cold

Fluctuations in temperature and humidity of the air and the associated hypothermia of the whole organism or its individual parts; low body resistance.

Cold symptoms

General malaise, cough, runny nose, sometimes fever. The symptoms of a cold, or, more correctly, SARS (acute respiratory viral infection) do not appear at once and do not disappear immediately, some, such as a runny nose or cough, can last for quite a long time.

Cold treatment

With a cold, bed rest is indicated. If you endure a cold "on your feet" and do not treat it, complications are possible on the internal organs, and these consequences will affect you in adulthood.

Here are some doctor's tips to help manage a mild cold:

Constantly monitor the temperature with a cold, if it does not rise above 38 and the state of health at the same time is normal - do not take antipyretic drugs, the heat destroys viruses and microbes. It is necessary to resort to antipyretic drugs for the treatment of colds only in cases where the temperature is above 38 ° C

Drink more fluids when you have a cold: hot tea, rosehip infusion, cranberry juice, warm milk. Together with the liquid, viruses and their toxins will be washed out of the cells of the body. It is undesirable to drink plain water so as not to reduce the supply of salts in the body. To deal with the chills, put on cotton underwear and something warm over it. Firstly, multi-layer clothing retains heat better, and secondly, the components of such a “wardrobe” can easily be varied depending on body temperature.

Put an extra pillow under your head before bed if you have a cold with a runny nose.- this will facilitate the outflow of mucus, and a runny nose with a cough will not be too strong in a dream. You can simply raise the head of the bed.

Feeling the onset of a cold, spend a couple of days at home in bed. This is both the warmth necessary for a cold, and saving energy, which is better spent on fighting the virus.

If you lose your appetite while treating a cold, do not force yourself to eat. Ideal for treating colds are products such as kefir, yogurt, fermented baked milk. The bacteria found in lactic acid foods help fight colds. Use immunomodulators such as garlic, onions, fresh lard. Onions baked, unlike raw, can be eaten in any quantity.

If a cold lasts more than a week, can not do without drugs. It is better, of course, that a doctor picks them up and prescribes them for the treatment of a cold. However, surveys show that most people prefer to treat their colds without resorting to doctors. Only buy medicines in trusted pharmacies, because the market is littered with fake medicines. Moreover, the most popular ones are especially often faked: analgin, aspirin and other common painkillers and antipyretics.

When treating a cold, it is impossible to suppress a cough with pills., with the help of coughing, the lungs and bronchi are cleared of mucus and microbes. Expectorants are recommended: mukaltin, licorice root, plantain.

In the treatment of colds, acupressure is recommended. With the onset of a runny nose, experts advise pressing on the points located next to the wings of the nose, under the nose, between the eyes and in the center of the chin. To reduce chills, act on a point just below the elbow joint. For a headache, massage the area between your thumb and forefinger (if you bring them together, the desired point will be on top).

Cold. Treatment with folk remedies, herbs

In folk medicine, there are a lot of remedies and recipes for colds, in this article we will consider in detail the treatment of colds with herbs.

Colds- a number of diseases, including infectious ones, associated with inflammation of the upper respiratory tract; they may also include rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago.

Causes of the disease: fluctuations in temperature and humidity of the air and the associated hypothermia of the whole organism or its individual parts; low body resistance.

Cold symptoms: aches all over the body, headache, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, fever, sore throat.

Herbs and fees for colds

    Brew lilac flowers as tea and drink 0.5 cup 3 times a day. You can also use a tincture of lilac flowers and buds: pour 0.25 cups of flowers and buds with 1 glass of alcohol or vodka and leave for 2 weeks. Take 20-30 drops of alcohol or 50 drops of vodka tincture 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals for colds.

    Mix in equal proportions motherwort herb and powdered chicory root. Brew 1 cup boiling water 1 teaspoon of the mixture and leave for 1 hour. Drink 0.5 cup 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals for colds.

    A good antipyretic: pour 1 tablespoon of dry crushed burdock leaf with 1 cup of boiling water, leave in a sealed container in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool at room temperature, strain. Take 1 tablespoon of warm infusion 4-6 times a day after meals. For sore throats, gargle with this infusion several times a day for colds.

    All parts of the dandelion - leaves, stems, flowers and roots - have a good anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diaphoretic effect. Pour 1 teaspoon of dry chopped dandelion herb with 1 cup of boiling water, insist, wrapped, 30 minutes, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 4-6 times a day one hour after meals for colds.

    Pour 1 teaspoon of dried crushed dandelion roots with 1 cup of boiling water, insist in a sealed container in a boiling water bath for half an hour, cool, strain. Take in the same way as infusion for a cold.

    Pour 2 teaspoons of dry crushed rhizomes and sedge roots with 2 cups of cold boiled water, leave for 8 hours, periodically shaking or stirring the contents. Strain. Take 0.5 cup 2-4 times a day 15 minutes before meals for colds.

    With a runny nose, it is useful to take a decoction of strawberries or raspberries. It is recommended to do steam inhalations at the same time: pour a little boiling broth into a flat bowl and breathe, covering your head with a terry towel. Take a decoction 2-3 times a day, 1 glass after meals, do inhalations 2-3 times a day, always at night.

    Infuse 2 tablespoons of dry or 100 g of fresh raspberries in 1 cup of boiling water. After 10-15 minutes, add 1 tablespoon of honey, stir. Take warm as a diaphoretic at bedtime.

    Linden blossom tea is very good for colds.

Folk remedies for the treatment of colds and runny nose:

    During an influenza epidemic, it is useful to perform the following procedure as a preventive measure. Grate the onion and inhale the smell of freshly prepared gruel for 10-15 minutes.

    Finely crush a few cloves of peeled garlic and stir in a glass of milk. Next, boil this mixture and let it cool. Take several times a day for a teaspoon - this will significantly alleviate the clinical course of the disease.

    With a runny nose, instill 3-5 drops of menthol oil into your nose, while lubricating your forehead, whiskey, and nose with it. You can mix menthol oil with camphor oil and do the same procedure.

    Rinse and chop fresh pine needles (100 g), then pour 1 liter of boiling water, bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Infuse for 1-2 hours, strain and drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day, dissolving 1 tablespoon of honey in the drink. The infusion is rich in vitamin C, as well as other vitamins and minerals. It has a bactericidal effect, accelerates recovery from flu, colds.

    Tea with ginger and honey will help against colds. Grate 1/4 cup of ginger, add a cup of honey and boil. Add 1/2 teaspoon of this mixture to your tea.

    Mix 30 g of sea buckthorn oil, 20 g of fresh calendula juice, 15 g of melted cocoa butter, 10 g of honey, 5 g of propolis. With a runny nose, moisten a cotton swab in this composition and insert it into the nose for 20 minutes.

    To cure a runny nose, it is very useful to sweat in a Russian steam bath. At the same time, it is recommended to rub the sacrum with grated radish (good in half with grated horseradish), mixed with a small amount of honey and salt, and after leaving the bath, drink 2-4 cups of a decoction of linden, elderberry or chamomile flowers with an admixture of sour berry juice.

    With a prolonged runny nose in a child, sew a narrow bag of linen fabric, fill it with warm, hard boiled millet porridge and put the bag on the nose so that it closes the maxillary sinuses. Keep as long as heat is retained.

    With a runny nose, instill 3-5 drops of aloe into each nostril 4-5 times a day, tilting your head back and massaging the wings of the nose after instillation.

    It is very useful to use a decoction of fresh or dried strawberries or raspberries, going to bed, and at the same time breathe a decoction prepared from the leaves of sage, God's tree (wormwood medicinal) and wormwood.

    With a runny nose, it is recommended to instill a mixture of wild rosemary extract and vegetable oil 2 times a day. Mix 1 g of wild rosemary extract with 9 g of vegetable oil, boil and steam this mixture in the oven for several minutes. Ledum extract: brew 2 teaspoons of wild rosemary with 1 cup of boiling water, put on low heat, keep until half of the water has boiled away.

    Boil a glass of milk. Grate a medium-sized onion on a fine grater, pour boiling milk over it and stir well. Let it brew for 10 minutes, then drink warm for half an hour.

    Stir 2 tablespoons of honey in a glass of hot milk and drink during the day in 2-3 doses.

    Grate the garlic on a fine grater and mix with honey in a ratio of 1:1. Take 1 tablespoon 1-2 times daily with water.

    Pour a glass of blackcurrant berries with a glass of vodka, add a glass of sugar syrup and infuse for 30 days in a dark place, shaking occasionally. Take 1 glass daily or pour 1 tablespoon of the tincture into a glass of hot tea.

    At the very beginning of a runny nose, if it does not accompany a disease such as influenza, it is recommended to drink 1/2 glass of water with five drops of iodine.

    Iodine will also help against chronic rhinitis. Dissolve 6-7 drops with 2 teaspoons of boiled water and instill the mixture 2 times a day, morning and evening. In addition, during the day you need to often inhale iodine vapor directly from the bottle, first one, then the other nostril. Sea salt is also rich in iodine and has a strong antiseptic effect. It is diluted in proportion: 1 teaspoon per 250 ml of warm water for adults and 500 ml for children. The nose is washed with this solution, pouring liquid into one nostril in a thin stream so that it pours out of the other.

    Aloe juice, mixed with honey and dry wine, protects against colds, increases the body's resistance to infectious diseases. The mixture is infused for 5-6 days. Take 1 teaspoon before meals. The juice is made from the lower leaves of the plant. They are washed with cold water, cut into pieces and squeezed through cheesecloth.

    With a runny nose, decoctions of eucalyptus and marshmallow leaves help very well. Eucalyptus has an effective disinfectant and astringent property, while marshmallow is anti-inflammatory and enveloping. Decoctions should be prepared separately: 10 g of crushed eucalyptus leaves and 20 g of marshmallow leaves are taken per glass of boiling water. Boil them for 5-10 minutes and strain. Mix decoctions in equal proportions, pour into a teapot and rinse your nose 5-6 times a day, 2-3 times in each run.

    At the first sign of the flu, cut open a large fresh onion and then inhale the vapors of the onion, repeating this process 3-4 times a day. In between procedures, soak a cotton swab in crushed garlic and put it deeper into the nose or prepare garlic drops: crush two small heads of garlic (100 g), pour a glass of vodka and shake thoroughly; 1 drop drip on the tongue, as if smeared all over the mouth, and then swallow. Such treatment will be effective if it is carried out within 3-4 days.

    An effective folk remedy for influenza is blackcurrant. Make a drink out of it with hot water and sugar. You should drink no more than 4 glasses per day. In winter, it is easy to prepare a decoction from pre-harvested currant twigs. Boil a full handful of finely chopped branches with 4 cups of water. Boil for 5 minutes and then cook over low heat for 4 hours. Drink at night 2 cups of the decoction in the form of heat, slightly sweetened. Such treatment during illness should be done twice.

    If you have a runny nose, often pull it into your nose and rinse your mouth with this composition: 4 teaspoons of baking soda and 5 drops of iodine in a glass of water.

    Rinse the nose with warm, slightly salted water with the addition of calendula or eucalyptus tincture (1 teaspoon per 0.5 l of water). To do this, you need to bend over the vessel, draw in the solution with your nose and release it from your mouth. Rinse your nose in this way with the whole solution without raising your head. Blow your nose. Do this procedure twice a day, morning and evening, with a chronic runny nose.

    Influenza will pass without complications if you take burdock leaf juice 1 tablespoon 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. During the harvest season, that is, from June to September, it is recommended to take pure juice, and the rest of the time - tincture: 50 g of vodka per 250 ml of juice, leave for 5-7 days.

    Squeeze juice from one lemon. Dissolve it together with 100 g of purple honey in 800 ml of boiled water. This drink should be drunk throughout the day. For the prevention of colds, it is useful to take honey inside: children 5–7 years old - 1 teaspoon, and adults - 1 tablespoon at night. Dissolve honey in 1/2 cup rosehip broth. Carry out the procedures within a month.

    In 1 cup of hot tea, dissolve 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of cognac. Drink in small sips.

    A glass of hot tea diluted with 1 tablespoon of raspberries or jam and 1 tablespoon of 70-degree alcohol or wine balm. Drink in small sips. For a diaphoretic effect, cover your head with a scarf or towel.

    For children, especially small ones, with a runny nose, instill freshly prepared red beet juice into the nose.

    In Siberian villages, with a "severe cold" and a strong cough, the following remedy was used. 20 g of wormwood insisted in 0.5 liters of vodka - the longer the better, but not less than a day. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day and at bedtime. This medicine is not recommended for children.

    Pour dry mustard powder into socks and do not remove them for 2-3 days. In the first hours of the disease, a cold can be stopped by 10-minute foot baths with mustard powder.

    Brew 4 teaspoons of raspberry leaves or fruits with 2 cups of boiling water and leave for several hours in a thermos. Drink warm 1/2 cup 4 times a day. You can also gargle with an infusion of the leaves. Or: brew a tablespoon of dried raspberries with 1 cup of boiling water and leave for 20 minutes. Drink 1 glass of hot infusion 2 times a day. Apply as a diaphoretic.

    30 g of cognac or vodka, 1 tablespoon of honey, 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 tablespoon of raspberries (mashed with sugar or fresh) stir in a glass of hot milk, add 0.5 teaspoon of soda and drink at night. Prepare a change of underwear, as there will be profuse sweating. For children, this cocktail is prepared without alcohol, with a half dose of ingredients.

    For colds, take honey with hot tea or milk at night (1 tablespoon of honey per 1 glass of tea or milk) with lemon juice (100 g of honey and juice of 1/2 lemon per day), raspberries and other medicinal plants that have diaphoretic or expectorant action. At the same time, the therapeutic effect of honey and medicinal plants is enhanced.

    Brew a tablespoon of small-leaved linden flowers in 1 cup boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain and add 1 tablespoon of honey. Drink 1/4-1/2 cup. The use of honey enhances the diaphoretic effect, so it is advisable to take the infusion at night.

    For flu, it is useful to take an alcohol tincture of eucalyptus leaves. Pour 20 g of dry crushed eucalyptus leaves with alcohol, seal tightly and leave for 7-8 days. Strain and squeeze the remainder into a tincture. Take 20-25 drops diluted in 1/4 cup of boiled water.

    A decoction of pearl barley is recommended as an antipyretic for children and adults with colds. Pour 100 g of cereals with 1 liter of water and boil over low heat for 10-15 minutes, cool and strain. Take the entire dose in 1 dose at night. To improve the taste, you can add a tablespoon of natural honey, preferably lime. For children, the dose is reduced depending on age.

    Mix chamomile flowers, black elderberry flowers, heart-shaped linden flowers and peppermint leaves mixed equally. Prepare an infusion from a tablespoon of the collection in a glass of water. Take 2-3 cups of hot infusion per day for colds.

    With a runny nose, cough, respiratory diseases, mustard-salt foot baths are recommended. Add 200 g of table salt and 150 g of mustard to a bucket of warm water. Lower both legs into the bucket to the shin, covering the top with a warm blanket. Keep your feet in the solution until redness, then rinse them with warm clean water and, wearing woolen socks, go to bed. With varicose veins, foot baths are contraindicated.

    Boil motherwort and common chicory root in equal proportions with boiling water, like tea, let it brew and take for colds 3 times a day, 1/2 cup.

    Collect raspberry fruits (2 parts), coltsfoot leaves (2 parts), oregano herb (1 part). Pour a tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. In a warm form, drink this diaphoretic infusion at night.

    For colds with fever and diseases with a feverish state, it is advised to eat red currant berries or drink their juice.

    Mix the fruits of common anise and wormwood herb in 2 parts, white willow bark, heart-shaped linden flowers, three-leaf watch leaves - in 3 parts. Prepare a decoction of 1 tablespoon of the collection in 1 glass of water. Take 1-3 glasses a day for colds.

    Grass and roots of spring primrose, roots of high elecampane, leaves of medicinal sage, buds of common pine, peppermint grass, calendula flowers, large plantain leaves, licorice root, St. Prepare an infusion from the crushed mixture, strain and take 70 ml 3-5 times a day after meals for acute respiratory diseases.

    Mix 0.5 l of slightly warmed raw milk with a fresh chicken egg, add 1 teaspoon of bee honey and the same amount of butter, mix everything thoroughly and drink at night. There is a very good effect of curing the common cold.

Treating a cold with home remedies, Vanga's recipes

Colds people are more susceptible in spring and autumn. The majority treats a cold as an inevitability and does not even try to cure it, believing that, no matter how you treat it, cold It won't go away for at least a week anyway. In fact, you can cope with the disease if you catch a cold at the very beginning and do not let the cold take over your body. In addition, at the initial stage, it is not only not necessary to swallow pills, but it is not necessary either, because there are many other effective methods of treatment.

Runny nose with a cold

There is a saying: if a runny nose is not treated, it will pass in a week, if treated, in 7 days. This is far from true. If you start to be treated on time, you can get rid of a runny nose in just a couple of days or even prevent its occurrence.

At the first symptoms of a cold and runny nose, irrigate the nasopharynx with saline. Then the runny nose will pass not in a week, but in two days. Dissolve half a teaspoon of salt in a glass of boiled water and use a syringe to rinse the nasal passages in turn. In this case, you can not throw your head back - you need to stand directly above the sink so that the water pours back. You can use a very weak infusion of garlic to irrigate the nasopharynx, when preparing the infusion, try it on a healthy person, the infusion should not pinch the non-inflamed nasopharynx.

One of the most effective ways to deal with stuffy nose is steam inhalation. Add a few drops of menthol or eucalyptus essential oil to boiling water, cover your head with a towel and breathe over the bowl of boiling water. Eucalyptus and menthol have anti-inflammatory properties and make breathing easier. If you add a little dry cinnamon to this water - it will help to warm up and sweat, or 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, which improves blood circulation and copes with viruses.

Another well-known remedy for a runny nose and colds is to steam your feet well before going to bed. Foot baths do help, but only if you soak your feet for no more than five minutes. The fact is that the effect of foot baths is based on the mechanism of vasoconstriction (most nose drops have approximately the same effect). When you soar your legs, the blood rushes to the lower extremities, the vessels of the head begin to narrow, and the runny nose disappears. If you keep your feet in the basin for a long time, say half an hour, your vessels will begin to dilate again, blood will again rush into the nasal cavity, and inflammation may develop that is much greater than the original. That is, paradoxically, instead of disappearing, the runny nose will intensify. Soaring your legs for a long time is useful for colds without a runny nose, thereby raising body temperature and helping the immune system cope with viruses. Attention! Any hot baths are contraindicated at elevated temperatures!

Cough with a cold

At the first sign of an incipient cough, your main task is to warm up well and strengthen your immune system to help your body get rid of this scourge.

A good warming effect gives an infusion of peppermint. Pour a tablespoon of mint with a glass of boiling water, heat for 5 minutes over low heat, strain. Then stir in this infusion a teaspoon of honey, the juice of a quarter of a lemon and drink the infusion hot before going to bed. In most cases, after such treatment, the cough disappears literally overnight. To fix the effect, it is good to make a hot compress by mixing three parts of hot water with one part of apple cider vinegar. The compress is applied to the throat and chest for 15-20 minutes.

Well, in order to strengthen the body's defenses, it is worth leaning on ascorbic acid and foods that contain vitamin C, that is, citrus fruits and fresh vegetables. And as an addition, an “anti-cold” cocktail is suitable: take a teaspoon of rosehip syrup, 2 tablespoons of beetroot juice and kefir, squeeze the juice of half a lemon into this mixture.

Sore throat with a cold

Gargling with warm water to which a few drops of eucalyptus, thyme or cypress oil are added will help to quickly cope with a sore throat. All these plants have an antibacterial effect and help fight infection.

A hot bath with 10 drops of lavender oil and 5 drops of cinnamon oil also helps. However, if, in addition to a sore throat, you also have a fever, it is better to cancel the bath - hot water combined with heat puts too much stress on the heart. Therefore, instead of a bath, it is better to simply rub your feet with a hard towel.

A tablespoon of dried coltsfoot leaves is brewed like tea in a glass of boiling water. Filter, add a tablespoon of honey and three tablespoons of beer. Take warm in a tablespoon 2-3 times a day. Beer can also be used as a compress if alcohol compresses irritate the skin of the neck. Heat a glass of beer to 30 degrees, add 1 teaspoon of honey and stir well until the honey dissolves. Soak a napkin in this composition, wrap it around your neck and wrap it with a warm scarf.

Home remedies for colds

    Put 1 kg of chopped onion into an enameled pan, pour 1.25 liters of cold water into it, close the pan tightly with a lid, bring to a boil over high heat and cook for 1 hour over low heat. Then add 1 cup of granulated sugar, mix and cook for another 1 hour, then add 1 cup of honey, mix well and cook again for 30 minutes. Then pour the collection into the pan: 1 tablespoon of herb oregano, St. John's wort, thyme, chamomile flowers, linden and 1 dessert spoon of peppermint leaves, lavender flowers and elecampane roots; boil all contents again for 30 minutes. (If you can’t find one of the named herbs, you can prepare a decoction without it: the therapeutic effect will still be quite high.) Remove the pan from the heat, let it stand at room temperature for 45 minutes, then strain the decoction gently, without shaking. through multilayer gauze. The rest is also squeezed through cheesecloth, and then additionally strain through multilayer cheesecloth. Store the broth in the refrigerator in dark glass bottles for no more than 7 days. Take warm 4-6 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Dose for children under 1 year old - 1 teaspoon per intake in juices; up to 5 years - 1 dessert spoon in its pure form; up to 10 years - 1 tablespoon; up to 16 years - 2 tablespoons. Adults drink 0.5 cups per reception. Recovery from a cold occurs after 1-3 days, with a severe cold - after 5 days.

    Grind 100 g of onion to a mushy state and pour 40 ml of table vinegar, insist for half an hour in a tightly closed container, then strain and mix with 4 tablespoons of honey. Take this mixture for a cold, 1 teaspoon every half hour during an exacerbation of the disease with a cold, and then 3 times a day before meals.

    Eat with a cold every day until a noticeable improvement in baked onions. Unlike fresh onions, baked onions can be eaten almost without restriction. Health portal www.7gy.ru

    At the first signs of a cold: slightly warm 0.5 liters of raw milk, break and pour a fresh chicken egg into it and add 1 teaspoon of honey and butter. Mix everything thoroughly and drink at night. By morning, the malaise and runny nose will pass.

    For the treatment of a cold, mix 0.5 cups of blackcurrant wine and 0.5 cups of hot water and drink in one gulp. If sweat appears and the temperature subsides a little, take this dose again after 1 hour. Linen should be changed more often. In the morning, eat light food, drink 0.5 glass of the same wine without water, and go to bed.

    Drink fresh blueberry juice or a decoction of dried blueberries for colds. Blueberries also have a tonic effect on the body.

    Soak a woolen cloth with vinegar, vegetable oil and camphor, apply it to the chest at night, put a compress of grated horseradish on the back of the neck, fill long woolen stockings or socks with hot grated horseradish and put them on the patient with a cold.

    Pour mustard powder into stockings or socks and walk like this for several days with a cold.

    Do inhalations over boiled potatoes. Put the potato peel in a pot of water, cook and breathe over the steam for 10 minutes. The procedure is carried out daily 1-2 times a day for colds until cured.

    At a high temperature, apply a potato compress to the forehead - the heat will subside within 1 hour. The compress is prepared as follows: grate 2 raw potatoes with peel on a coarse grater, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar, wrap the resulting mass in a clean cloth or gauze.

    It is good to massage the chest and back (until redness) and rub alcohol tincture of potato sprouts into the chest and subscapular region of the back, apply a dry cotton compress and wrap yourself warmly. Usually, the procedure for colds and coughs is carried out at night or when the patient remains in bed.

    Rub fir oil into the collar zone of the back, chest, massage the feet with oil 4-5 times a day after 5-6 hours. After each procedure, wrap the patient with compress paper, cover with a warm blanket, give a diaphoretic infusion from the collection of herbs, put on warm socks. You can drip 1 drop of oil into each nostril for colds and coughs.

    Grate the garlic on a fine grater and mix it with honey in a ratio of 1:1. Before going to bed for a cold, take 1 tablespoon with warm water.

    Mix 1 teaspoon of honey and 2.5 teaspoons of red beet juice. Bury in each nostril 5-6 drops of the mixture 4-5 times a day for colds.

    Fresh carrot juice mixed with honey or vegetable oil in a ratio of 2:3, drink 0.5 cup 4-6 times a day for colds.

    Pour 1 tablespoon of raspberry leaves and stalks with 1 cup of boiling water, heat over low heat for 5 minutes, leave for 1 hour and strain. Take during the day and before bed. Avoid drafts after taking raspberries. Raspberry jam is also an excellent, tasty remedy for colds.

    With a severe cold and a strong cough, pour 0.5 liters of vodka into 1 tablespoon of wormwood and leave for three days. Drink 1 tablespoon 3 times a day and at bedtime for colds.

    Peel and wash 1 large onion, grate and mix with goose fat. At night, rub the chest with this composition and tie it with a warm scarf. In the morning on an empty stomach, take 1 tablespoon of this mixture for colds and coughs.

    Peel the garlic cloves from the skin, chop them so that a homogeneous mass is obtained. Spread unsalted pork fat or fat cream on the feet. Put crushed garlic on the feet, tie with a woolen cloth (or wear woolen socks) and leave overnight for a cold.

    Before going to bed or during the day with a cold, even without a runny nose and cough, it is useful to carry out steam inhalation with a garlic-honey mixture for 15-20 minutes. After inhalation, it is very good to warm up, go to bed and take 2-3 tablespoons of honey with tea from dried raspberries.

    Crush 30 cloves of garlic, put in a saucepan and pour 10 liters of boiling water. Cover the pan with a lid and leave to infuse for 6-8 hours. Heat the resulting infusion again (without boiling), pour into a bath or into a basin and add plain hot water to the desired volume. Take a bath for a cold.

If you want to take a garlic bath completely, then the ratio of garlic broth and water should be 1:6, if sitting, then 1:3, if you need to steam only legs or arms, then 1:7. Hot and warm garlic baths are energizing, so be careful not to overdo it. Cold baths are soothing.

    Wrap the torso with a towel rubbed with garlic, and walk or lie down like this for a while in a warm room, and then take a shower. Similar wraps can be done on the wrists, on the shins of the legs, you can even wrap the neck with a sore throat.

    In a narrow pan, put 3 heads of garlic, crushed into gruel, and a whole crumb of hearth bread, cut exactly according to the diameter of the pan. Pour in 2 liters of Cahors grape wine, put the pan on low heat and reduce the wine by half. Gently strain the liquid, and from the remaining thick prepare a chest extract patch to soften sputum in the chest for various colds. The patch is well insulated and kept on the chest for 1-2 hours. Strain the wine and take it warm, 2-3 tablespoons 3-4 times a day before meals for colds.

    For colds, it is useful to do cleansing enemas with warm garlic water at night. Infuse gruel from 3-5 cloves of garlic in 1 liter of warm water in a tightly sealed container for 3-4 hours, strain. The course of treatment is 5-6 enemas.

    Grind the head of garlic to a paste-like state, add 5 tablespoons of wine vinegar, mix well and infuse for 8-10 hours in a dark, cool place in a tightly sealed container. Heat 30 g of buckwheat honey in a boiling water bath, removing the resulting film from the surface of the honey, mix well with the garlic-vinegar mixture. Keep 2 teaspoons of the mixture in your mouth until the mixture becomes liquid, then swallow slowly in small sips. Take 3-4 times a day for colds of the throat, be sure to rinse your mouth with warm garlic infusion.

    In the first days of a cold, drink 0.5 cups of warm boiled water with 5 drops of iodine dissolved in it, then slowly chew a clove of garlic.

    Mix 1 cup of warm whey with a gruel of 1-2 cloves of garlic and drink in slow sips in the morning on an empty stomach, drink another 1 cup of the mixture in the evening. Take for 2-3 weeks for colds, coughs, chest pain.

    Mix in a ratio of 3: 1 by volume the black radish and garlic, ground into gruel, rub the whole body with this mixture. To carry out the procedure in the evening before going to bed and immediately after rubbing go to bed and wrap yourself up very well. After that, drink a pre-prepared mixture of 1 glass of water, 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of garlic mashed into a pulp. Drink this mixture warm, slowly. This procedure has a strong diaphoretic effect.

    Mix 3 parts freshly made carrot juice, 3 parts vegetable oil and 1 part garlic juice. Instill the resulting mixture 3-5 drops into each nostril 3-4 times a day for colds.

    Add a few drops of onion juice to freshly squeezed carrot juice and vegetable oil in a ratio of 1: 1, mix. Bury in the nose several times a day for colds.

Vanga's recipes for a cold in a child

    Thoroughly lubricate the chest, back, neck, arms and legs of a sick child with a mixture prepared from rakia, honey with the addition of one tablet of cinchona and aspirin. Let the child sweat, change into dry clothes and put to bed.

    Give the child juice from fresh and green oats, a tablespoon 3-4 times a day.

    Vanga advised a child who had a high temperature for three months to bathe in water in which sour grapes were boiled.

    Collect hay in a mountain meadow, make a decoction out of it and bathe a sick child in it.

Treatment of runny nose and colds by fasting

It is bad to live when a runny nose begins. And if this happens, please don't blame nature. It's not about drafts, wet feet, or cold. The reason lies in the loss of inner purity. When there is too much waste and toxins, the body rejects them with a runny nose. Don't think of it as a viral exposure or disease. You must understand that the vital forces in this case are working for you.

If you are in fellowship with nature, you will help her in her cleansing work. You must not do anything to interfere with the cleaning process. The only thing required of you is fasting!

Nature knows best what to do. In this case, you have only one thing to do - lie down in a warm bed. Stop taking all food, including fruits and fruit juices. From time to time, drink large amounts of hot distilled water with a little honey and lemon juice and nothing else!
Keep the bedroom well ventilated and clean, don't read, don't turn on the radio, don't watch TV. Just sleep and rest. Try not to waste energy on talking with relatives and friends. Isolate yourself completely.

How long should you fast during a cleansing crisis? Such crises occur at any time of the year, but most often they occur in cold weather. Most often, three days is enough to get back on your feet, but sometimes it can take a week or ten days. Do not worry about the days, you yourself will find that your health has become better after the cleansing crisis.

For most people, the method seems too simple. It seems to them that they must definitely do something, be treated, they are possessed by fears. There is no need to panic, even if it seems that nature is working too long for your purification and health.

Each person should treat his health with the more attention, the more he is imbued with an understanding of his body. He must keep the organism in the highest state of health, and this is more important than the knowledge of other sciences.

Each person is the builder of his own character, but he is also the custodian of his own health and well-being.

Nature, having created man, gave him an amazing mind and creative abilities to skillfully use natural forces for his health. Fasting is only one of the paths leading to natural health. Nature gives us a simple cleanser. We only have to be at one with nature and bring our life into line with its immutable laws. And thanks to the natural way of life, we can bring our physical, mental and spiritual capabilities to the highest perfection. There are no shortcuts to health. Nature expects us to do our part. When we are hungry, we do it. But nature will never show her miracles until we ourselves are willing to bring our lives and habits into full conformity with her laws.

Any excess is contrary to nature.
trust nature
No person has the right to take any obligation to heal another, because this is the work of nature.
By fasting and eating only natural food, as well as other natural habits, anyone can make their life healthy. Purification is an internal biological function that can only be performed by the body itself, and by fasting, you make this work more efficient. Nature is constantly trying to make you more vital and healthy, and therefore, when nature begins cleansing crises, she knows what she is doing. Follow nature, she will never let you down. Fasting is the greatest helper. (P. Bragg The Miracle of Fasting)

Prevention of colds and SARS

Here are some fairly simple rules that will help you avoid SARS.

A good barrier to infection is a gauze bandage, or mask. It will protect you in crowded places. But do not forget: the mask protects only for 2-3 hours, after which it should be changed to a fresh one.

Studies have shown that during the day a person's hands come into contact hundreds of times with discharge from the nose, mouth, eyes.

Shaking hands, touching doorknobs, handrails in public transport are all ways of transmitting infection through the hands.

Microbes enter the nose, mouth, and eyes through the hands.

Therefore, it is advisable, if possible, to refuse handshakes in general (especially during epidemics of viral diseases). Hands should be washed frequently, especially during periods of unfavorable epidemiological situation.

In order to prevent influenza and SARS, it is very important to limit contact with sick people, this is especially true for children. It is advisable to avoid crowded places, use public transport as little as possible. Long walks in the fresh air are useful.

General strengthening measures

One of the important methods for the prevention of acute respiratory diseases (in this case, we are not talking about influenza) is hardening, which is aimed at normalizing the function of the human respiratory system under conditions of low temperature exposure, which reduces the risk of infection.

For the purpose of prevention, it is recommended to take multivitamins with a high content of vitamin C. Ascorbic acid has a general strengthening effect, as it participates in redox processes, carbohydrate metabolism, and regulation of the blood coagulation system. Vitamin C is rich in citrus fruits (lemons, oranges, grapefruits, tangerines), a lot of it in sauerkraut.

Inside, ascorbic acid is taken 0.5-1 g 1-2 times a day.

Garlic and onions are a very affordable and indispensable means of prevention during the period of mass incidence of influenza and colds. Every day it is enough to eat 3-4 cloves of garlic or 1 fresh onion.

Additional measures

Additional preventive measures include gargling and toileting the nose.

For rinsing, you can use solutions of furacilin, soda, infusions or decoctions of medicinal plants (chamomile, sage, eucalyptus).

For the toilet of the nose, the anterior parts of the nose are washed with plenty of soap and water. In this case, the mechanical removal of foreign elements occurs. You can lubricate the nasal mucosa with oily onion-garlic infusion.

  • Recipe: 0.3 cups of vegetable oil, 3-4 cloves of garlic, 0.25 onions.
    Soak vegetable oil in a glass bowl for 30-40 minutes in a boiling water bath. Finely chop the onion and garlic, pour over the chilled oil. Leave the mixture for 2 hours and strain.
    For preventive purposes, you can do 10-15-minute warm foot baths with the addition of dry mustard, after which it is very useful to rub the feet with any warming ointment.

It should be remembered that alternative methods of prevention will be effective only if they are applied systematically.

We must not forget that during periods of epidemics, weakened people become victims of diseases first of all.

The risk group includes people with any chronic diseases, subject to frequent stressful situations, malnourished, alcohol abusers.

You need to be especially careful about yourself in the spring, when the body is in a weakened state after a long cold period. At this time, when everything in nature comes to life, a person often begins the so-called spring depression. The causes of spring fatigue can be the consequences of colds, lack of sleep, lack of sunlight, vitamin deficiency.

Gradually accumulating, these negative factors become especially noticeable in the spring. It is not always possible to drastically change something in your life (for example, quit a boring job).

Therefore, you can try to start with what is quite affordable: rearrange the furniture, buy new things if possible, and get rid of the old ones, plant new house plants, etc.

All this will certainly improve your state of mind. But if, nevertheless, you did not manage to overcome the spring crisis and you fell ill, then take all possible measures for a speedy recovery.

Diet for colds

With a very severe cold with a high temperature in the early days, you need to refrain from food, drink plenty of fluids, fruit and vegetable juices diluted with water. It is recommended to increase the body's resistance and reduce the duration of the disease 1-2 times a day to drink the juice of one lemon (vitamin C), dissolved in a glass of water with a teaspoon of honey. It is useful to take a garlic decoction once a day (3-4 crushed garlic cloves pour a glass of water and boil), which has an antispasmodic and antiseptic effect, flushes toxins from the body and relieves fever. After the acute stage of the disease is over, you can gradually move on to a balanced diet, initially limiting the consumption of meat, eggs, cheese and starchy foods.

Not all people at the manifestation of the first signs of the disease run immediately to the doctor. It is enough to treat a cold at home. But first, it is worth understanding how the disease passes and what causes it to manifest itself.

The common cold refers to a number of diseases that are caused by viruses and bacteria and affect the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. The disease can affect anyone, regardless of gender and age. Before you understand how to treat a cold, you need to find out what factors contribute to its occurrence. The main reasons are considered to be the following.

  • Constant stressful experiences.
  • Hypothermia, drafts.
  • Exacerbation of chronic diseases.
  • The presence of bad habits in the form of smoking and alcohol abuse.
  • Lack of vitamins and minerals.
  • Non-compliance with hygiene rules.
  • Constant visits to places where there are a lot of people.
  • Weakened immune function.

Symptoms of colds

The main symptoms of a cold are manifested in the following form.

  • Difficulty in nasal breathing.
  • Swelling of the nasal mucosa.
  • The appearance of sore throat and pain.
  • Raising the temperature to 38 degrees.
  • Runny nose.
  • Cough.
  • Itching and burning in the nasal region.
  • Sneeze.
  • Redness of the whites of the eyes.
  • Increased tearing.
  • Copious discharge from the nasal passages.
  • General weakness.
  • Chill.
  • Aches in the articular and muscle tissues.
  • Pain in the head.

Deterioration during a cold can occur against the background of other diseases in the form of oncology, arthritis, rheumatism, thrush, meningitis, tonsillitis.

Complications after a cold

Many patients ignore the first signs of a cold, break bed rest and continue to go to work. But such a condition can only lead to deterioration and the occurrence of complications in the form.

  • Severe fatigue and decreased performance.
  • Destabilization of the functioning of the digestive system.
  • Diseases of the cardiac and vascular systems.
  • Disorders at the psycho-emotional level, which are accompanied by the manifestation of aggression, depression and apathy.
  • Deterioration of the condition of the skin.
  • Bronchitis.
  • Pneumonia.
  • Sinusitis.
  • Otitis.
  • Immunological disorders.
  • Angina.

Treatment for the first symptoms of a cold

What is the treatment for a cold at home? As soon as the patient felt the onset of general weakness, severe fatigue and sore throat, it is worth immediately starting the treatment process. To do this, you need to follow a few simple but important tips.

  1. Compliance with bed rest. With a cold, it is better to take a few days off and lie down at home. Unfortunately, not many patients follow this rule, which leads to the development of complications. They may not appear immediately, but after a few years.
  2. Temperature monitoring. It is very important to remember that if the temperature does not rise above 38 degrees, the use of antipyretic drugs is not recommended. On the contrary, it is at this moment that viruses and bacteria begin to die.
  3. Consumption of large amounts of drink. The liquid helps to avoid dehydration of the body, while helping to eliminate harmful microbes. For colds, it is advised to drink salted water, various fruit drinks and herbal infusions. You should not drink ordinary water, as it removes all the salts from the body.
  4. Gargling. Even with minor pain in the throat and perspiration, rinsing will help. For procedures, you can use a solution of furacilin or a combination of iodine with salt. Manipulations should be carried out at least five to six times a day.
  5. Washing the nose. Even minor secretions must be removed from the nose. This will help flushing with a pear or an aspirator using saline or saline. After performing the manipulations, the nasal passages can be lubricated with propolis tincture.
  6. Warming up the legs and arms. If the patient's body temperature is not higher than 37.3 degrees, but it is possible to carry out warming procedures in the form of hot foot baths. Such alternative treatment helps to dilate blood vessels, improve blood flow and remove harmful microbes. During the procedure, you can use dry mustard powder, essential oils or herbal infusions. If the patient has a high temperature, then such manipulations cannot be performed. But you can wear warm socks on your feet and tie a scarf around your neck.
  7. Room ventilation. You need to spend it every two to three hours for fifteen minutes.

It is worth remembering that the onset of a cold lasts up to three days after the penetration of the virus. Therefore, during this period of time, you can stop the deterioration of the disease by following the above tips.

Cold medicines

Of course, the best remedy for a runny nose and cold is to take preventive measures and strengthen the immune function. To get sick less often, you should adhere to an active lifestyle, take a contrast shower and give up bad habits.

But it is impossible to completely insure yourself against diseases, so you should know how to effectively treat a cold. When manifesting, you need to enrich your diet with foods that include vitamin C. This includes citrus, vegetable and fruit dishes. If the patient has lost his appetite, then you can cure a cold by constantly drinking water or tea with lemon and honey, fruit drinks from lingonberries, cranberries, currants or infusions from rose hips.

With an increase in temperature and exacerbation of symptoms, you need to take funds in the form of Coldrex, Theraflu or Fervex. They are sold in powder form. It is enough to add them to a mug of hot water, stir and drink. These funds are intended for adults and children over twelve years of age. When fever is observed in childhood, then in this case it is better to give the child Paracetamol or Ibuprofen, which are available in the form of suppositories and syrup.

Also, in the first days of illness, doctors advise taking antiviral drugs. It is aimed at the production of natural interferon. These include Arbidol, Kagocel, Ergoferon, Anaferon, Ingavirin.

Treatment of colds and coughs with folk methods

How to cure a cold and cough with folk remedies? One of the unpleasant signs of the disease is a cough, which can be dry and wet type. But in order to quickly pass a cold, folk remedies are best used when the first bells appear.

A good warming effect has an infusion made from peppermint. To prepare it, you need to take a spoonful of mint and pour a cup of boiled water. Then put on fire for five to seven minutes. After that, strain and add a spoonful of honey and a few drops of lemon. This decoction is recommended to be taken at bedtime. Many patients claim that after drinking the infusion the next morning, the cough goes away. To fix the result, it is recommended to make a compress of apple cider vinegar. You need to apply it to the chest and throat for fifteen to twenty minutes.

If the patient has coughing fits, then warm milk with honey will help to stop this process. It perfectly envelops a sore throat and soothes. Especially the remedy is recommended to be taken by young children, since most medicines have contraindications and side effects.

Also, inhalation will help to overcome a cough. They help loosen phlegm and have a calming effect. For the procedure, you can use boiled potatoes, water with the addition of soda, essential oils and medicinal herbs. Borjomi with grape juice also has an excellent property.

It is worth remembering that no matter what the remedies for colds are, folk or pharmacy, you should first consult with your doctor. After all, every medicine has its contraindications and side effects.

Any cold is accompanied by the development of rhinitis. Often this condition leads to nasal congestion and difficulty breathing. The patient begins to breathe through the mouth, as a result of which there is dryness in the throat and a fit of coughing.

In order for a runny nose, in the very first days it is necessary to start rinsing the nose. Such a procedure will help not only facilitate breathing and relieve nasal congestion, but also wash out all pathogenic microorganisms. For manipulations, solutions based on sea or common salt, decoctions of chamomile or sage and furatsilin are used. Washing preparations can also be purchased at pharmacy kiosks in the form of AquaMaris, Dolphin and Aqualor.

You can also use folk recipes for a cold. There are the most effective and best folk remedies for runny nose, colds and nasal congestion. They are referred to.

  1. herbal mixture. To prepare it, you need to take half a liter of boiled water and add a spoonful of a mixture of herbs in the form of chamomile, eucalyptus, calendula, mint and St. John's wort. All ingredients are added in equal proportions. Then put on fire and keep for five minutes. The prepared decoction should be inhaled up to three times a day.
  2. Essential oils. You can also carry out inhalations using essential oils. This is considered effective. It is enough to add ten drops of lemon oil, three drops of lavender and mint oil to boiled water. You need to carry out the procedure twice a day.
  3. Menthol oil. With this tool, it is necessary to coat the nasal area and the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe maxillary sinuses. This method helps to relieve nasal congestion and reduce the amount of mucus secreted.
  4. Self-prepared ointment. To prepare the mixture, you need to take half a lemon and grind it in a blender or meat grinder. Then add a spoonful of honey and vegetable oil. After thorough mixing, the ointment is applied to the nasal mucosa twice a day.
  5. Drops from carrots. To prepare them, you need to take a carrot, grind it on a grater and squeeze out the juice. Then add some vegetable oil. With this remedy, three drops are instilled into the nose two to three times a day.

Cold treatment at home

Many patients are looking for ways to treat a cold with folk remedies. Indeed, often the disease is accompanied by the appearance of a runny nose, cough, fever and sore throat. To cure a cold, experts advise taking immunostimulating drugs. They are aimed at increasing the immune function, because it is weakened due to hypothermia and the penetration of viruses into the body. Also, medicines aimed at eliminating cough, runny nose and pain in the throat will help cure a cold at home.

For the treatment of a runny nose, various drops are released for instillation into the nose. But it is better not to use vasoconstrictors, as they have only a temporary effect and are addictive. It is better in such a situation to use medicines based on herbs or sea salt.

To eliminate pain in the throat, resorption of lozenges is prescribed. Some manufacturers produce tablets with an anesthetic effect, which are good to take before bed.

If a cough is observed during a cold, then it is recommended to use means aimed at thinning and removing sputum, and stopping the cough reflex. If the cold is severe, there is a wet cough and accumulation of sputum in the bronchi, then expectorant drugs are prescribed in the form of ACC, Flumicil, Lazolvan, Dr. Mom, Travisila. Antibacterial agents may also be prescribed.

Perhaps at home and the treatment of colds with folk remedies. But it is worth noting that such methods can only be used as an addition. Home remedies for colds include the following.

  1. Rubbing the feet with triple adecolon. This method is considered an excellent way to keep warm during hypothermia. After carrying out the manipulations, you need to put on warm socks and go to bed.
  2. Reception of tea from raspberry jam. Many patients are treated with this remedy. After all, raspberry jam is not only tasty and healthy, but also very affordable. Raspberry tea has both warming and antipyretic properties.
  3. Consumption of tea with red wine. To quickly overcome a severe cold, it is recommended to add three tablespoons of red wine and a spoonful of raspberry jam to hot tea. The remedy should be taken hot, and then go to bed.

As soon as a cold appears, treatment must begin immediately. The thing is that the disease can lead to various complications. For example, to the occurrence of pain in the ears. What can be done to help the patient in such a situation? If you feel discomfort, you should consult a doctor. As a treatment with folk remedies include the use of dry heat. To do this, take a sock or handkerchief and put heated table salt in them. Then apply to the sore spot and hold until it cools down.

Often, doctors recommend treating earaches and colds with folk remedies in the form of boric acid. The tincture has a warming and analgesic property. It is enough to make turundas from cotton wool, moisten them in a solution and insert them into each ear for fifteen to twenty minutes. To avoid burns, the skin must first be lubricated with baby cream or petroleum jelly.

Whatever means of treatment the patient chooses, it is worth consulting with the doctor before use. If a cold has only made itself felt, you can cope with the disease on your own. But if the disease has affected children and pregnant women, you should not risk your health, since in such cases the treatment is a little different.

In the days of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, at the first sign of a cold, no one thought to run to the pharmacy shop for medicines, and even more so in villages and villages. In the best case, when the ailment did not come out for a long time, the sick person was taken to some old woman healer, she offered her methods. For the rest, proven folk remedies for colds have always been at hand.

For a modern person, a very familiar ritual for symptoms of various diseases is to open a magic first-aid kit and unpack another box of medicines. Perhaps this is the only way out when the disease is at its peak. But the disease is better to prevent or eliminate it at the beginning of development than to deal with the developed disease and, even worse, its possible complications. Our ancestors understood this well and, at the first sign of a cold, stopped it “in the bud”. If the moment is missed, and the disease began to develop, you should not give up at all. How to cure a cold with folk remedies? You will learn this by reading the recipes that our grandmothers used.

Signs of a cold

The symptoms of a cold are familiar to everyone. And anyone can easily list them. But cough, runny nose, fever often appear when the disease has already made its way into the body. The very first signs of the disease are a decrease in tone, fatigue, as the people say, "the desire to lie down." Appetite disappears and mild apathy appears. Often people do not attach any importance to this, attributing everything to a nervous situation at work or an unpleasant conversation with a loved one. But if it stuffs up the nose, heavy breathing appears, it starts to "twist the arms or legs" and a headache appears - it's time to sound the alarm. Your body sends the first signals that it is getting sick, which means it's time to start preparing a folk remedy for a cold.

Beer with egg yolks

It is believed that treatment with hot beer has a positive effect. If signs of the disease are found, we suggest using a relatively simple recipe. A couple of egg yolks (preferably from homemade healthy chickens) are thoroughly rubbed with two tablespoons of granulated sugar added. You should get a thick foam. Pour beer into a container (about half a liter), heat it to 50 degrees and add grated lemon zest, a couple of clove sticks, a little cinnamon (half a teaspoon) to the foam. We put the yolk sugar foam into the pan and carefully, stirring constantly, pour in the beer. Continuing to stir, put the pan on the fire and heat it up. After 3 - 5 minutes, remove from heat - and a folk remedy for the treatment of colds is ready! Having cooled a little, before going to bed we drink a glass of hot potion, put warm socks on our feet and go under the covers. A pleasant languor covers the body, the body sweats, and the person falls asleep. And in the morning there should be no trace of a cold.

onion broth

If drinking alcohol is unacceptable for you for any reason, you can use a decoction of onions. It is prepared as follows. A small onion is carefully crushed, the mass is poured into a mug and poured with boiling water. Cover the mug with a lid or saucer and let the mixture brew for 5 minutes. Then you need to drink a hot broth, preferably as quickly as possible - in 2 or 3 minutes, so that the phytoncides that are contained in the onion and actively help the body do not have time to decay. This is an effective folk remedy for the treatment of colds, not very pleasant and tasty, but affordable. Everyone can prepare a medicine for themselves, there are only two components - onions and boiling water.

Honey with butter

Honey has been known for its medicinal properties since ancient times. And, of course, with its help, such a common disease as a cold is well cured. Treatment with folk remedies for a child is not always acceptable - often mixtures and an adult do not really like to take it because of the bitterness of the components, for example. But this does not apply to honey! The remedy prepared according to the following recipe is very popular with kids. We mix about 100 grams of honey with the same amount of butter, add vanilla sugar (one sachet will be enough). Fragrant and healthy homemade medicine is ready! As you can see, this is a quick folk remedy for a cold, and it is quite effective. It is recommended to give children 1 teaspoon per day.

Decoction of walnuts and honey

Another recipe with a delicious ingredient - honey - will help get rid of the disease. This powerful folk remedy for the treatment of colds is mainly used when the disease is in full swing, in a strong form. The most difficult thing in this recipe is crushing four walnuts with shells. But our people are inventive, and we are sure that you will succeed. Next, add a tablespoon of dried elderberry flowers and the same amount of honey. Stir, dilute with water (about half a liter) and put on the stove. After boiling on low heat, cook for 15-20 minutes. Carefully filter - and the healing broth is ready. You need to take at least 3 times a day for a tablespoon.

Green cones with honey

This method is used by experienced home "samsebedoctors", and you can't cook it quickly, because it requires preparation. When a child has a cold, folk remedies are not suitable for everyone. And we have already talked about this. The most important thing in a potion for children is that it be sweet and tasty. In this case, honey comes to the aid of mothers and grandmothers. To prepare an effective remedy, it is necessary to collect green pine cones in May. In our case, you need 2 kilograms. We place the cones in a container and pour 1 kilogram of honey. We insist in a warm place, and preferably in the sun for 2-3 months. In cold weather, when the immune system is weakened, this remedy will help to cope with colds, coughs and sore throats. Take syrup one tablespoon up to 4 times a day before meals. For children, the dosage can be reduced to a teaspoon.

Aloe cotton swabs plus red pepper rub

The following set of methods will help cure a cold with folk remedies quickly, in about a day. To do this, we need to squeeze juice from an aloe leaf (many people grow it on a windowsill). Then wrap small pieces of cotton wool around two matches, the tampons obtained in this way must be moistened with aloe juice and inserted into the nostrils. After the juice is absorbed (it takes 20-30 minutes), the tampons must be removed, and new ones should be inserted after a while. The procedure must be repeated up to 5 times a day.

And in the evening you need to make a special burning rubbing. To prepare it, ground red pepper (in the amount of 5 tablespoons) must be diluted with vegetable oil (about half a liter), mixed thoroughly and placed in a water bath. Stirring all the time, stand for 15 minutes. Then the mixture must be removed and cooled. At night, rub the chest and back with the resulting mixture, wrap it in warm clothes, and give hot fortified tea to drink. During the night, the cold will magically disappear, and in the morning a vigorous and healthy body will be ready for new achievements.

cold inhalation

It is advisable to use inhalations as an auxiliary folk remedy for colds in combination with other methods. If there is an inhaler in the house, it is better to use it, if not, you can breathe over the steam of herbs brewed in a saucepan. Inhalations with the use of calendula, pine buds, chamomile, eucalyptus leaves are very effective. It is also recommended to do inhalations with essential oils of juniper, lemon, pine or fir.

medicinal teas

Many readers are probably somewhat familiar with how to treat colds with folk remedies. The simplest methods are the use of healing drinks and teas. We will recall the beneficial properties of some plants that help strengthen the body. Unconditional favorites among drinks are infusions of raspberry, linden and lemon. Usually a spoonful of one of the products is brewed in a glass of boiling water, and the healing agent is ready. Chamomile is a good anti-inflammatory agent, if you add linden to it in hot boiling water, and a little later (after 20 minutes) a spoonful of honey, you get a wonderful anti-cold infusion. Very good in confronting this disease and ginger tea. To prepare it, it is enough to pour half a teaspoon of chopped ginger with a glass of boiling water, squeeze a lemon (to get a tablespoon of juice), and lower the same amount of honey. You can add a few mint leaves. Healthy drink "To your health" is ready!

How to get rid of a cough

One of the most annoying symptoms of a cold is a cough. Sometimes it is not possible to cure it even with medication even in a month. However, folk remedies for colds will help overcome even the most protracted and deep cough. One simple method is a coltsfoot drink. Dry leaves of the plant (arbitrary proportions) are brewed with boiling water and used instead of coffee or tea. Folk medicine is also very supportive of radish juice. It is a good anti-inflammatory and expectorant. To prepare the elixir, you need to mix one part of the squeezed juice with two parts of honey. The potion should be taken up to four times a day for a tablespoon.

Remedies for the common cold

Another unpleasant side of the disease - a runny nose - can be solved by folk remedies for colds. The simplest methods are rinsing the nose with a solution of sea salt or soda. As an option, of course, less pleasant - rinse your nose with freshly squeezed onion juice. It is recommended to warm the sinuses with bags of heated salt or, according to the old grandmother's method, boiled hot eggs. Also, with a runny nose, as with other manifestations of a cold, garlic helps well. A good remedy: crush a few cloves of garlic (5-6 pieces) and stir in a glass of milk. The mixture should be boiled, cooled and taken several times a day by a teaspoon.

Sore throat goes away

Sore throats and sore throats often accompany colds. Rinsing and drinking will help to deal with these problems. Such folk remedies for colds, like healing teas, we have already considered. Together with gargles and hot foot baths, these are quite effective actions. It is not difficult to prepare a decoction for rinsing from herbs: pour one tablespoon of chamomile, sage or violet (or a mixture of these herbs) with a glass of boiling water. After 20 minutes, you can gargle. Repeat the procedure no less than 5-6 times a day. The following gargle mixture is also effective in relieving sore throats. Add a teaspoon of salt, the same amount of soda and 2-3 drops of iodine to a glass of boiling water. Why not sea salt!

In the treatment of colds with folk methods, the main thing is understanding the need for an integrated approach. You can not wait for the disease to go away on its own. We need to help the body fight. The simplest recommendations: observe personal hygiene, wash your hands after visiting public places, and ventilate the room where the sick person is located as often as possible. It is better to do this every two hours. Wet cleaning must be carried out. You can often light an aroma lamp with healing essential oils to the room (unless, of course, the sick person has no allergies). If the disease is only at the beginning, in order to prevent its further development (provided there is no temperature), we remind you that no one has yet canceled a hot bath! And if the bath is far away - it will be just right to soar your legs in a basin.

You should also adjust your diet. If possible, exclude heavy food for several days, be sure to leave vegetables and fruits. It should be used for colds as much liquid as possible: teas, tinctures, decoctions, juices. On the table during this period, onions and garlic should be present. If, nevertheless, the disease has overcome you, we are treated for a cold with folk remedies, which we described above. These recipes will help mobilize the body's forces in the fight against the disease. And finally, one more folk recipe - your positive attitude and good mood will become an excellent health remedy!

A cold is an unpleasant disease that always catches up at the most inopportune moments. Of course, it is best to carry out the prevention of any ailments, but if you suddenly failed to protect yourself from SARS, then you can quickly recover without any pills and drops. The best thing is the treatment of colds with folk remedies. By their properties, they are not inferior to expensive foreign medicines, and some types of herbs are much better than pharmaceutical preparations.

Principles of traditional medicine

With the onset of discomfort, treatment should be started immediately. And the sooner it is started, the sooner it will be possible to overcome the disease.

To get rid of a cold, you should:

  1. Use drugs that help fight viruses.
  2. Use cough suppressants to ease breathing.
  3. Treat a runny nose.
  4. For sore throat, use agents that relieve inflammation and destroy pathogenic microorganisms.
  5. Boost immunity.
  6. Use products that help reduce temperature, increase sweating.

Treatment of a cold with folk remedies is carried out in a complex manner, taking into account all the characteristics of the body. You can use several traditional medicines, but only after consulting a doctor.

Recipes for getting rid of a cold

There are many traditional medicine recipes that allow you to quickly get rid of a cold.

At the end of spring, when lilacs bloom, you can collect and drink infusions of the flowers of the plant. To do this, a spoonful of flowers is steamed with a glass of boiling water. The remedy is taken in half a glass twice a day. You can prepare a tincture of lilac buds. To prepare it, they collect half a glass of flowers and pour half a liter of vodka. The remedy is infused for a couple of weeks. Taken during a cold, twenty drops three times a day. The composition is stored in the refrigerator.

The following remedy helps to get rid of a cold well: motherwort is crushed, mixed with chicory root powder in equal parts. A teaspoon of the mixture is taken and steamed with a glass of boiling water. The composition is infused for an hour, after which it is filtered. The remedy is taken in half a glass three times a day.

Antipyretic effect has a remedy prepared from a tablespoon of burdock, steamed with a glass of boiling water. The composition is placed in a water bath and heated for fifteen minutes. After cooling, the product is filtered. The medicine is taken in a tablespoon in a warm form five times a day. For sore throats, burdock infusion is recommended to rinse every four hours.

Dandelion can be used to treat colds with folk remedies. All parts of the plant have unique properties that can get rid of SARS very quickly. Leaves, flowers, roots have antipyretic, diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory properties. To prepare a medicinal product from dandelion, pour a teaspoon of the composition with a glass of boiling water and leave for half an hour. After the agent is filtered. The composition is taken in a tablespoon five times a day.

Cold will pass quickly

In the treatment of colds with folk remedies, sedge has proven itself well. To prepare a medicinal product from a plant, you need to take two teaspoons of rhizomes and pour them with half a liter of boiling water. The composition is infused overnight. It is taken one hundred grams three times a day before meals.

With a runny nose, a decoction of raspberries or strawberries helps to clear the airways. It is taken orally, inhaled: they breathe through the nose over a bowl of decoction.

Onion juice helps to get rid of a runny nose. To prepare it, you need to twist a small part of the onion in a meat grinder. Then the juice is squeezed out of the gruel and diluted with plain water 1: 2. 1-2 drops are instilled into each nostril.

With a severe runny nose, when it is not possible to clear the nose by other means, a beetroot solution is prepared. It is made according to the same principle as onion, but it is bred differently: adults are dripped with a solution of 1 to 1, and children - 1 to 2 or 1 to 3 (depending on age).

Raspberries and blackberries show good results in the treatment of colds with folk remedies at home. These are unique plants that are taken as immune boosters and more. They have many useful properties. To prepare a remedy, one hundred grams of fresh or dried (can be frozen) raspberries or blackberries are taken and two hundred grams are poured with boiling water. The remedy is infused for twenty minutes. Honey is added to berry tea to taste. The remedy is taken at least three times a day as a tea. Such a medicine has a diaphoretic effect, strengthens the immune system, helps fight viruses.

When coughing and as a means to increase immunity, lime blossom is shown.

cold treatment methods

For the prevention and treatment of colds with folk remedies at home, the following remedies help well:


Ways to quickly get rid of a cold

Since ancient times, colds have been treated with ginger tea with honey. To prepare it, you will need a quarter cup of grated ginger and two hundred grams of honey. The mixture is boiled for ten minutes. This composition is added to tea in a teaspoon.

Thirty grams of sea buckthorn oil is mixed with 20 grams of calendula, a teaspoon of honey and half a teaspoon of propolis. With a runny nose, turunda is wetted in this composition and injected shallowly into the nose for twenty minutes.

Aloe helps to get rid of a runny nose. To do this, five drops of juice are instilled into each nostril.

It is useful to eat strawberries before going to bed.

For the treatment of colds, flu, folk remedies use sage and bitter wormwood. These herbs are taken in equal parts, filled with water and brought to a boil. The composition is used for inhalation for coughing, runny nose.

You can treat a runny nose with wild rosemary. To prepare the remedy, five grams of rosemary is taken and mixed with fifty grams of vegetable oil. The product is boiled for five minutes. After cooling, the oil is instilled two drops into each nostril.

We treat a cold

For the treatment of colds in adults, folk remedies use onion milk. To make it, take half a liter of milk and one medium-sized onion. It is rubbed on a grater and poured with boiling milk. The composition is infused for ten minutes. It is taken within an hour in a warm form. Such a tool helps to cope with even the most severe cough. This remedy is used not only for SARS, but also for pneumonia, bronchitis.

You can also use the following remedies to treat a cold:


Folk medicine for colds

For the treatment of colds with folk remedies at home, it is recommended to use eucalyptus and marshmallow. Eucalyptus leaves have a disinfecting, astringent effect, and marshmallow - enveloping, anti-inflammatory properties. Plants are taken in equal parts and steamed with a glass of boiling water. The product is boiled for ten minutes. Ready broth wash the nose three times a day.

Burdock is good for flu. During the growing season, it is recommended to take the freshly obtained plant juice in a tablespoon three times a day. The rest of the time, alcohol infusion is used. To prepare it, a glass of juice is taken and poured with half a glass of vodka. The remedy is infused for a week in a dark place. Taken in a teaspoon twice a day.

With colds, lemon juice mixed with one hundred grams of honey helps well. Everything dissolves in a liter of boiling water. The composition is drunk during the day. You can use rosehip infusion instead of water, prepared from two tablespoons of berries and a liter of boiling water.

Grandma's methods

With a severe cold in Siberia, an alcoholic infusion of wormwood has been used for a long time. This method helps to quickly recover from cough and SARS. To prepare the product, twenty grams of wormwood is taken and poured with a bottle of alcohol. The remedy is infused for a day. Taken in a teaspoon three times a day. You can use vodka instead of alcohol. If it is alcohol that is used, then the product is diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2.

For the treatment of colds, cough folk remedies, you can use raspberry leaves. To prepare medicines from them, take four tablespoons of raw materials and pour two glasses of boiling water. The remedy is infused overnight, and in the morning it is filtered and applied in half a glass three times a day. You can gargle with this composition.

Mustard powder helps a lot. It is poured into socks and worn for two days. You can add mustard powder to foot baths: they are taken for ten minutes.

Treatment of colds in children with folk remedies is carried out with lime blossom. The flowers are brewed with a glass of boiling water and infused for twenty minutes. The composition is filtered, taken as a tea. If the child is not allergic to honey, then you can add it directly to tea. This remedy is recommended to be taken at night.

Adults should take an alcohol tincture of eucalyptus. For its preparation, twenty grams of leaves are taken, poured with alcohol, covered and infused for a week. The agent is filtered, everything is squeezed from the rest into a tincture. The medicine is taken in twenty drops, diluted in a small amount of boiled water.

For adults and children as an antipyretic, a decoction of pearl barley is recommended. For treatment, one hundred grams of water is poured with a liter of water and boiled over low heat for twenty minutes. The agent is filtered, the decoction is taken immediately at night. To improve the taste, add a tablespoon of honey to the composition. Children - the dosage is less.

Herbs and other cold remedies

To pass a cold quickly, treatment with folk remedies involves the use of mustard-salt baths. To prepare them, they take a bucket of water, add two hundred grams of ordinary salt and one hundred and fifty grams of mustard powder to it. Everything is well mixed. The composition is used for foot baths: the legs are kept for ten minutes, then they are rinsed with warm water. Then they put on warm socks and go to bed. In case of venous disease, this remedy is contraindicated.

Herbal preparations are used to treat the throat, colds with folk remedies. They have a positive effect on the respiratory system, the immune system. The following remedy gives a good result: mix two parts of coltsfoot leaves, raspberries, one part of oregano. Then a tablespoon of the mixture is taken and steamed with a glass of boiling water. The remedy is infused for twenty minutes, filtered. Taken warm at night.

You can make a remedy by taking equal proportions of elecampane, sage, primrose, pine buds, peppermint, calendula, licorice root, St. John's wort, thyme. Then a spoonful of the mixture is poured with a glass of boiling water and infused for twenty minutes, then filtered. The drug is taken at fifty grams three times a day.

Treatment of colds on the lips, runny nose, SARS and other diseases with folk remedies is carried out only on the recommendation of a doctor.

Each type of pathology involves the use of certain infusions, decoctions, ointments and more. So, folk remedies for the treatment of colds on the lips include a decoction of sage, toothpaste and other ingredients.

Other treatments

Folk remedies for treating the ear for colds, as well as for other pathologies, include a variety of methods. Infusions, decoctions, oils and ointments, tinctures help to cope with any disease. With timely treatment, any ailment will pass quickly. In just two days, you can get rid of ARVI, a runny nose, if you start treatment correctly and in a timely manner.

At the first symptoms of a runny nose, it is recommended to wash the nose with the following remedy: take half a teaspoon of salt, dissolve in a glass of boiling water. The resulting composition is washed in turn the nasal passages. During washing, the head is tilted forward down and to the side. First, the nostril that will be at the top is washed, and then the other.

A good vitamin cocktail is carrot juice mixed with vegetable oil and honey. The composition is taken in half a glass five times a day. Such a tool helps well to boost immunity, charge with vitamins, increase the body's resistance.

Each folk remedy has its own indications and contraindications for use. Therefore, in order not to harm yourself, you should consult a doctor before using any traditional medicine.
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