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 malaise, 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:
- Use drugs that help fight viruses.
- Use funds forcure cough, relieve breathing.
- Treat the common cold.
- In case of sore throat, use agents that relieve inflammation and destroy pathogenic microorganisms.
- Increase immunity.
- Use products that help reduce fever, 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 quick relief from colds
There are many traditional medicine recipes that can quickly get rid of a cold.
At the end of spring, when the lilac blossoms, 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: 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 cup three times a day.
An antipyretic effect has a remedy made from a tablespoon of burdock, steamed with a glass of boiling water. The composition is placed in a water bathand heats up 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.
Colds will pass quickly
Sedge has proven itself well in the treatment of colds with folk remedies. To prepare a medicinal product from a plant, you need to take two teaspoons of rhizomes and pour half a liter of boiling water over them. The composition is infused overnight. 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: 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 clean the nose with othersmeans, prepare a beetroot solution. It is made according to the same principle as onion, but it is bred differently: adults are given a 1 to 1 solution, 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, and helps fight viruses.
Linden blossom is indicated for coughs and as an immunity booster.
Methods of treating a cold
For the prevention and treatment of colds with folk remedies at home, the following remedies help well:
- In case of influenza, it is useful to inhale onion vapors for the purpose of prevention. To do this, rub it on a grater and inhale the vapors for ten minutes.
- A large clove of garlic is grated and mixed with a glass of boiling water. The tool boils for a couple of minutes, cools. Garlic milk is taken in a spoon in the morning and evening.
- In case of a cold, menthol oil is instilled into the nose. They also smear whiskey, forehead. You can cook it yourself by taking one hundred grams of menthol mint and baya glass of sunflower oil. The product is infused for two weeks in a dark place, stirring occasionally. The finished product is stored in the refrigerator.
- Fresh pine needles are washed and crushed. Then one hundred grams of raw material is poured with a liter of boiling water, put on fire, boiled for ten minutes. After the composition is filtered, one hundred grams are used twice a day. Honey can be added to the composition to taste. This remedy is rich in vitamin C, trace elements. It has a bactericidal effect, accelerates recovery from colds and flu. Children can do inhalation with decoction.
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 moistened in this composition and injected shallowly into the nose for twenty minutes.
With a prolonged runny nose, it is recommended to make a narrow bag of linen. Boiled millet porridge is placed in it. The pouch is applied to the maxillary sinuses.
Aloe helps to get rid of the common cold. To do this, five drops of juice are instilled into each nostril.
It is good to eat strawberries before bed.
For the treatment of colds, flu folk remedies used sage and bitter wormwood. These herbstaken 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.
Cure 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.
The following remedies can also be used to treat a cold:
- Garlic is rubbed on a grater and mixed in equal parts with honey. Everything is mixed up. The composition is taken in a teaspoon once a day.
- When a runny nose just starts, you can drink half a glass of water with six drops of iodine. This remedy should not be taken with iodine intolerance.
- Chronic runny nose can be cured by using iodine. To prepare the product, you need to dissolve seven drops of iodine in a spoonful of boiled cooled water. The composition is instilled twice a day into the nasal passages. During the day, you can inhale iodine vapor directly from the bottle.
- In the treatment of the common cold, you can usesea s alt. It has unique antiseptic properties. To prepare a remedy, a teaspoon of s alt is diluted with a glass of water. Rinse the nose with the solution.
- Among the most effective folk remedies for the treatment of colds, aloe with honey and dry wine are distinguished. This mixture has excellent preventive and therapeutic properties. To prepare it, take a tablespoon of gruel from aloe leaves, add a spoonful of honey and a glass of wine. Everything is mixed, infused for five days. Taken as a teaspoon twice daily.
Traditional cold medicine
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 decoction wash the nose three times a day.
Burdock is good for the 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 as a teaspoon twice daily.
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. Can be used instead of wateruse a rosehip infusion made from two tablespoons of berries and a liter of boiling water.
Granny'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.
Raspberry leaves can be used to treat colds and coughs with folk remedies. 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 alcoholic 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 - dosage is less.
Herbs and other cold remedies
To get rid of a cold quickly, treatment with folk remedies involves the use of mustard-s alt baths. To prepare them, they take a bucket of water, add two hundred grams of ordinary s alt 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 disease of the veins, this remedy is contraindicated.
For the treatment of throat, colds, folk remedies use herbal preparations. 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 remedy is taken at fifty grams three times a day.
Treatment of folk remedies for colds on the lips, runny nose, SARS and other diseases 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 the treatment of 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 SARS, 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 rinse the nose with the following remedy: take half a teaspoon of s alt, 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, they wash the nostril that will be at the top, 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.
