Medicinal plant grown by man, which helps with sore throat - what is it? After all, there are more than two dozen species used to treat sore throats. Most of them can successfully grow next to garden and horticultural crops. Folk remedies for the fight against sore throat will be discussed in the article.
Treatment for a sore throat: teas, decoctions, infusions, compresses from plants
Herbs, leaves, berries are used fresh and dried for the preparation of herbal teas and compresses. A medicinal plant grown by man that helps with sore throats is echinacea purpurea, or American chamomile. Another popular species used to make tinctures and decoctions is calendula. Chamomile is often included in herbal teas, its baskets have anti-inflammatory and healing properties.
Some medicinal plants for angina (acute tonsillitis, inflammation of the tonsils) are brewed and drunk like tea. These are dried fruits and leaves of raspberries, black currants, strawberries, and mint. Healing drink recipevery simple: to 1-2 tbsp. l. dried raw materials, add 250 ml of boiling water and leave for 10 minutes so that the healing tea is better infused. Strain the solution before use. It's good if you add natural honey to it, for example, linden.
After filtering, vegetable raw materials remain, which still retain their beneficial properties. Wrap the warm herb in a cloth and apply to a sore throat as a compress. When it cools down, it is necessary to replace the damp cloth with a warm scarf. A sore throat will feel significant relief if a wet compress is alternated with gargling with decoctions and infusions.
Calendula is a medicinal plant grown by man that helps with sore throats
Bright yellow or orange flower baskets have properties that are useful for treating a sore throat (anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial). Doctors recommend supplementing the complex treatment of tonsillitis with gargling with a solution of ready-made calendula tincture from a pharmacy or a decoction of flowers prepared on your own. For medicinal purposes, it is better to dry them, so it is easier to measure the required amount of raw materials. In addition, calendula die off during the cold season, when many people suffer from sore throats. Folk remedies and prescriptions for treatment help to cope with the disease.
How to use calendula for inflammation of the tonsils?
1 way
Prepare a solution of half a glass of warm boiled water and 1tsp ready-made pharmaceutical tincture. Use this mouthwash. The frequency and duration of use can tell the doctor. Usually, medical experts recommend performing a simple but useful procedure as often as possible - up to 6-7 times a day. The duration of treatment depends on how quickly the inflammation and pain pass. Even if the symptoms disappear after 3-4 days after regular rinsing, it is necessary to continue the procedures for another 2-3 days.
2 way
Crush dried flower baskets and measure this raw material 0.5 tbsp. l. Place it in a heat-resistant dish, pour one glass of boiling water over it and cover with a lid. The infusion will be ready for use in half an hour. Strain the liquid, use to gargle in the same way as described above.
What other medicinal herbs in the country with angina will help?
Echinacea enhances the body's natural defenses, provides a quick recovery of he alth. Healing and decorative culture grows all over the world in gardens, flowerbeds and beds. Echinacea - a medicinal herb cultivated by humans to help with sore throats, prefers fertile, moderately moist, sunny areas.
To prepare the tincture, prepare well leafy shoots with the maximum number of flowers in summer. Half fill a glass jar with grass, fill up to the hole with 70% alcohol, leave to extract in a dark place for 2–2.5 weeks. During the ARVI epidemic, with sore throat, cough, loss of strength, usetincture inside before meals, 30 drops. You can use echinacea to gargle with sore throat. Prepare a solution by pouring 40 drops of tincture into half a glass of warm water.
No one specifically sows ordinary pharmacy chamomile - the plant is widespread in parks, gardens, on the outskirts of fields and orchards. Collect baskets for medicinal purposes only in environmentally friendly places. Dry chamomile flowers and drink as tea for sore throats, colds. The plant can also be included in herbal teas for the treatment of tonsillitis. The most common components of medicinal herbal mixtures:
- white birch leaves;
- flowers of small-leaved linden;
- herb sage officinalis;
- leaves and inflorescences of peppermint.
Used to relieve symptoms of tonsillitis St. John's wort, but this plant requires careful use, strict adherence to recipes. However, the same remark applies to the ingestion of other herbal preparations.
Phytocollections for the treatment of angina
Crush and mix dried birch leaves, coltsfoot, oregano, chamomile. The ratio of components is 1:2:2:1. This mixture for 0.5 liters of water will need to take 2 tbsp. l. Heat the phytocollection in a water bath for about 10 minutes. Wrap the finished broth in a saucepan, leave for half an hour, then strain. Drink a quarter cup three times a day if a sore throat has begun
Medicinal plants for sore throat, the benefits of which are not forgotten even during flu epidemics, when coughing, - thyme,eucalyptus, sage, linden. Mix these components, taken in equal amounts. The received phytocollection you will need 1 tbsp. l., water - 1 glass. Place the mixture in a saucepan, bring to a boil, but do not boil, otherwise the beneficial components will be destroyed. Then strain and drink as a hot tea, adding honey (optional)
Use sage as a gargle for inflammation of the tonsils, which alleviates many symptoms of tonsillitis. Dried aromatic herbs for the preparation of the solution will require 2 tbsp. l, boiling water must be taken 200 ml. Before rinsing, leave the solution for 30 minutes to cool slightly, then strain
Inhalations with medicinal plants
Inhalation of vapors saturated with essential oils and other beneficial compounds helps to heal tonsillitis faster. For inhalations with angina, thyme, sage, eucalyptus, chamomile, mint are used more often than other plants. Prepare 1 tbsp. l. herbal mixtures for one procedure, place the raw materials in a saucepan. Pour the collection of 200 ml of water, bring to a boil and turn off the stove. Remember that many beneficial compounds are quickly destroyed at high temperatures. Breathe in the healing steam as you lean over the pot of decoction. During the procedure, be careful not to burn yourself. Treatment with herbal teas at home leads to mitigation of symptoms, improvement of the patient's condition.
