Autumn has come and again I have a flood of letters from moms and just from people who are worried about colds, coughs and eternal seasonal ailments. Basically, everyone is concerned about the issue of safe and quick treatment of cough with folk remedies, because in the pharmacy:
- expensive;
- drugs are terrifying with their side effects.
Well, if the disease is not very advanced, then you can be treated with simple means, which, nevertheless, are very effective. However, in the treatment of home methods there are several important rules, without which the effect may not appear. So:
- Folk methods are not potent medicines, you can’t just drink them and wait for the effect. It is necessary to be treated stubbornly, often boil / insist / languish in a water bath not one, but several medicinal teas, combine three or four remedies in order to achieve healing.
- Traditional medicine does an excellent job with the first signs of the disease, preventing the body from "turning sour" and getting sick completely. Therefore, the sooner treatment is started, the more likely and faster you or your child will be healthy.
But in severe cases, when the moment is missed, self-medication can bring considerable harm. Here it is better to surrender to the mercy of the doctors and drink the entire set of pills and drugs in a disciplined manner. Of course, there are many folk recipes for the treatment of pneumonia, bronchitis and even tuberculosis, but we are now talking about the rapid treatment of coughs and colds, while such serious illnesses require a completely different approach. Well, friends, if you are ready to work "roll up your sleeves" and fight hard against the disease - this article is definitely for you!
Folk effective remedies for dry cough
The common cold is the most common disease. Its symptoms have not changed since ancient times. Runny nose, fever, cough. Especially the cough. We suffer from it, just like our ancestors many centuries ago. Ordinary cough is much more common than, say, acute respiratory infections. In fact, coughing is one of the body's defense reactions. When we cough, we remove phlegm and mucus from the body. But quite often the disease is accompanied by a dry, barking cough, when sputum does not go away, which makes breathing difficult and worsens overall well-being. I offer you effective folk remedies for dry cough, which can be treated for both adults and children.
Folk remedies for dry cough for adults and children with expectorant action
Licorice is perhaps the most effective remedy in the treatment of diseases associated with the respiratory system. A decoction of licorice roots softens cough and promotes sputum discharge. We must not forget about such a well-known remedy as coltsfoot. Its leaves contain mucus that protects the larynx with a strong cough. Violet tricolor reduces shortness of breath and the feeling of suffocation. Anise. Not only a seasoning, but also an excellent expectorant. It saves not only from colds, but also from attacks of bronchial asthma.
Based on these medicinal plants, excellent folk expectorants for dry cough in adults and children have been created. (children reduce the dose by half!).
♦ With sore throat and dry cough, treatment with licorice root is effective. We take one tablespoon of crushed licorice roots and pour into an enamel bowl. Grass pour a glass of boiling water and bring to a boil over low heat, then leave to infuse for two hours. Strained broth, take a tablespoon of warm four or five times a day before meals.
♦ Quick cure for dry cough provides such a folk remedy. Take two tablespoons of violet tricolor and put in a thermos. Grass pour two cups of boiling water and leave to infuse overnight. In the morning, strain the infusion and drink four times a day half an hour before meals, half a glass.
♦ Effective folk remedy for dry cough: collection. Take ten parts of calamus rhizome, eight parts of marshmallow roots, four parts of coltsfoot leaves, three parts of licorice roots, and two parts of mullein flowers, along with the same amount of anise fruit. One tablespoon of the whole mixture should be brewed in two cups of boiling water and drink half a cup every three hours.
♦ Take a tablespoon of marshmallow flowers or leaves and pour a glass of boiling water. The broth should be left to brew for twenty minutes, then strain and take warm three or four times a day before meals, a quarter cup. Treats cough and bronchitis.
♦ This folk remedy is suitable for the quick treatment of dry cough exclusively in adults.! Take two hundred grams of fine granulated sugar and one teaspoon of ginger. Pour the whole mixture with water so that the sugar does not burn, and send it to a slow fire. The mixture must be boiled until a viscous mass is formed. You need to drink half a teaspoon two or three times a day.
Radish with cough honey, recipes
The most famous remedy in the fight against colds, bronchitis and dry cough is black radish and honey. The combination of these two products gives a lasting positive effect: recipes for radish with honey relieve dry cough, promote sputum discharge and thin thick mucus in the bronchi. Suitable for the treatment of dry cough and sore throat in adults and children from one and a half to two years.
♦ Take the washed and peeled black radish and cut it into thin slices. Sprinkle the whole mixture with sugar or honey. We leave for 6 hours. Juice that stands out, you need to drink a tablespoon every hour. Great for treating coughs in children.
♦ You need to take a large radish and cut off the upper part from it, like a cap. Cut a small indentation in the lower part, removing all the pulp with a knife. We make, as it were, a cup from a root crop. Radish can be taken both black and ordinary (but not sweet - Margelan). Pour honey inside the radish and cover with a cut top. Leave for a day (or overnight if you do it in the evening), and then take one tablespoon three times a day.
♦ There is also such a recipe for radish with cough honey: peel the radish, cut the root into cubes, put in a saucepan or saucepan and pour 3-4 tbsp. spoons of liquid honey or sprinkle with sugar. Put in the oven on low heat and simmer for 2 hours. Drain the juice and give the baby 1 teaspoon to drink 5-7 times a day, after meals. Adults take 1 tbsp. spoon up to 7 times a day.
Cough onions: recipes with sugar, milk, healing mixtures
Onions are the king among vegetables in the treatment of colds. Probably everyone knows recipes with onions and sugar for coughing, which are used to treat persistent cough, bronchitis, acute respiratory infections and SARS. I wrote children's recipes with onions, sugar or honey here, and a selection of equally effective potions with onions for the treatment of adults and children:
♦ To cure bronchitis and severe cough use the following infusion. To do this, take one tablespoon of marshmallow root and pour it with a glass of boiled water. The broth should be left to infuse for about twenty minutes, after which add one grated onion and wait again for about twenty minutes. You need to drink one tablespoon three or four times a day.
♦ Also, instead of marshmallow, you can use a bow along with coltsfoot. A tablespoon of grass should be poured with a glass of boiling water and insisted until the infusion cools down. Next, you need to add the chopped onion and wait again for twenty minutes.
♦ Take equal parts grated apple, onion and add some honey to the mixture. Take one tablespoon three times a day.
♦ It is necessary to take two pieces of leek, or rather its white part in chopped form. In the mixture you need to add half a glass of granulated sugar and a glass of water. Cook over low heat in a covered container until the syrup thickens. Drink one tablespoon every hour and a half.
Dry cough inhalation
♦ If you are faced with a severe cough, when sputum is rather difficult to expectorate, you can greatly alleviate the condition with alkaline inhalations. Take three tablespoons of baking soda and pour boiling water over it. After that, you need to breathe the steam of the solution for about ten minutes.
♦ You can also grate black radish on a very fine grater and put it in a jar, closing it well. You need to breathe over the jar every day several times.
♦ Only for adults and children over 6 years old! The following recipe is perfect for inhalation. We take hot water, which we will use for inhalation, and add five or ten drops of mint, anise, fir or eucalyptus essential oils to it. Inhalation perfectly treats dry cough, throat problems, but is absolutely not suitable for pneumonia and high fever.
Wet cough in an adult, treatment with folk remedies
Coltsfoot and marshmallow, one of the few herbs, provide a good expectorant effect, but also help to subside cough and reduce mucous secretion with abundant sputum. Therefore, these plants are used in collections for the treatment of wet cough in adults and children (over 2 years), as well as other very effective remedies.
Recipes for the treatment of wet cough in adults
Herbal decoctions, for the most part, are intended for the treatment of adults from a wet cough. However, they can also be given to children, but only older than 2 years. Again, for children, the dosage is halved!
♦ Marshmallow tea is good for coughing. To do this, you need to take two teaspoons of chopped marshmallow root and pour it with a quarter of cold water and let it brew for half an hour. After that, the mixture should be shaken well and filtered, and then drunk warm in small sips.
♦ Take a clean glass and break one egg into it, then add one teaspoon of honey and three large cloves of crushed garlic. Beat the whole mixture well until foamy and add warm milk to it to the brim. You need to drink everything in one gulp and lie under the covers.
♦ To treat a severe cough, take a third of a teaspoon of flax seeds and pour half a glass of boiling water over them. Leave the whole broth to infuse, stirring occasionally, for fifteen minutes. After that, the tincture should be filtered and drunk three times a day in one gulp. The course lasts for two or three weeks, and the decoction itself must always be made fresh.
♦ Only for adults and children over 6 years old. We take two drops of essential oils of mint and tea tree, add three more drops of cedar oil. We stir this whole mixture of essential oils in two teaspoons of vegetable oil and rub it into the chest, lubricate the throat, or breathe with pain in the nose and runny nose.
How to quickly cure a cough in children with folk remedies: recipes
Naturally, home medicine cannot do a miracle and cure a severely ill child in one day. But folk remedies allow you to quickly cure a cough in babies, if the mother started the “attack” on time and did not allow the insidious disease to develop to the fullest. If the child is seriously ill for a long time, then I recommend adding these simple methods to medical treatment - so recovery will go much faster.
Dry cough
♦ To facilitate sputum discharge, a recipe with Borjomi and cough milk is perfect. Take a mixture of warm milk with mineral water (room temperature) in a ratio of two to one. Mineral water should be taken alkaline, preferably Borjomi. Add a little butter to the mixture, on the tip of a knife. You need to drink two tablespoons warm and very often. If there is no mineral water, put soda (1/4 teaspoon) and a teaspoon of honey in a glass of warm milk. Give the child a third of a glass up to 7-8 times a day.
♦ To improve sputum production, you can try this recipe. We take lingonberry juice with honey in a ratio of one to one and give the baby one tablespoon each along with strawberry leaf tea.
Wet and violent cough
♦ Oats for cough, recipe for children. You need to take one glass of oats and one chopped head of garlic. All this mixture must be poured with two liters of milk and simmer for two hours. The mixture should be filtered and drunk in slow sips while hot in a glass before going to bed. It will help relieve inflammation and strengthen the diseased body.
♦ Take two tablespoons of crushed dry barley sprouts and pour a liter of boiling water. We insist the broth for four hours and give the child half a glass at least four times a day. You can add some honey.
♦ If after pneumonia the cough does not go away for a long time, you need to cook figs with cough milk according to the recipe: take a glass of fresh milk and add two dried figs to it. Boil on low heat for 20 minutes. You need to drink hot twice a day, one glass after meals.
Homeopathy for children, or what I use: we are treated quickly
About six months ago I discovered homeopathy. But not the one in white sugar balls, from which, probably, you will not get any sense, but the products of well-known manufacturers of natural health products. I liked their syrups for children, cough drops, vitamins and many, many other things. Slowly began to give something to the younger and the results are very good.
Cough and cold syrup
So, cough syrup which suits us:
- only for children from 2 years old (but there are also products for babies from birth);
- not suitable for everyone, some mothers did not notice a special effect. But here everything is individual, perhaps the child needs to raise immunity, and in this state the medicine simply “does not take it”.
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Flu and cold liquid for children
With a cold, snot, nasal congestion in a baby and sleepless nights about this, it was recently tested and really liked this remedy: Children's echinacea for colds and flu- highly recommend. It really helped, I didn’t have to cook anything, drip, be on duty at night with a crying child and pour my proven drugs from a syringe. Treated with drops according to the instructions. I dropped it on my tongue, the kid savored it with pleasure and that's it. It is convenient for babies to drip from a pipette, and older ones need to drip under the tongue. Can be given to babies from 4 months, just drip on the tongue ( not in the nose!) and that's it. But be sure to first test for allergic reactions - after all, there are a lot of components, you never know. Does not contain sugar or alcohol.
A worthwhile tool (but, again, everything is individual). If the little one does not sleep due to cough, snot, fever, then the remedy really alleviates the symptoms and gives mother and child the opportunity to sleep. No harm to the baby, mind you. In general, I recommend. You can read about it in detail Here. Also tested on a nine-month-old nephew, it helps a lot. Mom's life makes life easier.
Herbs used in the treatment of colds
Siberian tea is considered a good remedy for hypothermia. This is a chest collection of directional action. It contains 7 extremely effective herbs: marshmallow, oregano, St. John's wort, thyme, chamomile, coltsfoot and sage.
Elderberry is also an indispensable remedy for seasonal colds. Its flowers, leaves and berry jam are an effective and tasty remedy. Mullein and primrose have a good expectorant effect. Tar water, obtained from birch tar, even saves from a purulent cough. In the 19th century, it was the most affordable cure for tuberculosis for the common people.
Yarrow will help to cope with the infection, has an anti-inflammatory and disinfectant. Thyme is also an effective remedy for colds. Just the smell of this herb can bring relief.
Willow bark has long been known as a remedy for fever and fever. It has the strongest antimicrobial activity. As well as the grass of oregano (material). In terms of the effectiveness of their impact on the pathogen, they are similar to first-generation antibiotics.
Sage is considered an indispensable remedy, it is effective for any kind of cough. It disinfects and has an astringent effect. Inhalation of moist hot steam soothes the most painful cough.
Tatar potion - calamus. Excellent emollient and expectorant. Or bitter herb wormwood, the simplicity, availability and effectiveness of which made it very popular among the people. And St. John's wort?! It was valued literally worth its weight in gold, and one of the ancient gardeners (healers) defined it as "the most important plant of all known." The ubiquitous nettle has also been and is a very effective remedy for coughs and colds. Miracle herb oregano (oregano), an excellent and effective remedy for colds and coughs. You can read more about its medicinal properties here.
Treated cough and wolf pipe, angelica. A decoction of its roots has a pronounced expectorant effect. This can be said about the plant, which has nine magical powers. The Greeks called it Elna Elenium, and in Rus' it is known as elecampane.
In the old days, with a painful dry cough, chest teas were brewed, which necessarily included marshmallow root. St. John's wort was considered a "cure for 99 diseases", wormwood treated "34 ailments", but the initial letter remained a reliable remedy for "33 ailments", including cough. A decoction of this herb enhances the excretion of sputum. We must not forget about the plantain. This medicine grows literally under your feet.
Berries, fruits and vegetables as a remedy for colds
Onions and garlic are also well-known remedies. The juice of these vegetables is instilled into the nose, and the chest, palms and feet are rubbed with gruel. A combination of honey, black pepper and cinnamon gives a good effect.
Black currant, lingonberry, raspberry and cranberry. All of them are an indispensable remedy for colds. In addition to the high content of vitamins, it is also a strong natural antibiotic. In addition, their use helps to cope with intoxication, which always accompanies a cold. It is not only useful, but also tasty medicine. Not only fresh or frozen berries will be effective, dry leaves and fruits can also be brewed. The resulting vitamin tea has a diaphoretic and antipyretic effect.
In this regard, we must not forget about wild rose and viburnum. These are long-known and common remedies for combating colds and seasonal acute respiratory infections.
Pickled vegetables and pickled apples. They are rich in useful lactic acid, which does not irritate the intestines and enriches its microflora. In addition, this method of preservation retains all useful substances and vitamins in them.
Dear readers. I hope that all the recipes and recommendations described will help you quickly cure a cough and cold with folk remedies without harm to your health. Look how many valuable herbs, plants, vegetables, fruits and berries nature has given us! How many good affordable remedies are in the arsenal of traditional medicine! Wonderful recipes for radishes with cough honey, milk with figs, onions with sugar - all this is nearby, cheap, natural. Moms who recognize homeopathic remedies can try those that I talked about - maybe it will be useful to someone. Use and do not get sick!
All health!
As always with love, three times mother Irina Lirnetskaya
Hello everyone!
Each of us, dear readers of my blog, alas, but at least once, but suffered a cough, the main symptom of an autumn cold or winter hypothermia.
In general, coughing is a defensive reaction of our body.
With the help of it, the body releases phlegm in the bronchi, which occurs as a result of inflammation and the multiplication of bacteria.
Therefore, it is always very important to treat the cough correctly, not to suppress it, but to help it fulfill its protective function to the fullest.
I think that many of you have tried to treat cough at home more than once, using various inhalations, infusions and decoctions of medicinal herbs for this. Yes, the effectiveness of folk remedies for coughing has been tested by time.
But, you can use them only if you are sure of the cause of your cough, i.e. if it is caused by an inflammatory process in the body (ARI, hypothermia), and resulted from inflammatory diseases of the lungs or bronchi.
Therefore, let's take a closer look at how to get rid of a cough so that it is not only effective, but also safe for your health!
How to get rid of a cough - folk recipes
Cough - forced expiration through the mouth, caused by contractions of the muscles of the respiratory tract due to irritation of receptors located along the entire respiratory tract (in the nose, paranasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, pleura). The physiological role of cough is to cleanse the respiratory tract of foreign substances and prevent mechanical obstacles that impair the patency of the airways
Why do you need a cough?
Folk remedies for coughs are mainly aimed at thinning sputum and its easier separation from the walls of the bronchi, as well as its discharge to the outside.
By cleansing the bronchi, we rid the body of bacteria and relieve inflammation. The inflammation goes away, the cough goes away.
If your cough is dry, choking, caused by nerve irritation, COPD, bronchial asthma, allergic nature, or caused by chronic diseases, the use of folk remedies for coughs may be ineffective and even dangerous.
In this case, you must definitely contact a specialist and do not self-medicate.
Folk recipes for treating cough
I tried to make a selection of the most effective homemade recipes for cough control based on herbs, spices and food.
- Anise infusion
For the preparation of "Anise infusion" we need the following ingredients:
- anise - 2 tablespoons seeds
- honey - 2 tablespoons
- water - 200 grams (1 cup)
Cooking method:
- Making anise infusion is actually one of the easiest.
- Place anise seeds in a suitable container and pour boiling water over them.
- Then put it on a slow fire for 20 minutes, this will be enough. Next, we will cool our drug to room temperature.
- We filter the cooled infusion through gauze or a sieve and add 2 tablespoons of honey to it.
- Take the infusion should be inside before meals 3 times a day, 3 tablespoons or 50 grams.
- Anise-fennel infusion
This infusion also contains anise seeds in its composition and for its preparation you will need the following ingredients:
- anise - 1 teaspoon seeds
- fennel - 1 teaspoon
- water - 200 grams (1 cup)
Cooking method:
- Pour boiling water over anise and fennel seeds, let it brew for half an hour.
- As dishes, you can use a thermos, so that the infusion is better brewed.
- After brewing and cooling at room temperature, filter the infusion through a sieve or gauze.
It is taken before meals every 30 minutes at a dosage of 2-3 tablespoons.
- Turmeric for cough
For cooking, you need to take:
- turmeric - 1 teaspoon
- milk - 200 grams (1 cup)
Cooking method:
Add a teaspoon to a glass of milk and bring the drink to a boil.
It should be consumed hot before bed.
Turmeric has a beneficial effect on our body and has a warming effect.
- Basil tea for cough
Ingredients:
- fresh green basil leaves
- water - 200 grams (1 cup)
Cooking method:
- In order to prepare a drink, you need to take green basil leaves and pour boiling water over them, I brew them in a thermos.
- After the drink is infused, you can take it 2-3 times a day for 50 grams.
- Green basil has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties.
- From cough
To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:
- figs - 5 pieces (you can use both fresh and dried)
- milk - 400 grams (2 cups)
Cooking method:
- place in a small saucepan and fill it with two glasses of hot milk, preferably freshly boiled.
- We cover the saucepan tightly, giving the opportunity to brew. After the infusion becomes warm, it is ready for use, then we will knead the already soft fruits.
- It is recommended to use the infusion 3-5 times a day in the form of heat in half a glass. It is mainly used for bronchitis and tonsillitis.
- Cough honey
Honey has long been known for its healing properties, and honey in combs is just a storehouse of useful vitamins and minerals.
When coughing, especially dry, it is very good to just chew a piece of honeycomb.
- Pepper paste with honey
Ingredients used:
- ground black pepper - ¼ teaspoon
- honey - 1 tablespoon
Cooking method:
To prepare the potion, we need to mix black ground pepper and honey well.
It is necessary to take the prepared paste by sucking after eating 3 times a day.
- Cinnamon Paste
To prepare the pasta, take the following ingredients:
- cinnamon - ½ teaspoon
- honey - 1 teaspoon
Cooking method:
To prepare the paste, you will need to mix it so that there are no lumps left. It must be taken by sucking 3-4 times a day.
- Ginger tea for cough
Ingredients:
- ginger - half a teaspoon of powder
- cloves - a quarter of a teaspoon
- cinnamon - a fifth of a teaspoon
Cooking method:
Tea is prepared by mixing all three components, that is: cloves and cinnamon, which are placed in a thermos and poured with boiling water.
Let the tea brew for 30 minutes. You need to drink tea 4-5 times a day.
- Asafoetida paste for whooping cough and bronchitis
To prepare the pasta you will need:
- asafoetida - one fifth of a teaspoon
- onion juice - a quarter of a teaspoon
- honey - 1 tablespoon
Asafoetida is an Indian spice used in Vedic cooking. It is a good substitute for onions and garlic, while leaving no smell, it is used in powder form.
Cooking method:
To get a healing paste, you need to mix all the ingredients: asafoetida, onion juice and honey. Take the remedy 4 times a day, 1 teaspoon.
- Infusion on spices for cough
When preparing the infusion, we need:
- anise - a quarter teaspoon
- fennel - a quarter teaspoon
- - a quarter teaspoon
- dill - a quarter teaspoon
- coriander - a quarter teaspoon
Cooking method:
It is required to take all the components, placing them in a thermos and pour one glass of boiling water.
Let the composition infuse for half an hour, after which it can be taken one glass 4 times a day.
- Mandarin decoction for cough
What is the use of this decoction, or rather tangerine peels?
The fact is that tangerines contain a substance - synephrine, which relieves swelling and removes mucus, thanks to which it allows you to remove mucus from the lungs and bronchi.
To get a tangerine broth we need ingredients:
- peels of fresh tangerines - 2 - 3 medium-sized
- water - 200 grams (1 cup)
Cooking method:
It is necessary to pour boiling water over the tangerine peels and let them brew for 30 minutes. After the specified time, strain the broth and drink 1 glass on an empty stomach in the morning.
- Pine decoction
Let's prepare a decoction of pine buds, for which you will need the following components:
- Dry pine buds - 15-18 pieces
- Water 1 glass
Pine buds can be bought at any pharmacy.
Cooking method:
- Pour boiling water over pine buds, let it brew for 40-50 minutes.
- Then strain and take a decoction of 1 tablespoon 4-5 times a day, preferably before meals.
- Onion gargle for chronic cough
I hope you can find at least one acceptable recipe from the listed recipes, cook it and help your body cleanse your bronchi of phlegm, mucus, bacteria and everything that causes inflammation and provokes a cough.
In general, today, in my opinion, the best way to deal with a cough is inhalation through a nebulizer with saline. This is especially effective for children.
Be healthy and take care of yourself.
And of course, in any case, remember that for any disease, before self-medicating, you should consult with a specialist and listen to his opinion.
Alena Yasneva was with you, bye everyone!
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How to cure cough at home? Undoubtedly, every person asked such a question at least once in his life. In principle, home treatment for cough is quite possible and even approved by many health professionals. However, before you begin to treat the disease, you need to find out what it is and what causes it to appear.
What is a cough and why does it appear
Cough is a protective reflex reaction of the body, due to which it becomes possible to remove a foreign body, sputum or infection from the respiratory tract. It manifests itself as a sharp, uncontrolled jerky exhalation, which helps to prevent the overlap of the airways. Causes of cough can be infectious or non-infectious. The first group includes microbial, viral or fungal diseases. To the second - allergies, heart and lung diseases, digestive disorders, irritation of the respiratory tract. In order to determine the exact cause of a cough, it is recommended to take into account all the features of its manifestation. These include:
- duration, strength and productivity of cough;
- at what time of the day are the most severe attacks noticeable;
- the nature of the sputum;
- combination of cough with other symptoms.
Cough treatment
As a rule, if the cough is caused by an infectious disease, then it will pass on its own as the underlying ailment is treated. It is quite acceptable to use folk remedies for coughing, however, if the symptom does not decrease and does not disappear within a few days, the patient needs to visit a medical facility and see specialists in order to avoid serious illness.
The main goal of therapy for acute cough is to reduce the severity of attacks as soon as possible, to transfer a dry cough into a wet one. Treating a wet cough is much easier. For this, ultrasonic or steam inhalations, means for expectoration and liquefaction of sputum are used. It is strictly forbidden to treat a wet cough with drugs of the central type of action, as this can lead to complications and stagnation of the infection. With a slight cough, it is recommended to use decoctions and infusions of medicinal herbs as a healing potion. Among other things, it is very important to remember that any cough remedies (including folk remedies) should be used only after consulting a doctor, since improper treatment can turn a simple ailment into a serious illness.
Healing herbs for cough
How to cure a cough at home with medicinal herbs? This question is often asked by adherents of traditional medicine. In principle, effective cough remedies can be purchased at any pharmacy, since pharmaceuticals are now quite developed and there are a huge number of drugs for sale for every taste and budget. However, phytotherapists in these cases usually recommend combining medicinal plants, creating chest collections for coughing, which will have a complex effect on the organs of the upper respiratory tract. Most often, such compositions include: wild rosemary, coltsfoot, plantain, cumin, elderberry, raspberry, licorice root, juniper, thyme and other herbs that have the same effect.
For example, a collection of anise fruits (1 hour), marshmallow root (2 hours), self-seed poppy flowers (2 hours), coltsfoot leaves (1 hour), licorice root (5 hours .), mullein flowers (1 hour), thyme grass (2 hours) and mallow flowers (2 hours). All dry ingredients are crushed and mixed in one container. Further, 1 tbsp. l. the resulting collection is poured with water at room temperature and insisted for a couple of hours, after which they are put on a small fire and boiled for about 5 minutes. After cooling, the broth is filtered. Take the potion four times a day for a quarter cup in the form of heat.
In addition to this cough recipe for adults, you can use many others. For example, elderberry flowers, plantain leaf, sundew grass and tricolor violets are mixed in equal proportions. 4 tsp dry mixture is poured with an incomplete glass (220 ml) of warm water and boiled for 6-7 minutes. The resulting liquid is cooled and drunk in equal small doses throughout the day. There should be 5-6 receptions in total.
Some healers, in response to the question of how to cure a cough at home, advise taking a collection of equal amounts of knotweed grass, dill seeds, licorice root, thyme, pine buds and anise fruits. 25 g of the collection is poured into 350 ml of slightly warm water and set aside for a couple of hours. Then, the container with the mixture is placed on the stove and boiled for 2-3 minutes. Set aside and let cool, then strain.
Cough with a cold is very well treated with elecampane root. First, it is cleaned, washed and crushed. A teaspoon of the root is poured overnight with 250 ml of cooled boiled water. In the morning, the potion is brought to a boil (do not boil), filtered, divided into four equal portions and drunk during the day half an hour before the main meals.
For the treatment of dry cough, it is best to carry out steam inhalation. A tablespoon of eucalyptus leaves is mixed with the same amount of calendula flowers and licorice root. Further, 20 g of the collection is brewed with 250 ml of boiling water and infused for 10 minutes so that the herbs give off all their healing power. After that, they bend over the hot infusion and exhale outgoing medicinal vapors. For greater efficiency, the head is covered with a terry towel.
Viburnum for cough
Very effective cough remedies are obtained from viburnum flowers or berries. Moreover, these funds can be used to treat people of all ages. Contraindications to the use of drugs with viburnum are: hypotension, a tendency to thrombosis, increased blood clotting, pregnancy. For the rest of the patients, they will only be useful and quickly put on their feet.
An excellent remedy is tea from the berries of this unusual plant. It is prepared according to the following recipe: viburnum fruits are ground into a gruel, which is brewed with boiling water and heated for 20 minutes in a water bath. After, the broth is diluted with boiling water and drunk as tea three times a day.
In addition, viburnum berries are very useful in combination with natural bee honey. To prepare such a remedy, the fruits are first scalded with boiling water, and then rubbed through a colander. The resulting mushy mass is mixed with honey in equal amounts. May or linden honey is considered the most useful for colds. Therefore, it is more expedient to use them. Prepare the product in advance, since it needs to settle in a cold place for at least 7 days. Use viburnum grated with honey for 1 tsp. three times a day or added to tea.
If the cough appeared due to a cold, then it is useful to use viburnum infused with red wine, most often they take Cahors for this. To prepare a healing agent, 100 g of natural bee honey, viburnum juice and red wine are mixed in a clay pot or in a refractory glass dish. Add 3 cm of hot red pepper pod to the mixture. Next, the container is covered with a lid and placed in an oven preheated to 170 C for 3 hours. When the medicine is ready, it is laid out in a glass container, cooled, tightly closed and cleaned in the cold. Use the medicinal mixture 30 minutes before meals 4 times a day. Only adults should be treated with this remedy.
A decoction of viburnum flowers will help not only cure a cough, but also relieve fever. A tablespoon of dry mass is brewed with 2 cups of boiling water, insisted for an hour, divided into 3 parts and consumed throughout the day. To improve the taste, you can add a little cinnamon, honey or sugar to the drink.
Cough Onion
Onions are often used in traditional medicine recipes. He will also deal with coughing. To do this, take a pound of pre-peeled onions, mix with two glasses of sugar, pour a liter of water and boil for 3 hours. After that, cool and add 50 g of liquid natural honey. The mixture is poured into a glass container and tightly closed. Use for any kind of cough, 5-6 dessert spoons after eating.
Cough onions can also be used as a syrup. To prepare it in the evening, the onion, peeled, finely chopped and poured 1 tbsp. l. Sahara. In the morning, the released juice is poured into a jar and drunk 1-2 tsp. 5-6 times a day. If there is no allergy to bee products, then the sugar in this recipe can be replaced with natural honey. Adults can use not only syrup, but also eat sweet onion gruel, which remained after infusion. There are as many benefits from it as from syrup.
No less useful is a therapeutic mixture of goose fat and onions. To prepare it, the onion head is peeled and grated, mixed in equal parts with goose fat. The resulting mixture is rubbed on the chest and back of the patient, after which they dress warmly and go to bed. In the morning, the same mixture is recommended to be taken orally, 1 dessert spoon.
Milk for cough
Milk has long been considered the best remedy for relieving symptoms of respiratory diseases. It is also used to relieve stress, to combat insomnia or treat sore throats. Healers recommend adding other equally useful products to cough milk.
For example, mix it in equal proportions with carrot juice. Drink such a remedy should be often enough - one glass 5-6 times a day. In the spring (if possible), carrot juice is replaced with natural maple or birch juice. They drink the medicine in the same way.
Milk and honey for coughs have been used for centuries. A mixture of these remedies gives excellent results and will quickly cure coughs and other manifestations of a cold. Preparing the remedy is quite simple. For this, 1 tbsp. l. honey is dissolved in a glass of warm boiled milk, 20 g of goose fat or butter are added and drunk before going to bed.
Milk and honey for cough can also be used in combination with other products. For example, a glass of oats is boiled for about an hour in 200 ml of milk, a spoonful of honey and a piece of butter are added. Drink the potion warm three times a day after meals. The last dose is recommended to be done before bedtime.
Plantain and aloe for cough
Aloe and plantain are wonderful plants for the treatment and prevention of various diseases. They will also be excellent helpers in the fight against coughing. The easiest way to prepare a mixture of aloe and honey. To do this, just mix 5 parts of aloe juice and 1 part of buckwheat or linden honey. The mixture is consumed 3-6 times a day. After taking such a medicine, it is advisable not to eat or drink anything for half an hour.
For the next remedy, 15 g of aloe juice is mixed with 20 g of goose fat, 3-4 tbsp. l. honey, 100 g butter and 3 tbsp. l. cocoa powder. All components are mixed and heated in a water bath until completely dissolved; boiling the mixture is not recommended. The resulting medicine is used as a healing additive to tea of any kind (green, black, white). It should be drunk 5-6 times a day. Be sure to take it before bed.
Plantain can also be taken as a medicinal tea. To do this, 50 g of raw materials are poured with a liter of boiling water and infused for a couple of hours, after wrapping the container with a drink with warm cloth. Drink tea 50 ml 4 times a day in a warm form.
From the fresh leaves of the plant, you can also prepare an excellent remedy. To do this, they are thoroughly washed, crushed to a mushy state and pour 200 ml of water. Next, put on fire and bring to a boil, after which add another 3 tbsp. l. any natural honey, mix and set aside. If there is no allergy to bee products, then this medicine can be used 1 tbsp. l. each hour.
Plantain cough is also used in the form of syrup. To do this, the leaves of the plant collected in ecologically clean places are washed and passed through a meat grinder or very finely chopped. Further, a small layer of sugar is poured onto the bottom of a 3-liter jar, and a layer (2-3 fingers) of plantain gruel and sugar again is poured on top. The process is repeated until the jar is full. The last layer is sugar. Next, the jar is tightly closed and taken to a cool place until syrup is formed. From time to time, the resulting liquid is poured into another clean container. The process of preparing the potion can take more than one week, but the reward will be a great natural remedy. You can use it for any type of cough, 2 tsp. before every main meal.
Using essential oils for coughs
Essential oil for cough is most often used as one of the components for inhalation. For example, with a dry cough, it is advisable to use a composition consisting of 2 drops of lemon oil and the same amount of eucalyptus oil. To carry out the procedure in a saucepan, it is necessary to boil a liter of water and add the required amount of oils. Next, the patient sits comfortably, covers himself with a terry towel, tilts his head over the steam and inhales it through his mouth. The duration of the procedure ends as the water cools, but no longer than 15 minutes.
With a wet cough, the composition of the medicinal mixture will be different. To do this, per liter of water you will need oils of eucalyptus (2 drops), mint (1 drop), anise (1 drop) and lavender (3 drops). The procedure is carried out as in the previous recipe. In order for such treatment to give a good result, inhalations should be carried out 2 times a day. Mandatory procedure shortly before bedtime. This is explained by the fact that a sleeping person does not eat food and does not drink liquid, which allows the medicinal substances that are part of the oils to fully open up. In addition, it is not recommended to go outside or drink cool drinks after the procedures. Otherwise, the effect of treatment may be just the opposite.
Treatment of cough in children
Parents of young children also do not always want to treat cold symptoms with medicines. Therefore, the question of how to cure a cough at home is no less relevant for them.
The following recipe has an excellent effect: medium-sized potatoes, onions and one green apple are boiled in a liter of water. All components are pre-washed, onions and potatoes are peeled and cut into cubes. Boil the composition until the amount of liquid is halved. After that, the broth is allowed to cool and filtered. The thick is thrown away, and the warm decoction is given to the child 1 tsp each. three times a day.
An excellent expectorant for children is cabbage juice with sugar or honey (1:1). A decoction of cabbage leaves also works well (2 large leaves per liter of water), mixed in the same proportions with natural linden honey.
For the next remedy 1 tbsp. l. Pine buds are poured with boiling water and boiled for 1 minute. Then wrap and insist half an hour. Further, filter and give children 1-2 dessert spoons 3-4 times a day.
Cough in young children can be cured with honey and olive oil mixed in equal amounts. Give children 5 g three times a day. The same remedy can be used to treat whooping cough.
At home, you can prepare a great balm that will perfectly help to cope with a cough in children. To prepare it, mix 250 g of honey, 450 g of walnuts (grind), and 70 g of agave or aloe juice. All components are intensively mixed (you can use a blender) and freshly squeezed juice of 4 lemons is added. Mix again and transfer to storage in a glass container. Give children with any kind of cough or bronchitis 5 g three times a day 30 minutes before meals.
Black radish is the perfect cough medicine. It is washed, crushed and laid out in a clay pot or other heat-resistant dishes. Next, sprinkle with sugar and put in the oven for a couple of hours. The resulting juice will be that miraculous remedy that will help defeat the cough. Children from 4 to 14 years old are recommended to give 10 ml of juice three times a day.
A decoction of young spruce branches has a good effect. To prepare it, a liter of milk is poured into a saucepan and 35 g of crushed spruce shoots are added. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes, then cover with a lid and let it brew for another couple of hours. Strained broth is given to the child three times a day for a dessert spoon.
Curd compress
Homemade compresses are often used to treat cough in children. For example, they take cottage cheese and warm it up so that the whey separates. It is drained, and the curd mass is spread on gauze and applied to the child’s chest for at least half an hour, older children can be done at night. This procedure is allowed to be done at elevated temperatures. Such a compress, in addition to a healing effect, helps to determine the presence of pneumonia in a child. If, after the procedure, the cottage cheese has changed color and turned yellowish-green, the baby should definitely be shown to the doctor, since this factor is an indicator of pneumonia.
Cough - an unpleasant and sometimes painful phenomenon - can be a symptom of diseases of the respiratory system, an allergic reaction, the result of chest injuries. It is characteristic of the common cold, and for such formidable diseases as tuberculosis and cancer. There is a cough, which is not a pathology and serves to free the respiratory organs from foreign bodies and mucus. Cough can occur when the respiratory tract is irritated by dust, tobacco smoke, and substances with a pungent odor.
Serious cases such as pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchial asthma, whooping cough and other diseases require professional medical attention, and here we cannot talk about self-medication. But it often happens that a cough accompanies a common cold, in which not everyone goes to the hospital. And then the question arises of how to cure a cough on your own?
Cough is a protective reaction of the body, during which foreign particles and harmful microorganisms are removed from the respiratory tract. As a rule, a cough with ARVI goes away without treatment after 3-4 weeks, but if it is strong, dry and causes a lot of inconvenience, then measures must be taken to alleviate your condition and sleep at night.
It is better to take pills and medicines against cough, after all, as directed by a doctor. With mild forms of a cold, it is enough to use folk remedies to soften the cough, reduce its strength and accelerate the release of sputum.
In the people there are many effective ways to deal with this type of cough. So, how to cure a cough with folk remedies?
With a cold cough, you need to drink more water, which will restore the disturbed one, help to thin and quickly remove sputum.
For those who are interested in when sputum does not separate well, there is another recipe for inhalation. In a bowl with an infusion of herbs, you need to add a spoonful of soda. You can make an inhalation with one soda - three tablespoons per three liters of water. Breathe for 10-15 minutes. Soda helps to thin sputum and its rapid exit from the respiratory system.
A very affordable and effective cough remedy is the inhalation of potato steam. Boil the potatoes in their skins, drain the water and breathe over the potatoes for about 10 minutes.
Do not know how to cure a cough at home simply and quickly? Here are some more proven recipes.
Make a deepening in the black radish, put honey there, let stand until the juice is released. Take a tablespoon 3 times a day. When the juice runs out, you can add more honey to the same radish.
Rub the chest at night, put on cotton underwear and something from woolen clothes, go to bed. Fat is better to take sheep, but you can also pork.
Often with a cold, the question arises of how to cure it quickly. To do this, put half a teaspoon of soda in a glass of boiled milk, the same amount of unsalted lard, mix and drink before each meal.
Since ancient times, people have been treating coughs with milk and oats. Put unpeeled oats in a thermos with hot milk (a glass of milk per handful of oats), leave for five hours, strain and drink.
Another way to cure a cough is with traditional medicine. Grate the garlic, pour it with boiling milk, insist in a thermos. Drink one tablespoon between meals.
A well-known and simple way to treat cough is hot milk with honey. In a glass of hot milk, stir a tablespoon of honey and drink at night.
Perspiration and bouts of dry cough had to be experienced by every person. At first, there is a slight discomfort in the throat, which gradually increases. Then there is an irresistible desire to cough, caused by the reaction of the larynx to irritation. In rare cases, unpleasant symptoms disappear after 1 – 2 days, but more often the cough continues to bother until the person begins to take action.
Whether it is possible to treat cough with folk remedies quickly in an adult depends on the presence of concomitant diseases, the causes of perspiration, and the age of the patient. The elderly, who usually have a whole bunch of diseases, should use folk remedies for dry cough with extreme caution.
There are very effective folk recipes for dry cough: in adults, an improvement occurs almost immediately if you inhale, drink herbal teas, gargle, apply applications and compresses to the neck area.
Here is a list of procedures that you can do at home, on your own or with the help of a family member:
- Take 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, vodka and honey, mix and heat in a water bath. Soak a linen cloth in the warm mixture and apply to the area between the shoulder blades.
- Knead a soft dough of corn oil, flour and honey, roll into a cake and apply it on the chest or back.
- Boil a few potatoes in their skins, crush, without peeling, put on the area between the shoulder blades.
- Take flour, dry mustard and honey in equal amounts, mix, grease linen or cotton fabric with this mass, apply on the chest.
- Rub the area between the shoulder blades with camphor oil, then put mustard plasters for 15-20 minutes.
On a note. The compress is best done at bedtime, applying a healing agent for 1.5-2 hours or until cool.
With severe cough
To implement folk remedies, quickly and without negative consequences, medicinal herb syrup will help. The medicine does not contain alcohol, so it is suitable for both adults and children. Syrup drink 1 tsp. three times a day, adding it to tea. Also, with a dry cough, it is useful to drink ginger infusion, which is prepared as follows:
- Grate peeled ginger root weighing 50 g on a fine grater;
- Raw materials are placed in a teapot, where the herbal cough collection is already located;
- Pour in boiled water and incubate for 30 minutes;
- Buckwheat honey is added to taste and drunk without restrictions, like tea.
To quickly cure a dry cough, doctors advise drinking 1 tbsp. ginger tea in the morning, afternoon and evening. Another tested remedy is prepared from onions:
- The onion head is crushed in a blender or in a meat grinder, the juice is squeezed out of it;
- Add 1 tsp. honey, mix well and leave for 2-3 hours at room temperature;
- Take 0.5 tsp. morning, afternoon and evening for 7 days.
Unused product should be stored in the refrigerator.
With a strong cough, relief comes if you drink warm, but not hot, milk with butter and honey. This remedy can be drunk without restriction, it tastes good, softens the throat well and promotes expectoration. It is useful to do inhalations every evening, that is, to breathe over the steam. To do this, boil potatoes in their skins, adding a little oats, then breathe over the steam without draining the boiling water. When cooking, there should be just enough water to cover the tubers.
To make the treatment of dry cough in adults more effective, it is recommended to take coniferous baths. You need to do the procedure like this:
- Fill the bath 25 cm below the top edge with warm water (37 degrees);
- Add coniferous extract or tablet;
- Dip into the water, making sure that the area of \u200b\u200bthe heart is not covered with water;
- Lie down or sit for 10-15 minutes;
- Get out, dry off and go straight to bed.
How to get rid of the cough reflex?
If the disease is caused by a cough reflex, it is necessary to combine folk methods with traditional ones. Without this, in almost all cases it is impossible to achieve a tangible effect.
The following time-tested treatments are popular among patients:
- Black radish with honey. A recess is cut out in the root crop, honey is applied there and left at room temperature. When juice is formed, it is drunk in 1 tsp. before each meal and 1 tsp. before bedtime.
- Milk with figs. Milk is heated to 60 – 70 ° C and put in it a few pieces of figs. Leave at room temperature for 3 – 4 hours, then the fruits are ground directly in milk to a puree state. This mixture is taken orally 70 ml before each meal.
- For the treatment of dry cough, provoked by a reflex, you can take inside a mixture of peasant oil, taken in equal proportions. All components are well rubbed and eaten 1 tsp each. 4 times a day.
- It is useful to drink an infusion of medicinal herbs. Nettle, plantain, can be used as raw materials. Crushed dry leaves are poured with boiling water, incubated for 15 minutes. in a water bath, insist for half an hour and take orally 1 tbsp. l. before breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and at night.
- Oven baked radish juice. The root crop is cut into small cubes, laid out in 1 layer on a baking sheet, sprinkled with sugar and baked 35 – 40 minutes. Juice is squeezed from the pieces, and it is also drained from the baking sheet, and the radish is thrown away. Juice can be used to treat coughs in adults and children, taking 1 tsp. 5 – 6 times a day.
- Coffee substitutes. The drink itself will not help get rid of the disease, but the products that are usually consumed as surrogates are completely. Chicory, roasted grains of rye, barley and oats can be brewed like regular coffee and drunk with milk without restrictions.
Important: the treatment of dry cough with folk remedies in children should be carried out without the use of vodka, alcohol or alcohol-containing tinctures in any form.
If a person has no fever, which occurs in the form of seizures, poppy milk will help. Cooking method:
- 6– 7 tsp pour poppy seeds with hot water and leave for 10 minutes;
- Drain the water, grind the seeds in a mortar;
- Pour the gruel with a glass of boiling water and let stand for 15 – 20 minutes;
- Strain and take warm.
With allergies, the elimination of cough in adults with folk remedies is not recommended - it is simply useless, because you need to deal with the cause, that is, eliminate the allergen, or take drugs that suppress the activity of histamine.
How to be treated if the cough is caused by a cold?
A person who has become cold or has caught an infectious disease should first of all adjust the daily diet. At least 1 time per day on the table should be the following products:
- Milk oatmeal;
- Black radish with sour cream or butter;
- Grapes (this berry has a wound-healing and expectorant effect);
- Kefir, cottage cheese;
- Mashed potatoes dressed with butter.
Dry cough in an adult will pass faster if he regularly takes grape juice mixed with honey. For the period of treatment, it is worth giving up coffee - instead, it is better to drink a drink made from chicory and milk.
A proven folk remedy for coughing is honey with lemon. The fruit is scrolled in a meat grinder, honey is added to taste and eaten like a regular dessert. This medicine also helps with high fever.
In addition to food and medicines, you need to remember about water: you should drink enough of it to completely cover the body's need for fluid. Water is necessary for the body to function normally, in addition, it helps to thin sputum. It is useful to drink mineral spruce water: due to its chemical composition, the acid-base balance in the body is restored and the secretory activity of the gastrointestinal tract is normalized.
How to get rid of dry cough?
A dry cough is a cough that is not accompanied by sputum. In this case, there are two treatment options: drink a medicine that eliminates the cough reflex, or take drugs, including folk ones, to thin the sputum. The second option is preferable, since the elimination of the reflex does not contribute to getting rid of the cause: in the absence of a cough, the mucous masses will still be in the airways.
If unpleasant symptoms in the form of dry cough are the result of a cold, it is useful to do inhalations with brewed medicinal herbs. Preparation of the remedy:
- Take 1 part of dry raw materials of chamomile, sage, coltsfoot, thyme;
- 4 tbsp. l. pour the mixture with boiling water;
- Pour in the same 1 tsp. soda;
- Add 2 drops of eucalyptus or menthol oil;
- Breathe over steam 3 – 4 times a day.
In addition to treating dry cough with folk remedies, you must adhere to the following recommendations:
- Eat light but high-calorie foods;
- Minimize the amount of animal fats in the diet;
- Every day there are fresh fruits, vegetables in boiled form and in the form of salads;
- Take an expectorant prescribed by your doctor.
Important: if the cough is hacking and paroxysmal, you should definitely see a doctor before using alternative treatment.
Treatment with vegetables, berries and fruits
The most famous folk remedies for coughing are garlic and onions. They are affordable, easy to use and effective. Perhaps the only side effect is the smell, but it is more than offset by the powerful healing effect of phytoncides on the body. Garlic or onion juice can be instilled into the nose if a cough without fever in an adult is accompanied by a runny nose. It is useful to wipe the feet, palms and chest with gruel (without affecting the area of \u200b\u200bthe heart). A mixture of cinnamon, black pepper and honey also helps with coughs. It must be applied as a compress.
Cranberries, raspberries, lingonberries, and currants are good for colds. Folk recipes for dry cough in adults involve the use of not only berries and fruits, but also dried leaves - they are brewed and drunk like tea. The decoction has a multidirectional effect:
- Helps the body cope with intoxication caused by the inflammatory process;
- Fights pathogenic microorganisms;
- Liquefies mucus and promotes its speedy removal;
- Strengthens immunity.
In the process of treating cough with folk remedies, it is recommended to brew vitamin tea from viburnum or rosehip. It is advisable to eat soaked apples, radishes, sauerkraut - these products contain a lot of vitamin C. The listed products are recognized folk remedies for coughs. The vitamin menu is especially useful during periods of general beriberi and outbreaks of colds. The difference between pickled and pickled vegetables and fruits from other types of preservation is that they retain all the vitamins and other useful elements that do not tolerate high temperatures.
Many are interested in how often adults need to take this or that folk remedy for coughing, how to recover quickly, maybe additionally take pharmaceutical preparations? Doctors on this occasion agree that for a start, a person should visit the clinic anyway, because it is necessary to find out the exact cause. It can be anything, up to a malignant neoplasm. But if a person is sure that the factors that cause discomfort in the larynx are harmless, he can immediately begin to treat cough with folk remedies.
Nature has given us an incredible amount of medicinal plants and natural substances. They are affordable, useful and help get rid of unpleasant symptoms in the shortest possible time. But we must remember that restoring health by using folk remedies is not enough. Prevention and taking care of your body is the surest way not to get sick again.
