Alternative cough treatment

Coughing does not bring pleasure to anyone, but nevertheless it often makes itself felt in moments of colds... There is often no desire to be treated with pills or potions, but someone has no opportunity. After all, all these drugs of chemical production are not distinguished by their benefits, but they have many side effects. This is where good old folk medicine comes in. Today tells about how you can cure a cough by folk remedies.

Alternative treatment for dry cough

Dry cough must be treated without fail to help clear phlegm from the bronchi. Otherwise, such a cough has every chance of becoming chronic.

Simple hot milk can get rid of an obsessive dry cough. It is advisable to add to it honey or mineral water. You can use cream instead of milk. If you are allergic to honey, then it can be replaced with natural butter.

In the evening, on a fine grater, grate a medium-sized onion, sprinkle it with a couple of small spoons of sugar. Stir, cover with a plate and leave overnight. The medicine will be ready in the morning. The resulting juice should be drunk on an empty stomach, and onion cake should be consumed during the day. This dry cough remedy is very effective; in a day or two, the cough will disappear.

Who has not heard of radish with honey? Many have known this recipe since childhood. Cut the top off the radish, but do not discard it. In the radish itself, make a depression to make it look like a pot. Place a few tablespoons of natural honey inside, cover with a radish “lid” and leave the composition to cook for three to four hours. During this time, juice will stand out. This "nectar" should be taken three to four spoons throughout the day before meals and just before bedtime.

Squeeze lemon juice (from one citrus) into a glass and add a couple of large spoons of glycerin to it. Mix everything very well and pour honey to the top. Before using this composition, it must be shaken thoroughly. If the cough is not severe, then the remedy is taken in a small spoon several times a day. If the cough is strong, then self-prepared syrup is consumed at least six times a day for a teaspoon. As soon as the cough begins to subside, the dosage should also be reduced.

Mix a large spoonful of dry mustard with the same spoonful of wheat flour and sunflower oil. Blind the cake, place it in polyethylene and apply it as a heating pad alternately to the chest and back. Caution! You cannot apply such a cake to the heart area!

When treating dry cough, you must follow the drinking regimen. The more liquid, the faster the recovery will take place. It is great if you use herbal infusions and decoctions at this time.

A couple of large spoons of dry elecampane grass should be brewed in a thermos and allowed to settle. The finished broth should be drunk half an hour before a meal, three times a day for a third of a glass. You can use the same elecampane, but in a slightly different recipe. Pour a large spoonful of grass roots with a couple of glasses of water and boil for a quarter of an hour. Drink two large spoons every hour.

Combine ten grams of thyme with a glass of water. For a quarter of an hour, the composition must be insisted in a water bath. The prepared composition must be cooled, filtered, and the volume must be replenished to 200 ml with boiled water. Take the broth three times a day, a large spoonful immediately before a meal.

If alternative treatment does not help get rid of a dry cough, and the problem itself does not go away for two weeks, you should definitely contact a specialist. Most likely, a completely different disease is hidden under the guise of a primitive symptom.

Alternative treatment for wet cough

A wet cough, unlike a dry cough, is not so dangerous, which is due to the release of bacteria with mucus, due to which the healing process is significantly accelerated. However, this does not mean that it is unnecessary to treat it. Milk with a wide variety of ingredients is helpful in treating wet coughs. Therefore, for starters, we offer assorted recipes based on milk.

Milk with figs. This medicine is not only good, but also tasty, by the way, many kids like it. Can be used for lowering the temperature and eliminate inflammation. For the preparation of the "medicine" you need a black or dark purple fig variety. The inflorescence must be thoroughly washed and literally pour a glass of milk for a couple of C grade. Put everything on fire and boil for about a minute. You can use not only fresh, but also dried fruits. Only in the latter case, dry inflorescences need to be poured with milk for half an hour and allowed to settle. After that, boil for a minute and let stand for another twenty minutes. The finished composition is drunk before a meal three times a day, always warm.

Pour a liter of fresh milk into an enamel saucepan, put five large spoons of honey there, half a small spoonful of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, a couple of peas of allspice black pepper and a couple of small bay leaves. The entire composition must be boiled, then insisted and taken in small sips. It is permissible for children over ten years old to drink.

Ginger and milk. For its healing qualities, ginger can be compared even with garlic and ginseng. In addition to curing a cough, such a drink will help strengthen immunity, will rid the body of pathogenic microbes. Take a small piece of minced ginger, a glass and a half of milk and a couple of small spoons green tea... Combine all the ingredients and cook in three stages over low heat for a couple of minutes. In between, let the drink brew for about five minutes. At the end, drain the composition. You can sweeten the medicine with honey.

Another tasty medicine that can be used with pleasure not only by adults, but also by children. You need to peel one banana and grind it in a blender until puree. Pour three small spoons of cocoa powder into it, mix very thoroughly. Pour the gruel with boiled, but not very hot milk, add a little honey. Mix everything very well and drink before bed. The next morning the patient's condition will be much better.

A simple and effective cough medicine: pour a glass of milk into a saucepan, throw in four peeled garlic cloves and boil. Drink warm milk, removing garlic from the drink in advance.

Regular raspberry and viburnum jam fights well with a wet cough. To do this, you just need to drink hot tea with this sweetness. Delicious and very healthy.

Take in equal shares cranberry and honey. Crush the cranberries well and add honey to it. Mix everything well and eat 1-2 teaspoons throughout the day.

Alternative treatment of cough in children

And now for a few formulations that are ideal for treating coughs in children.

• In the treatment of the disease, inhalations show good results. So, for example, you can dissolve a kilogram of ordinary sea salt in water, without aromatic additives, put on fire and boil. After boiling, remove the pan from the heat, sit with the child over the steam, cover with a towel and breathe for about 8-10 minutes.
• Similar to the previous method, inhalation can be carried out over dry steam of potatoes. Cover the potatoes with water and bring to a boil. Then drain the water, and sit over the pan, covered with a blanket. However, in any case, do not carry out such procedures if the crumbs have a temperature.
• Boil the potatoes in their skins, then mash them with a fork. Add a large spoonful of dry mustard and stir the mixture. Divide into two parts and form the cakes: put one on the chest, the other on the back, having previously placed gauze folded several times between the cake and the child's body. Tie the crumb over with cling film and a warm scarf. Do not put cakes in the heart area!
• Pour a liter of milk over a glass of pine nuts. Bring this mixture to a boil, then switch to low heat and simmer for five minutes. Let the drink settle. Strain and give the cedar milk to the child.
• Pour a glass of oatmeal into a liter of water, put on low heat for a couple of hours. Strain the liquid and let the patient drink half a glass, after dissolving a spoonful of honey in it. In the morning on an empty stomach, then half an hour before a meal at lunchtime and in the evening before bedtime.
• In a liter of clean water, boil a large glass of viburnum berries. Strain the finished broth and sweeten with honey. Give the child half a glass of prepared compote three times a day.

• Combine in equal parts coltsfoot, oregano and chamomile. Stir and take a couple of large spoons from the total mass. Pour half a liter of boiling water and let it brew under the lid until it cools. Express the ready-made infusion and give the child half a glass three times a day.
• Rinse the orange thoroughly and chop together with the peel. Boil the fruit in sugar syrup for about half an hour. Give the child a small spoonful of ready-made jam at the time of coughing fits.
• Coniferous tea helps well. To do this, you just need to boil a little needles according to the instructions on the package, insist and give the baby a decoction three times a day.
• Pour a large spoonful of marshmallow with a glass of cool boiled water and leave for an hour. Strain the liquid, add honey to taste. Drink a small spoon every two hours.

If you still cannot cure a cough for one and a half to two weeks, be sure to seek help from a pediatrician pediatrician. He will help to establish the exact cause of the disease and prescribe an effective and safe treatment.

Alternative treatment of cough during pregnancy

Treatment of cough during pregnancy should ideally take place under the strict supervision of a supervising physician, even when it comes to traditional medicine recipes. In general, there is no special recipe for these purposes. All pregnant women in search of a healing potion can be guided by one rule - look after recipes for themselves that are intended for children. In any case, be extremely careful at the time of admission so as not to provoke an allergic reaction.

Take care of yourself and be healthy!