Traditional treatment for cough

Coughing does not bring pleasure to anyone, but nevertheless it often makes itself felt during colds. There is often no desire to be treated with pills or mixtures, and some have no opportunity. After all, all these chemically produced drugs are not beneficial, but they have many side effects. This is where good old traditional medicine comes in handy. Today we talk about how a cough can be cured using folk remedies. 

Traditional treatment for dry cough

A dry cough must be treated to help clear the bronchi of mucus. Otherwise, such a cough has every chance of becoming chronic.

Simple hot milk can relieve an obsessive dry cough. It is advisable to add to it honey or mineral water. Instead of milk, you can use cream. If you are allergic to honey, you can replace it with natural butter.

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

Who hasn't heard of radish with honey? Many people have known this recipe since childhood. Cut off the tops of the radishes, but do not throw them away. Make a hole in the radish itself to make something like a pot. Place a few tablespoons of natural honey inside, cover with a radish “lid” and leave the mixture to cook for three to four hours. During this time, juice will be released. This “nectar” should be taken three to four spoons throughout the day before meals and immediately before bed.

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 in 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 severe, then the syrup prepared by yourself is consumed at least six times a day with a teaspoon. As soon as the cough begins to subside, you need to reduce the dosage.

Mix a large spoonful of dry mustard with the same spoonful of wheat flour and sunflower oil. Make a flat cake, place it in plastic and apply it like a heating pad alternately to the chest and back. Carefully! You cannot apply such a cake to the heart area!

When treating dry cough, you need to follow the drinking regime. The more fluid, the faster the recovery will occur. It’s great if you use herbal infusions and decoctions at this time.

A couple of large spoons of dry elecampane herb should be brewed in a thermos and allowed to settle. The finished decoction should be drunk half an hour before meals, three times a day, 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. The composition must be infused in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. The prepared composition must be cooled, strained, and the volume filled to 200 ml with boiled water. Take a large spoonful of the decoction three times a day immediately before meals.

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

Traditional treatment for wet cough

A wet cough, unlike a dry cough, is not as 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 variety of ingredients helps in the treatment of wet cough. Therefore, to begin with, we offer an assortment of milk-based recipes.

Milk with figs. This medicine is not only good, but also tasty, by the way, many children like it. Can be used for temperature drop and eliminating inflammation. To prepare the “medicine” you will need a black or dark purple variety of fig. The inflorescence needs to be thoroughly washed and literally poured a glass of milk. Put everything on the 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 this, boil for a minute and let stand for another twenty minutes. The finished composition is drunk before meals three times a day, always warm.

Pour a liter of fresh milk into an enamel saucepan, place five large spoons of honey, half a small spoon of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, a couple of allspice peas and a couple of small bay leaves. The entire composition must be boiled, then infused and taken in small sips. It is acceptable for children over ten years of age to drink.

Ginger and milk. In terms of its healing qualities, ginger can even be compared with garlic and ginseng. In addition to treating a cough, this drink will help strengthen the immune system, will rid the body of pathogenic microbes. Take a small piece of chopped ginger, one and a half glasses 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. During breaks, let the drink brew for about five minutes. At the end, express the composition. You can sweeten the medicine with honey.

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

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

Regular raspberry and viburnum jam works well against wet coughs. To do this, you just need to drink hot tea with this sweetness. Tasty and very healthy.

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

Traditional treatment of cough in children

And now several recipes that are ideal for treating cough in children.

• Inhalation shows good results in treating the disease. For example, you can dissolve a kilogram of ordinary sea salt in water, without aromatic additives, put it 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 potato steam. Cover the potatoes with water and bring to a boil. Then drain the water and sit over the pan, covered with a blanket. However, under no circumstances carry out such procedures if the baby has a fever.
• 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 cakes: place one on the chest, the other on the back, after placing gauze folded several times between the cake and the child’s body. Wrap the baby in cling film and a warm scarf on top. Do not place the tortillas in the heart area!
• Pour a glass of pine nuts with a liter of milk. Bring this mixture to a boil, then switch to low heat and leave to simmer for five minutes. Let the drink sit. Strain and give cedar milk to your child.
• Pour a glass of oatmeal into a liter of water and place on low heat for a couple of hours. Decant 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 meals at lunch and in the evening just before bed.
• Boil a large glass of viburnum berries in a liter of clean water. Strain the finished broth and sweeten with honey. Give the prepared compote to the child half a glass three times a day.

• Combine coltsfoot, oregano and chamomile in equal parts. 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. Decant the finished infusion and give the child half a glass three times a day.
• Wash the orange thoroughly and cut it with the peel. Boil the fruit in sugar syrup for about half an hour. Give the finished jam to the child in a small spoon at the time of coughing attacks.
• Pine tea helps a lot. To do this, you just need to boil a little pine needles according to the instructions on the package, insist and give the baby the decoction three times a day.
• Pour a large spoonful of marshmallow into a glass of cool boiled water and leave for an hour. Strain the liquid and add honey to taste. Drink a small spoon every two hours.

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

Alternative treatment for cough during pregnancy

Treatment of cough during pregnancy should ideally occur 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 for recipes that are intended for children. In any case, be extremely careful when taking it so as not to provoke an allergic reaction.

Take care of yourself and be healthy!