Alternative treatment for colds

Even a mild cold can disrupt all plans. It is not necessary to immediately run to the pharmacy and buy expensive medicines. After all, there are old folk methods of getting rid of a cold, cough, fever. Today we will consider the most effective methods of alternative treatment for this ailment.

Alternative treatment of the common cold

A runny nose or rhinitis is accompanied by profuse nasal discharge or congestion. In this case, there may be frequent sneezing and itching. It is imperative to treat a runny nose, otherwise complications may arise. There are different methods of treatment, including folk ones:

• Onion is one of the well-known remedies for rhinitis. It should be grated, put on a cloth and wrapped. The cloth or gauze should be slightly damp. Then place on the nose over the nostrils and cover with a dry napkin.
• Buy fir oil at the pharmacy. Pour about 3 liters of boiling water into a deep plate and add 5 drops of oil. Cover yourself with a blanket and breathe over a plate.
• To relieve swelling, heat the salt in a dry frying pan. Fold into a small bag or sock. Place on the bridge of the nose for warming up. The main thing is not to burn yourself.
• To get rid of a runny nose, feet are also warmed. Pour hot water into a basin, add salt. Hold for about 15 minutes. Then put on warm socks and lie under the covers. You can put dry mustard in your socks and go to sleep in them.
• Buy menthol oil and instill a few drops into the nostrils 2-3 times during the day. Drink more hot liquids. It could be tea with honey or jam, as well as various decoctions.
• Beetroot or carrot juice drip 3-4 drops 2-3 times a day.
• Take lemon juice. Add water in the same amount. Inhale and exhale back 3-5 times in a row. Then stir a teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water. Dip there or a piece of bandage, twist in the form of a tampon. Insert in turn in each nostril. Repeat all actions several times during the day.

Alternative treatment of headache

Headaches occur for many reasons: colds, stress, fatigue, sunstroke, poisoning, etc. Constant pain is a reason to see a doctor. For mild and rare pains in the head, a walk in the fresh air, a massage of the temples, and herbal tea will help.

If you do not want to take medication, you can try to get rid of headaches with the help of folk remedies:

• Take a decoction of onion peel 2 times a day for half a glass. Pre-insist the husk for about 2 hours. Be sure to prepare a new broth the next day.
• For pain caused by increased pressure, put fresh cucumber rings over your eyes.
• Wrap rye bread with vinegar in cheesecloth and apply to the sore spot.
• Stir a couple of tablespoons of mustard in warm water, hold your feet for about 10 minutes. Then rinse and dry. Repeat every other day up to 10 procedures.
• Apply freshly cut mint leaves to the temples and to the forehead. You can also attach a cabbage leaf by squeezing it a little to make juice.
• Cut the onion into 2 parts and apply to the temples for 10 minutes. The pain will pass.
• Bandage your head with a scarf for 10 minutes and sit relaxed with your eyes closed.

Try different remedies and one of them will certainly help.

Alternative throat treatment

With laryngitis in the throat, perspiration, dry cough... After a couple of days, phlegm begins to recede, hoarseness may appear. Treatment of laryngitis with the help of available tools:

• The salt solution will kill germs in the throat and relieve pain. To prepare it, stir 1/2 teaspoon of salt in warm water. Gargle a sore throat with this solution several times a day, using a glass of solution for 1 procedure. You can add lemon juice from one citrus to the saline solution.
• Cut a clove of garlic in half lengthwise and place in your mouth. Profuse salivation will begin. Saliva must be swallowed.
• With laryngitis, take a decoction of ginger. Cut the root into strips and boil for 10 minutes.
• Gargle with diluted apple cider vinegar. For a glass of water 1 spoonful of vinegar.
• Take a few spoons of honey with tea and lemon.
• Put a few drops of eucalyptus oil in hot water. Inhale for 10 minutes.
• Cut 3-4 small onions and add 200-250 ml of water. Cook until thick. For 1 glass of water, add 5 tablespoons of the resulting syrup, a spoonful of honey and a little lemon juice. Take your time for a drink.

With pharyngitis, itching in the throat, it hurts to swallow. Mucus builds up in the throat. Coughing may cause nausea and vomiting. Folk recipes for pharyngitis:

• Gargle with herbal infusions every hour. 10 gram herbs boil for 1 glass of boiling water, cool so that the solution is warm. For infusion, chamomile, calendula or sage are used.
• Squeeze out garlic or grate. Mix half a cup of chopped garlic with the same amount of honey. Drink 1 spoonful an hour apart.
• Dissolve 1 spoon of sea salt in 0.5 liters of warm water. Rinse with the solution for 5 days several times a day.
• Brew 10 grams of rosehip leaves and 5 grams of yarrow in a glass of water. Drink at night with honey.

With angina, there is a sore throat, high temperature. Angina is dangerous because it can cause complications. Therefore, it is necessary to start treatment immediately. Home remedies for this:

• Gargle with beetroot infusion with a break of 2 hours. Grate the beets on a fine grater and cover with hot water in the same volume. Wait 6 hours, then strain and rinse.
• Drink lemon juice for 3 days. For every day, 1 lemon. This will help get rid of the disease faster.
• Tie the chopped cabbage leaf to the throat in the form of a compress.

Alternative treatment of temperature

During illness, the body fights viruses, which is accompanied by an increase in temperature. But, when a mark above 38 appears on the thermometer, measures must be taken to reduce this indicator.

In folk medicine, there are many different recipes and techniques for bringing down the temperature. Here is some of them:

• Grate 2 raw potatoes and add a tablespoon of vinegar. Wrap in gauze and apply to the forehead. Replace periodically with a fresh compress.
• Grate onion and apple on a fine grater. Add honey in the amount of half of this mixture. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals.
• Pour the chopped onion with hot water in an amount of 500 ml. Insulate for the night. In the morning, strain and take a quarter glass 15-20 minutes before meals.
• Pour the green pine cones with vodka and leave for a month. For 1 liter of vodka, 1 kg of cones is taken. Half an hour before meals, take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day.
• Drink a decoction of dry raspberries or tea with raspberry jam several times a day. To prepare the broth, take 2 tablespoons of berries per glass.
• Vodka or vinegar compresses are applied to the forehead. They also rub their palms and feet.
• Blackberry, cranberry, orange juice reduce the temperature.
• Aspen buds in the amount of 20 grams, pour 2 cups of boiling water. In half an hour, the infusion is ready. Take a tablespoon every hour.
• Take juice of apple, lemon and a tablespoon of honey 3 times a day.
• Drinking plenty of fluids helps to induce a lot of perspiration. This, in turn, helps to lower body temperature.