The use of camphor oil from colds and their symptoms has been practiced for a long time. This is due to the bactericidal, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects of this product. High efficacy in the treatment of camphor camphor oil is combined with its safety and rapid relief. Let's consider the most effective methods.
Camphor oil for colds
Try to make such an inhalation with camphor oil:
- boil potatoes in uniforms;
- during the boiling of water, add 15-20 drops of camphor essential oil to the water;
- breathe over hot steam for 10-15 minutes, covered with a dense cloth or towel.
In addition, it is possible to prepare such a solution:
- heat the water to a temperature of 40 degrees;
- add a tablespoon of natural honey;
- Enter 10 drops of camphor oil and 3 drops of eucalyptus, tea tree and lavender oil;
- spend an inhalation for 10 minutes, breathing in deeply the vapors.
Another recipe for effective inhalation:
- boil the mineral water without gas;
- add to it a tablespoon of soda and sea salt;
- Enter into the solution 20 drops of camphor oil and the same sea-buckthorn;
- inhale the vapors for 20 minutes until the liquid completely cools.
Inhalation with propolis:
- make a decoction of chamomile flowers, about a tablespoon of grass per liter of water;
- add 15 g of natural propolis and 10 drops of camphor oil to the hot broth;
- to enhance the effect, you can enter 5 drops of essential oil bay leaf;
- Do inhalation for 15 minutes, breathing in deeply with your nose and mouth.
Camphoric oil during a cold during pregnancy can be used, but in lower concentrations, for example, reduce the number of drops for inhalations by 2 times.
It is also recommended to take hot baths with camphor oil: add to the water 5-7 drops of the product and lie down in it for 15 minutes, relaxing.
Camphoric oil - an application for coughing in adults
Trituration:
- warm camphor oil to a temperature of 30 degrees;
- in a warm state, vigorously rub into the skin in the region of the thorax, rub your back and feet;
- Dress warmly in cotton clothes and lie down in bed, covered with a blanket;
- perform the procedure every day before going to bed.
Mustard compress with camphor oil:
- Strongly rub the chest with warm camphor oil until the skin becomes red;
- put on the chest mustard plasters;
- put on a woolen sweater or a warm sweater and go to bed.
Ingestion:
- a glass of milk warm, but do not boil;
- add to it 4 drops of natural camphor essential oil;
- Drink the remedy on one glass 2 times a day, preferably by day and evening, before going to bed.
It should be noted that it is impossible to take camphor oil inside during pregnancy, since it can have toxic effects.
Camphoric oil for children coughing
Rubbing with bacon:
- melt the lard and add a teaspoon of turpentine;
- Add 3-4 drops of camphor oil to the mixture;
- gently rub the baby's chest and back before going to bed.
Compress:
- in equal amounts, mix melted goat fat and honey;
- add 10 drops of camphor oil and a couple drops of camphor alcohol;
- smear with a warm mixture of the baby's chest, wrap with a cotton cloth;
- warm with a woolen scarf or scarf;
- leave the compress for 3 hours.
Rubbing with iodine (can be done if there is no heat) :
- heat camphor oil;
- mix the warm camphor oil with alcohol tincture of iodine in equal proportions;
- natite the child's back in the area of the bronchi, chest and feet;
- put on warm socks and cotton pajamas, cover with a blanket.