Cough compress

Many of us are aware of the curative effects of warming compresses on coughing since childhood. But it helps the adults unconditionally. Traditional medicine has in its medicinal arsenal a number of ingredients for the treatment of cough compresses.

Compress from cough from potatoes

Potatoes are useful not only when eating it. Compression with the use of potatoes is a cheap and reliable cough remedy. It is best to do a compress from a potato cough for the night. And then in the morning the cough becomes softer and will bother less often.

For the preparation of such a compress it is necessary:

1. For greater benefit, you can select the smallest potato that you do not want to clean and do not mind throwing away.
2. Brew it in a uniform.
3. Draining the water, without cooling, put in a plastic bag and crumble the potatoes. But there is no need to make mashed potatoes out of it, you can press it down to give it a flat shape.
4. Put the towel on the chest, from the top the resulting potato pancake in the package, then cover with another towel and cover the patient with a blanket.
5. After the potatoes have cooled, remove the compress and wrap the patient in a blanket.

Water compress for coughing

Compresses using vodka instead of alcohol are softer and not so fragrant. Because this tool is more pleasant to use than a compress on alcohol. Compress from cough from vodka is done according to the following instructions:

1. Flaxen or cotton cloth on the size of the breast moistened in vodka and squeeze well.
2. Put it on the back of the patient, covering it with polyethylene or a special compress paper of a slightly larger size.
3. The third warming layer is a warm cloth of even larger size, for example a woolen shawl (you can use a thick layer of cotton wool).
4. All three layers must be fixed on the patient's body with a wide bandage, scarf or another woolen shawl.

Honey compress of cough

Honey is a great cough medicine. Warm tea with honey is one of its uses. However, you can do and compress with honey from a cough. Usually potatoes, vodka or vinegar are added to the honey for a better effect. For preparation of a compress it will be required:

1. Melt the honey mixed with the second ingredient in a water bath.
2. On the patient's chest, put a towel, then unfolded polyethylene.
3. Top the prepared mass.
4. Cover with another layer of polyethylene, and then towels.
5. Screw the patient into a blanket.

Compress with dimexide for coughing

Dimexide is used in medicine as an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic, which also perfectly anesthetizes. A cough compress using dimexide is done as follows:

1. Liquid dimexide is very concentrated, therefore it needs to be diluted by about half or one third with water.
2. The resulting solution should be heated to a temperature of 40 ° C in a water bath or in a microwave.
3. Folded in several layers of gauze or thick tissue moistened in dimexide and wring out.
4. Immediately, while she was not cold to put her patient on his chest, straightening.
5. Top with a film and a towel.
6. Cover the patient with a blanket and leave the compress for 40-50 minutes.
7. At the end of time, remove the compress and wipe the patient's body dry with a towel.
8. Again wrap in a blanket to keep the body warm.

Compresses with dimexide for cough apply only if the patient has no contraindications, such as heart problems or kidney failure. They are also prohibited if the drug is intolerant.

It is important to remember that when applying compresses on the chest or back, you can not cover the heart area, so as not to affect its operation.