The common cold is one of the most common diseases in a person's life, and the common cold is its constant companion. There are many drugs for fighting this unpleasant symptom, any pharmacy will offer you a choice of dozens of powders, drops, potions, designed to fight with a cough and runny nose. But even with all the achievements of modern pharmacology, inhalation remains one of the most effective and effective remedies for the common cold.
How correctly to do inhalations at a cold?
Inhalation is the inhalation of various medicinal substances. Advantages of this method of treatment is that the medicinal substances are delivered directly to the affected area in the shortest possible way, and due to the fact that they are sprayed onto small particles, they penetrate much deeper into the respiratory tract and are absorbed more quickly. In addition to this inhalation, like no other remedy, promote the excretion of sputum and mucus from the body.
In order for this method of treatment to be effective, you must adhere to a few simple rules:
- It is not recommended to do inhalation if the body temperature is above 37.5.
- Hot steam can burn the airways, so the maximum permissible temperature of the fluid for inhalation is 57 degrees.
- It is not recommended to carry out inhalations immediately after meals, you must wait at least an hour.
- After the inhalation of 30-40 minutes, you should not eat or drink anything, otherwise the curative effect will be reduced.
Than to do inhalations at a cold?
Most often at home, steam inhalations are made, in which a heated liquid is poured into the container, and the patient breathes a standing steam, covering his head with a thick towel.
The second most popular is the use of special inhalers (nebulizers), which convert the liquid into a special aerosol.
What inhalations do with a cold?
Compositions of solutions for inhalation, which can be used in the common cold, are very diverse: they are made with mineral water, soda, salt, herbal decoctions, essential oils, with additives of medicines (mucolytic, anti-inflammatory, even antibiotics).
Inhalations with saline solution for rhinitis
The solution is a weak saline solution and can be used either in pure form or with the addition of a few drops of various essential oils. In itself, saline solution moistens the over-dried mucus, and this is often enough to make the runny nose go away. From essential oils for inhalations, oil is most often used:
- peppermint;
- eucalyptus ;
- fir;
- tea tree;
- pine trees;
- sage;
- oregano.
Inhalations with soda in the cold
Soda is bred in warm water at the rate of 2 teaspoons per 0.5 liters. Such a solution is used to accelerate sputum discharge.
Inhalation with herbs
The choice of plant components that can be used for inhalation is very large. The most common are inhalations with pine buds (3 tablespoons of kidneys boil 15 minutes in a liter of water) and eucalyptus leaves (2 tablespoons of crushed leaves per liter of water). Also for the preparation of inhalation solutions use:
- leaves of black currant;
- flowers of lime, chamomile, lavender;
- pine and spruce needles;
- birch buds and leaves;
- sage.
Plants can be used both separately and in a mixture. Brew at the rate of a tablespoon of raw materials for a glass of boiling water.
Drugs for inhalation with a cold
Most often used:
- Lazolvan (mucolytic);
- Atrovent;
- Berotek;
- Salbutamol (bronchodilators).
Inhalations with dioxin (antibiotic) in the common cold are used only on medical prescription, in the presence of bacterial infection. Do inhalations with the above drugs should be using a nebulizer, since just adding them to water does not give the desired effect. Fukorcin or Malavit (herbal preparation) can be used for both steam inhalations and inhalations with a nebulizer.