If 10-15 years ago the beginning cough was treated with milk, honey, decoctions of mother-and-stepmother , plantain and mint, then today we immediately go to the pharmacy for cough drops. Of course, it's not enough that it's simple, it does not take too much time, but it's also delicious, and in some cases, even effective.
Lentils from cough on herbs
But remembering mother's decoctions, many still prefer pills, which contain medicinal herbs. For example, lazers from Travessil cough, Stopangin are popular and, I must say, do a good job with a sore throat, they take off acute pain for a short time.
Lacrimal candies from cough, despite the low price, well calmed cough, soften the throat, remove irritation. Candies from cough and sage, most often, are prescribed in the case when sputum badly comes out of the lungs. That is, for those who have an old cough - this is the best remedy. Lentils from coughing Strepsils contain a considerable dose of menthol, which will only drown out the symptoms, but if you have to "speak", then it will be the first assistant.
Which candies from a cough are better?
It is worth remembering that lollipops are not a medicine. And in this case, the best cough drops are those that help you, even if they are mint candies for "ruble per kilogram".
But nevertheless it is possible to allocate the most effective candies from a cough: Ingalipt, Stopangin, Geksoral. Dr. Mom is, rather, candy from a dry cough, but also having a good effect.
It is worth paying special attention to those candies that contain zinc in their composition. This element has the greatest help to the sore throat. Since zinc has an unpleasant aftertaste, it is necessary to choose the lemon tastes of such suckling tablets.
Home remedy panacea
All of the above "candies", as the producers say - is a "food product". This formulation allows you to get away from many checks and additionally proves that the therapeutic effect of candies does not give. Slightly relieve the pain of menthol oil, eucalyptus, but the effect of their action is very short. But sugar, which is a part of a large number, can cause an allergy or even an increase in weight. But, despite such criticism, candies still should not exclude their course of treatment, but they need to be taken only as an addition to the basic therapy.
Traditional medicine, by the way, offers simple recipes for making candies at home. To make a delicious medicine, you need to take a pinch of anise seeds, as much fennel and coltsfoot, mix with a teaspoon of licorice root, crushed cardamom, add a half-liter of boiled water to the dry mixture and 4 cups of sugar. The grass should be boiled for 10-20 minutes, drain, add sugar to the liquid and bring to a boil again. The syrup can be poured into the molds and sent to the refrigerator to freeze. Ready lollipops are wrapped in culinary paper and stored in a refrigerator. Such icicles are much more useful and effective than those sold in pharmacies and stores.
It does not matter which lollipops you prefer - purchased or homemade, most importantly, that the dosage is correctly met. Those candies that you cooked yourself should not be consumed more than 10-13 per day, with the purchases all much stricter, so be sure to follow the advice of a doctor or instruction.
And also do not forget about old kind means - frequent rinses, plentiful warm drink, baths with aromatic oils, especially with oil of lemon balm and mint, consumption of lemon and ascorbic acid. Coupled with candies, all these funds will quickly heal the sore throat.