Sometimes the runny nose goes away with a cold in a week, but it also happens that a person has recovered, but this symptom remains. Then people come to the aid of popular methods of treating the common cold, which have a minimum of side effects and are suitable for children and adults.
Folk methods of treatment of purulent cold
In folk medicine for the treatment of bacterial infections most often use onions. If you drink its juice, you can quickly get rid of a chronic cough, and if buried in the nose - from the common cold.
Treatment of the common cold with onions should not be prolonged: it is enough to use the remedy for 7 days, and if there is an exacerbation of the disease, then in addition you need to use pharmaceutical antibacterial drugs.
Most often, the purulent runny nose can be successfully treated with onions: to do this, take a bulb, and grate it on a grater, and then, separating the pulp from the juice with gauze, bury in the nose several times a day. If this remedy is used to treat a cold in a child, onion juice can be diluted in a 1: 1 ratio with water.
With this tool you can quickly cure the common cold, it is suitable not only to get rid of the purulent form, but also ordinary.
Before using it, you need to consult a doctor. In case of severe burning, the nose is washed with water.
Treatment of chronic cold with folk remedies
Treatment of chronic allergic rhinitis with the help of folk remedies should be combined with the intake of antihistamines. This is due to the fact that the cause of the allergy is eliminated by histamine, which is not present in the composition of products and herbs used in folk medicine.
To reduce swelling and prevent inflammation use a decoction of chamomile (if the pollen of the plant is not allergic). It is enough to dig in the nose several times a day this remedy to prevent irritation of the mucosa.
To cure chronic rhinitis without allergic etiology, honey is used. This means increases the immunity, has antibacterial properties and promotes the healing of microcracks.
When treating a cold, it is advisable to use liquid honey from lime or buckwheat. If the honey is liquid enough, it can be buried in the nose in undiluted form, if it can not be done - mix the honey mass with water. The same applies to those cases in which there is only sugared honey. Do not try to melt it in a water bath, as in this case honey loses a significant part of its useful properties.
Treatment of a cold in pregnancy
It is known to everyone that during pregnancy, a woman needs to use a minimum of chemicals, but this also applies to natural products that can cause allergies. For example, the use of honey in this period is undesirable only because a child after a birth may experience diathesis.
Aloe vera is used to treat a cold in pregnant women. Take the leaf of the plant, peel off the peel and needles, and put the remaining pulp on the gauze. Then squeeze the juice into a sterile vessel, and the remedy is ready.
Before using this remedy, you need to consult a doctor, since aloe juice is contraindicated in cases of genyantritis.
Treatment of cold in lactation
During breastfeeding, a woman should also follow carefully the intake of substances into her body, as during pregnancy. Since the milk is passed to the child almost all the substances that the nursing mother uses, it is advisable not to use various drops (even of natural origin), so as not to provoke an allergy in the child.
One of the most effective ways to treat a cold in lactation is considered to be inhalation. Boil the potatoes, rastolkite it, and, covering yourself with a towel, inhale warm steam. This is an old, but effective and harmless way to get rid of a cold. The only contraindication to its use is fever. Also, it is not recommended to use it to those who are not exposed to high temperatures.
Do not forget that when treating a cold it is very important to keep your feet warm. For these purposes, you can also use hot foot baths with an extract of needles and turpentine.