Cough is a manifestation of a variety of diseases. It can be a symptom of pneumonia, pleurisy, colds, tracheitis and other lung diseases. Coughing is not an independent disease. This is only a protective reaction of the body, which "tries" to clear bronchi and lungs. But cough treatment with folk remedies contributes to the destruction of microbes, the removal of inflammatory processes, the dilution of sputum and its easy exit, so it is necessary to carry it out immediately after the appearance of the first coughs.
Cough treatment with inhalation
One of the most effective means in the fight against coughing is inhalation. After all, with this procedure, all the active components fall directly into the inflamed bronchi and immediately begin to act. With the help of inhalations it is possible to successfully carry out even treatment of chronic cough with folk remedies, following such recommendations:
- Add in 200 ml of water (hot) 2 drops of iodine and 7 g of salt, breathe over this glass for 5-7 minutes.
- Potatoes must be boiled in a uniform and a little kneaded directly in the water, in which it was cooked, and after breathing over them for about 15 minutes.
Also do inhalations, using decoctions of sage, eucalyptus, mint, St. John's wort, yarrow, mother-and-stepmother, oregano, thyme, althea, plantain, ledum or wormwood. The procedure with broths should be done for 10-20 minutes several times a day.
Treatment of dry cough
If you have a dry cough, treatment with folk remedies is difficult to imagine without the use of honey. This product is able in a short time to clear the focus of inflammation, which is localized in the bronchi and trachea.
Treatment of a strong dry cough with folk remedies with the help of honey can be done using such recipes:
- Add in 200 ml of warm milk 20 g of honey and 50 ml of mineral water. Milk can be replaced with cream. Take this remedy 3 times a day.
- In the top part of the radish (black) make a depression and put in it 20 g of honey. After hours 3 you will see that inside the radish formed juice, it must be taken 5 grams three times daily before meals.
- 5 g of radish juice (black) mixed with 5 g of honey and 10 g of carrot juice. Take this medicine 3 times a day before meals.
If you are concerned about a dry allergic cough, folk remedies are best treated after you have identified the allergen and completely eliminate its entry into the body. Then the decongestant prepared from 200 ml of water, 2 leaves of laurel, 5 g of honey and a pinch of soda will help to stop coughing attacks. Drink it must be 50 ml 4 times a day.
For those who are concerned about a dry heart cough, treatment with folk remedies should only take place in conjunction with medications. This is due to the fact that it is necessary to treat not only the cough, but also the cardiac pathology, which provoked its appearance.
Treatment for wet cough
Treatment of a wet cough with folk remedies is primarily the withdrawal of phlegm. You can do it with a garlic drink. To make it, you need to boil five chopped cloves of garlic in 200 ml of milk.
With a particularly strong dry cough, which is often a concern for a smoker, treatment with folk remedies can be done in several ways.
Healing tincture:
- In a glass container, pour 200 ml of aloe juice and 100 ml of juice of cranberries , beets, carrots and radishes (black).
- Stir well the mixture and add 10 lemons scrolled through the meat grinder.
- Pour all 200 ml of alcohol and stir with 0.5 kg of sugar and 200 g of honey.
- The mixture must be infused for 21 days.
- Then it can be taken with a cough of 20 g for half an hour before meals three times a day.
Decoction against cough:
- Mix 20 g of marigold blossoms with 200 ml of warm water and keep the mixture in a water bath after boiling for 15 minutes.
- Strain and take a decoction of 15 ml before meals three times a day.