A cold is a problem familiar to everyone. It appears suddenly at the most inopportune moment, turning a person's life into a nightmare. It is impossible to work normally, study, rest or even sleep because of poor health. As you know, an untreated cold will go away by itself in seven days. What to do in order not to wait an entire week for improvement?
A little about terminology
The common cold is a collective concept that does not exist in medicine. In the language of specialists, there is the term "ARI" or acute respiratory disease... ARI is a concept denoting the inflammatory process of the respiratory tract. This includes rhinitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, tracheitis, sinusitis, and related complications.
In addition, there is such a thing as "ARVI" - inflammation caused by various viruses... It turns out that ARVI is a part of ARI.
Influenza is an infectious and inflammatory disease caused exclusively by the influenza virus. This is enough dangerous virusthat acts not only on airways, but also on the walls of blood vessels throughout the body. Influenza is more severe than acute respiratory infections of other etiology and can lead to death.
Cold symptoms
You should figure out how a cold manifests itself and when any symptoms appear, you should immediately run to the doctor.The first is usually a runny nose. It can manifest itself in the form of a constant outflow of liquid exudate from the nose or, conversely, congestion and inability to breathe and smell. Sometimes weakness, fatigue, heaviness throughout the body and headache occur before a runny nose. It is important to notice the appearance of these symptoms.
In addition, a cough, sore throat, pain in the forehead or upper jaw, and fever may occur. Sometimes colds are easy enough and can be carried on their feet without complications. In other cases, you have to take sick leave and stay at home. It is possible that a cough or sore throat appears without a runny nose. All symptoms can be present in any combination.
How to recognize the flu
The following symptoms may indicate the flu:
- Severe intoxication. A rise in temperature above 38 ° C, severe weakness, up to the inability to get out of bed, aches in the whole body, loss of appetite - all this suggests that the disease is taking a very serious course. Colds rarely show up like this.
- Symptoms of irritation of the meninges. These include a fear of bright lights and loud sounds. A person in this state wants to close all the doors, curtain the windows and cover himself with a blanket.
- Damage to the eyes and ears. The virus can reach these organs as well. Then the eyes are constantly watery and sore, the sclera are red, in the morning crusts appear on the eyelids that are difficult to remove. A sharp sharp pain occurs in the ears or in one of the ears, hearing deteriorates.
- Lesion of the gastrointestinal tract. Manifested by diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. These symptoms mean that the virus has reached the digestive system.
In addition, flu has many complications. The most dangerous among them are hemorrhagic meningitis and influenza pneumonia. Death from such complications can occur within a few days, they are very difficult to treat.
Note! At the first sign of flu, you should immediately see a doctor. It is easier and safer to prevent complications from occurring than to treat them.
It is best to start dealing with a cold before it even appears. If the weather is bad outside, an SARS outbreak, or you just feel that you are starting to get sick, do the following:
Take a loading dose of vitamin C. This substance not only enhances immunity, but also strengthens the walls of blood vessels, preventing inflammation from occurring. You should drink 1-2 g of ascorbic acid or tea with the juice of half a lemon. Often you can't do this, but at one time side effects will not arise.
Dibazol - cheap and cheerful. This is a drug that once began to be released to reduce pressure. It turned out that the hypotensive effect of dibazol is weak, but the antiviral effect is expressed. It is necessary to take 1-2 tablets per day, but only if there is no hypotension.
Echinacea tincture. With its help, you can increase the body's immune forces. Dilute 10 drops of the tincture in a glass of water and drink. Take three times a day.
If the cold has already gained momentum and the symptoms are pronounced, these methods alone are unlikely to be enough. However, vitamin C and echinacea are still worth taking. In addition, you can resort to the following methods of dealing with colds:
- Bed rest. During illness, it is important to rest more and work less. This makes it easier for the body to fight the infection.
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. These are drugs such as aspirin, analgin, ibuprofen, nurofen and others. They reduce inflammation, thus relieving all cold symptoms, and also reduce fever.
- Antihistamines. The main culprits of unpleasant manifestations of acute respiratory infections are the molecules of serotonin and histamine. Antihistamines can help manage them. In addition, they eliminate the allergic component of inflammation.
- Healthy tea. You can make tea with raspberries, ginger root, or eucalyptus leaves. Drink it as often as possible warm.
- Cough syrups. There are a lot of them, before buying, you should clarify what effect the drug has. If you are tormented by a cough with sputum, then you should give preference to expectorants, if there is no sputum - antitussive. If you do the opposite, there will be no effect of the treatment.
- Nasal spray. You can buy a drug with a certain medicinal substance, for example, a vasoconstrictor in case of persistent rhinitis. You can buy a seawater medication that will relieve nasal congestion, pain and burning.
Note! Contrary to popular belief, antibiotics do not cure ARVI or influenza. They do not affect viruses and inflammation. They are used to prevent the development of complications of a bacterial nature. It is necessary to take antibiotics only after consulting a doctor and strictly according to the recommendations given to them.
It can be concluded that the main thing in treating a cold is a timely start. The earlier treatment is started, the easier the course of the disease will be, and the sooner recovery will come. In addition, it should be taken as often as possible. preventive measuresso as not to get sick.
Video: how to quickly cure a cold
You can get a cold at any time, even in summer. However, most often this disease lurks in the cold season.
This is facilitated by a weakened immune system, hypothermia and contact with a sick person.
In medical terminology, the concept of "cold" does not exist. A whole group of diseases is hidden under the formidable abbreviation ARVI, which stands for acute respiratory viral infection of the upper respiratory tract. Usually a virus causes the pathology.
SARS has the following symptoms:
- increased body temperature (in some cases, this symptom is absent);
- headache;
- catarrhal manifestations in the nasopharynx (runny nose, nasal congestion, pain or sore throat, dry cough, sneezing, soreness in the maxillary sinuses and other sinuses);
- general weakness, depression, decreased ability to work.
The patient wants to get rid of all these symptoms as quickly as possible, since they are so debilitating that nothing pleases a person.
How to cure ARVI at home
Unfortunately, it is impossible to quickly relieve the symptoms of a cold. There is no such "magic pill" yet. In any case, the body takes time for it to develop protective enzymes and cells with which the virus can be defeated.
However, if the first symptoms of the disease did not go unnoticed and appropriate therapeutic measures were taken in time, most likely the virus in the body will not stay for a long time. Therefore, doctors assign an important role to the prevention of ARVI.
- If a person develops signs of a cold, he must take a sick leave and stay at home. Otherwise, slight malaise can result in serious complications.
- Temperatures up to 39 in the first 2-3 days of illness cannot be brought down. The rise in temperature is the body's defensive reaction to viruses. Without it, the immune system is unable to get rid of pathogenic microflora.
- In order for the toxins to leave the body as soon as possible, the patient is advised to drink plenty of fluids. You need to drink as much as you want and even more.
As a drink, it is good to use all kinds of teas, decoctions and infusions. As you know, viruses do not tolerate an acidic and alkaline environment, therefore, during illness, you should drink the one in which there is alkali.
An excellent option in this regard is Borjomi without gas. Interestingly, it can be used quite effectively as one of the manifestations of the common cold.
Hot tea with raspberries, honey and lemon helps to get rid of intoxication and normalize body temperature. Moreover, this tool is suitable for absolutely everyone, without exception.
The patient's room should have appropriate climatic conditions. That is, it should not be hot and damp. The room must be regularly ventilated and the humidity level controlled. The ideal figure is 45-60%.
Get rid of colds on early stage can be much faster if you take a complex of vitamins. Vitamin C in the first days of illness should be taken 2 times a day in an amount of 1 gram. Further, the dose should be halved.
Medical vitamin preparations can be easily replaced with two or three lemons or five oranges. The key to getting rid of rhinitis quickly is rinsing the nose.
With a runny nose or nasal congestion, pathogenic mucus should not be sucked in. It certainly needs to be removed.
Other methods of dealing with SARS at home
You can rinse your nose with a mild solution of sea or kitchen salt. The solution is sold ready-made in pharmacies, but if you wish, you can make it yourself. This procedure significantly brings the moment of recovery closer and is an excellent prevention for a healthy person.
During colds the patient must be given strong chicken broth. It may be strange, but chicken broth perfectly relieves the symptoms of a cold. Even skeptical doctors speak about the effectiveness of this product.
Chicken bouillon:
- Saturates a weakened body with nutrients.
- Provides anti-inflammatory effects.
- Facilitates the breathing process.
- Relieves sore throat.
Hot foot baths work well for colds. However, this procedure can be performed only if the patient does not have a temperature. The best supplement is the dry mustard with which you can.
To prepare a foot bath, pour 2 tablespoons into a bowl of hot water mustard powder... The procedure takes 10-15 minutes. It is recommended to immerse your feet in moderate water, but gradually increase the temperature by adding boiling water.
What is the effect of such a procedure? It turns out that the soles are powerful reflex zones, the impact on which has a positive effect on the condition of the nasal mucosa.
If a runny nose bothers in the morning, it is necessary to do breathing exercises.
- First, you need to take four vigorous breaths through the nose.
- Then there are four sharp abrupt exhalations.
- Repeat both exercises five times.
- Place 5 drops of fish oil in each nostril.
If a runny nose overcomes in broad daylight, you need to boil a hard-boiled egg, and preferably two at once. Wrap them in a thin napkin and apply on both sides of the nose for 15-20 minutes. You can use hot salt pouches instead of boiled eggs.
Hands during a cold also need to be warmed. For them, you can make a warming bath of warm milk and heavy cream. (0.5 liters of milk, 2 tablespoons of cream, 20% fat).
Hands should be immersed in liquid gradually. Fifteen minutes is enough for therapeutic effect... To keep the mixture warm for longer, place the bowl in a container of hot water.
In the evening, you must repeat the morning breathing exercises. Finish the day by rinsing your nose with warm soapy water.
Cough treatment
- Morning cough is treated with hourly throat rinses with a furacilin solution. After this procedure, it is not recommended to eat and drink for an hour.
- Two to three times a day, you need to take in your mouth half a tablespoon of honey and gradually dissolve it. This measure provides an antiseptic effect.
- Pepper plaster should be glued to the chest area, which will give constant and even heat. You can walk with him until the evening.
- You can pour dry mustard into the socks, put on another pair on top of these socks. With this measure, you can get rid of a cold much faster.
- Smear the bridge of the nose with “Asterisk” balm. The product can be rubbed between the shoulder blades, behind the ears.
- A hot honey-vodka compress should be made on the throat area, which is kept until it completely cools down.
For the treatment of cough, inhalation with sage should be used. The procedure is performed as follows:
- A handful of crushed medicinal plant is poured with two glasses of boiling water.
- The mixture is put on fire and boiled for 15-20 minutes.
- Cool slightly.
- Place a saucepan filled with liquid on a stool.
- Lean over her head.
- A large towel is thrown over the head, which will retain the steam.
You should breathe over the steam for 10-15 minutes. The steam should not be scalding, otherwise the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract can be damaged. Exhale air from the lungs to the side. This is necessary in order not to swallow microbes again.
In the morning, it is recommended to take a tincture of lemongrass, ginseng, eleutherococcus. The room in which the patient is located should be regularly ventilated. The temperature in the room should not exceed 25. Otherwise, the mucus from the nose will simply dry out, and the microbes will remain in place.
In the evening before going to bed, you should drink diaphoretic tea, to which lemon or raspberries are added. You should not wrap yourself up too much, so as not to additionally load the vessels and the heart. And the video in this article will demonstrate how you can quickly relieve the symptoms of a cold.
Even a seemingly harmless cold can unsettle for a long time and disrupt the usual way of life.
Not to mention the likelihood of developing complications that require long-term treatment medications, and sometimes antibiotics.
To learn how to cure a cold in 1 day, it is helpful to read the rest of this article.
How can you beat a cold?
If a person is cold, to prevent a cold, he needs to immediately warm up. A hot bath with the addition of mustard powder will help warm your feet quickly. To do this, heat the water to the maximum tolerable temperature, dissolve the mustard in it and soar the legs for at least 15 minutes. If necessary, you can add boiling water from the kettle.
After the procedure, they thoroughly wipe their feet, put on warm socks and go to bed. Sometimes it is useful additionally:
- pour mustard powder into socks;
- put mustard plasters.
Alternatively, you can rub your feet with rubbing alcohol or vodka overnight.
When hands are chilled, they are held under running hot water. 5 minutes will be enough. After that, put on a warm long-sleeved sweater. It will be possible to enhance the effect if you put on warm mittens and wrap yourself in a blanket.
Drinking a lot of fluids will help get rid of toxins and thereby from a cold. It is ideal to take a warm drink during the day: tea with lemon, raspberry broth, linden blossom, cranberry juice.
To prepare broths, you should take 2 tablespoons of a medicinal plant, a glass of boiling water. The solution is insisted for 20 minutes. Herbal tea for colds is drunk half a liter a day. The total volume of drinking at the first sign of a cold or other viral infection is at least 2 liters per day.
If the body temperature has risen, there is no need to rush to bring it down. If the thermometer shows less than 38.5 degrees, then this indicates that the body is successfully coping with the disease on its own. Only when the immune system is unable to fight should an antipyretic be taken quickly. You can also try to bring down the temperature with vinegar, as an additional remedy, it is useful.
Ginger tea can help the body get rid of the problem. It prevents the infection from developing further. Prepare the product in this way:
- a piece of ginger root (2 cm) is peeled;
- finely cut, put in a cup;
- brewed in 250 ml of boiling water;
- insist 20 minutes.
It is allowed to add a slice of lemon, a teaspoon of bee honey to such a healing drink. Drink tea in one go. If you lie under a blanket and sweat after ginger tea, you will be able to remove accumulated toxins.
Afterward, it is helpful to take a warm shower and change into clean, dry clothes.
We treat a runny nose
If a cold started with a stuffy nose, this symptom cannot be ignored. Among the many popular recipes for the common cold, there are a large number of effective ones. So, it is recommended to regularly lubricate the nasal passages with aloe or Kalanchoe juice. Instead, it is allowed to drip 2 drops of the juice of these plants into each nostril, as practice shows, aloe from the common cold is effective.
An ointment made from table salt and butter is no less effective. This means the nose is lubricated from the outside. The recipe is simple: a third of a teaspoon of oil is mixed with the same volume of salt and heated slightly over low heat.
You can rinse your nose with a solution of a teaspoon of salt and half a glass of warm boiled water. Such treatment:
- well moisturizes the mucous membranes of the nose;
- facilitates nasal breathing.
First, one nostril is washed, and the other is covered with a finger.
Onions will help to quickly overcome a runny nose at home. It is enough to cut the vegetable in half and inhale its phytoncides released from the cut. The uniqueness of onions is in its bactericidal properties and the ability to neutralize many pathogenic microorganisms.
You can cure a runny nose by holding cotton swabs dipped in onion juice in your nose several times during the day.
Drops made from warm vegetable oil are effective for nasal discharge:
- olive;
- menthol;
- sea \u200b\u200bbuckthorn.
An oil solution of vitamin A (Retinol acetate) will help to defeat the common cold. A good option is to use the Asterisk balm. For treatment before bedtime, the wings of the nose, the bridge of the nose are lubricated with the agent.
From nasal pharmacy medicines for congestion and runny nose, you can use drops (Naphtizin, Nazol, Galazolin, Nazivin) and sprays (Sanorin, Delufen, Otrivin, Vibrocil).
However, it must be understood that it is undesirable to use such medicines for too long. Although they help relieve nasal congestion and overcome a runny nose, they do not affect the root cause of the problem. If this rule is not followed, the so-called ricochet rhinitis develops.
In this condition vasoconstrictor drops do not fulfill their functions, but the patient cannot do without them. A runny nose will not stop bothering him.
Get rid of sore throat quickly
The first emergency method for treating soreness and sore throat is gargling. The most beneficial will be rinsing from the decoction of St. John's wort, tricolor violets, sage, calendula.
They are prepared in this way: a tablespoon of herbs, one glass of boiling water are mixed, put on a slow fire, brought to a boil and removed from the stove. The resulting broth is infused in a container with a closed lid for 20 minutes. The throat is rinsed often and efficiently. This will help relieve inflammation from the mucous membrane and recover quickly.
During the day, a sore throat can be rinsed with:
- 200 ml of boiling water;
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
- 10 drops of iodine.
There is an alternative recipe for gargling: take 2 tablespoons of natural apple cider vinegar or freshly squeezed lemon juice for one glass of warm boiled water.
If the patient does not particularly trust folk methods of treatment at home, he should choose pharmaceutical preparations. These include lollipops Strepsils, Coldakt Lorpils. They are made from the chemical antiseptic amylmetacresol. Some sucking lozenges, which can help you heal in one day, contain the pain relieving substance Lidocaine.
Cough treatment
You can quickly get rid of coughing attacks thanks to black radish with natural honey. The medicine is prepared in 2 ways:
- chop the radish on a grater, squeeze the juice, mix with honey;
- cut off the top of the vegetable, make a depression, pour honey into it.
The resulting juice is drunk three times a day, without eating or drinking.
It is also useful to drink hot milk diluted with alkaline mineral water at night.
A decoction of 10 onions and 1 head of garlic will help to quickly overcome a dry cough when a cold begins. Add honey to the resulting drink and consume 1 tablespoon every hour.
Inhalation will help with cough. They can be done in the old fashioned way over hot potato broth or with the help of modern inhalers, nebulizers. In this case, essential oils are added to the healing fluid:
- lemon;
- rosemary;
- eucalyptus.
It is also allowed to inhale vapors of chamomile broth, oak bark, Borjomi solution with grape juice.
As soon as one of the solutions is ready, you should bend over the container, cover with a towel and breathe deeply. During such a procedure, you need to remember a simple rule: inhale through the nose, and exhale only through the mouth.
It is ideal to make 50 breaths and exhalations per session. The correct inhalation temperature cannot be neglected. If the steam is too hot, the lining of the throat and nose will be damaged. Inhalation for coughing is repeated 2-3 times a day. The last procedure is done at night.
In addition, at the first sign of a cold, it is helpful to avoid heavy food. Such dishes linger in the intestines for a long time. Therefore, it is reasonable to rely on vegetables and fruits. This will allow not to overload the body and direct all forces to fight the infection.
If a person is not sick with a cold, but with the flu, one day will not be enough for treatment. For this reason, it is important to learn to distinguish between these diseases. and in conclusion, we recommend an interesting video in this article on the topic of errors in treating the common cold.
What folk remedies can quickly cure a cold? Temperature 37.8.
Answers:
Andrey Naumov
It is very easy to catch a cold today, but not everyone knows how to treat it. Many run to the pharmacy and buy soluble, effervescent and other expensive drugs, and what if they are useful? There are several rules for choosing and using these funds. And also don't forget about the proven methods of treating the common cold, cough and throat.
Rule one. Only a doctor can prescribe the antibiotic you need, and only if absolutely necessary. Antibiotics are acceptable in the treatment of flu, tonsillitis, pneumonia, and other severe colds. To start the treatment of ordinary acute respiratory infections with them is stupid and extremely harmful.
The second rule. Don't rely on the instant drugs you often see advertised on TV. These are drugs of emergency and short-term action. They do not cure, but only temporarily relieve the symptoms, bring a person into shape, so that, having done the right thing - having worked a shift, having made a presentation - he went to get sick further. Taking them for several days in a row, in the hope of thus curing a cold, is not only meaningless, but also dangerous - primarily for the kidneys.
Rule three. Instead of spending money on expensive and not always effective drugs, refer to proven folk remedies.
At the first sign of a cold, put mustard plasters on your chest and back, drink 2 glasses of hot tea with raspberries, lime blossom and lemon, or hot milk with honey and a little soda.
Traditional milk and tea can be replaced with a drink that is not so common, but no less useful - mulled wine.
Pour a few glasses of red semi-dry wine (or at least semi-sweet) into a small saucepan. Put on low heat. While the wine is heating, add a few allspice peas, a couple of lemon wedges, some cloves, cinnamon and sugar. It is not forbidden to put tangerines, oranges, grapefruits, apples in mulled wine, as well as add nutmeg, cognac and black pepper (with the latter - be extremely careful). Never bring mulled wine to a boil. Drink hot. Then go to bed, cover yourself with a warm blanket, put a heating pad at your feet. The next morning, after a sound sleep and heavy sweating, the cold may recede.
If you get your feet wet when you get home, immediately rub them with vodka and put on dry woolen socks.
An alternative to this procedure is the mustard foot bath. To do this, lower your legs into a basin of hot water and hold them for 15–20 minutes, pouring hot water from time to time. The bath will be more effective if you add 2 tablespoons of dry mustard to it. After the procedure, put on warm socks and go to bed.
Interesting
Try not to use different, but the same type of medicine at the same time, otherwise you risk getting an overdose of one active substance. For example, the therapeutic dose of paracetamol is very small. If you take more than 5 grams per day, then you risk very much harm to the liver. Paracetamol is sometimes hidden under various names: acitaminophen (in American medicines), calpol, panadol, efferalgan in an amount of at least 1 gram per tablet, it is also part of Coldrex, solpadein, saridone and many other complex drugs. Therefore, carefully read the instructions for the drugs that are going to be treated at the same time. Better to stop at any one.
La
Colds strife.
Write in a personal note that you have a cough, a runny nose and so on, in addition to temperature.
Sergey Troshin
Morning
If you wake up with a stuffy nose and feeling like your throat is about to hurt, take Immunal. It will tone your immunity. Dissolve 40 drops of the drug in 1 tablespoon of boiled water at room temperature and drink. Then take another 20 drops every 1-2 hours throughout the day.
An alternative to immunal is arbidol. This drug also mobilizes the immune system and prevents the development of complications from the common cold. It should be drunk before meals, 2 tablets every 6 hours.
Homeopathic antigrippin also helps to prevent the development of colds. For the first two days, keep 5 granules of the drug in your mouth every 30 minutes until completely dissolved. During the next week - every 2 hours. Antigrippin can be taken either alone or in combination with immunal and arbidol.
Drink hot lemon tea and 1 tablespoon of rosehip syrup no later than half an hour before leaving the house.
Day
If you are "unstuck" at work, then at the first sign of discomfort, fast until evening. In this case, hunger will act as a medicine.
A good effect is given by acupressure. Sit back, relax. Use the tips of your index fingers to make light rotational clockwise movements. Massage symmetrically located points at the inner edges of the eyebrows, at the outer corners of the eyes, in the upper third of the nasolabial folds. Massage each pair of points - one minute.
The rest of the recommendations are the same as in the morning: immunal, arbidol or antigrippin.
Don't count on the highly advertised instant cold medicines that contain paracetamol. These are drugs of emergency and short-term action. They can be accepted only in one case: you feel that your head hurts, you chill, and you still have to get to the house.
Evening
After a working day, the arsenal of remedies for fighting colds is replenished with many “grandmother's” recipes.
Here are some drinks that can stop a cold. Choose whichever one suits your taste. For the best effect, they should be combined with the intake of the above drugs.
1. The first signs of a runny nose will perfectly help to remove herbal tea from dried plantain leaves, linden flowers and peppermint. This collection will relieve inflammation and reduce swelling. Mix the herbs in equal proportions. Pour a tablespoon of the collection with boiling water in a teapot with a volume of 250-300 ml, let it brew for 15 minutes, strain. Add 1 teaspoon of cognac, 2 teaspoons of honey to a glass of infusion and drink.
2. The following tea has an antiviral effect. Pour a tablespoon of chopped peppermint leaves with a glass of boiling water, heat for 5 minutes in a water bath, strain. Then stir a teaspoon of honey in this infusion. Place the finely chopped clove of garlic in a cup and rub with a spoon. Squeeze about 1/4 of the lemon into it, pour in the warm mint infusion with honey and mix everything thoroughly. Drink this remedy warm.
After drinking the healing drink, take a mustard foot bath. To do this, add 2 tablespoons of dry mustard to a container with hot water. Lower your legs and hold for 15–20 minutes, gently adding hot water from time to time. After the procedure, rub your feet vigorously with a towel, put on dry woolen socks and go to bed.
Cover yourself with a warm blanket and place a heating pad at your feet. It would be nice to chop a few cloves of garlic, a head of onion in a plate in advance and put it next to the bed.
You will sweat thoroughly overnight, and in the morning your cold is likely to subside. And you will be ready for new labor exploits.
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Valentina Rosing (Yatsevich)
There is such a remedy, it helps very well, take two whites from an egg, beat it and add it to a glass of warm milk, drink it carefully, this should be done three times a day. You can do half of everything.
Nadezhda Aksenenko
as soon as the first signs of a cold appear, tea with mint and honey at night. At a temperature, even a slight one, 37.2: in no case mustard plasters or a bathroom are recommended. Rub your feet with alcohol or vodka, put on socks, at first simple, then woolen and you can go to bed. It helps me. If your throat hurts, eat a tablespoon of honey at night without drinking anything.
Tamara Batalova
1. Don't panic!)))))))
The rest is simple. The temperature cannot be brought down with tablets to 38-38.5. (the body fights itself)
2. Take immunal 3 times a day.
3. The pharmacy has linden, tea bags. every 2-3 hours. (perfectly knocks down temp, removes toxins with sweat)
4. Drinking plenty of tea with honey, jam, hot fruit drinks. (removes toxins from urine, nourishes with the necessary microelements)
Curiously, chicken broth knocks down the temperature and increases immunity !!! !
5. Every 4 hours, bury Navtizin (it just narrows the blood vessels) -
After 5 minutes, spray on the backs. (creates local immunity, etc. heals a runny nose in 1-2 days)
Esli has a sore throat, a falimint will help as quickly as possible. as well as rinsing with a decoction of eucalyptus leaves, etc.
This method is constantly being treated, it can get me to my feet in 2-3 days, without causing any inconvenience.
wais
The common cold includes a number of diseases caused by hypothermia.
Symptoms: General malaise, cough, runny nose, sometimes fever. Symptoms do not appear immediately and do not go away immediately, some, for example, a runny nose or cough, can last for a long time. Possibly decreased sense of smell. Sometimes stuffiness and tinnitus, weakness.
Unconventional and folk methods treatment and prevention of colds:
1) Grind 500g to a mushy state. peeled onions, add 2 tablespoons of honey, 400g. granulated sugar and simmer in 1 liter. water for 3 hours. Cool and strain. Store in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator. Take a mixture of warm 1 tablespoon 4-5 times a day.
2) Eat baked onions daily until noticeable improvement. Baked blue, unlike fresh, can be eaten without restrictions.
3) At the first sign of a cold, slightly heat half a liter of milk and pour a fresh chicken egg into it and add 1 teaspoon of honey and butter. Stir everything thoroughly and drink at night. By morning, the malaise will pass.
4) Pour mustard powder into stockings or socks and walk for several days.
5) Grate the garlic on a fine grater and mix it with honey in a 1: 1 ratio. Before going to bed, take 1 teaspoon with warm water.
6) Grind to a mushy state 100g. onions and pour 40 ml. table vinegar, insist for half an hour in a tightly sealed container, then strain and mix with 4 tablespoons of honey. Take this mixture 1 teaspoon every half hour.
7) Rub ripe bananas through a sieve and put them in a saucepan with hot water at the rate of 2 bananas for 1 cup of boiled water with sugar. Warm up and drink this mixture.
8) Cut the black radish into small cubes and put it in a saucepan, sprinkle with sugar. Bake in the oven for 2 hours. Strain and drain the liquid into a bottle. Drink 2 teaspoons 4-5 times a day and at night before bed.
9) Grind 2 raw egg yolks white with sugar, add butter and take between meals.
10) Before going to bed and in the afternoon, it is useful to carry out steam inhalation with a garlic-honey mixture for 15-20 minutes. After inhalation, it is very good to warm up, go to bed and take 2-3 tablespoons of honey with tea made from dry raspberries.
11) take 1 part of linden flowers and 1 part of raspberries. Pour 2 tablespoons of the mixture with 2 cups of boiling water. Boil for 5-10 minutes and drain. Drink 1-2 cups hot at night.
12) Take 40g each. raspberry and coltsfoot leaves. Pour 2 glasses of water over and boil for 20 minutes. Drink 1-2 glasses before bedtime.
13) In the first days of a cold, drink 0.5 cups of warm boiled water with 5 drops of iodine dissolved in it, and then chew a clove of garlic.
14) Pour 1 teaspoon of dry crushed dandelion roots with 1 cup boiling water, insist in a sealed container in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes, cool and drain. Take 1 tablespoon 4-6 times a day.
15) 1 tablespoon of dry crushed burdock leaf, pour 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 15 minutes, cool to room temperature. Take 1 tablespoon 4-5 times a day. For sore throat, gargle with this infusion.
Elena the Wise
It is better not to knock down this temperature. Let the body fight, harden itself
D. Ch.
Folk remedies for the treatment of colds
Finely crush a few cloves of peeled garlic and stir in a glass of milk. Next, boil this mixture and let it cool. Take a teaspoon several times a day - this will significantly alleviate the clinical course of the disease.
In case of a runny nose, instill 3-5 drops of menthol oil in the nose, while lubricating the forehead, temples, nose with it. You can mix menthol oil with camphor oil and follow the same procedure.
Rinse and chop fresh pine needles (100 g), then pour 1 liter of boiling water, bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Insist 1-2 hours, strain and drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day, dissolving 1 tablespoon of honey in the drink. The infusion is rich in vitamin C, as well as other vitamins and microelements. It has a bactericidal effect, accelerates recovery from flu and colds.
Tea with ginger and honey will help with colds. Grate 1/4 cup ginger, add a glass of honey and cook. Add 1/2 teaspoon of this mixture to your tea.
Mix 30 g of sea buckthorn oil, 20 g of fresh calendula juice, 15 g of melted cocoa butter, 10 g of honey, 5 g of propolis. In case of a cold, moisten a cotton swab in this composition and insert it into the nose for 20 minutes.
To cure a cold, it is very useful to sweat in a Russian steam bath. In this case, it is recommended to grate the sacrum with grated radish (well in half with grated horseradish), mixed with a small amount of honey and salt, and after leaving the bath, drink 2–4 cups of decoction of linden, elderberry or chamomile flowers mixed with sour berry juice.
When lingering runny nose sew a narrow linen bag for the child, fill it with warm, steeply boiled millet porridge and put the bag on the nose area so that it covers the maxillary sinuses. Keep until warm.
With a runny nose, instill 3-5 drops of aloe in each nostril 4-5 times a day, throwing back the head and massaging the wings of the nose after instillation.
It is very useful to use a decoction of fresh or dried strawberries or raspberries when going to bed, and at the same time breathe a decoction made from sage leaves, divine tree (wormwood) and wormwood.
In case of a runny nose, it is recommended to instill a mixture of rosemary extract and vegetable oil 2 times a day. Mix 1 g of wild rosemary extract with 9 g of vegetable oil, boil and steam this mixture in the oven for several minutes. Extract of wild rosemary: boil 2 teaspoons of wild rosemary with 1 cup of boiling water, put on low heat, keep until half of the water has boiled away.
Boil a glass of milk. Grate the head of a medium-sized onion on a fine grater, cover with boiling milk and stir well. Let it brew for 10 minutes, then drink warm for half an hour.
Stir 2 tablespoons of honey in a glass of hot milk and drink 2-3 times a day.
Grate the garlic on a fine grater and mix with honey in a 1: 1 ratio. Take 1 tablespoon 1-2 times a day with water.
Pour a glass of black currant berries with a glass of vodka, add a glass of sugar syrup and leave for 30 days in a dark place, shaking occasionally. Take 1 glass a day or pour 1 tablespoon of the tincture into a glass of hot tea.
At the very beginning of a runny nose, if it does not accompany a disease such as the flu, it is recommended to drink 1/2 glass of water with five drops of iodine.
Iodine will also help against chronic rhinitis. Dissolve 6-7 drops with 2 teaspoons of boiled water and drip the mixture 2 times a day, morning and evening. In addition, during the day you need to often inhale iodine vapors directly from the bottle, first one, then the other nostril. Sea salt also rich in iodine and has a strong antiseptic effect. It is diluted in the proportion: 1 teaspoon per 250 ml of warm water for adults and 500 ml for children.
Maria Kurganova
I love folk remedies more as a prophylaxis, and as an addition to treatment. Hot tea with honey and lemon, herbal tea, garlic, but the basis of treatment is still medicine, you can't joke with health. If ARVI, then Amiksin helps, it is safe and helps quickly, I usually recover in 3 days.
Galina Myskina
And we carry out the prevention of colds with oil. I spread napkins around the house and drip oil on them. We walk and breathe) And I put a handkerchief with drops of oil in the child's kindergarten (right in the upper pocket). And you know, there is something to brag about, this year we didn't get sick at all! See what prevention means!
Inga Karpova
For me, folk remedies are not medicines. Only as an adjunct to basic treatment. If you catch a cold. I immediately start coughing. From cough Prospan and in a week I am healthy. Before going to bed I can put a potato compress. well, black radish juice with honey, as in childhood.
Oksana Sadykova
And I usually when I get sick, I immediately feel how my throat begins to tear. Therefore, I begin to treat the throat. Immediately zhikayu bioparox. You know, thanks to this spray, the throat passes very quickly. So it turns out without serious consequences to cope with the disease.
Evgenia Shemyakina
I agree, the best is prevention. There is even nothing to argue about. By the way, doctors now talk and advise a lot on this topic. In our children's clinic, doctors recommend breathing oil in preventive whole (we have already mentioned it above). So I agree, it really helps to save yourself from any viruses. I myself and my husband and child must drip a few drops on clothes. Nothing complicated, but real protection.
Evgenia Roganova
I must say right away that I am against the use of traditional medicine. There is no guarantee that it will help. And you can do such harm to yourself that then it is not clear how the doctors will save you (do not think, and a cold can give complications). But at the same time I am against the use of chemistry. Moreover, now there are so many drugs that do not contain chemistry and at the same time help with colds well. For example, there is a good ointment - called Evamenol. So she just helps with a cold perfectly (she needs to do rubbing). Get well in a few days!
Yaroslava Sorokina
I am also against folk remedies, they can help, in my opinion, only in combination with a strong and proven remedy. I found this for myself and for my husband after one incident at work. I had an important conference in the afternoon, and in the morning I arrived completely unsticked, a colleague gave a pill of amiksin, and albeit not completely, but by the time of the conference I was more or less healthy, the symptoms began to disappear, and I was able to speak. Since then, we have been taking him with my husband at the first sign of a cold.
How to treat a cold at home? This question was asked, perhaps, by every person. This is because absolutely all people, young and old, are susceptible to colds. Cold treatment folk remedies (at home) has become more and more popular in recent years. However, this is not the safest method. Refusal to use drugs can lead to quite serious consequences. There are several ways to get rid of a cold at home. This article will tell you about the basic methods and tell you some recipes for traditional medicine.
Before curing a cold at home ...
Of course, a sick person wants to quickly get rid of the signs of a cold and eliminate the ailment. However, you should not immediately grab onto well-known drugs and take medication thoughtlessly. Before starting the correction, it is worth visiting a doctor. The doctor will be able to accurately determine the causes of your illness. After that, the specialist will prescribe you a comprehensive treatment, the effect of which will not be long in coming.
Before starting treatment, it is imperative to determine the cause of a cold. It can be reduced immunity, bacterial infection, viral pathology, or inflammatory process... Also, a cold can occur due to an exacerbation of one of the chronic diseases. In all these cases, individual treatment is chosen. Consider the basic tips of doctors to help get rid of a cold.
Viral lesion
How to quickly treat a cold at home if it is caused by the multiplication of viruses? In this case, drugs are used to increase the body's immune defenses. Also, many of them have antiviral activity. It is worth noting that colds caused by viruses are transmitted by air and droplets. This means that you could have received it during a normal conversation with an infected person.
How to treat a cold at home? The most popular remedies are the following: tablets "Ergoferon" and "Anaferon", powders for the preparation of solution "Reaferon" and "Interferon", rectal suppositories "Kipferon" and "Genferon". Also, doctors often prescribe such compositions as "Otsillococcinum", "Arbidol", "Isoprinosin". All of them affect immunity and contribute to its increase. In addition, medications fight viruses. They stop the multiplication of microorganisms and remove them from the human body. It should be noted that all of the listed medicines have an individual intake regimen. That is why, before using them, you should carefully study the instructions for use.
Bacterial infection
How to quickly treat a cold at home if it is caused by the multiplication of bacterial flora? In this case, doctors prescribe medicationsto which the detected microorganisms are sensitive. It is worth saying that before treating a bacterial infection, it is worth taking a certain test. For this, material can be taken from the throat, vein or bladder. Sometimes sputum or mucus secreted from the nasal passages is used for research. Infection with this type of cold can occur through saliva or through household contact.
How to treat a cold at home in this case? If you do not have the opportunity to conduct a bacteriological study and identify a drug to which the resulting microorganisms are sensitive, then you should use broad-spectrum antibiotics. These include "Summamed", "Amoxiclav", "Biseptol", "Macropen" and so on. It is worth saying that the relief of the pathological condition should come on the third day of treatment. Otherwise, it can be assumed that the chosen drug is simply ineffective in your case. It must be replaced with a medication with a different active substance. It should always be remembered that antibacterial medicines strongly affect the immune system, suppressing it. This is due to the suppression of the normal flora. To restore the protective functions of the body, it is necessary to take beneficial bacteria after treatment. It can be "Linex", "Acipol", "Normobact", "Enterol" and so on.
Temperature increase
How to quickly treat a cold at home if it is accompanied by a fever? Currently, pharmaceutical companies offer formulations such as Teraflu, Fervex, Coldakt, and so on. All of them are prepared on the basis of paracetamol. That is why it will be advisable to take this medication to lower the temperature. Also eliminate fever, chills and headache can funds based on ibuprofen. These include "Nurofen", "Ibufen" and so on. They can be in the form of suspensions, tablets, and rectal suppositories. Drugs containing nimesulide are no less effective. These include "Nise" and "Nimulid". It should be noted that the latest drugs also have anti-inflammatory activity.
Lowering the temperature at home should be started only after the thermometer mark crosses the 38 degree division. If you tolerate this condition normally, then doctors recommend waiting until 38.5 degrees. It is in such a temperature environment that most pathological microorganisms die. It is worth noting that some babies are prone to seizures. They need antipyretics already at a temperature of 37.5 degrees. That is why, before curing a cold at home for a child, you need to visit a doctor and get an appointment.
Effective fight against the common cold
Almost always, with a cold, there is a separation of mucous fluid from the nasal passages. This causes considerable discomfort. This condition is also complicated by the fact that nasal congestion may appear. At the same time, a person practically cannot breathe. Internal tissues become very inflamed and swollen. What to do in this case? How to quickly treat a cold at home?
First you need to unclog the nasal passages and rinse them. Blow your nose thoroughly. If the pathology has arisen in a small child, then it makes sense to use an aspirator. After removing mucus, rinse the lining of the nasal cavity. This can be done with drugs such as Aqualor, Aquamaris. Also, doctors sometimes advise using normal saline solution. Inject a few drops into each nasal passage, then repeat the cleansing process. There are several ways to treat a runny nose. one of the most effective and popular drugs in recent years is "Pinosol". It should be said that it is made on the basis of herbal oils. That is why it can be used even during pregnancy.
If your cold is of viral origin, then it is advisable to use formulations such as "Irs-19", "Derinat", "Grippferon" and so on. All of them are active against many viruses, and also help to increase the body's immune defenses.
For bacterial pathology, doctors often recommend drugs such as Isofra, Polydexa, Protargol or Sialor. In this case, before each administration of the composition, it is necessary to cleanse the nasal mucosa from dead microorganisms by washing.
Elimination of sore throat and perspiration
How to cure a cold at home? Very often, this condition is accompanied by painful sensations in the throat. Moreover, the nature of the pathology does not affect this symptom at all. It is possible to eliminate a sore throat with drugs for topical use. These can be sprays that need to be sprayed directly onto the larynx or tonsils. Also, doctors often recommend the use of solutions to treat the pharynx and tonsils. A more convenient form for use has tablets that need to be absorbed.
Among the effective drugs are "Chlorophyllipt" or "Lugol". These formulations are applied to the tonsils. They are very effective against bacterial colds. Also, doctors prescribe the following nebulizers: "Tantum Verde", "Ingalipt", "Cameton", "Miramistin" and so on. These medicines not only eliminate bacteria, but also fight fungal infections. Capsules for resorption have a more pronounced analgesic effect. Among them are "Stop Angin", "Gammidin", "Strepsils" and so on. They have anti-inflammatory and anesthetic effects. Separately, it should be said about the drug "Lizobact", which can be used for small children and pregnant women.
Fighting various types of cough
What to do with a cold at home? This condition is often accompanied by a cough. However, it can be wet or dry. Often with such a symptom, doctors prescribe the following medications: "Doctor Mom", "Ambrobene", "Sinekod", "Herbion", "Codelac" and many others. Before using them, you must carefully read the instructions. Use only the medication that works for your type of cough.
One cannot but mention inhalations. This method eliminates cough very well and in a short time. For the procedure, doctors prescribe the following drugs: "Berodual", "Pulmicort", "Lazolvan" and normal saline solution. Remember that you always need to observe the dosage and carry out a strictly limited number of inhalations per day.
Get rid of toxins in your body
Whichever remedy you choose for a cold, at home it must be used strictly according to the instructions. Each medicine can affect the liver and stomach negatively. This only aggravates the course of the disease. What to do in this case? Doctors recommend using sorbents. These drugs will help remove toxins from the body and cleanse it of the affected microorganisms, which can also cause fever.
Among the effective sorbents are Enterosgel, Polysorb, Activated Carbon, Smecta and others. When using them, one very important rule must be observed. Never use these medications at the same time as other medications. The break between them should be at least two hours. Otherwise, cold medicine may simply not work.
Drinking plenty of fluids
Treatment of colds with folk remedies at home always involves drinking a lot of fluids. During the use of drug correction, drinking plenty of fluids will also contribute to a speedy recovery.
The average daily intake for a person is 2 liters of water. For babies, this volume is calculated in a different way. For every kilogram of weight, a child needs 100 milliliters of water. Along with a simple drinking liquid, you need to use warm teas and fruit drinks. If you have a sore throat, then skip hot drinks. They can further damage the inflamed area of \u200b\u200bthe larynx.
Hunger is the path to recovery
How to recover from a cold at home? Very often, during an illness, a person's appetite disappears. At the same time, many people use food through force and are surprised that a cold does not recede for a long time. In fact, everything is very simple here. The body throws its main forces on the fight against bacteria or viruses. This contributes to the fact that a person's appetite disappears. Doctors say that you shouldn't force yourself to eat. A couple of days of hunger will not lead to anything critical. However, the body will be able to quickly and effectively overcome the pathology.
Remember that avoiding food does not mean restricting your drinking. The liquid must continuously enter the patient's body. So he will be able to make up for his losses that occur during a runny nose and sweating.
Folk recipes and proven methods
How to remove a cold at home? Many patients prefer to use traditional medicine and grandma's recipes. However, these methods are not always effective. That is why you should consult a doctor in the event that your treatment does not give a positive result within three days.
- Raspberries can be used as an antipyretic. You can use a decoction from the leaves of the plant or make tea with berry jam. They also very well reduce the temperature of rubbing with vodka. To do this, you need to dilute alcohol with water in a one-to-one ratio. After that, the whole body is pounded abundantly with the composition.
- Hot milk with honey is very helpful for sore throat. To do this, heat the milk to a comfortable temperature and add 2 teaspoons of honey to it. The effect will increase several times in the event that butter is an additional component.
- You can treat a runny nose with onions or garlic. These products are natural antibiotics. Juice the garlic and onion. Then add a few drops of olive oil and one milliliter of saline to it. Introduce two drops into each nostril every six hours.
- In the fight against viral infections, a decoction of echinacea is excellent. Purchase dry herb and use it as a tea. You can also drink a ginger drink. To do this, grind the ginger root and boil with boiling water.
- Means such as mustard plasters, jars, baths and other heating can only be used in the absence of temperature. After that, it is advisable to wrap yourself in a blanket and sleep. The effect can be enhanced by various herbal teas. Chamomile and thyme, sage and calendula well relieve inflammation.
How to cure a cold on the lip at home?
Infection often affects mucous membranes and tissues. Cold sores that appear on the lips are often called herpes. It's a virus. That is why to eliminate it, it is necessary to take antiviral and immunomodulatory formulations. Currently, there are medications for topical use. Among them are "Zovirax", "Acyclovir", "Viferon".
You can treat a cold on the lip at home and folk recipes... So, frequent lubrication of the affected area with toothpaste promotes drying. At the same time, you can wash the cold with chamomile broth or lubricate with celandine oil.
A little conclusion
You now know how to treat a cold at home. Doctors strongly discourage the use of drugs without a doctor's recommendation. However, often a person prefers to cope with pathology on his own, rather than go to a medical institution. Remember that this tactic can cause complications. If after the treatment you do not feel better within three days, then you should immediately seek medical help.
remember, that antibacterial drugs unable to eliminate viral infections. The same can be said about immunomodulators. Antiviral medicines are not able to eliminate bacterial pathology. Often, doctors prescribe both drugs at the same time. This leads to a quick recovery and restoration of immunity. Treat correctly and do not get sick!
In the conditions of the modern pace of life, people are torn between work and home, and there is no time for themselves. You remember your health only when there are obvious signs of a cold: headaches, runny nose, watery eyes, cough or sore throat, malaise, irritability, temperature.
You will need
- - tea with herbs of sage, mint, chamomile, linden
- - tea with raspberries or honey
- - cranberry, lingonberry, raspberry juice
- - milk with honey and butter
Instructions
- Firstly, regularly do wet cleaning and ventilate the rooms, because dust, dirt, stuffy air only contribute to the development of microbes.
- Secondly, do not drink antibiotics right away, give the body time to overcome cold... To increase immunity, add onions, garlic, lemon, cranberries, raspberries, lingonberries, citrus fruits, infused black radish juice with honey, a complex of vitamins to your diet. At high temperatures, often drink warm tea with herbs of sage, mint, chamomile, linden, tea with raspberries or honey, cranberry, lingonberry, raspberry juice.
- Thirdly, milk with honey and butter, frequent alkaline drinking will help relieve the respiratory tract at night. To do this, take boiled milk and Borjomi mineral water in equal proportions. Also, in the absence of temperature, steam inhalation can be carried out over a saucepan with boiling water, a decoction of vegetables or herbs of mint, chamomile, sage. Keep an eye on the humidity by hanging wet towels and bedspreads on the batteries.
- Fourth, to eliminate a runny nose in the initial stages, washing the sinuses with a soapy solution of laundry soap, a mixture of one part of onion juice and four parts of boiled water, beet juice, warming up the sinuses with a hot egg or hot salt, wrapped in a cloth will help.
- So cure cold in home conditions it is possible in the early stages, however, at the slightest complication of your well-being, contact your doctor.
How to quickly cure a cold
There is no such person who would not experience the unpleasant sensations of an approaching cold. Unfortunately, most people think that this is not at all dangerous disease, which you can ignore. But this is not the case! A running cold can cause more serious chronic diseases... Therefore, only when you feel the first signs of an approaching illness, you should be alert and have knowledge of how to quickly cure a cold in order to avoid serious complications.
What is a cold
First, let's figure out what this common word "cold" means, because there is no such concept in medical textbooks.
The official name of the disease is ARVI, that is, a respiratory tract disease caused by viral infection... The microbes that cause colds are numerous - rhinovirus, adenovirus, rotavirus, syncytial virus and many others. What happens to the body during a disease? An internal struggle begins and the development of protective immune cells, which must destroy the viruses that have settled in the body.
Long-term medical experience shows that, alas, only a few lucky people manage to cure a cold in 1 day. All other mere mortals need to wait about a week for the immune system to win the war on viruses. Usually, the body copes without additional intervention, however, there are tools that help to facilitate getting rid of the disease.
Important!
People who have a subtle sense of their body and the changes that have occurred in it know that a cold can be cured when it has not yet begun. At an early stage of the disease, you just need to take a multiple dose of vitamin C, not exceeding the daily dosage (60-100 mg per day). However, it is important to do this when the first symptoms appear.
Also, everyone has their own individual secrets of dealing with the disease. Someone is treated with onions, someone with a cold is helped by garlic. We will consider the experience folk treatment, Tibetan medicine and standard medication. We will also touch on the topic of prevention and proper nutrition and drinking during the course of a cold.
Prevention
The main thing in preventing disease is strong immunity. And in order for it to be strong, it is necessary to carry out hardening procedures, starting from a very young age. A hardened body suffers less from frequent diseases, and also more easily tolerates all kinds of colds and other illnesses.
An important factor in preventing the spread of infection is bed rest. This way, the infection will not be passed on to other people.
It is necessary to make it a habit to ventilate all rooms well, especially during a cold, since microbes are not comfortable in the moving air, and they become unable to attack a weak organism.
What drink
With any disease, intoxication processes begin inside a person, which affect all systems of the body. Getting rid of toxins is a major concern during sick leave. Since a good appetite is not usually a companion to a cold, drinks will help with treatment.
Grandparents love to brew herbal teas for colds for their children and grandchildren, but you should not get carried away with herbal medicine without the advice of a doctor. Unsweetened compotes, decoctions of dried fruits, fruit drinks from fresh or frozen berries are perfect. A good dose of vitamin C contains lemon decoction in a liter of water. An interesting combination of boiled milk with honey and ginger, as well as a pinch of pepper will invigorate the body and saturate it with vital energy, as well as relieve illness.
If there are no contraindications from the gastric system, then it is quite possible to drink alkaline waters, such as Borjomi, Essentuki and others. Such water saturates the body with essential minerals and trace elements.
What to eat
It is imperative to eat, even if the sight of the food makes you sick and it seems that you don't feel like eating at all. But during a cold, you should not abuse fatty, difficult to digest food. An excellent lunch would be fresh soup and seasonal vegetable salad. For example, in summer it can be a cucumber with tomato and vegetable oil, and in winter it can be sauerkraut. The traditional anti-cold dish is chicken broth, and some peoples have lamb soup. Since the body fights toxins, you should not eat in large portions, it is better to adhere to the principle of fractional nutrition.
Throat salvation
A cold is often accompanied or begins with a sore throat.
To quickly get rid of a sore throat, you can use a gargle: a glass of beetroot juice with the addition of one tablespoon of vinegar. In case of acute sore throat, it is imperative to use disinfectants, such as soda or salt, as well as a 0.25% hydrogen peroxide solution (a tablespoon of a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution in a glass of water).
Young children can gargle with chamomile or eucalyptus decoction.
If there is no allergy, then you should definitely drink hot milk with honey, however, do not add honey to milk, but eat with a spoon.
Relief from a cold
A quick treatment for a cold usually starts with getting rid of the difficulty in nasal breathing, because a runny nose causes a headache and a significant deterioration in well-being. The body becomes weakened and the mood deteriorates. Our grandmothers advise you to breathe potato broth, covering your head with a towel. This procedure is very effective. You can also warm up the nasal and frontal part of the face with a warm egg or a cloth bag filled with salt. You can lubricate the inner surface of the nose with sea buckthorn oil, which kills germs. Kalanchoe juice has a pronounced antibacterial effect, with which you can bury your nose. Do not use vasoconstrictor drops without a doctor's prescription. It is a proven fact that they are harmful to the body and that they are addictive.
Elimination of cough
Boiled milk with soft butter, salt, and figs can help relieve coughing fits. A professional massage of the chest area will help drain mucus from the lungs and bronchi. This is especially effective in infants who cannot cough. Of the herbs, licorice root and sage have a good expectorant effect.
Medicines at hand
Familiar products have anti-cold properties. For example, chili pepper actively fights viruses and reliably protects the body, and honey is a kind of health elixir. Black radish also has good medicinal properties.
Onions and garlic for our area are typical vegetables for colds.
Medicines from the pharmacy
Unfortunately, medical treatment of a cold cannot even be called a treatment, since in most cases, the symptoms are simply suppressed, while the body remains weakened.
Medicines with proven efficacy are often of homeopathic origin or contain the proven substances etoremantadine or oseltamivir. Prescribing medications should be handled by your family doctor, in no case should you overuse antibiotics!
Tibetan medicine for colds
Tibetan medicine considers the disease from an energetic point of view, therefore, when treating, it takes into account the belonging of a particular method to cold Yin energy or to hot Yang energy. Oriental medicine treats the body as a whole, therefore, when diagnosing a disease, all body systems are analyzed.
Conclusion
There are simple and effective ways to cure colds, the most famous of which is SARS. Most people, unfortunately, get colds about 2-4 times a year. However, children are more prone to colds. Statistics show that children get sick at least 6-10 times a year. Colds are the most common reason for visiting a doctor.
A common cold usually lasts for about a week. Although it can drag on for two weeks. It can go away without treatment. If the cold lasts more than two weeks, then it may be something more serious, so you need to see a doctor right away.
The common cold virus can come in 200 different forms. You can catch a cold through breathing, shaking hands, kissing, or touching. Contrary to popular belief, the common cold does not come from climate change, or poor diet or exercise. Statistics also show that people with asthma or allergies are more susceptible to the common cold virus. Stress can also be one of the causes of colds.
Here are 10 simple steps to help you quickly cope with a cold.
The most common symptoms of a cold are:
Nasal congestion
- cough
sneezing
- sore throat
- tiredness
- weakening of the senses of taste and smell
- small elevated temperature
Ways to prevent colds
To reduce the chance of catching the common cold virus, follow these simple guidelines:
Wash your hands regularly - and always touch your eyes or mouth before eating
Disinfect surfaces
Try to avoid people with colds
Try to avoid being in rooms with large numbers of people during periods of exacerbation viral diseases
10 ways to cure colds
1. Consume more fluids
For your main cold remedy, try consuming more water, juices, and other drinks like tea, for example. The liquid prevents dryness in the throat and nose and also helps the mucous membranes stay open. Fluid is also needed if you have a fever. This increases the risk of losing body fluid and needs to be maintained. In addition, it helps to flush out toxins from the body formed by dead cells.
2. Avoid coffee and alcohol
Try not to drink drinks that contain caffeine or alcohol. They tend to dehydrate our body. And this is not what is needed there for a cold.
3. Steam and hot bath
Steam and hot baths are the most common home remedies for colds. Some run hot water in the bathroom and breathe warm steam. Someone breathes in the vapor of water poured into a container. The virus is sensitive to high temperaturestherefore it is possible to "kill" the virus through the nasal cavities.
4. Hot soup
Many people think that soup is best remedy for colds. The main feature of this method is the broth contained in the soup. It helps maintain fluid levels in the body, and the steam from the hot broth is beneficial to the sick body. Research has shown that chicken broth soup can reduce sinus inflammation and help you heal colds faster. Also, chicken soup contains protein, which is necessary for the formation of antibodies that attack viruses.
5. Use humidifiers
These devices do a good job of humidifying the air. This can help keep your sinuses moist and prevent nasal congestion. When using humidifiers, clean them regularly to avoid the possibility of harmful bacteria entering the air.
One of the most important factors in treating a cold is good sleep and rest. Your body needs to get enough rest to better, faster and more effectively withstand the cold virus. If you have a fever, you should definitely stay at home, turn off your cell phone and try to relax. Many people like to avoid this advice. But experts advise you to stay at home and relax for a couple of days in a warm (24-25 degrees Celsius) temperature.
7. Wash your mouth with salt water
You may have heard something similar from your grandmother or mom, but it is practically proven that you need to rinse oral cavity salt water is one of the treatments sore throat... Dissolve half a teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water and rinse your mouth 5-6 times. It will definitely help your throat.
8. Don't smoke
You must quit smoking for many reasons. But in our case, smoking has a detrimental effect on the treatment process. Remember, secondhand smoke has the same harmful effects.
9. Review your diet
While it hasn't been proven to help treat colds, fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamin C, which can help clear up cold days. Vitamin C enhances the body's defenses, protects against viral diseases and improves the functioning of white blood cells, the main role of which is to attack viruses.
Here are foods that should help you deal with your cold faster:
Garlic
- honey
- peppermint
- oranges, lemon, grapefruit, parsley, celery, cauliflower
- products containing zinc
10. Stop doing physical activity
Forget about training and other physical activities for a while. Give your body a chance to recuperate for 3-4 days to cope with viruses.