Such an unpleasant thing as an acute respiratory illness happens to almost everyone, regardless of the season. In the summer, fortunately, this happens much less frequently than in autumn and winter, but even in the hot season, no one is safe from the common cold.
As a rule, colds are first accompanied by sore, scratching, and then severe sore throat, and in order to alleviate their condition, and in some cases to prevent the further development of the disease, we must first turn to such a simple but very effective method as rinsing.
The question arises - how to gargle? There are ready-made preparations on sale in pharmacies, for example, Rotokan based on chamomile, calendula and yarrow, as well as the well-known alcohol tincture of calendula. You can use these drugs, since they can be used to prepare a solution for rinsing the throat in a matter of seconds - a certain amount of the drug is diluted with warm water (in particular, you need to take 1 teaspoon of rotokan per glass of water), and the rinse solution is ready.
It is also good to gargle with furacilin. You need to buy tablets in a pharmacy and dissolve 2 pieces (20 g each) in a glass of water. Furacilin is an excellent antimicrobial agent, and a glass will be enough for 2-3 rinses.
All these drugs can be used if there is no allergy to the components that make up their composition.
For the treatment and prevention of diseases of the nasopharynx, you can gargle with a solution of salt and baking soda. As a rule, a teaspoon of salt and soda (without top) is taken in a glass of water, and it’s good to add a couple of drops of iodine there (the so-called “sea water” is obtained, only do not overdo it with iodine, 2-4 drops is the norm).
Also, from a simple but effective means used to gargle, you can recommend a solution of apple cider vinegar. It must be diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1 or slightly weaker.
It is good if you can alternate throat solutions throughout the day. It is also important to start these procedures as soon as possible - as soon as you feel the first signs of discomfort. Gargle should be at least 3-4 times a day.
If the throat has already ached thoroughly, then most likely you will have to see a doctor. Along with other means that the specialist will prescribe, rinsing not only will not need to be canceled, but you should try to do them more often - every 2-2.5 hours. This will significantly reduce the number of harmful microbes that accumulate in the mouth and throat during the inflammatory process.
You can gargle with other means, for example, beetroot or carrot juice diluted in water with the addition of honey. But this is a little more time-consuming, especially if you have already started to rise in temperature and have no strength to do any complicated manipulations with vegetables, and without helpers it is difficult to even force yourself to get out of bed.
The rinse should have a temperature that is comfortable for the inflamed larynx - not be cold and not hot, but warm. In some cases, when the solution is prepared for several procedures and, of course, it will cool, you just need to pour the right amount and put the glass for several minutes in another container (with hotter water), thereby heating to a comfortable temperature.
In conclusion, we will give some tips on how to do a gargle, that is, how to carry out the procedure itself.
During the rinse, we throw our head back and say “a, o, s” in a chant, as well as pronounce the abrupt syllables “aha”, “wow”, “yep” - so that the seething water washed all the accessible parts of the larynx as thoroughly as possible.
One procedure should last at least one and a half minutes (that is, 3-4 times it is necessary to collect the solution and, holding your breath for 15-20-30 seconds, try to rinse out everything that has accumulated in the throat).
Do not be lazy to do such simple things and be healthy!