During inhalation, medications enter the bronchi to locally affect the cause of the disease. Inhalation at home, as a rule, has a minimal effect on all other organs and works best on a specific site of inflammation.
However, to achieve maximum results, you need to know how to do inhalation. First of all, you should consider what types of inhalations are:
- Inhalation by inhaling steam of water or aromatic substance;
- Inhalation-aerosol is the inhalation of small particles that are in a dissolved or suspended state (in a vaporous state);
- Inhalation using electroaerosol - inhalation of an aerosol, positively or negatively charged;
- Air ionization.
Inhalation at home is sometimes done using mineral or sea water. Moreover, this species has become common over the past twenty years. Remember that mineral water, like sea water, must be purified.
As a rule, inhalation at home is done when the child suffers from constant coughing. This is the so-called artificial inhalation (natural is carried out in nature, in the mountains, when the body is naturally enriched with clean air), which must be carried out using special preparations and equipment, although improvised means can also be used. That is why inhalation at home is simple and convenient, and it accelerates the recovery of the child.
Moreover, for this kind of treatment it is not necessary to use medications or special devices. If you do not have one available, use traditional medicine, proven over the years. You can, for example, use a kettle as an inhaler. So, roll up a tube of paper, put a narrow tip on the spout of the kettle, and begin to inhale therapeutic steam through the wide one.
So, now we will figure out how to do inhalation correctly, using herbs or medicinal decoctions. You can take linden, eucalyptus, a little nettle and sage (it is advisable to take all the ingredients for a teaspoon), then pour them with boiling water. Let the mixture brew for 10-15 minutes. Then follows (while the broth is warm) begin to inhale the vapor. If the cough is very strong, you can use another recipe: 3 tbsp. tablespoons of soda pour boiling water. You need to breathe the solution for ten minutes. As a rule, soda inhalation at home is used to thin the sputum and remove it from the bronchi.
There are also cold types of inhalation at home. As a rule, the essence of this type is that in a room where the patient spends more time, it is necessary to arrange saucers with finely chopped onions or garlic. The benefit is that these natural antiseptics produce essential oil and volatile. These substances, in turn, kill microbes in the air and work well on the mucous membranes of the bronchi and nose.
Inhalation at home requires compliance with certain rules:
- Clothing should not impede the patient's free breathing.
- It is necessary to properly configure the patient so that during the procedure he is not nervous and calm.
- At least half an hour before inhalation, you need to finish eating.
- After inhalation, you need to lie down for at least thirty minutes without straining your throat.
Remember that children can not be inhaled before they are two years old and only after the permission of the pediatrician. The duration of the procedure for a sick child should not be more than 5 minutes. Children quite often do not tolerate some of the components of inhalation, so you need to monitor the condition of the child during the procedure. If he gets worse, it is better to stop carrying it out.