Such warming procedures as mustard plasters, banks continue to be very popular among the population in the treatment of respiratory diseases. Mustard plasters are especially popular when coughing in children. Probably, all of us in childhood, mothers and grandmothers in this way cured a cold in just a few days. How to put mustard plasters to children, we will tell in detail. It should be borne in mind that such treatment methods are most effective in combination with other procedures, including massage and herbal medicine.
You can put mustard plasters on to children at a very early age, but through a linen or cotton napkin. Other medications, including antibiotics, as well as enhancing immunity and expectorant drugs should not be neglected in treatment . Is it worth recalling that in any case, treatment should be prescribed by a doctor? In this case, it is a pediatrician.
Mustard when coughing in children has a vasodilating effect, stimulating blood flow to the place where they are applied. In this case, the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic nervous system is simultaneously excited . The tone of the nervous system rises, and excitation products such as norepinephrine and adrenaline accumulate in the blood.
As a result, there is an increase in the protective function of the child's body. That is, mustard when coughing in children is not just a grandmother's remedy, but a well-founded medical procedure.
Before putting mustard plasters for coughing in children, an examination of the skin of the child should be performed. In places intended for the application of mustard plasters, there should be no redness, rashes, irritation. If any, then consult your doctor. In any case, if you are doing this procedure for the first time, you should first put one mustard plaster and look at the reaction of your child.
In addition, you should be aware that mustard plasters are not placed on the spine and heart region!
Mustard for coughing in children are as follows.
Having moistened gauze with vegetable oil, it should be attached to the place recommended by the doctor. When coughing, this is usually the back, the sternum. If these are young children (up to five years old) or if you find out that their skin is sensitive to mustard, instead of gauze, you will need cotton or linen.
We mustard the mustard plaster in a bowl (bath) with warm water and, holding it in it for several seconds, apply the mustard side to the child's body through the previously prepared gauze (cloth). We do the same with the rest.
We cover the child with a sheet (a diaper will do) and a blanket on top.
Mustard when coughing in children causes heat after a few minutes. At the same time, if some people have an effect only after seven or even ten minutes, then other children may feel a strong warmth, and possibly a burning sensation almost two to three minutes after you cover them with a blanket.
It is recommended that you periodically (every 2-3 minutes) examine the skin. As for young children (up to 7 years), more often. If the skin is clearly reddened, mustard should be removed and washed in this area of the body with tepid water. Then the same place can be treated with olive (can be sunflower) oil or petroleum jelly.
All mustard plasters are removed when the skin under them turns red. It usually takes from five to ten minutes from the start of the procedure. In the event that the child began to complain of severe burning, this indicates poor tolerance. Then all mustard plasters must be removed quickly, even if not enough time has passed.
Residues of mustard powder should be removed with gauze moistened in warm water, and gently wipe the skin dry. At the end of the procedure, it is possible and even desirable to lubricate the skin of the child with baby cream or petroleum jelly or vegetable oil.