Cough often appears in the offseason, sometimes it can be accompanied by other symptoms, such as fever or runny nose. What to do at the first sign of malaise? Is a cough treatment for a child with folk remedies able to please with good results? Before starting any procedures, consult with your doctor. Most often, treatment with homeopathic remedies, food products and medicinal plants is used as a complex therapy along with an intensive course of medicines.
How to treat a child 's cough with folk remedies: inhalation
One of the best cough suppressants is inhalation. Prepare a pan of medium-sized water. Take herbs or sea salt. Ready-made pharmacy collection, chamomile, coltsfoot, thyme. You can also add eucalyptus oil to the water. Heat the water to a boil, invite the baby to breathe over the steam, covered with a large towel. If your child is very small and making it sit on the spot is not so simple, heat the water to a comfortable warm temperature and invite the child to play with it. You can send swimming toys for swimming. Of course, such a cool inhalation will be less effective, but it will also be useful.
Compresses will help defeat a cough
It is permissible to carry out treatment of cough in a child with folk remedies using a variety of compresses. One of the easiest options is warming potatoes. To do this, you need to boil the root crop in its uniform. Prepare the fabric in advance, and lay the oilcloth on it. Put the potatoes on top, mash it with a pusher and cover with a thick film. Close with a thick terry towel or thin woolen blanket. The compress is ready, you can put it on the chest or back of the baby on top or ask the baby to lie on such a warm litter.
It is allowed to treat a child's cough with folk remedies and using a different type of warming. Try to make gentle mustard plasters. Mix in equal parts flour,
mustard powder, honey and vegetable oil. From the prepared slurry, having formed the pellets of the same size, attach them to the clean skin of the chest and middle of the back, wrap with cling film on top. It is advisable to wrap the child in a warm down scarf and ask him to lie down for two hours. Then remove the compress and rinse the skin.
How to cure a child's cough with folk remedies: auxiliary recipes
With any colds, a plentiful warm drink is useful. The best options are tea with lemon, raspberries or honey, do not forget about natural fruit drinks with sour berries and fruits. At night, you can give warmed milk with honey and butter. You can boil milk with dried figs - this drink is not only very healthy, but also incredibly tasty. Instead of vitamins from the pharmacy, give the baby a lemon with honey. Grind one fruit with a blender and add a large spoon of honey to it. Mix well and let it brew for several hours. The finished mixture can be kept in the refrigerator, given three times a day with food, one teaspoon each.
Treatment of a child’s cough with folk remedies can only be carried out if there is no allergy to the products included in the selected recipes. If you notice any manifestations of an individual reaction, give up the chosen remedy and try something else.