In the modern world, people are often susceptible to diseases, microbes accompany us everywhere: at work, at home, and on the street. In order to protect yourself and protect yourself from various diseases, you need to carry out preventive measures at the initial stage and try to get rid of the first symptom - cough. Alternative treatment for adults and children will be considered in the article.
Causes of Cough
Before considering methods of treating cough, the reasons are also worth paying attention to. It is necessary to take the disease seriously, as it can provoke not only a cold, but also tuberculosis. The airways in this situation are clogged with thick mucus, which interferes with normal breathing. Before you begin treatment, you need to research at what stage your disease is. After you have already consulted with a specialist, the doctor will prescribe you a specific medicine:
- complex preparations that have a pronounced mucolytic and expectorant effect (the anti-inflammatory effect of the drugs in question is additionally implemented to turn a dry cough into a wet one);
- agents that help cope with dry cough, the action of which is aimed at diluting the thick sputum secreted by the respiratory system;
- sedatives in order to prevent severe coughing.
Dry cough does not remove sputum, so it should be converted to wet. In this case, the patient needs to pay attention to the color of the liquid that comes out, because some shades (yellowish green, red) indicate other serious problems of the body. If the cough is just beginning to appear, then folk remedies will be very effective.
To conduct a cough treatment with folk remedies quickly, it is worth distinguishing whether it is dry or wet. Let's look at the features of each, and only then find out how to get rid of the problem.
Dry cough: features
Such a cough appears due to the fact that the receptors turn into a painful state: inflammation, inhalation of too hot, cold or dirty air. Most often, doctors prescribe special proven drugs. Without proper treatment for dry cough in an adult and a child, the situation can worsen. Remember that alternative treatment will be effective only in combination with traditional medicine, but it is strictly forbidden to engage in self-medication and buy medicine without consulting a specialist.
What actions can be taken in addition? To make dry cough treatment effective, drink plenty of water. Drink about 2 liters of warm liquid per day. Thus, you will turn a dry cough into a wet one. In addition, frequent drinking leads to the formation of a protective layer of the mucous membrane, the inflammation in the throat goes away, the cough ceases to bother the patient constantly. What fluids should be consumed:
- water from natural sources;
- warm tea with honey, raspberries and lemon;
- warmed milk with a portion of butter or soda;
- specially selected various medicinal herbs;
- tinctures from elecampane, ledum, coltsfoot;
- a method of administering drugs based on the inhalation of gas, steam or smoke;
- humidification of air;
- mechanical and reflex effects on the chest.
All About Wet Cough
A wet cough appears as a result of inflammation of the receptors, which does not allow a person to breathe calmly and saturate the lungs with oxygen. Such a cough appears due to the fact that sputum prevents a person from breathing air calmly and painlessly.
In what cases does sputum occur:
- during infection with viruses, the penetration of bacteria into the body;
- when exposed to TBD drugs that can only fight dry cough;
- leaves the blood in a pathological condition, when there is a serious violation of gas exchange in the lungs and hypoxia develops.
If you have not been diagnosed with pulmonary edema, then getting rid of a wet cough will additionally help to eliminate the diseases that trigger coughing and sputum elimination. Most often, with such a disease, experts advise taking special medications inside that remove sputum. After liquefaction, the contents come out with the germs.
Important! Medicines that dilute sputum and facilitate its excretion from the lungs should not be used by infants up to 2 years old.
Alternative methods of treatment
If you want the treatment of cough, fever and other symptoms of a cold or flu to be really effective, then we recommend that you use the medications your doctor prescribed in combination with folk remedies. Let's get acquainted with some effective ways.
Internal application
Allocate a group of means with which you can conduct an effective cough treatment at home:
- Milk and honey deal very well with this problem. This combination helps to overcome cough on the first day. Boil the milk first, and then add a few teaspoons of honey. However, you can add a little baking soda or one-fourth of a teaspoon of vanilla (cinnamon) to this medicine. You can also mix dessert wine with 1 bay leaf and a few peppercorns. If you decide to turn to the second option, then the solution should be heated to a boil, then wait a few minutes and immediately drink the medicine. You need to drink 2 glasses in small portions per day. A useful property of such a solution is that a lot of sweat will be released and, accordingly, sputum will come out.
- Chamomile and lemon. You will need: 1 tablespoon of dried flowers and the same amount of lemon in finely chopped form. You should also add a little black tea to this mixture, and then pour the liquid in hot water. After an hour, you can take the solution inside.
- Onion jam. In this case, you can drink such a medicine even to small children.
How to cook such a tool? The recipe is as follows:
- Peel the onion, and then grate it - you should get about a glass of raw material.
- In order for you not to feel the tasteless onion liquid, you can use a blender.
- The onion mixture needs to be sugared, and then boil for about 5 minutes. In order to feel the sweet taste, you can pour a little honey.
You can feel the relief of symptoms (cough treatment in this way has been carried out since ancient times), if you take jam at 1 tablespoon. If you do not like the first option, then we offer you a different way:
- The first step is to create a syrup, combining 250 ml of water and 250 grams of sugar.
- Take one onion and chop it completely. After this, you need to add the mixture to the syrup and put the finished liquid on the fire.
It is necessary to use the resulting solution in the same way as in the first embodiment. The course of treatment should be such a time so that the patient is completely able to prevent serious coughing.
Milk and banana
Treating a cough at home can be done with milk and a banana. But this recipe is suitable for special gourmets. If you have just started your course of treatment for cough with folk remedies, and while your symptoms are not showing up much, you should try this medicine. You need to take such products: 300 ml of milk, a banana, a few tablespoons of cocoa, which dissolves quickly, as well as a teaspoon of honey. You need to mix all these ingredients, before transforming the banana into a liquid state. Now you should bring the solution to room temperature and drink in a few sips, without rushing. Most often, such a remedy is used before bedtime, in order to feel healthy in the morning.
Milk and butter
To treat a throat and cough, you should heat the milk, and then mix it with butter. If you want to get rid of dry cough, then this method will really help eliminate inflammation. As for the products and their quantity, it is necessary to take 1 cup of milk and 50 grams of butter.
Important! Certain newspapers and magazines provide a cough recipe where the main ingredients are milk and cocoa butter. You need to choose oil only of the best quality, since immunity in this case can be restored and strengthened.
Black radish
This is really a great way to treat cough with folk remedies. Buy or pick a large black radish in the garden, remove the top and remove everything from the inside, but not completely. In this cutted part, you need to add a little honey, so that later the juice can stand out in large quantities. Radish should be put in a glass of water so that the tail is from the bottom. After 3-4 hours, you need to take the medicine inside, after adding honey.
If you want to try a different method of treating cough in adults and children, then we present to your attention the following recipe: take 6 or 8 pieces of radish and cut them into thin rings. Do not forget to add sugar in large quantities, so the vegetable can liberate the juice profusely. 1 tablespoon of this medicine, taken every hour, will help get rid of cough. In the shortest possible time, treatment will be carried out.
Herbal infusions
Cough treatments in adults and children can be carried out using herbal infusions. We need to take dry primrose flowers, leaves of coltsfoot, the root of elecampane and licorice naked. A tablespoon of dried plants must be mixed with a glass of hot water. After this, the solution should be left for 30 minutes, and then strain. Now you need to pour the finished liquid into a glass and take it 1/4 cup 3-4 times a day after meals.
Home cough treatment can be carried out using liquorice infusion. He copes with the problem in question. To do this, take 10 g of the root of the plant and pour a glass of hot water. Then we bring everything to a boil. After this, it is necessary to cool the tincture (wait 45 minutes), then strain, remove the excess liquid so that the volume is 200 ml. It is estimated that the patient will drink the medicine 1 tablespoon 3-4 times.
Figs (or figs), which is prepared together with milk on fire (several fruits per 1 glass of liquid), have long been used by people with severe coughing and during colds. Broth is most often drunk preheated before bedtime. In addition, you can take not only the fruits themselves, but also the leaves of the product, since they also effectively fight microbes in your body.
External use
If you do not want to take the medicine inside, then it’s for you that we have made a selection of several drugs that are rubbed into the skin:
- A potato compress is the easiest and most effective way, which is also advantageous in price. What should be done? First of all, you need to boil the potatoes, while leaving the peel on it. When hot, place the mixture in a polyethylene bag. Remember to add a few tablespoons of vegetable oil. Now you should tightly close the bag and chop the potatoes, and then put this product on the patient’s chest.
Please note that this compress is suitable for the treatment of cough without fever in an adult. It should be noted that it will also be useful to children who have recently begun to cough. Compress does not cause allergies.
Tip: wrap a compress with a towel so as not to burn yourself, and additionally cover the patient with a warm blanket. After the mixture becomes room temperature, it is worth removing the medicine from the chest.
- Honey compress. All you need to do is rub the patient’s chest with honey. After that, cover the parchment on top. Do not forget to hide in a warm thing. Hold the compress for about half an hour, and then remove honey from the skin and start rubbing vegetable oil, combining it with eucalyptus oil (1: 1 ratio).
Be sure to preheat honey in a water bath.
How to treat cough for children
Not all drugs can be used by children during illness. Let's get acquainted with the general list of folk remedies for children:
- You will need 100 g of honey, 100 g of fresh butter, vanillin powder. To prepare a healthy mixture, mix everything thoroughly. You need to take the medicine inside by 1 small spoon.
- If bronchitis has just begun to develop, you must give your child 1 teaspoon of castor oil.
- Take potatoes, onions and an apple. Grind food and pour boiling water. Put on fire. You need to cook until the water boils for one second part. Apply 1 teaspoon 3 times a day.
- 5 small cloves of garlic, chopped or crushed, should be boiled with unpasteurized milk (1 cup). Apply as in the previous paragraph.
- A small spoonful of powdered poppy seeds should be combined with 50 ml of warm milk. Have a drink right away. Such a medicine will help fight inflammation. Consume twice a day.
- In serious illness, infants can combine 1: 1 honey and warm vegetable oil. Drink 2 times a day.
- Take a few cloves of garlic, finely chop. The composition can be spread on the feet. It is necessary to wrap the leg with a thin cotton cloth, adding pork fat in advance. It is best to do the procedure before bedtime and even leave such a compress for the whole night. Additionally, wear a sock. In the morning, remove the mixture and leave it for next use. It is better to wash your feet in the morning, as there may be an unpleasant odor.
- Take a radish and chop it, then place in a pan and pour sugar. Bake for several hours. Filter, extract the radish, and pour the solution into a bottle. Such a medicine should be taken 2 teaspoons 3-4 times a day before meals.
- The oldest and most effective way is to hang garlic in a room in a small container overnight, and when the baby begins to fall asleep, shift the garlic closer to his nose. Often this method is used during acute respiratory viral infections, but still it will not be superfluous to get rid of microbes.
- You can also smear the back and front of the body with pork ghee or other oil, adding a little colorless or yellowish liquid with a strong odor produced by distilling the resin of coniferous trees with water.
- If you notice that in addition to coughing, the child's temperature rises, you should rub his chest with vodka in equal parts with warm vinegar, and also give an infusion of chamomile. Remember to cover the baby tightly with a blanket so that all the sweat can come out.
- If a cough comes out with phlegm, or if phlegm, on the contrary, does not come out at all, then you need to drink a few drops of almond oil in sugar syrup twice.
- Buy a head of red onion, remove the husk and highlight the recess. Sugar should be added. When the juice accumulates, the child will need to drink this liquid.
- Combine several tablespoons of oats with the same portion of raisins. Then add 1.5 l of steamed water at room temperature. Place on a small fire so that half the liquid evaporates. Squeeze and strain, add 1 tablespoon of honey and mix well. Consume 1 tablespoon twice a day.
- Do not forget to gargle with such a useful remedy: add a little ammonia to a glass of water.
As we can see, there are a huge number of ways to get rid of cough. Many people still use these methods and trust them even more than the drugs that are sold in pharmacies, because in this case there is no need to consult a doctor. You can apply such folk methods at the initial stage, and with a serious problem - during a breath-hold due to coughing.
Prevention of cough involves maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle, wearing clothes according to season, balanced nutrition.