How to treat a cold.

With the onset of rainy days, almost any person is at risk of colds. Sore throat, runny nose, cough do not allow to breathe normally and talk. Of course, going to the doctor will save you from this scourge, but what about those who do not have time to go to the reception? Or, even worse, when in some village there is no doctor at all - how to treat a cold in such cases?

Our people for ages collected wise advice, including those related to the treatment of various diseases. But do not forget that folk remedies will help only in case of mild illness, but with more serious symptoms it is necessary to find an opportunity to visit a physician-therapist.

How to treat a cold with folk remedies

Method one: when hypothermia is the most optimal option to prevent a serious illness - it's a lime tea. After returning home, drink a cup of hot lime tea, you can take honey instead of sugar. A few hours later drink the second.

Method two: Prepare hot water by adding one tablespoon of mustard. Soar your feet for 15-20 minutes.

The third method: if you have a cold with a cough and headaches, then a decoction of viburnum and honey is perfect. On a small fire, boil for 10 minutes a tablespoon of berries of the viburnum in one liter of hot water. After strain, add honey to taste and drink three times a day for half a cup. By the way, this tea helps with nervous breakdowns, as it has a calming effect.

With a lot of fluids for colds, you help your body get rid of toxins. For these purposes, the following drinks are perfect: raspberry and lime tea, tea with thyme, with kalina or chamomile, broth of wild rose, mineral water without gas, and many others.

How to treat a cold with herbal medicine

Complex treatment of infusions of different herbs gives an amazing result. Such infusions not only help fight the disease, but also have a complex effect on the body as a whole.

Several recipes that will help you recover relatively quickly, without loading yourself with excessive chemistry:

• one tablespoon of mother-and-stepmother is poured into a glass of boiling water. Insist should be about ten minutes, adding honey( to taste).Drink this broth should be two glasses a day in small sips;
• infusion of the leaves of plantain is also prepared, but you need to drink it one fourth of a cup four times a day before eating.

How to treat colds with folk remedies? Knowing the answer to this question will help you get rid of the annoying cold, cough and headache that almost always accompanies this disease.

Of course, many do not believe that using grandmother methods can be cured, but traditional medicine in fact offers a wide range of effective tools that help to combat the cold more quickly.

Raspberry treatment. This berry is famous for its medicinal properties. It takes off inflammation and fever well. It is very effective to use it at an elevated temperature in children. When a flu or cold is recommended to use raspberry jam.

Rosehip. It is in these fruits contains the greatest amount of vitamin C. To prepare a medicinal drink, five tablespoons of berries are placed in a thermos, poured with a liter of boiling water and allowed to infuse for about 8 to 12 hours. This navar drink warm, a few glasses a day( or when thirst is tormented).

Black currant. It is also a known source of vitamin C. It can be consumed in the form of jam( especially useful currant, twisted with sugar, which was not subjected to heat treatment), it is also possible to brew tea from dried berries.

Lime blossom has long been known as a remedy. In order to reduce the temperature and reduce the pain in the throat, you should prepare curative lime tea as follows: on a mug of water, two teaspoons of lime-colored.

Honey and propolis( bee glue).During the disease, it is recommended to eat a few spoons of honey per day( during tea drinking or just for that matter).You can also dissolve small pieces of propolis. Do not forget that honey and propolis should not be given to children under six months.

Fir oil. It is widely used both in folk medicine and in traditional medicine. It contains a huge amount of essential oils that relieve respiratory tract spasms. It is also used during the massage. If you have flu or cold, massage your chest and back.

Black radish. The most useful in radish is its juice, for which you should make a small groove in the vegetable and put a couple of teaspoons of honey in it. Spilled liquid should be consumed several times a day for one tablespoon. Onion, garlic. These two vegetables also have a curative effect on the weakened organism. By the way, they can and should be eaten not only during illness, but also for prevention.

Of course, it will be very good if, after reading this article, you will find for yourself several ways how to cure a cold with folk remedies.