Cough in children: treatment with folk remedies

Once you understand that the child is sick, you need to immediately call the doctor at home. But do not passively wait for the arrival of a specialist. It is necessary to take measures and relieve cough in children. Treatment with folk remedies gives the best results. What is not surprising, because thanks to the soft and persistent effect, centuries proven methods are still popular today. The sooner you begin to fight the disease, the sooner the recovery will come.

Than to treat a cough to a baby?

This is the case when there is no room for self-medication. All you can do is give a drink to a baby or try warming up. Massage can aggravate the situation, even to the most negative consequences. Treatment is best spent in a hospital under the constant supervision of a doctor and medical staff.

Dry cough in children

Treatment of folk remedies barking cough reduces to moisturizing and increasing the volume of the substance to be cleared and thereby facilitating the excretion of sputum from the child's body. In this case, inhalation over the steam of freshly cooked potatoes is good.

If the child is difficult to persuade to take a steam, or he is too small for this, make a milk syrup. Bring to a boil a glass of milk and dip it into a tablespoon of butter and natural honey, a quarter of a teaspoon of soda and beaten yolk. Let him drink from one to two tablespoons of sweet mixture at one time.

Older cough in children

Treatment of folk remedies of a cough can be carried out with onion syrup. In a liter of boiling water, put a couple of untreated bulbs of bulbs and 6-7 tablespoons of sugar, and if you do not mind, then instead of it - a glass of honey. Stir until the sweet ingredient dissolves completely, reduce the heat to the minimum value and boil for an hour. Onions discard, syrup strain. Give the baby in warm form for a whole tablespoon 3 or 4 times a day.

Deep cough in children

The treatment of a strong cough with folk remedies can be very tasty and pleasant for a child, which is important, because a good mood speeds up the process of recovery twice! Prepare the baby a banana jelly.

Rub the banana with a fork or through a grater into a puree gruel. Put a spoonful of sugar or add as much honey, stir again. Pour a glass of boiling water, shake everything to a uniform texture and let it brew for half an hour under a closed lid. You can drink all the portion in one go. Do not forget to warm the kissel, if it has already cooled down.

Massage for a child with a cough

The sputum massage is very helpful in separating the sputum:

• The child lies on his back, and you stroking the palms of your hands from the bottom up - from the sides along the breast to the neck;
• Let the baby move to the tummy, and you make several spiral movements of the fingers along the spine, in the direction from the waist to the neck;
• Place a cushion or pillow under your mother's tummy so that your head and shoulders are below the waist level, from the bottom up, do some intense but enjoyable pats on the baby.

Fast you recovery!