How to get rid of a cold: advice of traditional medicine

There are many ways how quickly get rid of the common cold, such an unpleasant ailment, the symptoms of which in the form of a stream of mucus from the nose, watery eyes, weakness, headache cause a lot of trouble for the patient.

How quickly to cure a cold at the very first signs of a cold

As soon as you feel the first symptoms of a cold in the form of a cold, but the nose does not go abundant discharge, take a bath with hot water for the night, and immediately afterwards attach to the heels along the mustard plaster and hold 1.5-2 hours. Instead of mustard plasters, you can take a pepper band-it can be worn at all, without taking off until 48 hours. In addition, it is recommended to chop a few cloves of garlic, put it on a saucer and, bending over it, inhale its odor alternately with one or another nostril. Exhalation is carried out through the mouth. Immediately before going to bed, drink tea with honey, raspberry jam or lime color.

If the runny nose has already developed, we recommend that you use the recommendations below.

How to get rid of the common cold: general rules

1. Before using any of the following recipes, blow your nose well.

2. If you prefer to use such drops for the nose, like naphthysine, galazoline, sanorin, etc., then note that they cause dependence. Therefore, use of vasoconstrictive drugs is not recommended for more than 7 days. Or use the otrivin, the components of which do not develop addiction.

3. Before going to bed, put one more pillow under your head - so the mucus will depart much more easily, the influx to the nasal cavity of the blood will decrease, and the mucous membrane will not swell.

How to get rid of a cold: drops in your nose

Onion juice. Rub the onion and squeeze the juice. Mix a drop of juice with a tablespoon of boiled water and bury the solution in your nose hourly.

Essential oils. Menthol, eucalyptus or fir oil, diluted with vegetable, bury in each nostril for 3-5 droplets.

Honey solution. The natural honey dilute with warm water (no more than 40 degrees) in a proportion of 1: 2. Bury in each nasal passage of 6-8 drops at least 4 times a day.

In addition, as a drop in the nose can be used carrot and beet juice, the juice of plants Kalanchoe or aloe.

How to get rid of a cold: washing the nose

Sea salt. In warm boiled water (250-300 ml), pour a teaspoon of salt (ideally - sea, but also come down and a large cookery). Put a small amount of brine in the palm and "inhale" the water first with one, then with the other nostril. Also, to wash the nose, you can use pipettes, syringes, syringes without needles. Repeat the procedure twice a day.

Chamomile. In boiling water (250 ml) pour chamomile flowers (1 teaspoonful), boil for three minutes, add an incomplete teaspoon of salt. Cool the solution to a temperature of 38-40 degrees and rinse, trying so that the prepared medicine reaches the pharynx.

Garlic. Through the press, skip 2-3 dolichki garlic, put in a glass and pour boiling water. Insist an hour, and then use to wash the nose.

Lemon. Squeeze out the juice from the lemon, dilute with a couple of tablespoons of warm water and "draw in" the liquid then one, then the second nostril.

Also for the washing of the nasal cavity can be used decoctions of herbs such as sage, mint, mother-and-stepmother, calendula, St. John's Wort, linden, field horsetail.

How to get rid of a cold: other folk remedies

Inhalations. This method is very effective in fighting the common cold, especially those with asthmatic components. For inhalations, you can use infusions of mother-and-stepmother, plantain, eucalyptus, pine buds, as well as a mixture of retinol, eucalyptus, anise or peach oils. It is very important during the conduct of such procedures to spare the nasal mucosa, therefore concentrated aromatic oils should necessarily be planted with vegetable oil.

Warming. Heat the buckwheat or rice in a skillet, wrap in several layers of cotton cloth and apply to the "diseased" nose. Another option - hard-boiled and wrapped in a kerchief egg should also be applied to the sick olfactory and keep it until it cools.

Massage. Point massage perfectly helps with a cold. Do it is recommended at least twice a day - in the morning and at bedtime. Bioactive points on the face are located between the eyebrows, on the wings of the nose and nose, in the central point of the chin (directly below the lower lip) and in the nasolabial fold. To activate them, massage with your fingers, smeared with Vietnamese balm ("Asterisk"). Each of these points should be massaged along the clockwise direction for 30 seconds. At first, your movements should be light, and in the end - strongly pressing.