Autumn cold season is in full swing. So, you need to be in all weapons in order to be able to respond to the attack of an unexpected disease. And since modern people do not have time to sit at home and be treated, everyone begins to act urgently using all kinds of methods. We stock up on tea and nasal drops, tablets for sore throats and headaches, various cold and immunostimulating medicines. But often, we are treated incorrectly, and we can make our body even worse.
What is the risk of treating a cold at home and what home remedies really work, the editors of estet-portal will tell.
- Cold symptoms and emergency home remedies
- What we do wrong when we treat ourselves
- How we were treated by our grandmothers
Cold symptoms and emergency home remedies
Weakness in the body, headache, runny nose, fever — These are all symptoms of a cold. If you follow the advice for emergency treatment of a cold, you should sleep 8-9 hours a night to recuperate.
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Also, it is advised to drink plenty of fluids. If you do not have a high temperature and do not have heart disease, you can lie down in a hot bath for 10-15 minutes. After that, lie down under a warm blanket and sweat for 30-40 minutes. In this way, treating a cold at home can help you prevent from developing the disease.
What are we doing wrong when treating ourselves
Treatment of a cold at home can often harm us through ignorance. We often make mistakes in treatment, which will only aggravate the situation.
1. More nose drops!
Nose Drops — most popular cold remedy. Very often we use drops in excess, which can lead to dependence on this drug. Vasoconstrictor drops should only be used if the nose is not breathing. In general, it is better to use products with sea salt, they help to pierce the airways and relieve swelling.
2. Lots of things at once.
Very often, due to ignorance, we use preparations with the same active substance. Therefore, there may be an excess of paracetamol, acetylsalicylic acid and various other components that act in the same way. Use only one remedy for your symptom.
3. We don't let ourselves cough.
As soon as a cough appears, we immediately run to the pharmacy for a spray and tablets to muffle it. That experts say that you need to cough. Especially if it is a wet cough, you need to let the sputum come out. Or even use tools that facilitate this process. These include medicinal plants: licorice, marshmallow, anise, elecampane, coltsfoot, plantain, sundew, violet or preparations containing them. But cough suppressants should be used only for dry persistent cough, and then only as prescribed by the doctor.
4. We do not bring down the temperature.
Many people think that elevated temperature — defensive reaction of the body to the disease and reduce it is not worth it. If a slightly elevated temperature is tolerable for you, you can wait until it subsides. But if it is poorly tolerated or rises, an antipyretic should be taken. After all, a high temperature can act destructively on your body.
How our grandmothers treated us
Tea with lemon, raspberries or sea buckthorn, decoctions, herbal inhalation and feet in hot water with mustard. Treatment of a cold at home with our grandmothers' remedies also works if used correctly.
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If you steam your legs, you will warm up and disperse the blood. But this procedure can be resorted to only if the disease proceeds without fever.
Raspberry or sea buckthorn tea — this is not just an effective remedy that will help fight a cold, but also a delicious drink. Only drink tea should not be hot, but warm.
Inhalation over a pot of herbal decoction will moisten the mucous membranes and help clear the breath and get rid of phlegm. But sometimes this may not be enough to treat the disease. In such cases, it is worth using pharmacy medicines.
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Always choose your medication carefully. Do not treat colds with antibiotics and do not take all the pills in a row, you can hurt yourself. Better yet, consult a doctor and take care of your health.
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