How to quickly cure a cold with folk remedies at home

How quickly at home to neutralize a runny nose? Is it possible to quickly cure a cold with folk remedies? Before you give a definite and accurate answer, it is necessary to figure out what is a cold.

A runny nose is a symptom of various diseases such as:

• rhinitis (inflammation of the nasal mucosa, often as a result of hypothermia), that is, a common cold;
• SARS (acute viral viral infection, that is - the flu);
• diphtheria;
• scarlet fever;
• allergies, as well as reaction to the effects of certain chemical elements and substances on the nasal mucosa.

The easiest thing is the case with a cold. If a person has a mild form of this disease or it is only at the very beginning, it is possible to get rid of a cold in a day. The main thing is to start the treatment immediately and clearly perform all the procedures that will be given in the article below.

If a virus is rampant in the body, then in one day of intensified treatment, you can only alleviate the unpleasant sensations, partially relieve congestion and reduce the flow of the nose. Finally, you can get rid of the symptoms only on day 5.

With allergies and mucosal reactions to external stimuli everything is much more complicated. First you need to eliminate the source of the disease. If this is not possible, it is better to consult a specialist.

Symptoms of rhinitis: cold, infectious and allergic

How to distinguish catarrhal cold from infectious and allergic? We need to remember how the disease began. Most likely, it is a cold if:

• the first symptom was simple sneezing;
• then there was a feeling of light indisposition, although the temperature was not yet there;
• then eyes began to water;
• laid nose, and from there flowed almost watery discharge.

An infectious disease, on the contrary, usually begins with fever, then a concomitant rhinitis occurs, cough is possible, headaches open, fatigue is high, the desire to lie down does not leave the patient and there is pain in the eyes, sometimes quite severe. When allergic rhinitis similar symptoms are not observed. But for an accurate diagnosis is better to contact the clinic!

However, whatever the true causes of a runny nose, at this time a person does not part with a handkerchief and experiences painful and unpleasant sensations inside and around the nasal cavities, which you want to get rid of as soon as possible. In this case, the recipes of the home pharmacy, whose usefulness has been tested for centuries, are very effective.

How to get rid of a cold with a cold?

It is better to get rid of a cold cold under the scheme:

Cold catarrh: fast treatment of folk remedies

So, consider the folk remedies from a home pharmacy for the treatment of rhinitis.

The tool №1

1. One second of a teaspoon of sea or ordinary salt is dissolved in 250 ml of warm boiled water.
2. Using a syringe (without a needle!), Pour the resulting solution alternately into both nostrils. The duration of the procedure is 3-5 minutes.

The tool №2

Wash potatoes, but not peeled, add water and cook. To achieve greater effect, you can breathe directly over boiling potatoes.

A more benign option: breathe over freshly cooked potatoes.

When the potatoes stop giving off steam, you can take out one or two pieces and then wrap them in light fabric and apply them alternately to the nose bridge and nasal sinuses.

The tool №3

In hot water, mix a tablespoon of mustard and a teaspoon of honey. Soar your legs for 15 minutes.

Recipe number 1

Aloe juice and Kalanchoe mix in half and bury in the nose for a drop. During the procedure, there is a slight tingling.

Recipe number 2

Turn a clove of garlic into a mush, then mix with a teaspoon of honey and the same amount of flaxseed (olive) oil. The composition is applied to the nose, superciliary arches and paranasal sinuses.

Hold for about five minutes. (It is recommended to preliminarily check the composition for personal intolerance, inflicting a small amount in the area of ​​the elbow or on the wrist).

Treatment of rhinitis in children folk remedies

All of the above methods are good for an adult. But what if the child is sick? In this case, there is no need to load the body with a large number of procedures, and the recipes themselves should be more gentle. Here are some home remedies for the treatment of rhinitis in children are the most effective:

1. The best warming and anti-inflammatory agent is considered to be warm (not hot!) Tea made from linden, mint and lemon balm, collected in advance or bought in a pharmacy and brewed in equal shares. Giving a child such tea is better with raspberries, ground with sugar. Cooking in this case is less effective, since a lot of nutrients are already destroyed in the cooking process. During such tea drinking, the child’s body not only receives substances capable of fighting the disease as a whole, but also causes local heating of the nasopharynx.
2. Instill 2 drops of carrot juice into the nose every 3-4 times a day. This procedure perfectly reduces the secretion of mucus from the nose. Beet juice will also be effective. It can be instilled in 3 drops. However, for treatment it is important to choose only one remedy.
3. Warming up the nose and nasal sinuses with a warm (not hot!) Egg wrapped in cloth. The same procedure can be carried out with the child’s feet.

Traditional therapy of infectious and allergic rhinitis

With the flu, the same procedures as with a cold, except for local warming procedures, will be effective. They will only bring short-term relief.

Instead, it is better to use sweaty remedies of a general nature and drink more liquid saturated with vitamin C.

This will help to remove the infection from the body. And of course, to conduct active treatment of the flu itself, a symptom of which is a runny nose. In addition, traditional medicine offers several tips to effectively fight infection.

Tip # 1

Anti-infective salad. Chop a medium-sized onion and mix it with carrots, grated on a medium size, 50 g. fresh cabbage, one green onion feather and a small fresh cucumber. Salad salt to taste and season with olive oil.

Council number 2

Before bedtime, carefully chop the garlic clove, wrap the resulting mass with a light cloth and put it at the head of the bed. The therapeutic effect of garlic essential oils during sleep is guaranteed. Such garlic aromatherapy has an excellent healing effect.

To cure the allergic rhinitis, not excluding the root causes of its occurrence, it is impossible. Here you can only alleviate the condition of the patient.

An excellent remedy for allergic rhinitis is instillation of a solution of salt or sea water (one second teaspoon per 250 ml of boiled water).

Strictly prohibited

So what can you not do during treatment? Let's take a look so as not to make mistakes. It is strictly forbidden to use in the treatment of rhinitis:

1. Inhalation of a boiling pot or kettle for treating a child. Such an aggressive method can lead to tragedy, even if the treatment takes place under the supervision of adults. A random jet of steam can burn a child's mucous membrane.
2. Pure mustard, that is, not diluted in water at an acceptable concentration, or mustard plaster damaged in such a way that the powder that was inside the remedy has the ability to spill out.
3. Bury in the nose any juices and decoctions of herbs, especially consisting of several different components for allergic rhinitis. This can cause an unpredictable reaction, in particular, swelling of the nasal cavity, as well as additional irritation of the nasal mucosa, and therefore not only does not improve, but also significantly aggravate the patient's condition.
4. Blow your nose too hard or do it very often. Constant stress has an additional irritating effect on the mucous membrane and can cause nosebleeds and even congestion of the middle ear.

Let's sum up

You can cure a runny nose in one day. But we need to take into account the main difference between the cold, infectious and allergic rhinitis - the causes of rhinitis, and hence the methods of treatment.

In case of a common cold, antimicrobial agents and warming methods (hot inhalations, foot baths, ointments) help well; with the flu, emphasis is placed on fighting the infection that causes inflammation of the mucous membrane. In case of infectious and allergic rhinitis, it is important to eliminate the cause of the disease.

You also need to remember that the treatment of children's rhinitis should be gentle, and some methods, such as, for example, inhalation of a boiling pan, are generally strictly prohibited because of their danger to the mucous membrane of the child.

After all, the main thing is not to overdo it in treatment and not to harm your loved ones and yourself. When choosing methods of treating a cold in the house, it is necessary to consider all the above, and then rhinitis therapy with the help of folk remedies will be effective and short-term.

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