Before starting treatment, you need to find out whether the common cold in a child is an independent disease or is it just a symptom of an infectious disease. The latter happens much more often. The main mistake of many people is the belief that this disease is harmless. Even minor inflammation of the nasal mucosa should be treated immediately, as inaction is fraught with consequences.
At the first symptoms of a runny nose, we increasingly give preference to medications, immediately run to the pharmacy and describe in detail the symptoms to the pharmacist. However, here you can encounter many pitfalls. For example, the regular use of drops for a cold, you can harm a fragile body. You can replace such treatment with non-traditional, turning to folk remedies.
Good to know: a runny nose can be physiological, infectious or viral, allergic, vasomotor - how to determine which cold in a child and how to treat it read in this article.
Popular folk remedies for the common cold
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- Maternal milk. It is used for children up to a year. Breast milk is really unique in its composition, since only in it there are special substances that can have an anti-inflammatory effect, proteins that are part of milk will help to reduce a large amount of mucus during a cold (composition and beneficial properties of breast milk).
- Aloe juice. All the usual drops in the nose can be safely replaced with aloe juice. For their preparation, the leaf of the plant must be thoroughly washed, preferably with boiled water, and left in the refrigerator for a day. After this, the aloe leaf must be finely cut, squeezed juice and diluted with water, which previously boil. The proportions should be 1: 3 (for newborns - 1: 5). You can apply these drops every day up to 5 times 3-4 drops. You need to store the product in the refrigerator and preferably not longer than a day (See detailed article:Aloe juice from a runny nose in an infant).
- Garlic juice. With this, you need to be extremely careful and not take freshly squeezed juice. Before use, it must be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:20. And only in this form, drip into the nose.
- Kalanchoe juice. This remedy is really unique, because drops with Kalanchoe juice irritate the nasal mucosa so much that a person begins to sneeze, a lot and often. Thus, the body gets rid of the harmful substances that are located in the nose.
- Honey. Honey has long been known for its anti-inflammatory properties. To treat a cold, you will need to dilute it with water in a ratio of 1: 2. In this form, you need to bury the nose, using about 6 drops. The main condition: the nose must be clean.
- The combination of honey with beets. Honey can be used not only as an independent tool, but also paired with beets, which is famous for its medicinal properties. To prepare a therapeutic agent, beets need to be boiled and squeezed beet juice. Beet juice should be mixed with honey in a ratio of 2: 1.With a mixture, bury the nose up to 6 times a day until the common cold disappears.
- Propolis with vegetable oil. To prepare the product, take about 15 grams of solid propolis and 50 butter. Grind propolis well in any way convenient for you and pour it into a metal dish, then pour oil. The resulting mixture must be heated. It is advisable to do this in the oven or in a water bath for up to 2 hours, while not allowing boiling oil. Allow the mixture to cool and drain the liquid without capturing the precipitate. Use of the product has some limitations: no more than twice a day.
- Infusion of herbal collection. To prepare the product, you will need a calendula pharmacy, sage, plantain and coltsfoot. Pour 1 tbsp. l collecting herbs (all herbs in equal proportions) with a glass of boiling water and let it boil for no more than 5 minutes. Infuse herbs for about an hour and use as nasal drops.
- Onion juice. You need to use juice not of fresh onions, but stewed. To do this, chop the onion and stew without oil until juice forms. After this, the onion must be poured with vegetable oil and set in a dark place for at least 12 hours. The filtered liquid is instilled 1-2 drops into the nose.
- A mixture of vegetable oils. Mix different oils, such as peppermint and eucalyptus. They have a number of medicinal properties: they kill bacteria, facilitate breathing, and reduce mucus. The most effective and easiest method of using them is considered to be inhalation. To carry it out, put about 6 drops of your chosen oil in a bowl of hot water and breathe over it. To improve the effect, cover with a towel. This method is recommended for older children.
Important!
Having tried each of the proposed methods, the mother will choose the one that suits her baby.
We often have a runny nose in a child and, as a rule, if the form is not started, we treat it only with folk remedies. Aloe juice helps well. The most effective tool.
I also use folk remedies in the treatment of the common cold. They help no worse than modern drugs, but they do not cause any harm to health.
And we use honey. Honey in general seems to me to help from almost any ailment, the main thing is to use it in a timely manner. We always helped. There has never been such a thing that honey does not help.
This winter we tried a mixture of vegetable oils. I will not say that it was pleasant, the child was capricious, but the method was effective. The runny nose instantly passed.
We didn’t have to use such folk remedies, but since I don’t want to heal my child with medicines, at the first signs of a cold I’ll start to try these remedies.
And what mixture of oils did Barbara write about? Not about oil breathe? It’s just that I use it to prevent colds and the same cold and it helps a lot. Therefore, mothers, I recommend paying attention, since the thing is really worthwhile)