Treatment of rhinitis and colds with folk remedies. Runny nose: treatment with folk remedies quickly and at home Folk recipes for the treatment of a runny nose

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In this article, we will consider the question of how to implement treatment of colds and colds with folk remedies at home. Recipes for making decoctions on herbs, as well as inhalations.

Folk remedies cold treatment
Antipyretic for severe catarrhal phenomena a decoction of barley groats can serve: pour 100 g of groats with a liter of water and simmer for 10-15 minutes, allow to cool slightly and strain. To improve the taste, you can add a tablespoon of linden honey. The entire dose should be taken in one dose at night. For children, the dose is reduced depending on age (1 dessert or 1 tsp).

Cold. Treatment with folk remedies
Cut the tops of fresh raspberry stems (15-20 cm) lengthwise, pour a liter of boiling water and simmer for 15-20 minutes over low heat (until dark cherry color), leave for an hour and a half in a thermos. Drink a glass daily for chronic colds.
Hold an incomplete tablespoon of granulated sugar on fire until it turns dark brown. Then pour the melted sugar into a saucer with milk. Keep the sugar candy in your mouth until it dissolves. It helps with dry cough.
You can get rid of a cold with the help of "breast" tea from plantain leaves, clover inflorescences, thyme grass, mint, oregano, meadow clover, coltsfoot leaves, leaves and fruits of wild apple trees, marshmallow roots, elecampane and licorice.
Mix 15 g of aloe juice, 100 g of internal fat (goose or pork), 100 g butter, the same amount of honey and 50 g of cocoa. To accept together with a glass of hot milk on one table spoon in the morning and in the evening.
A healing effect is provided by tea from acacia flowers and lilac leaves, collected during the flowering period.
By the way, an infusion of lilac buds, which are collected in spring when swollen and dried in the shade, helps patients diabetes. Brew 1 tablespoon of kidneys in a liter of boiling water and take one tablespoon 3 times a day before meals.
Steep a tablespoon of dried (or fresh) clover with a glass of boiling water and insist for half an hour. It is good to add a spoonful of honey to the broth. Usually during the day with a strong sweating, a very high temperature subsides.

Runny nose. Treatment with folk remedies
It is very easy to cope with this ailment: put a rather finely chopped clove of garlic deep into the nostrils and feel a slight burning sensation. Repeat the treatment after the resumption of the common cold. This time it will not return to you soon, you can believe traditional medicine!
The palm of the left hand is placed on the nose and forehead, and the palm of the right hand is placed on the solar plexus. After 15 minutes, the runny nose should pass.

Folk remedies for the common cold
Washing the nose with clean warm water is useful and well helps. Fill a handful of your hand with water and pull it alternately into one and the other nostrils until the water enters your mouth.
Honey helps to “pierce” the nose: wrap pieces of cotton wool around the matches, dip them in honey and insert them into the nostrils. So like 10-15 minutes - and the nose will be clean.
You can rinse your nose with salt water at the rate of 1 teaspoon of salt per 0.5 cup of warm water. Then drip 3-5 drops of aloe juice into each nostril.
Helps with a runny nose and the juice of fresh coltsfoot leaves. Rub the fresh leaves, squeeze out the juice and instill 2-3 drops in each nostril 3 times a day.
Dry mustard helps with a runny nose. Pour it into your socks before going to bed (better if you put on cotton socks first and woolen ones on top). However, with abrasions and scuffs on the feet, such a procedure is undesirable.
Helps with a runny nose "folk" inhalation: rub 2 tbsp. spoons of onion or garlic, put on the bottom of the glass, put the glass in a mug with hot water, cover with a thick paper funnel on top. Attach its narrow end to the nose and inhale the vapors of each nostril for 10 minutes. This procedure should be repeated 3-4 times a day.

Treatment of acute rhinitis with folk remedies
With an acute runny nose, you can try to cut it off with diaphoretic and thermal procedures. As a distraction, mustard foot baths, warming the feet with a blue lamp are recommended. It is useful to pour dry mustard into socks, put mustard plasters on calves and heels (bandage with flannel and hold for 2-3 hours). Traditional medicine offers a large number of remedies for acute rhinitis:
Aloe juice instill 3-5 drops in each half of the nose 3-4 times a day;
lubricate the nasal mucosa with petroleum jelly and put pieces of cotton wool smeared with crushed garlic into the nose. Do the procedure 2-3 times a day;
it is useful to breathe in vapors of garlic;
instill 2-3 drops of menthol or camphor oil into the nose (can be in a 1: 1 mixture);
drink 100 ml boiled water with 5-7 drops of iodine with the same composition, it is useful to rinse the nasal passages and nasopharynx 3-4 times a day;
rinse the nose with a weak solution drinking soda with a few drops of propolis 3-4 times a day;
many healers for the period of a cold are advised to refuse food and drink as much tea and various juices as possible;
prepare a decoction of 20 g of birch buds in 200 ml of water. boil for 3 minutes, strain. take 100 ml 3 times a day;
brew thyme flowers (1 tablespoon per 1 cup of boiling water) and take half a cup 3 times a day;
sniff ammonia every half hour. sniff one nostril, closing the other with your finger, then change position;
1 st. l. boil sage in a glass of milk for 10 minutes over low heat, strain, boil again and drink before going to bed;
lubrication of the nasal mucosa with lemon juice reduces the runny nose;
instill coltsfoot juice into the nose 3-5 drops several times a day;
at night it is good to smear the soles of the feet with kerosene, then a piece of cloth moistened with kerosene and well squeezed out, attach to the feet and bandage tightly for the night;
put a piece of bread on a burning stove and, when the bread starts to burn, inhale this smoke 2-3 times a day. healers also recommend inhaling the smoke of burning rags. this greatly relieves the coryza;
sniff grated fresh horseradish every half hour. inhalation to produce each nostril separately;
with a headache and a runny nose, they sniff the worn leaves and flowers of oregano;
in case of acute rhinitis, one of the best remedies is to instill red beet juice into the nose (3-4 drops 3 times a day, followed by heating with a blue lamp);
as a diaphoretic good effect renders raspberry tea;
fresh berries Viburnum is ground, mixed with honey and drunk with tea. per glass of boiling water - 2 tsp. mixtures. drink 3-4 times a day;
infusion of the leaves of verbena officinalis (1 tablespoon per 1 cup of boiling water. insist 1 hour) drink with influenza, acute respiratory infections, acute rhinitis 1/2 cup 3 times a day;
an infusion of black elderberry flowers (1 tablespoon per 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 1 hour) is drunk with acute rhinitis and colds 1/2 cup 3 times a day;
traditional medicine for a runny nose and colds recommends chewing calamus root 2-3 times a day;
turnip juice (2:1) boil with honey and drink 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day;
prevention of colds contributes to orange juice (or several oranges) 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day;
a decoction of wild pears and pomegranate juice act as a good antipyretic for all colds;
in case of loss of smell, it is useful to pour a little vinegar into a hot pan and inhale its vapors;
if, with a severe cold, you have ceased to smell, then you need to prepare a mixture of badan thick-leaved roots and leaf roots. all finely grind into cereals and take 1 tbsp. l. 2 times a day;
if you are tormented by sneezing, then you should drip a starch solution into your nose;
onion or garlic juice is mixed with honey (1:3) and instilled into the nose 3-4 drops several times a day.

A runny nose is a problem that everyone has to face from time to time - both adults and children. Our people still do not have much confidence in modern pharmaceutical medicines. That is why we have collected for you detailed information about time-tested folk remedies for the treatment of this minor, but such an unpleasant ailment.

Very often, infusions and decoctions from the common cold are made from the leaves and fruits of plants such as St. John's wort and sage, Pine nuts, mint, fir (fruits), raspberries, motherwort, marshmallow, succession, licorice, coltsfoot, wild rose, burdock, pine (buds), ninesil (roots), meadowsweet, chokeberry(berries), primrose, viburnum, eucalyptus, hawthorn, blackcurrant, linden, birch (leaves), calendula and willow (leaves).

Decoctions and infusions are divided into two types:

1. Complex. They can use several ingredients, usually from two to five.
2. Clean. They are made from only one specific plant.

It is recommended to use the finished product before meals, one hour before bedtime. You can use special reference books, which describe in detail all the qualities medicinal plants. But do not experiment and strictly follow the instructions. There are such ingredients, the use of which must be strictly dosed, since in fact they are poisonous. It often happens in medicine that a particular poison in extremely small doses has a healing effect on the body. In addition, some non-poisonous plants form poisons when combined together in one preparation. For example, an excellent decoction can be prepared from marsh wild rosemary or celandine, but for this you need to have at least medical education in the field of pharmaceuticals.

In any case, only certified reference books and textbooks that have been approved by the Ministry of Health should be trusted.

There are standard methods for preparing decoctions and infusions from medicinal herbs or berries:

1. To create a cold infusion, grind medicinal raw materials, put it in a glass or enameled vessel and pour boiled cold water. The infusion should be kept for at least eight hours. After that, it must be filtered.
2. Hot infusions are made faster. The crushed ingredient is placed in an enameled or porcelain dish, poured with fresh boiling water, covered and infused for 20-30 minutes. No need to try to force-cool the drug, it is best to cool it in a warm place. You can insist in a thermos, in this case, you just need to pour the crushed mass with boiling water and wait half an hour.
3. The broth is prepared according to a special scheme. First, finely chopped or grated medicinal plants should be poured with cold water. clean water, cover and leave for two hours. After that, the mixture should be put on a slow fire, bring to a boil and boil for half an hour, stirring constantly.

Decoctions and infusions differ from each other not only in the way of preparation, but also in the required concentration of ingredients.

In the manufacture of infusion for one glass of water, one spoonful of herbs or berries is used. Strong herbs are infused in a ratio of 1/30. But if you are dealing with a potentially toxic substance, you will have to use as many as 400 (!) Glasses of water for one spoonful of crushed mass.

Decoctions are usually prepared at the rate of 1 tablespoon per 1 glass of water. But if you want to make a decoction of a potent ingredient, you must have at least 500 glasses of water for 1 spoonful of medicinal mass.

Please note that infusions and decoctions quickly become unusable. If your preparation is older than two days, feel free to pour it into the sink.

The rules for using infusions and decoctions depend on the specific recipe, as well as the properties and composition of the plants you use. For example:

• one tablespoon medicinal sage boil for 10 minutes over low heat, then strain, boil again and drink in one gulp once a day, before going to bed;
• hot infusion of black elderberry (1 spoon per glass, insist for an hour) should be drunk three times a day before meals, half a glass;
• chop mint, sage, initial letter and chamomile, mix in equal proportions, brew in 4 glasses of water, strain, insist for an hour, add honey and drink warm before going to bed.

Inhalations

With a runny nose, as with any other disease, it is recommended not to be limited to any one method of treatment. successful and in as soon as possible will help you overcome illness A complex approach. An excellent method to cope with a runny nose are inhalations.

We all know from childhood that a stuffy nose is easy to “break through” by inhaling potato vapor for a few minutes. Inhalations with propolis and menthol, as well as balm "" diluted in boiling water, have also proven themselves to be excellent. Menthol and mint oils should be added in very small amounts - 3-4 drops, because in some people such inhalations can provoke severe irritation mucous membranes.

Here are a few recipes for inhalation that have proven themselves in folk practice:

1. Boil three tablespoons of pine buds in two liters of water. Breathe in the steam, covering your head with a dense cloth. A few breaths, then a break for a few seconds and - again under the matter. Do not go outside for three hours after the end of the procedure.
2. Very useful inhalation with garlic. Pour a glass of water into the pan, put on fire. When the water comes to a boil, turn the stove to low heat and throw 6 garlic cloves into the boiling water. Boil for no more than 5 minutes, then add a teaspoon baking soda and you can start the process. Do not inhale deeply immediately. Once you get used to the steam, inhale alternately: three times through your mouth, three times through your nose. Inhalation should be continued until you feel that there is no more steam. Then wrap your head in a warm, dry handkerchief (preferably woolen) and quickly go to bed. You can repeat the procedure no more than twice a day.
3. Honey inhalations are popular due to their absolute safety. You can not be afraid to make a mistake with the dosage of the main ingredient. To prepare steam, fill the kettle with 100 milliliters of water. Put a small elastic hose on the spout of the kettle, and connect its other end with a watering can (plastic or glass). Bring the water to a boil, then add two teaspoons of honey. Switch the stove to slow heating mode. Inhale the steam from the watering can for twenty minutes. The lid cannot be removed from the kettle.

If you suffer from a chronic runny nose, inhalations of one of these mixtures will suit you:

• insist 15 grams of crushed coltsfoot per 200 ml of water. Separately, prepare a decoction of oak bark (10 grams per 200 ml) and an infusion of blackberry stalks (20 grams per 200 milliliters). Mix decoction and infusion. For each inhalation, use no more than 70 ml of the solution. The principle of use is standard: bring to a boil, cover your head with cloth and breathe gently;
• make an infusion of raspberry leaves 20g/200ml and a separate infusion of calendula flowers 10g/200ml. Mix the resulting preparations and perform inhalation with the mixture.

Please note that when chronic runny nose the duration of one inhalation should be exactly 5 minutes. The full course of treatment consists of ten procedures.

Washing

Washing is a popular way to get rid of a runny nose at home. This procedure consists in passing a healing fluid through the nasal passages, which cleanses the cavities and mucous membranes. You can use the common medical syringe(without needle). Keep in mind that at first, children may experience sneezing, coughing, and even vomiting. Be careful. However, the body quickly adapts and subsequent procedures will be much easier.

The most common flushing agent is saline. To prepare it you will need:

• buy sea salt in a pharmacy (not in a supermarket);
• place 2 tablespoons of salt in a glass of warm water;
• stir until the salt crystals are completely dissolved.

If you are rinsing a child, he should clearly and easily explain that the water should be drawn in through the nose, and not inhaled. That is, the airway must be closed. Salt solution will remove swelling from the mucous membrane, significantly facilitate the process of breathing. The iodine contained in sea ​​salt effectively kills the infection.

If you can’t get sea salt, for one reason or another, you can use ordinary food salt. The method of preparation of the drug will be the same, but instead of two tablespoons, only 1 teaspoon of the main ingredient is taken. In addition, you will need to add 2 drops of iodine to the solution.

Do not sniff too hard with the nasal rinse, as the liquid can get into the hearing organs. Please note that if for adults a concentration of 1 teaspoon per glass is quite normal, then children can be diluted with no more than 9 grams of salt per liter of water. The optimal frequency of washings is 5 times a day.

With large purulent accumulations in the nasal cavity for washing, you can use a solution of propolis, infusions medicinal herbs. Excellent antibacterial agent are preparations from chamomile flowers, coltsfoot, Kalanchoe and aloe juices. Also, you can dissolve in a glass of water 1 teaspoon of tincture of calendula, eucalyptus.

A good decoction for washing is 3 teaspoons of chamomile flowers added to 500 milliliters of boiling water. Boil for five minutes. When it cools down, you can rinse your nose. Effectively cleanses the sinuses solution lemon juice. One squeezed lemon per glass of water is enough.

An old folk remedy in Russia was an infusion of fermented beets. To prepare it you need:

• peel the beets and cut into small cubes (200 grams of beets per liter of water);
• drop the cubes into water, bring to a boil, cook for at least five minutes;
• insist for 4 days until they appear clear signs fermentation.

Folk remedies for the common cold have proven their effectiveness over decades of successful practice. At complex treatment it is recommended not to neglect compresses. Here are some of the most popular among the people and truly effective types compresses:

1. On the mineral water. You will need to apply an iodine mesh on the forehead, sinuses and bridge of the nose. Fold the bandage in at least six layers, wet it with warm mineral water and apply to the areas where the mesh is applied. Then cover these places with a plastic bag on top. And at the very top, carefully place a layer of cotton wool. Keep this compress for 40 minutes. repeat this procedure daily, until the runny nose completely disappears. And even after the illness seems to have passed - make the last, control compress.
2. From black radish juice. Fold the bandage into six layers. You should get a piece of matter with an area of ​​\u200b\u200b3 square centimeters. Squeeze out the radish juice. Heat sunflower, olive or cane oil and mix it with the first ingredient. Apply the resulting warm solution evenly to the bandage and place on maxillary sinuses. If you have a frontitis, then additionally perform compression frontal lobes. From above, the compress should be covered with a plastic bag or film. Put small bags of heated coarse salt on the film. The procedure should be carried out no more than twice a day. For adults, one session should last no more than an hour, and for children - half an hour.
3. Compress with honey and propolis. Grind fresh propolis on a culinary grater. Mix with 1 teaspoon of grated propolis 1 tablespoon of thick honey. Make a homogeneous mass of these two ingredients, bring it to the state of a cake. Put the resulting "cutlets" on the maxillary sinuses and secure with adhesive tape. The best option is to perform this procedure before going to bed and keep the compress all night, until the morning. After waking up, remove the remnants of the patch with pharmacy alcohol or high-quality vodka.

Today there are a lot folk methods elimination of rhinitis (runny nose) in children of all ages. If you can't connect with your little one's sophisticated grandma, don't worry. Below are best recipes the fight against this disease in children.

Cut the onion (very finely, preferably until smooth), sauté it in a clean, dry frying pan until it gives juice. When a sufficient amount of juice is released, transfer the contents of the pan to a plate and pour a small amount of oil (sunflower). Infuse the mixture for 12 hours, then strain. This drug should be instilled into the nose at least five times a day. No more than two drops in one nostril per dose. If your child less than a year old, instead of an onion mixture, bury carrot or beetroot juice diluted with water. These substances will behave more sparingly with the baby's nasal mucosa.

For children aged 5 and over, press a few cloves of garlic into a garlic press. In no case should you throw away the squeezes, but pour olive (can be sunflower) oil for 12 hours. Drip no more than two drops into one nostril. It might sting a lot, but you'll have to be patient.

If the runny nose has just begun and the disease is at an insignificant stage, use. You can lubricate the inside of the nose with juice from a fresh leaf three times a day, and also bury the freshly squeezed juice of this plant. Dosage when instilled - five drops in each nostril.

Alkaline inhalations show high efficiency in the treatment of the common cold in children. You bring the water in the kettle to a boil, turn off the heating, put 4 teaspoons of salt, open the lid of the kettle, cover with a fluffy towel, let the child breathe for 10 minutes. Before inhaling, make sure that the steam from the kettle is not too hot, otherwise you can burn your child's face, eyes and nasal mucosa. Also, inhalations for children are good for decoctions. bay leaf, chamomile, mint, sage, eucalyptus.

It is difficult to say how exactly our folk remedy is, but drops on eucalyptus or fir oil They are also great for getting rid of a cold. It is best not to drip directly, but to carry out inhalations. To obtain the required solution, add five drops of concentrated oil to a bowl of boiling water.

Effective treatment of the common cold with folk remedies in women who are "in position" can be divided into several areas. All the methods described below should be applied in a complex manner, not limited to one or two recommendations. Synchronous use of all better ways treatment will allow you to quickly and permanently overcome this unpleasant disease.

Do nasal rinses. Mix the rhizomes of the snake knotweed, naked licorice, meadow clover, greater plantain, medicinal sage, and calendula. Grind all the ingredients until the state of tea or a homogeneous mass. Brew 2 tablespoons of the mixture in a glass of boiling water. Pour the liquid into a thermos and keep it there for two hours. Then strain and rinse. Before washing, let the liquid cool slightly so that it is only warm and does not harm the mucous membranes.

Do inhalations. To do this, you can use infusions of thyme, calendula flowers, chamomile, eucalyptus, coltsfoot, large plantain. You can find recipes for all the best infusions and decoctions for washings above, in this article, in the "Decoctions and infusions" chapter.

Do warming up the nose and treat yourself with juices. For warming up, lubricate the nose inside cotton swab dipped in fresh juice pinnate Kalanchoe diluted in equal proportions (1:1) with olive oil. For juice treatment, do the following:

• squeeze raw beets or boiled. Drip a solution of raw beetroot juice, two drops into each nostril. If the drug is prepared from a boiled vegetable, five drops should be instilled. Juice should be diluted with water (1:1) or a 33% solution of honey with water;
• drink fresh carrot juice diluted with warm sugar syrup. Take one spoonful six times a day;
• mix carrot juice with olive or sunflower oil(1:1) and instill six times daily, four drops in each nostril.

Rhinitis is the main and very unpleasant symptom inflammation of the nasal mucosa. Acute rhinitis, which is accompanied by profuse mucus, is popularly called the common cold. In an adult, a runny nose occurs with allergies, acute respiratory diseases, with hypothermia, irritation of the mucous membrane with cold air and pungent odors. A properly selected treatment method will help to quickly get rid of a runny nose.

Main culprits catarrhal rhinitis- rhinoviruses, which are transmitted from person to person by contact and by airborne droplets. Outbreaks of rhinovirus infection are recorded in all regions of the country all year round, the peak incidence occurs in the cold season.

The source of the rhinovirus is a sick person who is contagious for two days before the first symptoms of the disease appear and two to three days after. With prolonged contact with sick people, the likelihood of getting sick is higher, because. when a large number of viruses enter the body.

Medical methods of treatment

The main treatment for the second stage of the common cold, when profuse liquid discharge are vasoconstrictor drugs. You can use both drops and tablets (Ephedrine, Phenylephrine, Pseudoephedrine, Phenylpropanolamine).

The funds help quickly, but there is one “but” - they have a number of contraindications, dry out the mucous membrane, and are addictive. For this reason, vasoconstrictor drops / sprays for rhinitis cannot be used for a long time, even for adults.

Vasoconstrictor drugs disrupt the blood circulation of the nose, so it is better to use drugs long-acting- Oxymetazoline or Xylometazoline (the effect lasts up to 12 hours), this will reduce the frequency of their use. It is better to use not drops, but sprays - the spray is distributed evenly and extensively, due to this drug, less is spent than when using drops.

Vasoconstrictor pills do not act so quickly. They spare the mucosa, but have systemic effects, so they are not recommended for use by senile and elderly people suffering from glaucoma, vascular and heart diseases, with impaired motility of the digestive organs.

Septanazal

To quickly cure a runny nose and not damage the mucous membrane, you need to use combined preparations. One of these is SeptaNazal, which contains Xylometazoline and the healing agent Dexpanthenol.

The drug constricts blood vessels, heals microcracks, prevents the development of dryness, burning and itching in the nose. The remedy is allowed to treat and allergic look rhinitis in adults.

Protargol and Kollargol

If a medical runny nose appeared from the use of vasoconstrictors, then rhinitis should be treated with astringents - 3% Collargol or Protargol.

For the treatment of rhinitis that accompanies the common cold (viral or bacterial infection), apply homeopathic pills Corisalia. They contain components that can eliminate congestion and discharge from the nose for different stages colds.

The sooner you start treatment, the faster the drug helps. You need to dissolve 1 tablet every hour. From the second day, the dosage is halved. The drug is not addictive discomfort, does not overdry the mucous membrane of the nose and mouth.

Folk methods of treatment

It is possible to treat an infectious / cold rhinitis with both medicines and improvised means. We provide a list of the most effective ways, which do not require financial costs and are able to cure a runny nose after the first procedure.

Garlic and onion

Quickly dry the nasal mucosa, kill viruses and bacteria. To quickly cure a runny nose, you need to breathe over chopped garlic or onions. The positive effect will be enhanced if garlic and onions are eaten at the same time.

Crushed garlic, placed around the room, will help prevent and cure a cold. You can fight a runny nose in this way for pregnant and lactating women.

Horseradish and mustard

The pungent smell of these products can eliminate a runny nose. You need to eat horseradish and mustard, breathe over their vapors - they irritate the mucous membrane, cause sneezing, with which a significant amount of snot comes out.

Foot warming

A hot bath helps to quickly cure a runny nose: legs hold for 15-20 minutes in hot water, to which mustard powder, sea salt are added. After the procedure, warm woolen socks are put on.

Feet can also be rubbed with alcohol, turpentine, or a warming ointment for bruises and injuries.

Steam inhalation

In emergency situations, inhalation over water diluted with sea salt will help to quickly cure a runny nose. You can use a decoction of medicinal plants - eucalyptus, chamomile, calendula. Balm "Star", soda or Validol tablet is added to the herbal decoction. Breathe for 15 minutes.

You can also treat rhinitis with the help of pine buds. You need to boil a handful of kidneys in a liter of water for 10 minutes, and then breathe over the broth.

Warming up the nose

The method has been tested by several generations. It is better to warm up the nose at night. For heating, a boiled egg wrapped in gauze, potatoes in a “uniform”, coarse rock salt heated in a bag are used.

It's believed that optimum temperature for warming up, when the patient feels comfortable warmth, and not burning and fear of being burned. The procedure lasts 15 minutes. The method is effective for colds, but if the cause of a runny nose is an allergy, then its effectiveness is low.

Warming up the legs, nose and steam inhalations to treat a runny nose in adults is allowed only when normal temperature body.

hot drink

A hot drink helps to quickly ease breathing: any tea or compote. The main thing is that it be warmed up to 50-60 degrees, drink at least 0.4 liters. It is better to drink a decoction of rose hips, cranberry juice, raspberry or linden tea.

Raspberries and limes have been proven to have anti-inflammatory properties, but you need to drink a lot and often to achieve the effect. It is useful to put a spoonful of honey or ginger in tea.

Nasal lavage

most trusted and effective method which almost everyone has tried. If the cause of a runny nose is an allergy, then prepare isotonic solution- ½ teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water.

If a runny nose is due to a cold, then a whole teaspoon of salt is added to the same glass of water. You can rinse your nose every hour, using the entire glass of solution in one procedure. Hypertonic saline helps the first time.

Modern and safe method- rinsing the nose with a pharmacy saline solution. If the cause of a runny nose is an allergy, then you need to use Salin, saline, isotonic Humer. If the cause is an infection, then quickly get rid of a runny nose will help hypertonic solutions Quicks, Humer, Aquamaris, Aqualor.

Balm "Star"

You can treat a runny nose with the Zvezda balm, which is recommended to be smeared under the nose three times a day.

Nasal drops

1. Aloe juice (agave) helps to cure a runny nose in an adult very quickly. It is mixed with honey and dripped 2 drops into each nostril up to 5 times a day. Treatment of aloe with honey is contraindicated for allergy sufferers.
2. Fresh Kalanchoe juice is mixed with honey in equal proportions, after which it is instilled into the nose 3-4 times a day.
3. Beet juice or carrot juice will help to quickly get rid of snot. The juice irritates the mucous membrane and causes sneezing, with which all the mucus comes out.

Before instillation of juice, the nose must be rinsed with saline.

If the cause of a runny nose is an allergy

Allergies are the second most common cause of acute rhinitis. Allergies can be year-round, when reacting to dust, wool, animal dander, and seasonal, if disturbed during the flowering of plants. Treat allergic rhinitis it is not always necessary - sometimes it is enough to stop contact with the allergen. For the relief of acute rhinitis, there are several groups of drugs.

Hormones

The best and fastest treatment is provided by glucocorticosteroids Mometasone, Fluticasone, Beclomethasone and Budesonide. They have a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, are able to quickly cure a runny nose, are well tolerated, but have a number of contraindications.

Antihistamines

More often at home, Suprastin and Loratadin are used. No more than 1-2 tablets can be used per day. A special place among antihistamines is occupied by the 3rd generation drugs Khifenadin and Sekhifenadin, they act after 5-20 minutes.

Vibrocil

Most often, people use the wonderful Vibrocil nasal spray. It combines an antihistamine component and a vasoconstrictor that has mild action. Vibrocil relieves allergy symptoms, constricts blood vessels, relieves congestion and runny nose.

The drug does not act on the arteries, but on the veins, therefore it does not disturb blood circulation, does not dry out the mucous membrane and is approved for use for more than 14 days in a row.

barrier means

Treat allergic rhinitis adults need to create a barrier with allergens floating in the air. For this, special sprays have been created from cellulose, blue clay, guar gum, glycerin, sesame and mint oil. Barrier spray treatment is approved for adults and children over 6 years of age. Modern drug Vibrolor will protect the nasal mucosa from dust, tobacco smoke and other inhaled allergens.

These treatments may have an effect for several hours, but no more. After all, a runny nose lasts as long as a cold or an allergic attack lasts. In the normal course of acute respiratory infection no complications duration severe runny nose is 2-3 days, then there is relief even without treatment. If the cause of the disease is an allergy, then only complete protection from the allergen can save you from rhinitis.

Runny nose (rhinitis) is an inflammation of the nasal mucosa. This disease should be taken seriously, as it leads to working capacity, deterioration of self-esteem, interferes with normal communication with people, sleep, and work.

A runny nose should be treated in the first stages of its manifestation and not run so it can be cured in a week. If you do not pay attention to it, then a runny nose can turn into chronic form and call dangerous complications such as sinusitis and otitis media.

With such a disease good helper becomes folk medicine. She knows wonderful remedies for the common cold. But do not forget that such traditional medicine will help cure rhinitis if it is caused by hypothermia or the common cold. If you have a severe form of the disease, then these remedies should be combined with treatment with modern methods.

Alternative treatment of the common cold in children

Children's runny nose requires special attention, as it develops somewhat differently than in adults. Especially in newborns and children of the first year of life, a runny nose is more severe. This is due to the fact that their nasal passages are narrow and are not able to clear their nose themselves, as adults do. Even with a slight swelling of the mucosa in a child, it is difficult to nasal breathing which leads to poor sleep and malnutrition. The biggest difficulty in treating a runny nose in children are medications that may be suitable for adults but not suitable for children. They can do more harm than cure the disease. Therefore, the treatment of the common cold of children with folk remedies has become so popular.

But it is worth remembering that any treatment of the common cold in children with folk remedies should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor, and if the runny nose is uncomplicated. With a runny nose in a child, folk remedies such as a solution of sea salt or menthol will help, sea ​​buckthorn oil. A solution of salt is recommended to instill 3-4 drops every hour, and oil solutions also 2-3 but every 4 hours. But before you start treating a runny nose in a child with folk remedies, you should try this remedy on yourself so as not to harm the child.

The following folk remedies will help get rid of a runny nose in a child:

• Onion infusion. Onion occupies one of the first places in the treatment of the common cold, as it has antimicrobial properties. To prepare the infusion, you need to peel a small onion, chop and pour six tablespoons of refined vegetable oil. The mixture must be infused for about 10 hours and it can be used within a week. Oil infusion onion is instilled a few drops two or three times a day.
• Root mix. To do this, you need to finely grate fresh red beets and carrots, then squeeze the juice from the resulting mass and add the same amount of vegetable oil and a couple of drops of garlic juice to it. This folk remedy is instilled 2-4 drops in each nostril 3-4 times a day.

Runny nose folk remedies during pregnancy

Diseases such as rhinitis and runny nose during pregnancy should be treated with extreme caution, as everyone understands that they can affect the health of mother and baby. Usually, the cause of a runny nose during pregnancy is hormonal changes that cause swelling of the intranasal turbinates and increased mucus secretion.

This disease must be treated and, of course, first of all, you need to consult a doctor, since many pharmaceuticals during pregnancy can harm you. You can also seek help from folk remedies. Here are some recommendations and folk recipes for a runny nose during pregnancy:

• Garlic and onion inhalation.
• This folk remedy helps to get rid of a runny nose during pregnancy, for this you need to finely chop the garlic and onions, put them in a teapot and pour boiling water over them. Steam should be inhaled with both nostrils leaning towards the spout of the teapot. Just be very careful not to burn the mucosa.
• Washing with chamomile extract.
• 2 tablespoons of chamomile (preferably flowers) pour 1 cup boiling water and leave for 30 minutes.

Important! Before going to bed, it is better to raise the pillow higher to avoid puffiness. It is not recommended to carry out thermal procedures during pregnancy, such as soaring legs or mustard plasters, as this can provoke a miscarriage.

Traditional medicine recipes for the treatment of the common cold

• Aloe juice (Kalanchoe). This folk remedy remarkably helps to get rid of the common cold. you need to instill 4 drops in each nostril 5 times a day.
• Tincture of garlic. 1 clove of chopped garlic is poured into 10 ml of boiled water, insisted for 30-40 minutes. Buried in each nostril 2 drops 4 times a day.
• Beet. Another good method cold treatment. Freshly squeezed raw beetroot juice is instilled into the nose in 5-6 drops, and you can also moisten a cotton swab with juice and put it in the nose.
• Nightshade black. This remedy is used for chronic rhinitis. Juice from the leaves of black nightshade is instilled 2 drops into the nose 2-3 times a day. The course of treatment lasts 7-9 days.
• The cuff is ordinary. It treats not only allergic rhinitis, but also stops nosebleeds. The nose is washed with an infusion from an ordinary cuff; first, 1 tablespoon of raw materials must be poured with 1 cup of boiling water.

• Viburnum juice with honey. Mix 1 glass of viburnum juice with 1 glass of honey, take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. Mucus comes out after 3 days.
• Coltsfoot. In order to prepare juice, first the leaves are washed, scalded with boiling water, passed through a meat grinder and squeezed. Juice is diluted with water in equal amounts.
• Mental oil. It needs to be instilled 4 drops 2 times a day, and you also need to lubricate the back of the head, forehead, temples with oil. This remedy effectively helps with nascent rhinitis.
• A clove of garlic needs to be mashed and poured with 2 tablespoons of boiled water and insisted for 40 minutes, after straining, immediately instill in the nose. Such a folk remedy is used in the treatment of rhinitis in children.
• If a runny nose is just beginning, it is advised to make an onion compress. The bulb is rubbed, the resulting mass is wrapped in a bandage and placed on the wings of the nose for about 10 minutes. Before the procedure, the skin is lubricated with vegetable oil.
• Mustard. Dry mustard is poured into socks and worn for 1-2 days. They also make foot baths from mustard. It is recommended to keep your feet in hot water diluted with mustard before going to bed. Another effective folk remedy for the common cold.

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Traditional medicine has its own advantages: it is affordable, safe and effective. In addition, it has been tested by more than one generation. But when choosing alternative ways to treat a runny nose for yourself and your child, you need to be prepared for the risk of developing allergies, since natural remedies often provoke individual intolerance. In addition, any period of treatment is individual, but not in the case of a runny nose. If the disease lasts more than 7 days, you must stop self-medication and consult a doctor.

Is it possible to cure a runny nose with folk remedies?

Alternative methods of treating a common cold can cope with the disease if they are applied in a complex manner.

For this it is important:

1. Determine and eliminate the cause of the runny nose.
2. nasal cavity sea ​​salt solutions or antiseptics to cleanse the mucosa and remove pathogens.
3. Conduct acupuncture massage points responsible for improving blood flow in the nasal cavity.
4. Warm up the nasal cavity to relieve the symptoms of a runny nose and speed up the healing process.
5. Arrange inhalations with decoctions of medicinal plants.
6. Actively apply drops and ointments as folk remedies for cough and runny nose.

Treatment effectiveness

Treatment of the common cold with folk remedies may not be inferior in effectiveness conservative therapy provided that it was started on the first day and even hours of the disease - from the moment the first signs of trouble appeared - rhinorrhea, pain and sore throat, subfebrile temperature body. They can be caused by hypothermia and contact with a cold person.

If all the signs of an incipient cold are present, you can immediately proceed to folk ways cold treatment. Viral and bacterial infections are treated on average in 6-8 days in adults and 12 days in children. As for, then its treatment will become more effective if the obligatory condition is met - the exclusion of contact with possible allergens.

In what cases traditional medicine is powerless?

Folk remedies for the common cold for children and adults are not suitable for everyone, despite their naturalness. Ignoring the exact dosages and prescriptions of traditional medicine for the common cold can have a negative effect.

Most often, folk remedies for the treatment of the common cold for adults and children help only on initial stage diseases. But with such complications as, they will be powerless. In this case, the treatment should be complex, with conservative therapy.

The best folk recipes

Consider the most popular folk remedies for the common cold.

Massage

The procedure is carried out as follows:

• Between the bridge of the nose and the eyebrows, you need to find a point and press it clockwise in a circular motion 10 times, then repeat the same counterclockwise.
• With sinusitis, a slow massage of the temporal regions is useful.
• At the base of the nose, near the edge of the eye sockets, points are symmetrically located on both sides, which also need to be acted upon in case of a cold.

Any massage is carried out no longer than one minute, but there can be as many approaches during the day as you like.

Washing

When answering the question of what folk remedies can cure a runny nose, we must not forget about a solution of sea or table salt. They not only cleanse the mucous membrane of pathogenic flora and allergens, but also facilitate the breathing process, prepare the nasal cavity for interaction with medicinal preparations.

Quick Treatment runny nose with folk remedies in children and adults begins with salt washings, the difference will be only in the proportions of the main ingredient.

To prepare a salt solution for adults, dissolve 1 tsp in a glass of warm water. salt. The washing procedure is carried out 3 times a day using a syringe (without a needle) or a rubber bulb. During washing, you need to breathe through your mouth. A solution for children is also prepared, but you need to take 0.5 tsp per glass of water. salt.

warming up

How to get rid of a cold with folk remedies with the help of warming up?

Suitable for this purpose following products(hot):

• boiled eggs in shell;
• boiled potatoes in uniform;
• heated dry salt placed in a cloth bag.

Heated products are carefully applied from the outside to the nasal septum and kept until completely cooled. It is desirable to carry out the warming procedure not only with the nose, but also with the feet. Before going to bed, they can be steamed in hot water with the addition of mustard powder or apply iodine grid and wear woolen socks all night.

Warming up is prohibited for bacterial rhinitis and, as they can cause complications inflammatory process.

Inhalations

Inhalation is a therapeutic and prophylactic inhalation of vapors from decoctions of medicinal herbs. Rapid treatment of the common cold with folk remedies cannot be imagined without inhalation.

Recipes for the procedure:

• Oak bark, eucalyptus leaves and chamomile, taken in equal proportions, pour 500 ml of water and bring to a boil. Cool the broth to 80 degrees and invite the patient to breathe over his vapors. Repeat the procedure up to 3 times a day.
• Chop the garlic and fill a small bowl with it. During each hour, breathe garlic fungicides at least 3 times, applying a container to the nose.

Drops and ointments

AT alternative medicine There are many ways to treat a runny nose with folk remedies.

Exist various recipes ointments and drops designed to eliminate nasal congestion and profuse rhinorrhea:

• Three Art. l. beet juice mixed with 1 tsp. honey. Instill the solution with a profuse runny nose 3 times a day, starting with 1 drop. If a side effects absent, the dose can be increased.
• In 1 st. l. water dissolve 2-3 drops of onion juice and the same amount of garlic juice. Drip in the nose. Do not add more juice, as this can harm the mucosa. Not recommended for children.
• Take 2 tbsp. l. honey and vegetable oil, as well as a small amount of propolis and beeswax. Put the ingredients in an enamel bowl and put it in a water bath. Hold until the wax melts. In the composition, add a streptocide tablet and mummy, 2 tbsp. l. aloe juice. Mix until smooth. Treat the nasal mucosa with the resulting ointment 3 times a day.
• Drops based on aloe juice and honey will help cure a runny nose with folk remedies in a child. One third tsp. mix honey and 2-3 drops of aloe juice in a clean container and bring to the fire. The heated product should become homogeneous. Bury in the nose 2 drops up to 3 times a day.

What can not be done?

Using folk remedies for a runny nose and nasal congestion, it is important to follow the following recommendations:

• Can't blow your nose too hard . This increases the pressure in the nasal cavity, which causes the ejection pathogenic microorganisms and particles of mucus auditory tube. There they can further provoke the development of the inflammatory process -. In addition, strong blowing your nose can injure the nasal mucosa, which is vulnerable to a runny nose. It is necessary to blow your nose carefully, paying attention to both nostrils separately. Doctors may even advise you to open your mouth while blowing your nose to avoid pressure building up in the nasal cavity.
• Do not further irritate the nasal mucosa . During the treatment of a runny nose with folk remedies and after recovery, it is important to pay attention to factors that irritate the nasal mucosa: sharp and strong odors, smoke, chemical impurities, cold frosty air. Also, mucosal irritation can cause brisk walking, physical exercise, hot weather. Itching and sneezing, caused by the listed reasons, slow down the recovery of the nasal mucosa, and, therefore, prolong the runny nose for an indefinite period.
• Do not stay in an unventilated room with dry air . Heating devices in the cold season dry the air in the apartments, so it is important to regularly moisten it and ventilate the room. A dry microclimate negatively affects the condition of the nasal mucosa, provoking a deterioration in the patient's well-being with a runny nose, and dust and stagnant air can cause allergic rhinitis.
• Can not use medicines for the treatment of rhinitis without a doctor's prescription . Not all drugs purchased at a pharmacy will have positive effect. For example, vasoconstrictors can cause addiction and withdrawal after 7 days of use. If there is no opportunity to get to the doctor in the coming days, it is better to use folk remedies for colds and runny nose - essential oils eucalyptus, pine or peppermint. These substances are ideal for steam inhalation. They have good anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties and are not addictive.

There are many folk recipes for a cold. Do not go to extremes and try to try all known methods on yourself and your loved ones. It is enough to choose a few suitable options and stick to them, because the main thing is not diversity, but a systematic approach. You also need to remember that any prolonged runny nose is a reason to contact an ENT doctor.

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