Colds, accompanied by cough, chills, fever, usually overtake us suddenly. For a long time, traditional healers used medicinal herbs to alleviate such conditions. Cough treatment using natural ingredients is still relevant today.
Therapists and pulmonologists use drugs based on herbs, medicinal plants. Breast collection is a natural remedy that has been successfully used in the complex treatment of diseases of the respiratory system. It is prescribed to support basic treatment or to intensify the fight against certain types of respiratory tract pathologies.
Nowadays, the pharmaceutical market offers ready-made medicines for respiratory diseases based on medicinal herbs. These are well-known to many breast collections, which quickly and effectively relieve cough. These medicines are different from each other. And in its composition, and on the principles of exposure to the body, and instructions for use. It is important to select the breast collection correctly, and the doctor must do this in accordance with the patient's condition and basic treatment. Today, the country's pharmacies offer four types of such fees, depending on the content of medicinal plants in them.
When are healing fees applied?
All types of the drug are taken with the following respiratory diseases:
- chronic and acute bronchitis;
- bronchial asthma and other pathologies that are accompanied by a narrowing of the lumen of the bronchi;
- acute inflammation of the airways;
- tuberculosis - in this case, in accordance with the instructions, the use of breast collection is allowed only after consultation with the attending physician and in combination with antimicrobial, specific agents;
- pneumonia;
- flu, acute respiratory infections, respiratory tract pathologies, accompanied by cough of various origins and sputum formation.
In addition, these products are recommended for the treatment of the so-called smoker's cough. Herbal infusions cleanse the airways and improve the general condition.
Despite the general indications for use, as well as the methodology for their use, breast collections during cough therapy have different compositions, which leads to some features when prescribing drugs.
The composition of the collection number 1
This is the very first collection option that was created to get rid of cough. It consists of three base plants:
- Althea root. Althea rhizomes effectively reduce inflammation in the affected area. Significantly increased secretion of mucus from the bronchi with an improvement in the withdrawal of sputum from the respiratory tract.
- Leaves of coltsfoot. The plant has a powerful expectorant effect, accelerates the withdrawal of accumulated mucus from the respiratory system.
- Oregano grass. In addition to the expectorant effect, oregano calms the patient, relieves emotional stress.
The listed herbs are part of the breast collection number one in a ratio of 4: 4: 2. The drug is prescribed during the period of seasonal colds. With an increase in temperature, herbal infusion is combined with antimicrobial and other medicines of traditional medicine. This remedy is most often produced in the form of a dry herbal mixture, from which medicinal infusions are prepared. Sometimes the collection is made in the form of easy-to-use filter bags. With a dry cough, breast collection No. 1 in combination with drug treatment shows good results.
Collection number 2. What is included?
The composition of the collection includes the following ingredients:
- Licorice. The plant relieves the inflammatory process, restores microcirculation, frees the body from pathogenic microbes.
- Plantain is big. It has an expectorant effect and normalizes bronchial drainage.
- Mother and stepmother. The effect of this plant is described above.
Interestingly, in 1955, scientists from Germany conducted a series of experiments with licorice root extract. In addition to a positive effect on the organs of the respiratory system, it was found that the plant reduces symptoms in patients suffering from rheumatological diseases. Later this phenomenon was studied in more detail. As it turned out, licorice effectively strengthens blood vessels, normalizing microcirculation.
The bioactive substances that make up this plant relieve inflammation and help reduce pain in patients with affected joints.
Herbs collection number 3
The composition of the mixture includes the following plants:
- Buds of pine. Phytoncides, which are part of conifers, reduce the activity of pathogenic microorganisms and have a disinfecting effect on the body.
- Anise. Activates the withdrawal of sputum and inhibits the development of pathogenic microorganisms.
- Sage. The plant relieves inflammation, relieves swelling of the mucous membrane, normalizing bronchial respiration. Sage additionally affects the hormonal background of the body of women. The plant is used in the treatment of imbalance, which often occurs during menopause.
- The marshmallow, which we already wrote about above.
The antimicrobial properties of this drug allow it to be used during epidemics of seasonal colds. As a result of treatment, the activity of pathogenic microorganisms is minimized and the healing of patients is accelerated.
Breast collection No. 4: composition of herbs
This collection was created much later than the first three compositions. It includes the largest number of bioactive substances:
- Chamomile flowers (20%). The plant is well known for its anti-inflammatory and disinfecting properties. In addition, chamomile flowers improve microcirculation in the respiratory system and throughout the body.
- Shoots of marsh rosemary (20%). This natural component enhances sputum excretion, relieves inflammation, and stimulates the myometrium (uterine muscle layer) and central nervous system.
- Marigold flowers (20%). Calendula effectively dilates the bronchi, inhibits pathogenic microflora, reduces severe inflammatory processes, accelerates sputum discharge.
- Violet grass (20%). Stabilizes and normalizes the emotional background and microcirculation of the patient, thanks to the sedative effect.
- Licorice root (15%).
- Peppermint (5%).
Mint inhibits pathogenic microorganisms, stabilizes microcirculation. The composition of this plant allows you to use it with almost any form of respiratory pathology. The tool stabilizes the function of the respiratory tract. The unique composition of herbal collection herbs No. 4 allows it to be used to treat most respiratory diseases.
Does the type of cough matter?
Doctors divide the cough into two types - wet and dry. In the second case, the cause of the cough is most often the chemical or mechanical irritation of the receptors that are located in the upper respiratory tract.
A wet cough causes disturbances in the activity of the bronchial glands. Most often, patients do not know how to choose an herbal preparation to eliminate unpleasant symptoms correctly. To speed up recovery and reduce the duration of treatment, you should definitely consult with a specialist.
Dry cough
Considering the causes of the symptoms, it is necessary to select the breast collection with a dry cough. It must be done by the attending physician taking into account the individual characteristics of the patient. What cough to drink breast collection number 4? It is effective for pharyngitis, tracheitis, laryngitis. For the same diseases (with dry cough), it is recommended to use and collection No. 1.
These drugs contain sedatives that soothe patients and reduce the intensity of symptoms. If a dry cough is a harbinger of an early stage of bronchitis, then any of the above drugs can be used for a speedy recovery.
Wet cough
Any of the described breast fees will be able to cope with a wet cough. It should be understood that the division into funds from various forms of symptoms is quite approximate. In the early stages of the disease, it is difficult to accurately determine the cause of the cough, as well as the mechanism of its occurrence. The final decision is made only by the doctor after studying the results of the tests and assessing the patient's condition.
Cough treatment fees for children
Many parents are interested in how old breast-feeding can be given to children. Plant compounds No. 1 and 3 can be given to children from 12 years old. The use of herbal preparations for infants is impractical, since there is no data on the clinical effect of such therapy. At the same time, pediatricians prescribe medications that stimulate expectoration, expanding the bronchi and anti-inflammatory.
What cough to drink chest collection number 4, 2 and at what age? For kids, these fees are recommended from the age of three with a dry cough. The benefits of treating children with breast collection include:
- minimum side effects;
- availability;
- security;
- efficiency.
The obvious positive aspects of this natural cough remedy make it possible to use it for moderate and mild forms of a child’s respiratory tract disease. According to data obtained by Moscow scientists in 2014, the described herbal preparations are recommended for inclusion in the treatment of chronic, acute bronchitis and seasonal acute respiratory infections. In addition, they gently stabilize the condition of children suffering from bronchial asthma.
Use during pregnancy
Quite often, women expecting a baby ask: “Is it possible for pregnant women to take breast collection?” In the first trimester, this should not be done, since today there is insufficient information on how herbs affect the body of a future mother and fetus.
Dosage and administration
In accordance with the instructions for use, breast fees No. 1, 2, 3 are taken according to one scheme. The herbal mixture (1 teaspoon) or a filter bag is filled with 200 ml of boiling water, insisted for half an hour, filtered and taken after meals.
To prepare collection No. 4, the package is poured with boiling water (100 ml). Use it before meals 4 times a day. There are differences in dosages:
- No. 1. Recommended to all patients 75-100 ml three times a day.
- No. 2. Take two to three times a day (depending on condition). Breast collection for adults and children over 14 years of age is prescribed 200 ml of infusion, for children from 12 to 14 years old - 100 ml, from 7 to 12 years old - 50 ml, from 3 to 7 years old - 20 ml.
- No. 3. All patients are prescribed 100 ml of infusion four times a day.
- No. 4. Adults and young patients over 12 years old take 50 ml of infusion, from 6 to 12 years old - 3 tablespoons (tablespoons), children from 3 to 5 years old should be given no more than two tablespoons (tablespoons).
The duration of treatment is from 2 to 3 weeks (depending on the condition). After completion of treatment, a small residual cough may persist, which disappears after 2-3 days.
Before starting treatment with breast collection, the instructions for use should be studied very carefully, as some manufacturers make minor changes to the traditional rules for using this or that collection.
Interactions with Other Medicines
Subject to all recommendations for the use of breast collection - this is a safe tool that does not cause allergic reactions and side effects. There have been no cases of overdose.
You should not combine breast collection of any kind with antitussive medications of central action - Glaucin, Butamirat, Codeine. This can cause stagnation of sputum.
Side effects and contraindications
During treatment, the patient may experience:
- nausea, vomiting;
- weakness;
- allergic skin rashes.
In this case, it is necessary to reduce the dosage or stop treatment if the symptoms do not disappear.
Contraindications
There are few of them for the use of breast collection:
- the age of the child - No. 2 and 4, up to three years, No. 1, 3 - up to 12;
- pregnancy and lactation;
- individual intolerance to the components of the drugs.
Attention! Breast collection can not be used for inhalation. Compounds are recommended for internal use only.
Patient Reviews
About breast collection, patient reviews are mixed. Someone considers these herbal compounds to be effective and effective, means, and to someone they seem to be just “useless weed”. The advantages of these medications patients include: effectiveness in the treatment of cough, affordability, ease of brewing, safety, ease of use.
The shortcomings of this tool, many consider a long course of treatment, the possibility of allergic reactions when rejection of the components of the collection. Someone does not like the taste of grass, someone is saddened by the inability to take during pregnancy and lactation.