Almost every person in his life has a sore throat. Antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs are commonly used to treat this common disease. In addition, patients often use traditional medicine as an addition to the main treatment. For example, propolis proved to be good in angina. Gargling or treating the tonsils with a liquid solution of this substance gives excellent results.
Causes of sore throat
This disease occurs as a result of infection of the body with streptococci. Sometimes tonsillitis is caused by staphylococci and pneumococci. Symptoms of a sore throat are sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and fever, sometimes reaching thirty-nine degrees. In addition, the patient very often feels weakness, body aches, drowsiness and headache.
In order to make a diagnosis, the doctor should examine the patient's throat. Sometimes laboratory tests are prescribed, as a result of which a smear is taken for examination.
How to cure
Most often, with angina, antibiotics are prescribed, since this disease is dangerous and in case of untimely treatment threatens with complications. In addition, the patient is recommended to use solutions for gargling, take antipyretic and painkillers, as well as vitamin complexes.
Folk remedies for angina
Herbal teas made of chamomile, linden flowers, plantain, St. John's wort and so on are very often prepared as folk remedies. In addition, a solution of soda with a few drops of iodine, aloe juice, tincture of calendula, sea buckthorn oil and the like have proven to be excellent. Beekeeping products are equally effective. For example, the patient is recommended to drink warm tea with the addition of one teaspoon of natural honey, as well as gargle with propolis.
Composition and Origin
At its core, propolis is the glue that bees use to decorate their homes. They isolate cracks from the cold and the penetration of other insects and small animals. Propolis contains juice and pollen of plants, as well as bee saliva. It has a rather unique composition that is able to fight various bacteria and microbes. It contains trace elements such as potassium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese and sulfur. Scientists are still studying the composition of this substance and each time they find new useful properties in it.
Throat use
In order to get rid of pain and speed up the healing process, you should gargle with water or alcohol tincture, respectively diluted in water. Some people recommend just chewing a piece of the product throughout the day with short breaks. The use of propolis with angina:
- Relieves puffiness.
- Excellent pain relief.
- After using it, redness and irritation subside.
- This substance helps to cleanse the body of toxins, and also quite effectively removes toxins that accumulate during treatment.
- Treatment of angina with propolis promotes the healing of throat tissue, which is practically not able to make any pharmacy.
It helps the body strengthen its protective functions and thereby contributes to a speedy recovery. It allows the body to fight the disease on its own, and therefore strengthen its own immune system. After treatment with this bee product, a person feels a surge of strength and energy. Due to the presence of a huge amount of useful substances, among which microelements, tannins, flavonoids and so on stand out, the patient does not feel exhausted, as very often happens after recovery.
How to cook
In order to make an aqueous composition, you will need propolis, which is kept on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for three hours. Next, the chilled product is rubbed on a coarse grater and only after sufficient grinding, it is poured with a small amount of water. After insisting, the composition is filtered through cheesecloth and used as intended.
In order to make alcohol tincture, you will need medical alcohol. After the bee glue is ground on a fine grater, it is transferred to a dark glass container and filled with alcohol. The composition should be infused for a week and a half in a dark and slightly cool place. Tincture should be occasionally removed and shaken a little. The finished medicine is filtered through cheesecloth and poured into a new container.
Composition and properties of pharmacy tincture
Typically, this drug is sold in a convenient dark glass bottle. The use of propolis tincture with angina in a pharmacy version is practically no different from a home remedy. In addition to bee glue, ethanol is included in its composition. It has a brown tint and a pleasant aroma. Use the drug for inhalation, treatment of purulent otitis media, tonsillitis and pharyngitis. With its help, tonsils and the mucous membrane of the throat are treated.
According to the instructions, rinsing with propolis for angina is done twice a day for two weeks. It is not recommended to use this tool for the treatment of children under the age of three. Sometimes the drug invokes undesirable effects. For example, with too long a treatment, stomach irritation, loss of appetite and skin rashes may appear.
How to rinse
A pharmacy or homemade alcohol tincture is bred in a small amount of warm water. To rinse with propolis tincture with angina, you need one teaspoon per hundred or one hundred and fifty milliliters. The resulting composition is gargled for two to three minutes, after which they take a break for three or four hours. The procedure is repeated for several days.
An aqueous solution, as a rule, is not diluted in water as an alcohol. A well-filtered composition is slightly heated in the microwave or in a water bath and used for treatment. Doctors also advise to chew a piece of bee glue in between rinses.
Drink with milk
It is extremely useful to use propolis water tincture with angina with milk. Such a medicine is often prepared for young children from the age of three. Milk is pre-boiled and slightly cooled. Then, only one teaspoon of propolis diluted in water is added to it. This amount will be enough for one hundred or one hundred and fifty grams of milk. Stir thoroughly, give the child a drink. Immediately after taking the medicine, the baby should lie down for some time, since this remedy has pronounced antipyretic properties and causes sweating.
Sweet medicine
Sometimes parents resort to tricks and slip babies sugar cubes soaked in a solution of bee glue. With angina, the baby holds a sweet dessert in his mouth and is simultaneously treated. This method allows you to prevent the appearance of cough and stop the pain in the throat. And also children like a mixture of honey with an aqueous solution. They are happy to absorb the sweet medicine in the bite with warm tea.
Tonsil Lubrication
Not only gargling with propolis with angina gives a good result. A cotton swab is moistened in an aqueous solution and the tonsils are rubbed. Thus purulent accumulations are removed and breathing is cleared. In addition, you can prepare a mixture of high-quality butter and a previously dissolved piece of propolis. Cotton buds are dipped into the mixture and lubricate the sore throat.
This composition is also called propolis oil. It can also be prepared in another way. For example, one hundred grams of a cream product is mixed with ten grams of finely ground propolis. Next, a jar with the composition is put in a pot where water is poured. Moreover, water should not cover the lid of the can. The pan is heated over low heat. As they warm up, the components dissolve, and those useful in propolis substances turn into oil. The composition is filtered and poured into a new, pre-prepared container. Keep the medicine in the refrigerator.
With herbal tea
The treatment of angina with the help of a decoction of medicinal herbs with the addition of a few drops of propolis on alcohol with angina has proven itself well. For example, you can brew the following composition. On a half-liter thermos you will need one teaspoon of inflorescences of chamomile, linden, plantain and calendula. Dry raw materials are poured with boiling water and after an hour they begin treatment. The broth is poured into a cup and as soon as it cools down a little, add a small amount of honey and a few drops of alcohol or water (for treating children) tinctures. Tea is drunk during the day in small quantities.
How to do inhalation
It should be borne in mind that such procedures can not be done to children under the age of six. Usually it occurs as follows. A small amount of alcohol tincture is added to a cup of boiling water. The patient bends over the container and covers his head with a blanket. For some time he breathes warm fumes. The steam that forms from hot water envelops the entire surface of the throat and penetrates the upper respiratory tract. It is extremely undesirable to use boiling water, otherwise you can burn the mucous surface. Instead of water, you can also make a decoction of medicinal herbs.
Useful Tips
In order for the treatment to bring only benefit and not cause inconvenience, some recommendations should be followed.
- You can not use alcohol tincture with angina in its pure form. It is intended solely for dilution with any liquid. For example, you can use warm milk, herbal tea, or plain warm water.
- A piece of bee glue, before putting in your mouth, should be slightly warmed up in a cup of hot water.
- With tonsillitis, as a rule, a lot of pus is formed. Therefore, it is recommended first to clean the mucosa with a weak saline or alkaline solution and only after that proceed with treatment with propolis.
- Sometimes alcohol tincture causes excessive dryness of the mucosa. This can cause increased pain. In such cases, you should switch to an oil solution or use a solution prepared in water.
Even despite the fact that propolis with angina has medicinal properties, sometimes its action is not enough to fully recover. Do not rely only on folk remedies. Otherwise, the patient risks a lot of additional problems.