Sinusitis is a rather unpleasant disease, and its treatment in its therapeutic course involves the use of not only medicines, but also funds from the arsenal of traditional medicine. In this case, aloe, or, as it is popularly called, agave is an indispensable tool, and this will be discussed later.
The benefits of aloe in the treatment of sinusitis
The main reason that provokes the development of sinusitis is an infection that penetrates the maxillary sinus. Most often this happens with a respiratory viral disease, after a sore throat, exacerbation of tonsillitis, with bacterial bronchitis, gum disease and other health problems.
The use of aloe with sinusitis is recommended not only by phytotherapists, but also by many doctors - adherents of conservative treatment. The value of the plant is great, because in the composition of its juice and pulp there are:
- tanning compounds that effectively fight pus;
- saponins, which naturally help moisturize the nasal mucosa, cleansing its passages;
- catechins - natural antioxidants with powerful anti-inflammatory properties;
- enzymes and tannins - they, enveloping the mucous membrane of the nasal passages, reduce the amount of mucus and remove puffiness;
- volatile - natural antibacterial and antiviral compounds.
The complex action of the agave with sinusitis
Treatment of sinusitis Aloe gives significant results, since the plant can be called a natural antiseptic that regenerates and restores, acting as a natural immunomodulator. When used correctly, it has the following effect:
- relieves bouts of pain and reduces swelling;
- reduces the production of mucus and removes the inflammatory process, reducing at times the rate of development and spread of infection;
- helps to stop purulent processes, not allowing sinusitis to manifest itself in the future with septic pathologies and complications;
- Helps to heal and restore the function of the nasal mucosa.
Aloe juice with sinusitis (with acute and chronic form) does not harm, does not cause allergies, as is often the case with tablets and powders, drops. Among other things, juice does not overdry the mucous membrane.
Aloe from sinusitis: everyone should have a recipe
Presented to your attention are recipes with aloe juice, which are successfully used in traditional medicine in the fight against sinusitis.
- For babies and with excessively sensitive mucous membranes in the nasal passages, it is worth diluting the juice of the agave with boiled water in a ratio of 1 to 1 and using the resulting product to dig in the nose. The course of application of such drops is 2 pcs. in each nostril with an interval of 3-4 hours. For an adult patient, aloe in the nose with sinusitis can be dripped with undiluted water.
- Combine among themselves the juice of the agave and liquid honey in equal proportions, then add the celandine juice diluted with clean water in the proportions of 1 to 1. Instill 4 drops. three times a day.
- Mix in equal amounts of carrot juice and aloe - this tool is instilled into the nasal passages with sinusitis 4 drops three times a day.
- At times, fresh onion juice will also help strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of the juice of the agave - mix 1 tbsp. l aloe juice and 5 cap. onion juice. Buried in the nasal passages - three times a day, 3 cap. in each.
- An equally effective recipe is a mixture of aloe juice and Kalanchoe - in 2 tbsp. l a mixture of juices add 1 tsp. liquid honey and the tip of a salt knife. Drop such a mixture into the nose for 3 drops. 3-4 times a day.
- To prepare this remedy, it is worth boiling half a glass of agave leaves in 300 ml of water for 10 minutes. in a water bath. Further, having removed from the fire, breathe over steam - such inhalation procedures are carried out no more than 2 times a day, taking into account the fact that they should not be practiced at high body temperature.
- Finely cut 3 sheets of agave, then add 1 red hot pepper and ground 1 tbsp. l celandine - the mixture is poured with warm boiled water so that it covers it completely. They put the container for 5 days in the refrigerator and then lubricate the nose in the nose and sinuses - enough 2 times a day.
- For this recipe, take 10 g of Vishnevsky ointment, add the same amount of aloe juice, Kalanchoe and cyclamen to it - in the resulting mixture, moisten cotton swabs and insert them for 10 minutes, first in one nostril, and then in the second. Repeat such procedures 2 times a day.
How to use the agave with sinusitis
Treatment of sinusitis Aloe at home will be effective if you choose the plant correctly and correctly. It is worth saying that leaves should be taken from the agave, which has reached 3-5 years, choosing the lower, fleshy and green.
After you cut the sheet, it should be washed well and temporarily put in the refrigerator - for 13-15 days, in a separate section with a temperature of 5-7 degrees. What for? This will allow the plant to accumulate in itself all the positive substances that it needs to survive and which you will use in the future to treat sinusitis. Before the preparation of homemade recipes, thick peel is removed from the foliage, gruel is finely chopped and squeezed juice through cheesecloth.
Precautions and side effects
Despite the fact that aloe juice in sinusitis is a natural remedy, it can also be harmful if used improperly or excessively. In order to fully know what the patient may be faced with, what side effects, we present the following list of those:
- Allergy - in this regard, everything is individual, and before applying its juice, it is worthwhile to conduct a test on the bend of the elbow.
- Skin rashes - many patients may experience reactions such as acne and rashes when they first take aloe vera juice. So the body is cleansed, removing toxins through the pores - this will pass and is a normal reaction.
- Deterioration of health and attacks of vomiting, diarrhea - this can provoke poor quality of aloe juice or its excessive consumption.
Existing contraindications
As doctors and phytotherapists note, aloe juice for sinusitis is not recommended for use by pregnant women during lactation, if the patient is diagnosed with problems with the heart and blood vessels, kidneys and liver, and oncology. Also, a contraindication is the existing allergy to the juice of the plant. Although this phenomenon is quite rare.
Aloe with sinusitis: reviews
What do patients say about the use of the described agents? They believe that the use of aloe juice in the fight against sinusitis is effective and efficient, is not inferior in strength to many medications. Many note that such a remedy as the juice of the agave in the form of drops in the nose against sinusitis has been tested for centuries, and the risk of complications is minimized, especially when compared with tablets, drops and ointments.
Others say that as a prophylactic, the juice of the agave is simply indispensable in the autumn-spring period of the year, when acute respiratory infections and all kinds of colds are waiting for us. Aloe acts gently, without overdrying the nasal mucosa, killing microbes and pathogenic microflora.