To find today someone who has never experienced in his life what a cough is probably impossible. Moreover, many people have to spend a huge amount of time and energy to get rid of this ailment, not to mention money. But, before you run to the pharmacy for medicines, it is worth trying to apply alternative cough recipes for children and adults.
Types of cough
The start of treatment should be preceded by an explanation of the cause. After all, far from always it is a question of a cough resulting from a cold or any infection, and, accordingly, not in all cases it can be eliminated at home. The use of folk remedies can eliminate the cough of the following types:
- Wet. It is characterized by cyclicality and stops after sputum removal, due to which relief comes. This cough resumes with the accumulation of sputum. It should be treated with sputum-diluting agents, for the preparation of which you can use folk cough recipes for children.
- Dry. People call it a "barking" cough. It manifests itself at the beginning of the disease. In this case, it is necessary to cause expectoration of sputum.
Alternative recipes for a strong cough should not be used for such types of it as spastic, whooping cough , night, prolonged, which appears during physical exertion, as well as psychogenic.
Moist cough. Folk prescriptions for medicines
The main task in the fight against wet cough is to facilitate the discharge of sputum. This is most difficult to achieve with baby cough, because sputum in babies is more viscous than in adults. It is important that the mucus from the child’s bronchi be removed as quickly as possible, since it is the center of development of bacteria.
The following popular cough recipes for children are:
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of chopped figs is poured with 300 ml of boiling water, the mixture simmers over low heat for about 10-12 minutes, then it should be filtered, cooled and given to the child 100 ml after a meal;
- mix the juice of black radish and chilled boiled milk in a ratio of one to two, add 1 teaspoon of honey and consume 1 tbsp. spoon after eating;
- put the medium-sized onion, cut into pieces, into the pan, add 500 ml of milk, boil and insist for four hours, take the remedy every four hours; similarly, you can make a drink of garlic (5 cloves).
Each recipe for a strong cough, given above, can be used to treat not only children but also adults.
Dry cough - what is the best treatment?
In the fight against dry cough, there are their own characteristics. However, traditional medicine is not powerless here either. Very well in this case, a hot decoction of dates helps. To prepare it, you need to take about 10 dates, pour 0.5 liters of water and cook for 30 minutes. In many cases, after such treatment, dry cough stops.
Folk recipes also include treatment with chocolate oil, which can be prepared as follows: place 3 tbsp in a saucepan. tablespoons of pork fat, 100 g of oil and melt them, then add 3 tbsp. tablespoons of cocoa and 100 g of chocolate. Cool the mixture and, spreading it on bread, eat 4-5 times a day. Drinking this kind of delicacy for a child is best done with warm milk and a pinch of soda. Such treatment is especially appealing to children, because, unlike numerous potions, decoctions and infusions, this oil is very tasty.
Considering folk recipes for dry cough, one more remedy is also worth mentioning. To prepare it, you need to pour medium-sized lemon with water and boil over low heat for 10-12 minutes. Then the lemon should be removed and cut in half, squeeze the juice, add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of glycerin and honey to a full glass. Take 2 teaspoons three times a day.
Cough treatment with coltsfoot
Coltsfoot is also very popular in the treatment of coughs. This plant, due to the substances contained in its leaves (acids, glycosides, polysaccharides, carotenoids, mucus, tannins), has an excellent expectorant effect. In addition, it reduces cough pain, disinfects and has an anti-inflammatory effect. Traditional medicine cough recipes containing coltsfoot offers the following:
- 1 tbsp. pour a spoonful of plant leaves with water (200 ml) and, stirring, heat for 15 minutes in steam. Then cool, strain and dilute with boiling water to 200 ml. Take 100 ml. The daily dose should be 300-400 ml.
- Fresh flowers should be poured with alcohol in a ratio of one to one and insist for a week in a dark place. Take 30-35 drops by mouth before meals. It is worth noting that this tool can only be used in the treatment of cough in adults.
Alternative recipes for the treatment of cough in young children
Great attention is required to treat cough at home in children under 3 years old. Not every recipe for a folk remedy for cough can be used in the treatment of a small child. The most popular among the people are freshly squeezed juices from vegetables such as carrots and cabbage. Carrot juice should be given to infants by first mixing it with sugar syrup in a ratio of 1: 2. And cabbage juice should be diluted with sugar syrup in a ratio of 1: 1.
A good effect in eliminating children's cough can be achieved with the help of infusion of pine buds, for the preparation of which it is necessary to put 1 tbsp. a spoonful of pine buds in a pan and, pouring them 500 ml of milk, bring to a boil and insist. Give the child 50 ml of infusion once every 1-2 hours.
Some folk cough recipes for children include the use of funds that need not to be taken inside, but to rub the chest and back of the baby with them. It's about badger fat. After rubbing the child should be wrapped warmly so that he sweats, and then be sure to change into dry clothes.
Onion Cough Recipes
Cough onion also helps. Folk recipes could not do without this root crop, because it is indispensable in the treatment of cough and colds, as well as the prevention of the latter. For treatment, it is necessary to mix the juice of two medium onions with 100 g of sugar and cook the mixture for 10 minutes, cool it, add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of honey, take 1 teaspoon several times a day.
There is an easier way to prepare an anti-cough remedy from onions. It is necessary to chop the onion and, folded in a jar, sprinkle it with sugar. Allow it to stand for several hours, after which it should be watered with the allocated juice of the child at a dosage of 1 teaspoon three times a day.
An onion broth prepared as follows is also effective: place 1 liter of water in a saucepan, 2 onions in a peel, 200 g of sugar, mix and cook for one hour over low heat. Take warm at 100 grams, for children enough 50 grams. Children will certainly like these cough recipes, because such medicines are sweet, despite the slightly pungent taste of the onion itself.
Folk recipes using black radish
Black radish has many useful properties. It is not at all difficult to find a cough prescription, and such drugs can be used in the treatment of both adults and children.
So, the following recipes exist:
- Rinse thoroughly and use a sharp knife to deepen it, removing part of the pulp. The resulting recess should be filled with honey and allowed to stand for 24 hours. Take 1 teaspoon in the morning, lunch and evening.
- Peel the radish and cut into small cubes, then put it in a pot and sprinkle with sugar. Place in the oven and bake for two hours, then strain and give the patient 2 teaspoons before meals.
- Wash and clean 6-7 pieces of radish. Cut the vegetable into thin slices and sprinkle with sugar. After 10-12 hours, the juice will stand out. After that, the black radish itself is no longer needed. For coughing, the recipe recommends taking only the excreted juice 8-10 times a day.
Alternative recipes for the treatment of cough in adults
Adults can use both folk recipes shown in the treatment of cough for children, and many others. For instance:
- Wormwood-based tincture. To do this, pour 20 g of wormwood into 500 ml of vodka or alcohol and let it brew. The best remedy is the one that has been insisted for as long as possible, but 24 hours is usually enough for this. It should be taken three times a day for 1 tbsp. spoon.
- A hot mixture of pepper roots and white wine. It is prepared by boiling these two ingredients in the following proportion - 250 ml of wine and 60 g of pepper roots. Drink 4 times a day.
Effective Cough Control Drinks
In the treatment of both dry and wet cough, children and adults need to drink as much as possible. It can be any drinks, the main thing is that they are warm. Effective in the fight against cough is a drink made from ordinary hot milk and alkaline mineral water in a ratio of 1: 1. Young children should drink milk with figs. An anti-inflammatory effect is provided by warm tea with viburnum or raspberry jam .
It is good to drink various herbal infusions and decoctions. For example, a decoction of birch leaves, herbs of rosemary, marjoram, nettle and birch buds, a decoction of ordinary viburnum, which, incidentally, is also an excellent expectorant. A decoction of viburnum fruits, prepared with 200 g of berries and 1 liter of water, also has a positive effect.
Inhalation at home
Alternative cough treatment recipes also include inhalations at home. This method does not require special knowledge or drugs, you just need to add chamomile, thyme, sage, baking soda and eucalyptus oil in boiling water and, covered with a towel, breathe the allocated steam. The advantage of inhalation is that beneficial substances, having entered the body in the form of vapors, immediately begin to beneficially affect the inflamed areas.
Folk cough recipes for children and adults are represented quite widely, but what helps one person is powerless in the fight against an illness in another, and this should be borne in mind, and not despair after the first failure. In any case, most folk remedies cannot harm the human body, unlike numerous pharmacy drugs.