Respiratory problems are accompanied by a symptom such as coughing. However, if the baby begins to dry cough, but there are no other symptoms, you can do without medications for some time. Home remedies for dry cough are also able to quickly cope with an infection or viruses, but only at the initial stage of their penetration into the body.
The need for herbal teas
As a rule, any treatment for dry cough is to quickly transform it into a wet, productive option. The use of various herbal teas helps , for example:
- chamomile tea with raspberries;
- a decoction of coltsfoot, marshmallow, licorice, wild rosemary and elecampane, taken in equal amounts (though, such a decoction can be for children over one and a half years old);
- banana milk: take two mashed banana fruits on a glass of hot milk and mix well;
- hot milk with honey and a pinch of soda.
The benefits of inhalation
Also, good dry cough remedies for children are inhalations that can be done with herbal decoctions or special essential oils purchased in a pharmacy after consulting a pediatrician. When a child appears, many doctors recommend purchasing a home inhaler, which will be a faithful assistant for many years. After a couple of procedures, a significant relief of the baby's condition begins.
Rubbing tested by time
No less effective remedies for dry cough for children are rubbing with badger fat. It should be remembered that this tool can be used for infants from six months, but only externally! Badger fat is rubbed on the back, feet, and breast (naturally, excluding the region of the heart), after which they wrap the baby well. Such grinding for greater convenience and benefit is recommended to be done immediately before bedtime. Moreover, badger fat is effective not only with dry cough, but also bronchitis, including chronic, pneumonia and even tuberculosis. By the way, goat, goose or sheep fat, although to a lesser extent, have the same properties.
It is important!
If a child sleeps very badly at night due to severe coughing attacks that provoke vomiting, it is necessary, in consultation with a doctor, to obtain syrup for children from dry cough based on natural ingredients.
Old recipes
Folk remedies for dry cough for children, used by our grandmothers:
- black radish with the method: make a deepening in the radish and fill it with honey, after 5 hours a healing syrup is formed in it;
- chopped onion covered with sugar in a ratio of 1: 1 and insist all night, and in the morning you can already drink the resulting syrup in a spoon every 2 hours;
- decoction of pine buds: take 1 tablespoon of kidneys for half a liter of boiling water or milk and insist for an hour, after wrapping it up (it is recommended to drink 50 grams every couple hours).
Using these simple remedies for dry cough for children, you can quickly deal with the first symptoms of the disease.