Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Home Remedies for Cold, Cough.

Adults as well as the Kids often go down with cold and cough... to make matters worse it spreads throughout the household....
What i have personally found effective is that when there is a cold bacteria running in the household, the thing best to do is cut some red onions in halves and place it in different rooms... Drink plenty of water fluids, stock up on your vitamin C like fresh orange juice, chicken soup with lots of garlic....
Then there are couple of home made concoctions i try...

1) Goot http://shayasjourney.blogspot.com/2011/05/goot-natural-remedy-for-colds-flu.html

2) Red Onions And Honey Cough Syrup:
1 medium-large Red onion
1 cup honey (or sugar if you don’t have honey, though honey is best)

Peel and chop the onion, and place the slices in a small bowl or glass jar. As you fill the jar, layer the onion with the honey or sugar, topping off with honey. Cover with a lid or plastic wrap, and allow to sit on counter overnight. Juices from the onion and honey will mix and form a pleasant syrup; strain the onion pieces out. Take 1 tsp syrup every 4 hours, or as needed.
Chewing of plain onion for adults also gives a lot of releif from cold and runny nose... Ofcourse dont kiss your loved ones after eating them though LOL

3) Carom seeds OR Ajwain : Roast a palm full of Carom seeds and sea salt on the griddle, when its nicely hot and you can actually smell the aroma of this on the other end of your kitchen... put carefully the entire seeds in a large handkerchief, or large mulin cloth ... tie it nicely so that it doesnt spill from the sack....
Now just let the kids inhale the aroma coming out of the sack... as well as also try to gently apply on there chest... like pressing the sack gently on the chest, back, their forehead... but beaware its "hot" so first check it on the back of your hand and then see if its bearable then apply for kids... better to wait a couple of seconds rather than burning thier skins.... its highly effective when applies warm. What carom seeds actually do is they produce aroma which clears the bacteria and congestion in the respiratory tract as well as when applied warm on the chest and back it dries the phlegm(mucus or bulgum) in the lungs and chest congesting due to the cold or cough its highly effective on infants and childrens.

4) Cold Potion:-Boil some carom seeds + ginger grated + 3 - 4 black pepper corns + 20- 25 leaves Holy Basil leaves 3 inch peice of aloe vera cut in half the gel layer exposed + and carom plant leaves 6 -8
Take around 250 ml of water and boil this syrup till reduced to say half a cup... if required add more water while boiling.... then strain the mixture through muslin cloth nicely squeezing the pulp, now for kids you can add few drops of honey to a tbsp full of this concoction and give them 4 times a day... For elders they can eat the pulp also as it is very soothing for the throat and they can drink half a cup of this potion 4 times a day with honey.
This way in kids the cold will get runny and get out of the system in a day or two..

5) Vicks Vapourub: Its my personal fav. apply on the their feets, chest, back, throat, even on the pillow while sleeping. the relief is instant... also you can give them steam with little vicks in the water.

6) Garlic  : A well-known immune system strengthener, garlic shines as an antibacterial and antiviral herb for fighting colds, coughs and the flu. One of the best ways to take advantage of garlic's healing properties is by drinking fresh garlic tea. Sweetened with a little raw honey, it's delicious and helps to heal what ails you. Peel 2 to 3 cloves of fresh garlic and lightly crush them with the side of a wide knife blade. Add them to 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for another 15 minutes. Strain the garlic and allow the tea to cool to mouth temperature. Add raw honey, a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice. Drink as much as desired.

7) Apple Cider Vinegar : The organic one works the best... at the first sign of cold like sneezing or sore throat... Take 1 Tablespoon of ACV(Apple cider vinegar ) + 1 tbspn Honey mix it and drink it... do this 3 - 4 times a day the cold will be nipped in the bud itself.





Hope this helps... will add more of my methods.





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