Home Remedies for Colds

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Understand when to ignore symptoms, Incredibly these unpleasant symptoms you are experiencing are a natural part of the healing process and a sign that the immune system is fighting the infection. For example, a fever is your body's attempt to eliminate infections by making the atmosphere warmer than usual.

A fever speeds up the circulation of antimicrobial proteins in your blood. Therefore, you can actually recover faster if you can endure a mild fever for a day or two. Another beneficial symptom is a cough, which helps clear your airways of thick mucus that may contain germs and spread them to the lungs and other parts of the body. Even a stuffy nose is best avoided or treated gently.

Sudafed and other decongestants block blood flow to blood vessels in the throat and nose. However, you often want to increase blood flow as this warms the diseased area and helps remove germs from the body through secretions.

Sniff often (and properly)

When you have a cold, it's important to blow your nose often rather than sneeze the mucus back into your head. However, if you blow hard, the pressure can push bacteria-laden mucus back into your ear canals, causing pain.

The ideal way to blow your nose is to cover one nostril with your finger and gently blow through the other.

Warm salt water can be used to treat a stuffy nose

Warm salt water can help clear a stuffy nose Gargling salt water helps clear a stuffy nose while also clearing the nose of bacteria and virus fragments.

Here is a popular recipe

Mix 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 8 ounces of distilled, sterilized, or previously boiled water.

Use a nasal irrigation kit or syringe to rinse your nose. Hold one nostril closed with slight finger pressure and inject saline into the other nostril. Let it out. After two to three repetitions, move to the other nostril.

Stay calm and cool

When you first come down with a cold or flu, staying warm and relaxed will help your body focus its efforts on fighting the infection.

This conflict burdens the body. So take a break and help it.

Gargle

Gargling can temporarily soothe a sore throat by moistening it. Gargle 8 ounces of warm water and half a teaspoon of salt four times a day.

Try gargling astringents to loosen the mucous membranes and relieve the tickle in the throat.

You can also gargle with a thick viscous mixture of honey or honey and apple cider vinegar. Two cups of boiling water should be used to brew one tablespoon of raspberry leaves or one teaspoon of lemon juice. Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature before gargling.

Drink hot liquids

Hot drinks reduce nasal congestion, keep you hydrated and soothe unpleasant throat and nose irritations.

Try a hot toddy, an age-old remedy, if your congestion is so bad that you have trouble falling asleep at night. make a cup of hot herbal tea. One teaspoon of honey and one shot of whiskey or bourbon (about an ounce) should be added. Just one at a time.

Alcohol abuse will irritate your membranes and worsen your symptoms.

Take a hot shower

Showers that are steamy will help you relax and moisten your nasal passages. Take a warm shower while sitting in the chair

nearby and take a sponge bath if the virus makes you sick.

Use ointment under the nose

Inflamed skin at the base of the nose can be soothed and the airways opened with a small piece of menthol ointment.

Camphor, eucalyptus, and menthol offer mild numbing properties that can ease the discomfort of a raw nose. To avoid getting inside the nose, apply it only outside and under the nose.

Apply hot or cold compresses around blocked sinuses

Any temperature will do. Reusable hot or cold packs are available at pharmacies or you can make your own. Using a damp towel, heat it in the microwave for 55 seconds (check the temperature first to make sure it's not too hot). A small bag of frozen peas works great as a cold pack.

Sleeping with another pillow under your head

It lifts your head and relieves pressure on the nasal passages. Try placing pillows between the mattress and box springs to create a more gradual incline if the angle is too awkward.

Only take essential flights

It makes no sense to put more strain on the upper respiratory system, which is already under pressure from the change in air pressure.

Because of the pressure fluctuations that occur during takeoff and landing, flying in congestion with a cold or flu can temporarily damage your eardrums. If you must fly, use a decongestant and nasal spray just before takeoff and landing.