Showing posts with label sore throat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sore throat. Show all posts

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Sore throat remedies

Cold air has already made its presence; did it make your tonsils angry? Here are some ideas.

  • Drink herbal teas made from a mixture of sage, colt’s foot, plantain, field horsetail, St. John’s wort, yarrow, chamomile (make an infusion of all the above) and add a few drops of Swedish bitter.
  • Take two baths a day for 25 minutes.
  • Apply a poultice of clay and grinded onions on the neck race for 2 hours per day.
  • Place your feet in hot water for 30 minutes and take steam baths of chamomile and peppermint or lavender oil at the head and chest.
  • Apply neck compresses the comfrey kernel, fenugreek or raw cabbage leaves.
  • Do garlic, onion, lemon and oil gargle for 3-4 minutes.
  • Gargle with tea as an infusion made of marshmallow, chamomile, marigold, yellow bedstraw, horsetail, sage and thyme.
  • Apply warm compresses at night, with infusion of oak bark
  • Massage your body with an alcoholic solution of peppermint and lavender.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Garlic helps you get rid of cough

The garlic has many beneficial effects for the body. Here are some of them:

Garlic replaces antibiotics:
It is known the garlic acts as a natural antibiotic. Moreover, it reduces the body's need for antibiotics because it prevents infections and colds. During the winter add plenty of garlic in soups, sauces or other dishes.

Very good sore throat remedy:
Ma a garlic infusion and use it for daily gargles. Do not worry if you swallow the tea, it has no negative consequences.

Garlic Syrup strengthens immunity:
Do you often catch a cold? Your immunity is low! The reliable aid in such situations is garlic. Syrup made of a few cloves of garlic mixed with honey instantly treats infections. How do you prepare it? 6-8 cloves garlic, finely minced, mixed with 8 teaspoons of honey. Allow a few days for the ingredients to pervade into each other and have a teaspoon daily.

Garlic ointment treats bronchitis:
In winter, respiratory diseases are the most common. What could help us better help than garlic? Prepare an ointment of some garlic cloves, finely chopped, cloves and oil. Boil this mixture on low fire, stir until it becomes a paste and let it to cool. Apply the ointment on the chest, stomach, throat; it will be effective against bronchitis and respiratory infections.

Garlic improves circulation:
Blood circulation can be improved by regular consumption of garlic. Furthermore, it lowers blood pressure by relaxing the walls of arteries and veins. Studies have shown that people who eat garlic have significant decrease in blood pressure.