Colds: how to treat + 11 traditional medicine recipes

Treatment of colds with folk remedies

A cold is a serious illness that occurs spontaneously, causing discomfort and pain.
Colds affect the body mainly in the autumn and winter seasons. You can protect yourself with the help of preventive measures, but sometimes even prevention is powerless against such a disease. In this case, one of the ways to treat a cold at home is time-tested folk remedies. The causative agent of colds is staphylococcus and pneumococcus bacteria. The main source of infection is a sick person, from whom a healthy person can be infected in various ways, but the most common is airborne.

The main factor indicating that the virus has entered the body is an increase in temperature. The body has already detected the foreign body and has begun taking appropriate measures to remove it. Most often, the temperature during a cold stays within 37-38 degrees, but sometimes in serious cases it rises to 38-40. Body temperature above 40 degrees is considered the most dangerous; this entails the development of serious ailments and cardiac arrest.

Along with an elevated temperature, a runny nose or nasal congestion occurs. A runny nose occurs due to swelling and inflammation of the nasal mucosa, accompanied by the appearance of mucus. Pain in the head area appears mainly in the first stages of a cold, but after 1-2 days it disappears. A headache may also indicate the progression of a cold into complications such as sinusitis, frontal sinusitis or sinusitis. In frequent cases, the infection affects the throat, causing it to become red, sore, or scratchy when swallowing. When you have a cold, it often appears as a cough. (cough treatment)

A cold on the nose popped up: reasons

Many people are familiar with the problem of a cold appearing on the nose. This is a manifestation of a herpes infection, which is caused by a type 1 or 2 virus. An epidemiological study showed that herpes is present in the body of 95% of the population. The manifestation of infection depends on the specific human organism. There are people who are absolutely not susceptible to infection. Most often, a cold on the nose appears in people with a weakened immune system, with a severe somatic status, with diseases of the nervous system, or with encephalitis or meningitis. In humans, herpes can manifest itself in five types:

the first type is simple (nose, lips);
the second type is simple appearance (genitalia);
the third type is chickenpox or shingles;
the fourth type is infectious mononucleosis;
cytomegalovirus type five.

The last three types have not yet been fully studied by medicine. A cold on the nose is transmitted through household items, by airborne droplets, or through the mouth and nose. After the infection overcomes the tissue, it enters the lymph and blood, and then into the internal organs. Once ingested by a person, it remains in the body forever. Some virus particles circulating in the blood are blocked by the immune system. Most of them multiply in the epithelium and in cells, causing their degeneration and death. Most often, colds appear in spring and autumn, against the background of previous illnesses and reduced immunity.

There are a number of factors that provoke a cold:

hypothermia or overheating;
stress and nervous tension;
poisoning and toxins;
bad habits: smoking and alcohol;
a number of somatic diseases: AIDS, diabetes;
unbalanced and irrational nutrition;
menstruation;
immunity disorders.

Medicinal properties and benefits of honey

Honey helps relieve coughs and helps heal the throat. To properly prepare a cold remedy using honey, you must:

Add one teaspoon of lemon juice to 2 tablespoons of liquid honey. Use every 2 hours.
Take honey with a teaspoon and use it in its pure form, this allows you to coat your throat and avoid the unpleasant symptoms of sore throat or cough.
Black radish honey is considered a powerful remedy for sore throat.

Diagnosis of the disease

To make an accurate diagnosis, the doctor prescribes laboratory tests. Their results will confirm the presence of type 1 herpes viruses in the body.

A PCR test allows you to detect the presence of virus RNA in the blood of a sick person.

Analysis by ELISA method - it allows you to isolate type 1 herpes antibodies in the patient’s blood.

Cytological examination - it involves scraping from the area of the epithelium where inflammation has occurred.

Ginger for coughs and colds

You can cure a cold at home using ginger. This plant has expectorant, anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects.

You can make tea from ginger by adding lemon and honey, which together is an excellent remedy for a sore throat and runny nose.
You can eat ginger raw
Mix ginger powder, ghee and sugar. Consume daily in the morning on an empty stomach

Therapy with traditional recipes

Traditional medicine is often used to treat herpes. When using them, you should pay attention to your diet. It should be dietary and supplemented by drinking plenty of water. This will make it easier for the body to fight this cold and get rid of herpes faster. During the treatment process, it is best to avoid eating fried, fatty and heavy foods. You should exclude chocolate and coffee from your diet. It is best to lean on fermented milk foods, fruits, and eat boiled meat.

To treat this cold there is a whole range of effective folk remedies .

Fir oil has a good effect. A small amount should be used to lubricate herpes rashes. Lubrication should be performed every day three times a day.
To treat this disease, you can treat herpes rashes with propolis tincture, which should be diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio before use.
It is useful for a person with herpes to drink tea, the components of which are St. John's wort, chamomile, calendula and echinacea. This will strengthen the immune system, and in addition, this drink has a good anti-inflammatory effect.

Medicinal milk with honey

Boil the milk, then add a spoonful of turmeric and ginger powder. Wait until the resulting product cools to room temperature and use 2 times a day
After boiling and cooling to room temperature, you can add honey to the milk, stir well and drink when you cough. Milk eliminates cough and improves expectoration

What actions should be taken if you cannot protect yourself from a cold?

Viral diseases are not as scary as their complications. Therefore, they must be treated promptly. Use medications if they have virtually no side effects.

Ardibol promotes rapid recovery and reduces the risk of severe complications.

Antigrippin stimulates the production of interferon, which allows you to reliably protect healthy cells.

It is useless to treat a viral infection with antibiotics. They should not be taken without a doctor’s prescription; these drugs can destroy both harmful and beneficial microorganisms.

What's best to drink when you have a cold?

Rosehip infusion contains an unlimited supply of vitamins necessary for the body during colds.
Tea with raspberries. You need to drink tea throughout the day, and the more often, the better. If you add raspberries to tea, this mixture will help lower your temperature and relieve a sore throat.
Juice from berries such as cranberries, viburnum and currants. Taken together, this juice will increase the body’s protective function and eliminate cold symptoms. It is necessary to make and drink this juice immediately before consumption so that it is fresh.
Tea with honey. You need to add a few tablespoons of honey to your tea. A simple recipe reduces fever and improves well-being.

To treat colds, special attention should be paid to inhalations, which can be performed using herbs such as mint, lemon balm or sage. Inhalations can improve the condition in the nasopharynx.

First aid for a cold using the methods described above allows you to eliminate the cause and unpleasant symptoms. Most doctors do not recommend treatment at home, but, with the exception of serious cases, this option makes it possible to get rid of a cold in a few days.

Folk tips for relief at the first signs of a cold

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When a cold just begins to develop and to quickly overcome it, the body needs strength. You need rest, sleep and plenty of fluids. With sweat, toxins and waste are removed, everything that attracts disease.

In the first hours of the development of a cold and general malaise: stir five drops of iodine in 1/2 cup of boiled water and drink.
If your feet get wet, rub them with vodka and put on warm, dry socks.
Drink warming tea with ginger and honey: pour 1/4 cup of chopped ginger with honey. Put on fire and cook until boiling. Add 1/2 teaspoon of the mixture to a cup of tea.
Drink diaphoretic tea made from linden blossom, elderberry or raspberry. Then lie down, wrap yourself up well and try to fall asleep. In the first days of illness and infection, sleep is very important.
At night, rub the body with tincture of juniper or birch buds. If there are no such tinctures, wipe the body with hot water and vinegar. It's good to wrap yourself up.
At the first sign of a cold, steam your feet. Add 3 tablespoons of mustard powder to a bowl of water at a temperature of 37-40°C. Soar your feet for at least 10 minutes. Then wipe your feet dry, rub your feet with vodka or propolis tincture or “Zvezdochka” balm. Then put woolen socks on your feet and go to bed.

When is treatment at home prohibited?

In the case when, after the onset of the first symptoms of a cold, when using folk remedies, your health does not improve, but only worsens, an ambulance will come in handy.

In addition, first aid for a cold will not be effective if you exhibit the following signs of illness:

body temperature stays above 39 degrees for more than 2-3 days
The cough just gets worse
persistent headaches without improvement
when coughing there is expectoration with blood impurities

In such situations, self-treatment of a cold is highly undesirable, but you should seek help. First aid at home without an experienced doctor can cause fatal consequences. In any case, consulting a doctor will never hurt, even if there are signs of moderate severity of the disease.

Colds: how to help the body

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The human body and a cold are often left face to face with each other and the one who is stronger wins.

Already when the first signs of a cold appear, you need to help the body fight it. Timely treatment will help stop the rapid progression of the disease.

Unfortunately, medicine has not come up with a drug that can stop the infection and alleviate the condition in a matter of hours. Most often, in the first days of the development of a cold, a person turns to folk remedies for help.

Popular advice helps strengthen the immune system, increase the overall tone of the body, help relieve coughs, and cope with a runny nose.

Where can herpes appear?

Most often, ulcers appear on the lips. However, herpes can appear on any part of the skin of the face, including on and in the nose (see photo of a cold on the nose), on the cheeks, in the area of the nasolabial triangle and even on the eyelids. If herpes recurs (appears several times a year), the point of its appearance usually does not change. Those. if a cold has popped up under your nose, it may appear there again after some time.

An ulcer or swelling appears in the area where viral particles penetrated during infection. They usually get into the nose from dirty hands, for example when blowing your nose during a cold.

When to see a doctor

Colds in the nose and other parts of the body can usually be treated independently, since medications for treatment can be purchased without a prescription, and the disease almost always occurs without complications. However, in some cases you should consult your doctor. Such situations include:

frequent occurrence of cold sores – 4-5 times a year or more;
body temperature above 38 C due to herpes;
severe pain in the affected skin;
antiviral medications (ointment and tablets) do not work.

Please note that herpes cannot manifest itself when a person is in good shape, nutritiously and does not have problems with the immune system. That is why it is worth adjusting your lifestyle if herpes bothers you too often. This is a kind of indicator of your body’s resistance - if it appears after each hypothermia, you should think about strengthening your immune system.

How to quickly cure illness during pregnancy

Herpes on the nose of a pregnant woman can be dangerous for the unborn child during the initial infection.

In the case when a woman became infected before pregnancy, antibodies to the virus have already formed in her body. They will reach the baby and after birth he will be protected from infection for several months.

Infection during pregnancy is fraught with miscarriage, infection of the fetus, defects in its development and even stillbirth.

Only a specialist can prescribe treatment for a pregnant woman depending on the trimester. Many effective drugs are contraindicated during pregnancy. Therefore, medications should be prescribed with great caution.

In the early stages of pregnancy, only local therapy is recommended. The safest use in the first two trimesters is the use of Acyclovir and Zovirax in the form of ointments.

In the third trimester, these same drugs can be taken in tablets. Interferon is also prescribed to expectant mothers.

Pregnant women are also allowed to use tetracycline, oxolinic, erythromycin and zinc ointments, and Panavir gel.

Among folk remedies, it is permissible to use rosehip, fir and sea buckthorn oils, aloe and Kalanchoe juices, calendula-based ointment, vitamin E.

Dr. Komarovsky advises to be examined and treated even before pregnancy, during the planning period for childbearing.

What to do if herpes is detected in a nursing mother? It is important to maintain personal hygiene and strictly follow the doctor's recommendations. Then the risk of infection of the baby during breastfeeding (BF) will be minimal.

How and how to treat herpes in the nose in adults

Herpes on the nose does not go away on its own; the disease requires adequate treatment.

For patients who have increased susceptibility to the herpes virus and often experience inflammation, complex therapy is indicated:

Taking medications - antiviral, antihistamine, antibacterial, immunostimulants. The drugs are used in the form of tablets, ointments, and creams.
Additional treatment with folk remedies - lotions, ointments, decoctions.
Compliance with diet and drinking regime.

Drug treatment

To increase the effectiveness of drug treatment, the doctor selects identical drugs that are introduced into the body in different ways, for example, antiviral tablets and ointments.

Taking medications orally is important to directly target the virus and stimulate the immune system. And local application of creams, gels and ointments helps to quickly dry out the “wounds” and cure malaria in the nose.

When the nose hurts from herpes, taking oral medications has been found to be effective:

Amiksina;
Valacyclovir;
Acyclovir;
Famciclovir;
Valtrex;
Viferon;
Famvira.

If herpes appears on the nose, the following is also used in therapy:

antihistamines that relieve itching - Loratadine, Suprastin;
immunostimulating agents – Cycloferon, Virogel.

Traditional medicine

Only folk recipes will not help get rid of herpes on the nose. They only complement drug therapy.

In the fight against pathogenic microorganisms, essential oils are used, which have softening and healing effects:

bergamot;
sea buckthorn;
lavender;
anise;
fir;
clove;
tea tree;
geraniums

An effective remedy for herpes is propolis tincture diluted with water (1 to 1).

A natural medicine is made from propolis tincture: the same amount of water is added to the product and the inflamed areas are lubricated with the mixture several times a day.

Homemade calendula-based ointment consists of crushed inflorescences and petroleum jelly in equal proportions.

At home, decoctions that strengthen the immune system are prepared from rose hips, dried herbs - licorice, chamomile, lungwort, St. John's wort, clover.

Herbal drinks are good to drink together with honey (if there is no allergy, but no more than a teaspoon per cup).

The beekeeping product is also used in combination with Kalanchoe or aloe juice. The resulting drug is applied as an application to the affected surface of the nose.

Tinctures of lemongrass, eleutherococcus, and echinacea strengthen the immune system. A medicine for treating damaged skin is prepared from natural yogurt, garlic, flour, brewed coffee and honey.

Principles of nutrition

It turns out that herpes can be activated by eating certain foods.

The amino acid arginine they contain provokes a viral infection. But the substance lysine (also one of the amino acids) counteracts the development of the disease.

It remains to figure out which products contain these antagonists in order to build the correct nutritional plan.

You need to remove foods high in arginine from your diet.:

peanuts and most other types of nuts;
sunflower seeds;
legumes – peas, beans;
from vegetables - cabbage, carrots, eggplants;
sugar and salt;
flounder;
beef;
alcohol.

Products with a high concentration of lysine that are beneficial for herpes:

lamb, pork, chicken, turkey meat;
eggs;
seafood, seaweed;
dairy products - cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt;
soy;
ginger, garlic, onion;
potato;
Brewer's yeast.

A balance should be maintained between eating meat and vegetables (amino acids and alkalis). Each meat dish must be supplemented with a vegetable dish.