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Milk with honey from coughing to a child, adult, during pregnancy
Last reviewed: 28.11.2021
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Nutritional product of animal origin, in addition to a rich vitamin-mineral composition, helps to relieve inflammation and irritation of the throat, minimizes pain. Milk with honey from cough speeds up the healing process, reduces to cramp attacks and minimizes sputum.
Honey is a product of beekeeping with a unique composition. It contains high concentrations of not only vitamins and minerals, but also fructose, glucose and other substances. It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, promotes healthy body and increases immunity.
The combination of milk and honey is effective for colds, helps with laryngitis, bronchitis, influenza and SARS. A therapeutic drink can be taken by pregnant women and children. It is better to use the product in a warm, not hot way, to stop the inflammatory reaction in the larynx.
Recipes for treatment:
- Dissolve 1-2 teaspoons of honey in a glass of warm milk. Take 3-4 times a day, especially at bedtime.
- In a glass with honey and animal product, add a spoonful of butter and a spoon of still mineral water. Such a composition has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. The oil envelops the walls of the throat, and water strengthens the local immunity.
- Take a glass of milk and put it on medium heat, add a couple of spoons of oats. Cook the remedy until the seeds are swollen. Cool the filtered beverage, add butter and take in warm form for 200 ml during the day, including before the night rest.
- An effective mixture for the removal of pain and the destruction of pathogenic microflora in the respiratory system is garlic, honey and milk. Put a glass of milk on the stove and add a couple of cloves of garlic to it, bring to a boil. After cooling, strain and add a spoonful of honey.
Before applying the above recipes, you should make sure that the ingredients do not cause allergic reactions.
Milk with honey and soda from cough
A truly unique ingredient in the treatment of colds is milk with honey and soda. From cough use their combination, which has such properties:
- Soothing.
- Expectorants.
- Anti-inflammatory.
Thanks to such properties, the agent can be used for bronchitis, laryngitis, tracheitis and angina.
To prepare the medicine, bring to a boil a glass of milk and dissolve in it ½ teaspoon of soda and two tablespoons of honey. Take a drink in a warm state, in small sips 3-4 times a day. The remedy is better to drink after eating, so that the alkali contained in the soda does not harm the mucous membrane of the stomach.
Soda-honey recipes are contraindicated for low acidity and gastric obstruction, with frequent constipation, diabetes, gastritis or stomach ulcer. Also, individual intolerance to the components of the alternative agent should be excluded.
Milk with butter and honey from cough
Such combination as milk with butter and honey from cough is allowed for treatment of both adults and children. Ingredients are effective for:
- Bronchitis in acute and chronic stage.
- Inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract.
- For liquefaction of sputum and its effective excretion.
- Dry barking cough.
To prepare the medicine, take a glass of milk, 20 g of butter and a tablespoon of honey. Liquid heat well, but do not boil, as when boiling all the useful flora is killed. Add honey and butter, mix well.
It is better to take medicine before going to bed. This will eliminate the dry productive cough and facilitate breathing. Therapy should last until the disappearance of painful symptoms, cleaning the bronchi from sputum. This recipe is allowed for children and pregnant women.
Milk with onion and honey from cough
A good alternative to many anti-cold pharmacy drugs is milk with onions and honey from cough. Such a medicine is allowed for adults, children and even during pregnancy.
Antitussive recipes:
- Take 200 ml of fresh milk and pour onion cut into half rings. Put the product on a slow fire and cook for 30 minutes. After cooling, strain and take ½ cup, especially before going to bed.
- Finely chop 1-2 bulbs and pour them with honey. After 2-4 hours the onion will start to give off the juice, which should be decanted. The extract is taken by a teaspoon every hour. Already on day 2-3 of this treatment, coughing attacks become softer.
- In a glass of warm milk, add ½ teaspoon onion juice and a spoonful of honey. Thoroughly mix all the ingredients and take 1/3 cup 2-3 times a day.
In addition to honey, other medicinal ingredients can be added to the onion-milk mixture. It can be propolis, herbs, oils and much more.