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Tinctures and syrups with honey from cough
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Cough can occur for various reasons. It can be a sign of a beginning illness, a complication or a side effect of a recent illness. Cough can be a consequence of irritation of the mucous membrane of the throat and nose by various factors, including harmful production factors, dust, plant pollen or animal hair. Cough can be the result of an allergic reaction, inflammatory or infectious process. Coughing can be caused by ingestion of a foreign body, trauma, nervous disorders or the action of irritating factors on the mucous membrane. Regardless of the reasons that caused the cough, honey from a cough will always help to eliminate it.
Honey has a softening effect on the mucous membrane, relieves inflammation, eliminates irritation and pain syndromes. It can reduce the level of microbial contamination and normalize microbiocenosis, as well as reduce the viral load on the body due to immunostimulating action. Honey has antitoxic and antioxidant properties, due to which it promotes the rapid restoration of damaged mucous membranes. Due to the softening effect, honey can reduce the impact of negative factors on the throat and nose, which reduces irritation. Also, honey promotes the transition of dry, unproductive cough to productive, moist. As a result, sputum leaves faster, bronchi have less mucus, recovery is faster.
Tincture of cough from honey
Various infusions based on honey have long been used to treat many diseases, including cough and respiratory diseases. The most effective means are the infusion of honey with the addition of medicinal herbs. For the preparation of the present, approximately 100 grams of dog rose, a bunch of viburnum and a bunch of ashberry ash will be required. All components are mixed together, poured into the top of a liter can of vodka or alcohol, then add 5-6 tablespoons of honey. Stir thoroughly and allow to infuse for 2-3 days. Begin to drink 50-100 grams before eating.
Often used in alternative medicine tincture, which increases immunity and prevents the development of viral and bacterial infections. For preparation take a three-liter jar, put there about 100 grams of cranberries, 50 grams of septums and walnut shells. Add 2-3 tablespoons of dried nettle, stevia, chamomile. Pour up to the very top with vodka or alcohol. Add 100 grams of honey, mix thoroughly, allow to stand for a week (minimum). Can be stored for several years. After the drug has been taken, drink 30-50 ml before meals, 2-3 times a day.
For the preparation of tincture, which helps to soften the throat, quickly remove the cough that has arisen as a result of angina, acute inflammatory processes, take about 100 grams of sea buckthorn fruit, put in a liter jar. Add 5 grams of ginger, anise, cloves and oak bark. Pour vodka or alcohol to the very top. They give the opportunity to brew (at least 3-4 days). After this, take 1 teaspoon infusion, drink and immediately seize 2 teaspoons of honey. The course of treatment is 15-21 days.
To prepare the fourth version of tincture, take 30 grams of pine nuts, 50 grams of raisins, viburnum and raspberries. Add the leaves of sage and nettle (about 2-3 tablespoons). Pour vodka or alcohol. Insist for 2-3 days. Before using take a glass or glass, put 1 tablespoon of honey on the bottom, pour 40-50 g of tincture, sprinkle with a pinch of ground ginger and ground cinnamon. Stir thoroughly, drink at a time. You can take another spoonful of honey.
Positive results in the treatment of cough are noted in the treatment of tincture from "breastfeeding". Buy in the pharmacy "Breast Collection" - a collection of plants, intended for the treatment of bronchitis, cough. Approximately 2-3 tablespoons of the collection are poured into 500 ml of vodka or alcohol, add about 50 grams of honey, mix thoroughly, allow to stand for 3-4 days. After this, you can take 2-3 tablespoons three times a day.
To prepare the expectorant collection, you will need a glass of viburnum, 2 tablespoons of the following plants: linden flowers, plantain leaves, grass spores, 2-3 medium leaves of mother-and-stepmother. Pour vodka or alcohol, add 50 ml of honey, allow to infuse for 1-2 days. You can drink 1-2 tablespoons three times a day.
With a strong, spastic cough that does not allow you to fall asleep, and also when you cough, which is caused by stress, neuro-psychic overexertion is also recommended herbal infusion.
To prepare the infusion take 5 grams of herb Leonurus and valerian officinalis, add 2-3 tablespoons of sleep-grass (willow-tea). Pour vodka or alcohol, give the opportunity to brew for 2-3 days. Then add the honey, mix thoroughly, insist another 5-6 hours. They drink in the evening, before going to bed, or in the afternoon, if a day's sleep is planned. Take a glass, put on the bottom 1 tablespoon of honey, pour 3-4 tablespoons of infusion, add one teaspoon of squeezed lemon juice. Stir thoroughly, drink at a time, cover with a warm blanket, go to bed for at least 3-4 hours. After you wake up, you need to eat one tablespoon of honey and a slice of lemon.
Cough syrup with honey
Cough syrups can not only be bought at the pharmacy, but also prepared at home by yourself. The most effective are syrups, cooked on the basis of honey. Below are the recipes for syrups, which are widely used for cough relief, recovery from long-term colds and infectious diseases.
Honey-lemon syrup saturates the body with essential vitamins, antioxidants, soothes pain and eliminates cough. To prepare the syrup, you need about 450 grams of honey and about 2-3 large lemons. It must be melt in a water bath. Then put in a tank with boiling water a whole lemon. Boil until tender, about 4-5 minutes. Then the lemon must be removed, cooled and divided into 4 parts. Place the slices in honey, and begin to simmer on low heat. The quenching takes about an hour.
After that, we remove the lemon and seeds. The mixture must be cooled and placed in a sealed container. Keep it in the refrigerator, shelf life - for 2-3 months. Adults drink 1 tablespoon, children - one teaspoon three times a day.
Anise syrup with honey cough
This is an effective tool that quickly eliminates moist cough, stagnation of mucus in the lungs and bronchi, reduces the swelling of the mucous membrane. For the preparation of anise syrup, take 1 teaspoon of anise seeds, thoroughly grind in a mortar, pour a glass of boiling water and allow to infuse for about half an hour. After the seed has completely settled, the medium is transferred to a slow fire and begins to boil for an hour. Gradually introduce small portions of honey, stirring it thoroughly. After the honey is completely dissolved, we place the syrup in the dishes, with a dense, hermetically sealed lid. We store in the refrigerator for about 2-3 months. Take when the first signs of coughing, rales in 1 teaspoon to children and on a tablespoon of adults. You can take up to three times a day, as soon as a cough appears.
Syrup of shandrah with honey
This syrup is used for a strong cough, cold, bronchitis. Has a powerful expectorant effect. To prepare the syrup, take about 2-3 tablespoons of Shandra leaves dry, pour about 400-500 ml of boiling water. Insist for 10-15 minutes, after which the infusion is filtered. Then add about 150 grams of honey to the remaining broth, mix thoroughly. If necessary, heat in a water bath until the honey dissolves completely. Then put in a sealed container, stored in a refrigerator. Take 15-30 ml at a time, the frequency of the receptions can be up to 3-4 times a day.
Honey-onion syrup is used for a strong cough, which for a long time does not pass and can not be treated by conventional means. Also, it is effective in whooping cough, a child's night cough.
For cooking, you need to take a common onion (1 large onion). The onion must be peeled, finely chopped, placed in a small jar with a lid. After this, the onions are poured with honey. By volume, onions and honey should match each other, the onion should be completely covered with honey. Cover the dishes with a lid, give the opportunity to brew. After that, you can take the resulting syrup 1 teaspoon 2-3 times a day.
Lemon-ginger syrup with honey makes it possible to quickly get rid of cough. Usually such a syrup helps with prolonged cough, dry and unproductive. It promotes the transition of this cough to the wet one, at which the sputum goes away. Slime and sputum very quickly clear the bronchi, are out. Accordingly, the inflammation and the infection process are removed.
Cough syrup with honey
Expectorant properties of plantain are known for a long time. It promotes intensive sputum discharge, heals wounds and mucous membrane damages.
To prepare a decoction of plantain, 10-12 leaves of plantain and 500 ml of water will be needed. The leaves are washed, crushed, placed in a bowl and filled with water. Bring to a boil, then set aside. Allow to cool slightly, add 4-5 tablespoons of honey, then carefully mix until the honey dissolves completely. Drink half the glass three times a day.
Similarly, infusion of plantain is prepared. 10-12 sheets are ground, pour 500 ml of vodka or alcohol. They give the opportunity to brew for 3-4 days, after which they start drinking 2-3 tablespoons three times a day.
The leaves must only be freshly ripped off, the dry ones do not fit. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare such syrup only in the summer and it is possible to store for the winter. It takes 1-2 years in a refrigerator or cellar. For cooking, you need to take about a kilogram of plantain leaves, chop them, fill the bottom with cans. Top about the same amount of sugar. Then the layers alternate: one layer of leaves, another layer of sugar. Then you need to put the jar in a cold dark place. There will be a syrup, it needs to be drained as it appears. Pour the syrup into small glass jars or vials, tightly clog. Store in a cool place. The production of such syrup may take from 1 to 3 months. Drink at the appearance of a cough for 1 tablespoon three times a day.
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