Alternative remedies for the common cold in pregnancy
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Alternative remedies for the common cold in pregnancy are mostly juice and herbal medicinal herbs, used as drops for instillation or solutions for washing the nose.
Runny nose during pregnancy is best treated with alternative proven methods - as they say, according to "grandmother's" recipes. However, any procedure based on alternative medicine, the expectant mother should always be discussed with the attending physician in order to avoid undesirable consequences, in particular, the occurrence of allergies to some natural ingredients.
As natural drops you can try apple or carrot juice. The procedure for instilling a nose with fresh juice should be done three times a day, using 6-7 drops for each nasal passage. With a strong runny nose, soda-tannin drops with a softening effect can be used. For their preparation, 1 teaspoon of black tea should be brewed in a glass of boiling water, and then evaporated for 15 minutes. Decoction to filter, add to it 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Bury the nose with this solution with a pipette three times a day for 10 drops in each nasal passage. To instill a nose with a strong cold, a Kalanchoe plant is used that has a powerful antimicrobial effect. Drops are made from a crushed plant with the addition of a small amount of boiled water into the resulting slurry. Treatment is carried out for a week, by digesting the liquid three times a day, a few drops into each nasal passage.
Garlic drops are very effective in viral cold. For their preparation use a clove of garlic, which must be crushed thoroughly, poured with cooled boiled water, insist for half an hour, and then dig in the received liquid into both nostrils. To raise the immunity used beet juice, diluted in equal proportions with boiled water. The solution should be insisted for 2 hours, then strain and bury in the nose on a whole pipette in each nostril twice a day.
Kalanchoe from a cold in pregnancy
Runny nose during pregnancy is effectively treated with the help of a long-proven alternative recipe - drops from the medicinal plant Kalanchoe. This plant has bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, as well as wound-healing properties. In the Kalanchoe juice contains a number of useful macro and microelements (iron, copper, calcium, silicon, magnesium, etc.), polysaccharides, vitamin C, tannins, flavonoids, various enzymes and organic acids. Kalanchoe greatly facilitates the condition with nasal congestion and helps quickly get rid of the annoying cold. In addition, the plant strengthens the immune system, preventing the emergence of new colds.
Kalanchoe from a cold in pregnancy is used in the form of freshly prepared drops from the leaves of this amazing plant. First, the leaves must be crushed, then squeeze the juice and dilute it with 1 teaspoon of boiled water. Then the solution should be poured into a glass container and applied as drops, digging in the nose three times a day for a week. Freshly prepared Kalanchoe juice can also be used to wipe the nasal passages. Usually, this remedy is used for a beginning cold. Thus, the swelling of the mucosa decreases, and the discharge from the nose decreases significantly.
To prepare a solution used as a drop, you can mix in equal proportions the juice of two equally effective medicinal plants - aloe and calanchoe, and also add onions. Decoction of Kalanchoe has a softer effect. With inflammatory and catarrhal diseases, the juice of this curative plant is added to the fresh broth of St. John's Wort and Melissa, and then taken inwards. A mixture of juice from Kalanchoe with honey bees has an excellent anti-inflammatory and anti-catarrh action.
Aloe from a cold in pregnancy
Runny nose during pregnancy can be cured with the help of long-proven recipes for alternative medicine, in particular, through the use of various medicinal plants. For example, aloe (popularly referred to as "the century") has unique healing properties and is often used in prescriptions of alternative medicine as a means with a pronounced antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.
Aloe is an excellent biostimulator. It contains vitamins of groups A, B, C, E, about 20 amino acids, and also a whole complex of useful microelements. Aloe juice helps to reduce toxic substances in the body, has bactericidal and restoring properties, accelerates the healing of wounds.
Aloe from the common cold in pregnancy is used in the form of freshly squeezed juice, which has the greatest nutritional and curative value. Before use, the aloe leaf should be thoroughly rinsed, wrapped in tissue paper and "sent" for a couple of days in the refrigerator. Thus, useful substances are activated in the leaflet, and the level of treatment will be much higher. It should be noted that when choosing an aloe leaf for treatment, it is necessary to give preference to one that has a rather fleshy appearance and a slightly dried tip. A three-year-old aloe plant contains much more antioxidants, vitamins and minerals than in a young one.
To prepare tincture from aloe, it is necessary to crush a leaf of an aloe in a blender or on a grater. The resulting mass should be put in a small container, and then pour alcohol and stand for 10 days. With a cold and cold, such a tincture of aloe will help restore strength. In the autumn-winter season, this remedy can be used as an effective preventive agent. Pregnant need to use tincture for instillation of the nose, previously diluted with water in a proportion of 1: 1. With abundant discharge from the nose, it is sufficient to use 2 drops in each nasal passage. If you overdo it with the use of this solution, you can cause dryness of the mucosa or get a burn of internal sinuses.
Aloe from the rhinitis during pregnancy acts instantly after it gets into the nose. Under the influence of such a natural antibiotic, toxins are neutralized, so that the infection stops multiplying. After procedures of instillation of the nose with fresh aloe juice, the edema of the nasal passages disappears, the nasal congestion disappears, the nasal breathing becomes more free. However, it is worth remembering that the excessive use of juice or an extract of aloe can cause burning or irritation of the mucosa.
A good effect is a mixture for instillation, made from fresh juice of aloe, lemon juice and honey. You can use a gauze swab dipped in a solution of aloe, dog rose, eucalyptus and honey. It should be poured into the nostrils for a few minutes. Runny nose and nasal congestion from the use of this drug are quite fast. When using aloe, it is necessary to remember that its excessive amount can provoke muscle contractions of the uterus. Therefore, before using this plant in order to get rid of the common cold, the expectant mother should consult a doctor.
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Onion from the cold in pregnancy
Runny nose during pregnancy, you can try to cure the old proven methods, which used in their practice, even our great-grandmothers. Recipes of alternative medicine, in which natural natural ingredients are used, are among the most effective and safe. This also applies to onions, whose useful properties are known long ago. It's all about the phytoncids that are present in this vegetable. These volatile substances have a harmful effect on pathogens and bacteria. In addition, onions contain carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, saponins, pantothenic acid, organic acids. This amazing vegetable contains biologically active and nitrogenous substances, mineral salts (iron, iodine, potassium, phosphorus), essential oil, phytin, sulfur-containing compounds, as well as cellulose and bactericidal crystalline substances. Onions have antiviral, antimicrobial, antifungal, wound-healing, restorative action. It effectively destroys the infection and stimulates immunity.
It is proved that only a small piece of onion during chewing is capable of killing all microbes in the oral cavity. Thanks to the anti-inflammatory effect, the onion will help to cope with the first symptoms of colds and acute respiratory infections, including a runny nose.
The onion from the cold in pregnancy is used at the initial stages of the onset of this cold symptom. Moreover, this vegetable can be used both in raw form and for inhalation. One of the most common and simplest uses for onions is inhalation in pairs. To do this, chop the onions, pour boiling water, and then inhale the vapors soaked in biofetoncids. The result will not take long to wait - just a few such procedures to ensure that the future mother felt a significant relief.
A large fresh bulb can be grinded, spread on a flat surface and inhaled the allocated onion pairs until the odor is exhausted. For greater benefit, the onion is recommended to be mixed during the procedure.
Runny nose during pregnancy is well treated with the help of home-made drops of onions. To do this, take a piece of onion and grate it on a fine grater. The resulting squeeze to squeeze, add a little vegetable oil in it and dig in the nasal passages 2 drops at night. You can repeat the procedure in the morning. Such a solution "pierces" the stuffy nose almost immediately, thereby facilitating the state of the future mother.
To treat rhinitis in pregnant women, you can use another prescription drops: 2 tbsp. Spoon the chopped onion with warm water (50 ml), and add half a teaspoon of honey to the resulting mixture, insist for half an hour, then dig in the nasal passages 3-5 drops each.
The nasal mucosa can be treated with a special remedy made from onions. Half the bulbs should be grated on a fine grater and poured with vegetable oil. Stir the mixture for 6-8 hours, and then strain. With the help of a gauze tampon, it is possible to process nasal passages 2-3 times a day.
Severe nasal obstruction interferes with the full breathing of the pregnant woman, so it is so important to unlock the nasal passages as quickly as possible. For this purpose, you can use a piece of a bulb that you just need to chew properly in your mouth for a couple of minutes. This procedure will allow ventilating phytocidal vapors nasal passages from the inside. In this case, there is no need to swallow onions, it is enough to chew it and spit it. If necessary, rinse your mouth with water. Then repeat the procedure by taking another piece of the bulb and repeating the manipulation. In total for the procedure it is enough to use a quarter of a bulb.
An effective alternative remedy with a strong cold in pregnancy - inhalation in pairs of onions. Fresh bulb should be grinded well, and then the resulting mixture must be stirred and simultaneously inhale the secreted onion pairs that have a powerful anti-inflammatory effect. This procedure should be done twice a day.
Runny nose during pregnancy is well treated with the help of essential oils. Mixed in the same amount of oil from peppermint and eucalyptus must be diluted with a few drops of boiled water, and then apply the liquid on the nasal mucosa. Essential oils perfectly remove the edema, do not give the mucous to dry out, and also have a pronounced antiseptic effect.