Syrup of licorice with dry and wet cough: how to take, dosage

Syrup can be bought at a pharmacy or cooked at home by yourself. Used to treat cough of any origin: for colds, infectious diseases, inflammatory processes. The advantage of this syrup is that it has a powerful anti-inflammatory effect, relieves irritation, promotes the transfer of dry cough to productive, moist. As a result, recovery is much faster. The syrup is sweet to the taste, children like it. Produced in dark vials, the volume of which is 100 grams.

Syrup of licorice from which cough?

Licorice is effective for various types of cough. It softens the throat well with a dry, irritating cough, removes the inflammatory process, prevents the development of the infectious process, prevents the spread of infection through the descending airways. In particular, licorice does not allow the development of the inflammatory process in the pharynx, trachea, bronchi, and even more so, lungs. It stops any cough and inflammation at the level of the nasopharynx, maximum - pharynx.

Licorice also has a positive effect and with a damp cough, because it helps to translate this type of cough into a more severe, expectorant form, at which the outflow of accumulated sputum occurs. Accordingly, the inflammatory process decreases, the cough disappears.

With a dry cough, at first glance, it may seem that there has been a deterioration, since the cough changes from an unproductive form, in which there is no coughing up, spitting out into productive form, which is accompanied by intensive sputum discharge. In this case, the victim becomes much easier, as dry cough is usually painful, prolonged, unproductive. With this form of cough expectoration, and accordingly, and relief does not occur, a person experiences constant stress, stress.

How to take licorice syrup when coughing?

A syrup can be taken in ready-made form, purchased at a pharmacy. To do this, you must thoroughly mix it before use, because all the active ingredients settle on the bottom. Then drink a tablespoon three times a day. Drink with water or dissolve in water is not recommended.

You can also drink syrup as an additive in tea, make a solution. To do this, about 2 tablespoons of syrup, in a clean, undiluted form. Mix with warm, boiled water or tea. They give the opportunity to brew for 5-10 minutes.

You can also prepare the syrup yourself. To prepare 0.5 cups of water and about 200 ml of boiled water mix, continue to stir until completely dissolved. Then put on a weak fire, then bring to a boil, then remove and add 2-3 tablespoons finely chopped or ground molasses licorice. Withstand in boiling water (insist for half an hour). Drink a tablespoon as the cough appears, 3-6 tablespoons a day. You can drink as an independent means, you can include in the complex therapy.

Actually, the extract of licorice acts as the main active substance. Additional components are sugar syrup, as well as ethyl alcohol. Licorice is also called licorice. The main components of liquorice are tannins, carbohydrates, essential oils, various acids and steroids.

They have a stimulating effect on the body, as a result of which the endocrine glands, respiratory tracts are activated, as well as phlegm is diluted, and expectoration is facilitated. Commercial syrups, which are sold in pharmacies, still contain stabilizers and preservatives in their composition. Therefore, it is advisable to prepare the syrup at home independently. Consider some recipes for syrups based on licorice root.

• Recipe number 1. Syrup of licorice with bass

Licorice blends well with badan. So, the fat-leaf banyan will quickly overcome a cold, since it has an antiviral effect, removes inflammation. Licorice roots have antibacterial action, prevent the progression of the infection. Together they prevent the development of both bacterial and viral infections, which helps to prevent the development of a pathological process along different spectrums of possible pathogenesis.

Also, the mixture has an immunostimulating effect, which is not observed when using each of the agents separately. This effect can be achieved due to the high content of tannins, glycosides, which have antiseptic properties and mutually reinforce each other's activity.

Badan additionally contains biologically active components, which saturate the body with vitamins and trace elements, due to which it is possible to achieve a general strengthening effect. From licorice roots are used. As for badana - it is better to use the old blackened leaves, which all winter lay under the snow.

To prepare the syrup, take the roots of licorice and the leaves of the ice-cream, mix in a ratio of 1: 2, then take 2-3 tablespoons of the mixture, pour boiling water, add half a glass of sugar, or as much honey. Insist for a day, I drink on a tablespoon three times a day.

• Recipe number 2. Syrup from a licorice root with a wild rosemary

To prepare the syrup, take a glass of honey, melt it in a water bath or on low heat. If necessary, add water, no more than one glass. When the honey melted, a mixture of licorice roots with flowers or leaves of a ledum is introduced. The mixture is prepared by preliminary mixing in a ratio of 1: 2, in honey it is enough to add 1-2 tablespoons. Licorice removes the inflammatory process, eliminates the infection, prevents the development of an infectious and inflammatory process.

Ameliorates and supplements these properties of wild rosemary, which is traditionally used for the treatment of catarrhal (viral) diseases, severe cough. It is used as an antiviral and antiseptic, even with such diseases as whooping cough, measles. When combined with licorice antiviral and antibacterial activity is combined, as a result of which the entire possible spectrum of pathology is covered.

Another advantage is that the mixture reduces body temperature, restores the mucous membrane, promotes wound healing and damage, so it can be used for excessive irritation of the mucous membranes, as well as for angina.

• Recipe number 3. Syrup from licorice root with cowberry ordinary

A wonderful vitaminized remedy. Licorice kills the pathogenic bacterial flora, while cowberry kills viruses, and simultaneously normalizes the microflora. This allows you to simultaneously normalize the microbiocenosis, and prevent the development of dysbiosis.

Also cowberry is used as an effective antipyretic, which quickly reduces temperature. The most valuable in cowberry are the leaves and fruits, and in the licorice - the roots.

To prepare the syrup, take the roots of licorice, cowberry leaves and cranberries in a ratio of 1: 1: 2, then from the resulting mixture take 2-3 tablespoons and fill them with a prepared syrup. To make a syrup, take a glass of water, heat it to a boil, add 2 tablespoons of honey during boiling, stir until completely dissolved. After the honey is completely dissolved, add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar, continue to stir with a light boil and constant stirring. If water boils away, it can be added in small amounts. After the honey and sugar are completely dissolved, the syrup is ready. Used in hot form for pouring a mixture of licorice and cowberry. After the licorice and lingonberries are filled with syrup, they should be insisted in a dark place for at least 24 hours. Drink on a tall spoon 3-4 times a day.

• Recipe number 4. Cough syrup with cyanosis and licorice

Cyanuja, or Altean grass, has proved itself well for the treatment of colds. Cyanosis has an antiviral effect, therefore it enhances and supplements the licorice, which has an antibacterial spectrum of activity. Also, these substances in the complex relieve the inflammatory process, prevent the phenomenon of intoxication.

To make a syrup, you need a glass of sugar for 2 cups of water. Mix, heat and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then add a tablespoon of cyanosis roots, and a tablespoon of licorice root. It is recommended to pre-stretch, soften the roots. You can even pour them with warm water for an hour with a view to softening. You can just stand in boiling water for 5 minutes, you can boil 2-3 minutes.

Thus, licorice from cough is an effective remedy that can be used both independently, in its pure form, and in the composition of other means. And these funds can not only be bought in ready form in the pharmacy. But also cook at home yourself.