Treatment of influenza with folk remedies
Influenza is an acute infectious, rapidly spreading disease characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations, with the defeat of the respiratory organon, nervous, and sometimes cardiovascular system. The causative agent of influenza is a virus that is transmitted from person to person by airborne droplets.
This is an acute viral infectious airway disease. In the body, the viruses enter with the inhaled air through the mouth and nasopharynx. Outbreaks of influenza often take the form of epidemics, covering at times the whole world( pandemics).
Children are most often affected by the flu, for them and the elderly, it is especially dangerous.
Symptoms: The main manifestations of influenza is a significant increase in body temperature, characteristic aches in the whole body, severe headache, both with food poisoning, and muscle pain. More about the symptoms, see here.
The disease begins acutely and violently. The first signs of influenza are caused by severe toxicosis.
Chills, sharp headache with predominant localization in the frontal and temporal regions and in the region of the brow ridges, high temperature( 38.5-40.0 ° C), severe muscle pain, especially in the limbs and back, pains in the bones and joints(aches all over the body), eye movement, photophobia, sweating, considerable weakness, dizziness and noise in the ears, a slight decrease in appetite;a feeling of dryness and perspiration in the throat, dry cough and, possibly, painful, dryness and stuffiness in the nose with the phenomena of obstructed nasal breathing are also characteristic. When examining patients, the pronounced reddening of the face and conjunctivitis, reddening of the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx, soft and hard palate, sometimes reveals granulation on the mucosa of the soft palate and pinpoint hemorrhages.
During illness, patients are often irritated, children are capricious. Patients may suffer from insomnia. All this is a consequence of an early and significant toxicosis of the body. In the next day or two, these symptoms remain of the same intensity or increase. Sometimes there are nosebleeds, herpes around the nasal apertures or on the lips, as well as a slight runny nose and watery eyes. The temperature remains high, assuming a constant character, but it can also fluctuate between the morning and evening in the range of 1.5-2.5 "C.
The febrile period in uncomplicated influenza usually lasts from 1 to 6 days, after which the temperature is set to normal, oftenwith an increase in sweating, the general condition, appetite, sleep improve, the headache and other symptoms of the disease disappear, but there is a general weakness. After 4 to 6 days, complete recovery occurs
In some patients, a day or two after a decrease in temperature worseninga general condition, a fever, a loss of appetite, a process that is now developing due to the appearance of complications, usually secondary pneumonia, sinusitis, sinusitis, otitis, tonsillitis, etc. One of the major complications of influenza is influenza cereus associated with the development of edema of the mucosalarynx
As soon as the first symptoms of influenza manifest themselves, you should immediately consult a doctor: only he can prescribe adequate medication. Do not take antibiotics on your own, because they do not have any effect on viruses, and therefore are useless for influenza. But to lubricate the picture of the disease and make it difficult for the doctor to make a diagnosis they can.
What's going on? The onset of the disease is the so-called "dry" period, received its name due to the absence of cough and a cold. It can last from several hours to several days. The longer it takes, the more severe the disease. Then begins a cough with mucous phlegm, a runny nose, sweating and a strong general weakness.
Influenza pathogens belong to the family of orthomixoviruses, the genus Influenzavirus, which includes two types of influenza viruses: A and B. Influenza viruses contain RNA and an outer shell containing two Ag( hemagglutinin and neuramidinase) that can change their properties, especially in influenza virus typeA. For the diagnosis of the disease using the method of immunofluorescence( direct and indirect), which allows to detect the influenza virus in the upper respiratory tract or nasal swabs detachable( sensitivity - 58-100%, specificity - 88-100%), as well as detection of NP-Ar(nucleoprotein protein associated with RNA) or M-protein( the main protein of a virus particle) of the influenza virus by ELISA( sensitivity - 40-100%, specificity - 52-100%).
DSC or ELISA is used to detect AT against influenza viruses. At RBC, the study is carried out at the beginning of the disease( 1-2 days) and after 5-7 days, diagnostic increase in the AT titer is considered to be no less than 4 times in the study of paired sera.
The ELISA method is more sensitive( according to the reports of different authors, from 39% to 100%) and very high specificity. As with RSK, for the use in the diagnostic purposes of ELISA it is necessary to compare the content of AT in the serum samples obtained from patients at the beginning and at the end of the disease.
The determination of AT content for influenza A and B virus is used to diagnose acute respiratory viral infections, assess the intensity of post-vaccination immunity, diagnose influenza A and B.
What should I do? Since the beginning of the flu, it is good to take immunomodulators, that is, drugs that increase immunity, which strengthen the body's resistance to the virus. This, for example, is a preparation such as cycloferon. It is good to take and as a preventive during the flu epidemic. Good assistants in the fight against influenza and for its prevention are rimantadine, cytovir and arbidol. By the way, arbidol is listed among the four main drugs that suppress the virus of the so-called "bird flu".In addition to arbidol, this four includes remantadine, ribavirin and tomiflu. In the first days of flu, the patient needs warmth, hot tea with lemon or raspberry jam, warm milk. You can dig in the nose of interferon. At high temperatures it is useful to drink freshly squeezed grapefruit juice or lemon juice.
For mild and moderate forms of the disease, treatment is carried out at home with the observance of bed rest, plenty of drinking( tea, juices, milk, mineral water), a sparing diet.
From antifungal agents in the first two days of the disease, rimantadine is prescribed.
It is also recommended to inject into the nasal passages with a cotton swab 2-3 times a day 0.25% oxolin ointment and instill leukocyte interferon - 3 drops in each nasal passage 1-2 hours within 2-3 days.
In cases of nasal congestion and runny nose 5-10 minutes before the administration of oxoline or interferon, a 5% solution of ephedrine is injected 5 drops into each nasal passage. You can also use sanorin, naphthyzine, galazoline( contraindicated in hypertension, tachycardia, severe atherosclerosis).
Assign also analgesic and antipyretic agents: acetylsalicylic acid, amidopyrine, analgin, phenobarbital( luminal), barbamyl, etc. You can also use the complex in the form of antigrippin( aspirin-ascorbic acid - rutin-dimedrol - lactate calcium) 2 powders 3 times aday. Treatment is carried out under the supervision of a doctor.
Treatment of patients with severe influenza is carried out in a hospital.
• bed rest and rest;
• fresh onions and garlic( also for prophylaxis);
• raspberries( tea, juice, syrup);
• Cowberry( berries berries, infusion of leaves and twigs);
• currant( berries with boiling water and sugar, decoction of branches, tea from leaves);
• Mustard( pour dry mustard into your socks and walk with it or put on the heels of mustard plasters);
• Aloe( bury freshly squeezed juice in the nose with a cold).
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Vegetable oil - 500 ml, lemon - 1 piece, garlic - 3 cloves, dry mustard - 0,5 tsp.
Add the lemon juice to the butter, mix thoroughly. Peel the garlic, finely chop and mix with mustard. Mix mustard and garlic with lemon juice and sunflower oil. Pour the finished oil into a jar and, before using, shake well.
Drink 1 tsp 2 times a day before meals.
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Flour - 1 tbsp.spoon( for a child - 2 Z. spoons), fresh dry mustard - 1 tbsp.spoon, calendula oil - 1 tbsp.spoon, honey( better than lime) - 1 tbsp.spoon, vodka - 1,5 tbsp.spoons.
All components are mixed and heated in a water bath.
The resultant mixture( it is thick enough) is placed on a layer of gauze folded into four layers and applied to the chest - to the place where rales are heard. Place a piece of oilcloth on top and wrap around a warm kerchief or scarf. Repeat the procedure several days in a row before going to bed.
In fact, this plaster is like a yellow card, but it is more effective and helps to get rid of even a chronic cough.
1 st.spoon of honey, 1 tbsp.spoon of dog rose, 1 tbsp.spoon of currant, 1 tbsp.spoon of raspberry, pour boiling water 100 ml. To sustain 15 minutes.
Drink 3 times a day for 0,5 glasses before meals.
A mixture of grated garlic with natural honey in a ratio of 1: 1( take a tablespoon of the mixture inside for a night, with boiled water) is a good remedy for folk medicine with the phenomena of vasomotor rhinitis.
With influenza, fortified wine, such as Cahors, works very well. Treatment begins with the first symptoms of the disease, since the earlier you resort to this remedy, the more likely and sooner it will help you.
Required: 1/2 l red fortified wine, 2 tbsp.l.honey, spices( cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves), 50 g raisins.
Method of preparation. Pour the wine into an enamel saucepan, put on moderate fire. Add spices, honey and raisins to the wine. Stir constantly. When the wine begins to boil, immediately remove it from the heat, not leading to a boil.
How to use. Drink a drink in a hot form in small sips 1-2 hours before eating. In one meal, drink 1/2 cup. Children can also give this drink, the portion should be 1-3 st.l.2 times a day. The course of treatment is 5 days.
As a valuable multivitamin for the treatment and prevention of influenza, a combination of red wine of high quality( for example, Cahors) with sea-buckthorn krug is used. Seabuckthorn berries contain a huge amount of vitamins C, group B, sugars, organic acids and carotene. To improve immunity in infectious diseases of the respiratory tract, syrup from sea-buckthorn, mixed with red wine, is especially suitable.
Requires: 1/2 l of cahors or other red wine of good quality, 100 g of sea-buckthorn syrup.
Method of preparation. Preheat the wine almost to the boil 1 mix with sea-buckthorn syrup in a ratio of 1 part syrup to 5 parts wine.
Method of use. The resulting mixture drink in hot form by 1/4 cup each time after eating for 1-2 weeks.
As a preventive and restorative means for influenza and parainfluenza, a rose hip syrup is recommended that contains a large amount of vitamins C and P and other valuable substances. The combination of rose hip syrup with red wine is an excellent remedy.
Requires: 1/2 l red wine, 300 g syrup from hips.
Method of preparation. Wine heat at low heat to 60-80 ° C.The syrup is very difficult to make at home, so it's better to buy it at the pharmacy. Combine hot wine with rose hip syrup in a ratio of 1: 1.
How to use. Take hot 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day after meals. Children give 1 tbsp.l.3 times a day after meals. The course of treatment is 10 days.
With the flu, the following tools will help you.
1. Requires: 250 grams of vodka, 30 g of root fighter.
Method of preparation. Scrub the root on a fine grater, pour it with vodka and close the lid tightly. Leave the tincture for a week, then strain the composition, pour into a bottle and put in a cool place. Tincture long retains its medicinal qualities.
How to use. Rub your back and chest overnight for a week.
2. Required: 250 grams of vodka, 1 bitter pepper, cloves. Method of preparation. Put pepper in a container of vodka and let it brew for 2-3 weeks, then add a little cloves.
How to use. At the first signs of the disease, drink 1/2 cup of pepper at night and wrap yourself well in a blanket. If sweat persists, change clothes and bed linen. The next night, repeat the procedure. As a rule, this double application is enough to stop the disease.
3. Requires: 250 grams of vodka, 20 grams of birch leaves lined.
Method of preparation. Leave the birch leaves with vodka and close the lid tightly. Allow the staff to stand for 2 weeks. Then pour the tincture into a bottle and put in the refrigerator. The solution retains its healing properties for a long time.
How to use. Drink 3 times a day after eating 1 tbsp.l.in, for 1 week.
4. Requires: 250 g of vodka, 2 tbsp.l.honey, black pepper peas.
Method of preparation. Pour the vodka into the enameled way, add the honey, a few peas and put it on the slow!fire. Bring the solution to a boil, remove it C cool slightly.
How to use. At the first signs of influenza, take) 1/2 cup of formula for the night. Drink it as follows] after taking a small sip, as long as possible hold it in your
mouth and then swallow. After drinking this tincture, go to bed, covered with a warm blanket.
As an anti-inflammatory agent, tincture of Manchu aralia can be used.
5. Requires: 250 grams of vodka, 30 g of Manchu root of Aralia.
Method of preparation. Scrub the root on a small grater, pour with vodka, insist 30 days. Then strain the composition, pour it into a bottle and put it in a cool place.
Method of use. Take 1 tsp.2 times a day after meals throughout the illness.
The following balm will help your body cope with the infection.
6. Required: 1/3 cup vodka, 20 g butter and Venetian turpentine, 10 grams of beeswax( not melted) and rose water, 5 grams of red sandal in powder, 1 g of camphor in powder.
Method of preparation. Oil, beeswax, rose water, vodka and sandalwood mix thoroughly, put the mixture on fire. Boil it for 30 minutes, stirring with a wooden spatula. Add the Venetian turpentine and continue stirring for another 1 min, then remove the mixture from the fire. Cool and add to camphor, mix again and, filtering through a fine strainer, pour the liquid into another vessel. When the balsam freezes, cut it crosswise. This is done so that the liquid particles settle to the bottom. Then transfer it to the glazed earthenware pot and put it in a cool place.
Method of use. Rub on the night for the duration of the illness.
Home methods of prevention and treatment of the flu - a great variety. The famous healer Lyudmila Kim, in order to "resist" during the epidemic, recommends thrice a day before meals to take the infusion obtained after several minutes of boiling a glass of water from 1 tbsp.spoon of calendula flowers. Her recipe - aged three days in the dark infusion of 2 lemons( pitted) and 2 heads of garlic, crushed, and then diluted in 1 liter of water. Daily intake of this mixture from autumn to spring for 1 tbsp.spoon on an empty stomach protects against the flu the entire period of a possible epidemic.
Some people prefer to use oats decoction, which is rich in biological stimulants. Wash a glass of washed oats with a liter of boiling milk and simmer in a water bath until one glass of liquid is left. If you drink this broth during the day with small sips, the throat warms up well, and if you add a spoonful of honey, then any one even catching the flu in a day will be forgotten. Instead of oats, you can take a couple of spoons of sage. Sweated and antipyretic decoctions from flowers of linden and berries of a guelder-rose, peppermint, and also berries of a raspberry, berries and leaves of a cowberry are widely known. Boiling 5-10 minutes 2 tbsp.spoons of raw materials in 2 glasses of water, drink hot onions at night.
But, perhaps, the most active folk remedy is the black currant in all types with hot water and sugar. You can even use branches in winter. Finely breaking, a handful of them boil in 4 glasses of water, and then soar for 4 hours and drink at night a warm vvar. Similarly come with the branches of raspberries, and berries syrup especially helps with coughing.
By the way, dry cough with flu is soothed by warm carrot juice with sugar( 1: 1).It is taken 5-6 times a day for 1 tbsp.spoon. And also recommend to drink together with honey the juice of a radish or turnip, formed in a hole cut in the root.
It is very useful during the epidemic to wash your nose often with warm water and salt, or by adding 9-10 drops of iodine to a glass of water. Against the common cold, home remedies are also used, such as aloe and calanchoe juice( 1-2 drops per nose) and grated onions with vegetable oil, the mixture of which lubricates each nostril.
Three-time ten-minute compress from grated onion wrapped in 2 layers of gauze and laid on the lower part of the nose, regular sniffing of freshly cut onions and garlic - all this phytoncide "war" will save you from the impending flu threat.
Take for the rule in the epidemic "season" for prophylactic chewing rhizome rhizomes, and at dinner there is finely chopped onions with sour cream( 1: 1).If you already feel unwell, then you can offer an easy "preventive" soup. Wrap 2-3 cloves of garlic in a cabbage leaf and squeeze together with a large tomato and 2 stalks of celery. Pour the resulting juice into a saucepan, add finely chopped cabbage leaf and heat the mixture. Eat with croutons.
Rural gynecologists offer in case of illness and high temperature 3-6 days fasting, then 3-4 days of vegetarian diet, where carrot juice always enters.
When symptoms of influenza appear, among the great number of teas, drink from 30 g of elecampane, boiling for 15 minutes in 0.5 liters of water. In a strained broth, you must add a teaspoon of honey and two - lemon juice.
The fact that you need to soar your feet in a mustard bath and pour dry mustard into your socks, of course, everyone knows. But few people heard of such an ancient znacharian daily procedure, like a teaspoon of makhorka, placed under the tongue for an hour. But in vain. Try it, and no epidemic will be terrible for you. Prevention of the disease: during the epidemic daily take multivitamin preparations "Hexavit", "Undevit", "Decadevit" for 1 pills 3 times a day after meals. You can use antiviral agents like oxolin ointment and rimantadine. It is useful to do inhalation with baking soda. Hardening, water procedures.
• At the first sign of this most unpleasant illness, take a tablespoon of sea salt, a tablespoon of red pepper, stir and pour a glass of boiling water.
• Add half a cup of homemade cider vinegar to the cooled mixture.
• Take a quarter teaspoon every few hours.
Can be taken as a preventive measure before the flu epidemic and during it.
1. The most active agent for influenza - black currant in all types, with hot water and sugar ( up to 4 glasses per day).Even in winter, you can prepare a decoction of currant sprigs).It is necessary to break small twigs and brew them a full handful of four glasses of water. Boil a minute, and then soar for 4 hours. Drink at night in bed in a very warm form 2 cups with sugar. Carry out such treatment twice.
2. At the first signs of the disease, it is necessary to cut a large fresh bulb, and then sniff and inhale the onion pairs, repeating 3-4 times a day. In between these procedures, water the cotton wool in the crushed fresh garlic and put it deeper into the nose;Inward take garlic drops ( 1 drop on the tongue, smearing all over the mouth, then swallow).To make drops, crush two heads of garlic( 100 g), pour a glass of vodka and shake well. Treatment to spend 3-4 days.
3. It is recommended at lunch there is every day finely chopped onion with sour cream.
4. As a preventive tool during the epidemic, as well as with the disease , there is fresh garlic ( 2-3 teeth daily), and inhale garlic pairs.
5. A good sweatshop and antipyretic is raspberry, which can also be used in different kinds. Fresh juice with sugar is a good refreshing drink for febrile patients. Syrup of berries can be drunk from cough and sore throat.
6. Infusion of dried raspberry fruit. Spoon a tablespoon of fruit with a glass of boiling water. Insist 20 minutes. Drink a glass of hot infusion 2 times a day.
7. Raspberry fruit - 1 part, linden flowers - 1 part.
A tablespoon of the mixture pour a glass of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Drink a glass of hot infusion as a diaphoretic.
8. Raspberry fruit - 1 part, linden flowers - 1 part, leaves of the mother-and-stepmother - 1 part, anise fruits - 1 part, willow bark - 1 part.
A tablespoon of the ground mixture should be brewed with a glass of boiling water, insist 20 minutes, strain. Drink a glass of hot infusion overnight with the flu-like condition as a diaphoretic.
9. Raspberry fruit - 1 piece, leaves of the mother-and-stepmother - 2 pieces, oregano grass - 1 part.
Tablespoon of a mixture to make a glass of boiling water, to insist 20 minutes, drain. Drink 1/2 cup of hot infusion - 3-4 times a day as a diaphoretic.
10. Raspberry fruit - 1 piece, mother-and-stepmother sheet - 2 pieces, oregano grass - 2 pieces, raspberry leaf - 2 pieces.
A tablespoon of the ground mixture should be brewed with 2 cups of boiling water, boiled for 5-10 minutes.on low heat, strain. Drink 1/2 cup of hot broth 3-4 times daily before meals as a diaphoretic and expectorant.
11. Infusion of wormwood. 15-20 g of Poland insist on 0.5 liter of vodka. The longer you insist, the better, but not less than 24 hours. Drink from 100 to 200 ml( individual dosage) 3 times a day for 15 minutes.before meals and again before bed.
12. Pour dried powder of mustard into stockings and put on the patient. Stockings are best to take woolen and long. Walk in these stockings for several days.
13. Soak woolen cloth with a mixture of vinegar, olive oil and camphor. Apply it to your chest at night. Put on the back of a compress of grated horseradish.
14. In case of a cold, drip fresh aloe juice ( centenarius) into the nose 3-5 drops into each nostril. After instillation, massage the wings of the nose.
As folk remedies that help restore strength after the illness, folk medicine recommends: infusions of rose hips, infusions of currants black, leaves of wild strawberry, celery roots, decoction of juniper fruits.
1. Immediately begin 3-6-day fasting, then 3-4 days - diet from carrot juice, raw vegetables and fruits. When fasting, frequent drinking is necessary. When starting fasting, carefully clean the rectum with an enema. Doing daily.
2. In case of influenza with the phenomena of vasomotor rhinitis, the old tried folk remedy - honey-garlic mixture in the ratio 1: 1.Take it at night, washed down with boiled water.
3. With flu, you can dig into the nasal cavity of any liquid ointment( liniment) with propolis.
4. In order not to get sick during the epidemic, needs honey every day with the addition of 1% propolis and 2% royal jelly. It is proven that the risk of contracting the flu is reduced fourfold.
The famous healer Lyudmila Kim, who studied the experience of Korean and Russian traditional medicine, advises on the flu:
1. The main thing is prevention! To "resist" in an epidemic, one tablespoon of calendula flowers should be filled with a glass of boiling water and boiled for a few minutes. Infuse for an hour, strain and take 1-2 tablespoons before meals 3 times a day.
2. Fresh onion grate. The resulting mass is put on two layers of gauze. The compress is applied to the lower part of the nose, previously lubricated with sunflower oil( to avoid irritation).A three-fold repetition of the procedure during the day helps to prevent the flu.
3. 2 pitted lemon on the grater. To grind as 2 heads of garlic. Stir the mass and pour a liter of boiled water. Soak 3 days in a dark place at room temperature. Infusion strain, put in the refrigerator and take a tablespoon on an empty stomach. Preventive maintenance should be applied from early autumn to late spring. The effect is stable.
4. When the outbreak of flu begins, should be washed with warm water with the addition of iodine tincture ( 9-10 drops of iodine per glass) or warm water with salt. This water is drawn into the nose several times. So, by the way, the genyantritis is treated also.
5. Every 2-3 hours with a cold or started flu, needs to take a tablespoon of onion juice ( for children it can be mixed with honey),
1 medium sized, purified bulb, 1 tbsp.a spoonful of sugar, 1 liter of water.
Method of preparation.
Cut the onion in half, pour boiling water, add sugar and insist for 20 minutes.
How to use.
Take 2 tbsp.spoon 3 times a day.
Required: 100 grams of radish, carrots, 40 ml of sunflower oil, 2 tbsp.spoons of sour cream.
Method of preparation.
Grate carrot and radish, add sour cream and butter.
How to use.
Eat during the day.
Required:
2 tbsp.spoons of berries and leaves of cowberry, berries and leaves of strawberries, honey, 1 liter of water.
Method of preparation.
Ingredients to mix, 1 tbsp. Spoon the mixture with pour boiling water, bring to a boil. In the resulting broth add honey to taste.
How to use.
Take 1 glass 3-4 times a day.
Requires:
1 glass of black currant berries, 250 ml of vodka.
Method of preparation.
Berries pour vodka, insist for 30 days in a dark place, periodically shaken.
Method of use.
Take 20 ml 2-3 times a day.
Required:
4 tbsp.spoon of raspberries, 400 ml of water.
Method of preparation.
Raspberry pour boiling water, drain.
Method of use.
Take 4 times a day for 1/2 cup in a warm form.
Requires:
30 ml of cranberry juice, 100 g of peeled potatoes, 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Method of preparation.
Potatoes grate, squeeze the juice, then keep the juice for 2 hours, mix with cranberry juice, add sugar.
Method of use.
Accepted on 1/2 st.spoon 3 times a day.
An effective way to relieve the symptoms of intoxication with influenza and ARVI is an abundant warm drink that helps to remove toxic products from the body. A cranberry drink with potato juice, a drink made from black currant berries, etc., have a good effect.
. Hardening of the body and prevention of hypothermia in the autumn-winter period, frequent airing and wet cleaning of the room, collection of medicinal herbs, vitamin therapy in the form of eating fruits, vegetables, juices.