Laryngitis treatment with folk remedies
Laryngitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx. The inflammatory process most often also captures the nasopharynx and trachea. Laryngitis is divided into acute and chronic.
is classified by adherence to acute and chronic. In terms of the degree of spread of the inflammatory process, the diffuse form is distinguished( the whole larynx is affected) and the isolated one( the larynx is affected).
1. Subcooling.
2. A concomitant symptom of such diseases as measles, influenza, whooping cough, etc.
There is a sensation in the throat, a feeling of irritation and dryness, as well as pain when swallowing and a dry cough. After a few days, the cough becomes wet. The patient notices the coarsening and hoarseness of the voice.
G , the hoar-frost growls, wheezes and sometimes disappears for several days. Appears dry and "scratching" in the throat, cough. In some cases, laryngitis is accompanied by pain when swallowing, fever and headache. More about the symptoms, see here.
What's going on? Vocal cords with laryngitis thicken, a lot of mucus accumulates on their surface. The causes of acute laryngitis can be infections( influenza, scarlet fever, measles, acute catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, whooping cough), as well as inhaling irritating gases and dust. Overcooling and overexertion of the voice can also cause laryngitis.
Chronic laryngitis occurs with repeated acute laryngitis, prolonged inflammatory processes in the nose, nasal sinuses and pharynx, smoking and alcohol abuse. Translators, guides and teachers laryngitis often becomes an occupational disease.
Chronic laryngitis occurs frequently in people of certain professions. The most characteristic sign of these diseases is the periodic disruption of voice - dysphonia. If this symptom does not appear, do not self-medicate, and it is recommended to seek advice from the ENT doctor, or phoniatrist, for the examination. The average medical worker should know the main signs of chronic laryngitis and, if necessary, give the patient competent advice.
Distinguish catarrhal, hyperplastic and atrophic form of chronic laryngitis.
Chronic catarrhal laryngitis may be due to the following:
• Frequent recurring acute inflammation of the larynx;
• prolonged inflammatory processes in the upper organs( rhinitis, sinuitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis) or inferior( bronchitis, tracheitis);
• exposure to harmful factors( smoking, gas contamination, dustiness of industrial premises);
• overvoltage of the voice apparatus in persons of speech professions.
Clinical signs of the disease:
• hoarseness, periodically amplified;fatigue of the voice apparatus, hoarseness of voice by the end of the working day;
• Pershing, scratching in the larynx;
• need to cough.
When laryngoscopy is noted:
• congestive hyperemia of the larynx mucosa more pronounced in the area of vocal folds;
• dilated blood vessels;
• moderate amount of mucous secretion.
Treatment of chronic catarrhal laryngitis:
• voice mode;
• elimination of irritant factors;
• recovery of nasal breathing;
• inhalation of physiological solution with antibacterial drugs;
• infusion into the larynx of solutions of antibiotics, hydrocortisone suspensions;
• Climatotherapy.
Chronic hyperplastic laryngitis is more common in men due to the inability to eliminate professional irritants or bad habits. The disease is divided into a limited and diffuse form and is considered as a precancerous condition.
Clinical manifestations are similar to catarrhal form, but more pronounced hoarseness of the voice, periodically turning into aphonia.
When laryngoscopy is determined:
• marked hyperemia and infiltration of the mucosa;
• uneven thickening, tuberosity of vocal folds;
• formation of small edematous thickenings on both vocal folds that prevent clamping( nodules of singers).
To clarify the diagnosis, histological and cytological studies are performed.
Treatment of chronic hyperplastic laryngitis includes:
• elimination of all harmful factors;
• Strict voice mode;
• infusion of solutions of antibiotics, corticosteroids, antihistamines;
• staining the mucosa with 1-2% silver nitrate solution;
• cryotherapy.
Patients with chronic hyperplastic laryngitis should be on dispensary records.
Chronic atrophic laryngitis is associated with an atrophic process of the nasal and pharyngeal mucosa.
The most common causes are production hazards and acute infectious diseases( scarlet fever, diphtheria).
Clinical signs of the disease should be considered:
• progressive dysphonia;
• dry, painful cough;
• sensation of foreign body in the larynx.
When laryngoscopy is determined:
• brightly hyperemic glossy mucosa in the initial stages of the disease and dry yellowish hue in the following;
• thinning of the vocal folds;
• viscous mucus, crusts of dark green color. It is necessary to carry out differential diagnostics by specific lesions of the larynx, for this purpose a bacteriological and serological examination is performed.
Treatment of chronic atrophic laryngitis includes:
• elimination of irritant factors;
• voice mode;
• alkaline-oil inhalations for three to five days are prescribed in the presence of crusts in the larynx;
• inhalation of physiological solution with iodine preparations, 1-2% menthol solution in oil;
• electrophoresis on the larynx of novocaine, potassium iodide;
• biogenic stimulators.
What should I do? To restore the voice you need to remain silent( preferably for 5-7 days), do not strain the vocal cords. It is good to drink warm milk with water or milk with Borjomi. Helping also warming compresses on the larynx and foot baths with mustard.
Based on examination of the patient and data of laryngoscopy. In some cases, smears from the mucous membrane of the larynx to identify the pathogen.
Smoking, loud conversations, alcohol and sharp, irritating food are not allowed. Assigned mustard plasters, rinses of the throat, compresses on the neck. In severe cases, glucocorticoid hormones are connected.
With timely and adequate treatment, the prognosis of the disease is favorable.
Quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
1. In the evening, steam out a woolen cloth with boiling water, squeeze and rub with soap. Attach to the neck, tie a dry bandage and go to bed.
2. Grate the raw carrots and mix 250 g of raw materials with 2-3 tbsp.spoons of honey. There are 1 tbsp.spoon mixture 4-5 times a day.
3. Prepare a collection of 50 g of plants - a herb of a golden-thousand-centner, chamomile flowers, leaves of a three-leaf watch. Pour in a thermos 4 tbsp. Spoon the crushed mixture 4 cups of boiling water, insist 10 hours and take a glass 3-4 times a day.
4. Prepare the collection: 5 grams of sage medicinal leaves and the root of valerian officinalis;10 grams - the flowers of the woods maidens and the flowers of the Mullein of the Scythian: 15 grams - the roots of the comfrey medicinal. Pour in a thermos 1 liter of boiling water 15 g of ground mixture, infuse 10-12 hours. Strain and heated infusion rinse throat 6-7 times a day.
5. Prepare the collection: 5 g - fruit fennel ordinary;15 grams - the rhizome of the cinquefoil erect, the roots of the althaea officinalis, the oak bark of the ordinary, the leaves of the sage medicinal. Insist 5 hours 1 tbsp. Spoon the mixture in a glass of water and gargle with warmed infusion 5-7 times a day.
6. 1 tbsp. Spoon the herbs of the ovaries with a glass of boiling water and boil for 10 minutes, insist in a warm place for 30 minutes, strain and take 1/2 cup 3 times daily before meals.
7. Daily for a month to take 3 times a day for 1 tbsp.a spoonful of honey with 10 drops of aloe juice.
8. Drink 3 times a day for 100-150 g of warmed fresh potato juice.
9. Stir in 1/2 cups of warm boiled water 1 teaspoon of potato starch 1 teaspoon of glycerin and 3-4 drops of iodine. Rinse with this composition throat 3-4 times a day, each time preparing fresh.
10. To rub turnips and 2 tbsp. Spoons of raw material pour a glass of boiling water, heat wrap and insist an hour. Take 1/4 cup infusion 4-5 times a day.
11. This folk recipe is simply indispensable for laryngitis. It is easy to remove the painful symptoms can be vegetable oil. It is necessary to dissolve vegetable oil in the mouth 5-6 times a day. Type in the mouth 1 tbsp.spoon of oil and dissolve it for 15-20 minutes. Then spit out( do not swallow!) And rinse your mouth with warm water, use normal sunflower oil.
12. Mix the black radish juice with warm boiled milk in a 1: 2 ratio. In the mixture add honey to taste, mix thoroughly. Take 1 tbsp.spoon 5-6 times a day after meals.
13. Mix in equal proportions freshly squeezed carrot or beet juice with honey and take 1-2 tablespoons.tablespoons three times a day after meals.
14. Take 2 tbsp.spoon light raisins, pour 1 cup of water and bring to a boil. In the finished broth add 1 tbsp.spoon of fresh onions. Take 2 tbsp.spoon 3 4 times a day.
15. Pour 20 g of peppermint leaves 200 ml of boiling water, let it brew for an hour. Strain gently gargle 3-4 times a day after eating.
16. Put the garlic in a stainless steel saucepan, pour it on water and boil for 20 minutes on a quiet fire. Then put the tapioca and thyme and boil for another 10 minutes. Take out the garlic cloves and rastolkite them in a mortar or cup. Slowly pour in the olive oil and stir until smooth. Stir, carefully pour the mixture into boiling soup. Spread plenty of black pepper and, if you like, grated cheese. Soup is better served on the table is very hot.
• gargle with water and honey( a teaspoon of honey to a glass of boiling water - boil and rinse 2-3 times a day);
• gargle with turnip juice with sugar or aloe juice in half with water;
• gargle with beet juice and vinegar( grate the beetroot on a small grater, squeeze a glass of juice, add a tablespoon of vinegar, take a mouthful and rinse your throat, repeat the procedure 5-6 times a day).In doing so, take a sip. Continue the procedure until recovery. This solution is also used for pharyngitis and angina.;
• boil and drink every 5 minutes on a teaspoon of honey mixture with cranberry or lemon juice( a glass of honey for half a cup of juice);
• take a glass of turnip broth for the night( 2 tablespoons chopped turnip boil in a glass of boiling water for 10-15 minutes);
• do inhalations over potato steam;
• Take a tablespoon of decoction of pine buds 3- 4 times a day( a tablespoon for a glass of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, insist for 2 hours, strain).
For fast voice recovery, the following tool is recommended: pour a glass of water into the pan, add half a glass of anise seeds and boil a quarter of an hour. Then strain, discard the seeds, and boil the broth with a quarter glass of lime honey, adding a tablespoon of cognac to it. Take a tablespoon every half hour.
If the child is difficult to breathe, call for an ambulance immediately. In the meantime, try to ease the baby's condition:
open the window and let fresh air into the room;
hang around the cribs wet towels that will moisten the air;
place in the room a few pots of freshly boiled water;
comfortably seat the baby to facilitate breathing;
calm him and distract - in an excited state, breathing becomes faster, and this is just not necessary, it is already difficult.
When the diagnosis is confirmed, along with the appointments that the doctor will make, we must take care that the child talks less, breathes only with the nose, then the inhaled air will be cleansed, warmed and moistened.
Relieves the course of the disease with a warm and plentiful drink. Let it be milk with melted butter. There will be no harm from fruit jelly, oatmeal or rice broth, in which for taste you can add a little jam, fruit juice, honey.
First you need to stop smoking and drinking alcohol, and also to exclude from the diet sharp and spicy dishes. All other recommendations are the same for adults and children.
Keep silent for 5-7 days.
Make warming compresses.
Warm your feet in mustard solution. To do this, dilute 1 tbsp.spoon of mustard in 5 liters of hot water.
Rinse the throat with a decoction of chamomile or sage.
It is useful to bury vegetable oils in your nose. You must lie on your back and dip into each nostril on a full pipette of oil.
A good effect is given by inhalation.
Pour 4-5 glasses of water into the pot, add 5-10 drops of iodine tincture;1-2 tbsp.spoons of crushed eucalyptus leaves;1 teaspoon of eucalyptus, menthol or anise oil, 1 teaspoon of table salt and soda.
Heat water, fold a funnel from a thick paper, cover it with a wide end, take a narrow end in your mouth and breathe.
Duration of inhalation - 5 minutes. Repeat the procedure should be several times within 3-5 days.
Acute and chronic laryngitis are treated equally. But with often recurring exacerbations, special attention should be paid to strengthening immunity.
For this, in addition to the usual hardening procedures, it is necessary to take drugs that increase immunity, for example: Eleutherococcus extract - 40 drops 3 times a day, tincture of ginseng - 30 drops 3 times a day, tinctures of aralia, rhodiola rosea, pantocrinum - 30drops 3 times a day.
Mix lemon juice and honey in a ratio of 1: 2, lightly heat on low heat. Take 1 tsp every half hour until the condition improves.
Half a cup of freshly squeezed carrot juice mixed with 1 teaspoon of honey. Drink right away. Repeat several times a day.
Mix 1/4 cups of carrot juice and boiled milk, add 1 teaspoon of honey. Drink 1/2 cup at night.
Radish juice mixed with honey in a ratio of 1: 1.Take 2 tbsp.spoons at night.
Mix 10 grams of buckwheat flowers, poppy flowers, mother-and-stepmother flowers, herbage, bladderwort flowers. Take 4 tbsp.spoon collection, insist 2-3 hours in 0.6 liters of boiling water, drink with honey( add it to taste) 1/2 cup in a warm form 3-4 times daily before meals.
Insist 1-2 tsp. Rhizomes of calamus aira in 1 cup boiling water for 3-5 hours, strain, rinse mouth and throat with hot infusion.
Insist 1-2 tbsp.spoonfuls of blackberry leaves for 1 hour in 1 cup of boiling water, rinse your mouth and throat with hot infusion.
Pour a little water into the kettle with a spout, dilute a few spoons of honey in it, warm it up. On the tip of the kettle, put on a rubber tube and through it, gently inhale the water vapor with honey. The duration of such inhalation is 15-20 minutes, as the liquid cools in the kettle it must be heated.
Garlic clove bite and, sucking the juice, keep in the mouth for as long as possible. From time to time, change the denticle to fresh. Juice and essential oils envelop the throat and thus treat diseases.
Mix in equal parts rhizome of calamus, rhizome of cinquefoil erect, inflorescence of chamomile. Take 1-2 tsp collection, pour 1 cup boiling water, insist for 3 hours, boil for 10 minutes, strain, cool. Rinse your mouth and throat.
Mix 20 g of nettle leaves with dioecious, 15 g of rhizome rootstocks upright, 10 g of chopped dill fruit, 20 g of sage medicinal leaf. Take 1 tbsp.spoon collection, insist for 1-2 hours in 1 cup of boiling water and rinse your mouth with hot infusion.
Take 10 grams of lavender grass and 5 grams of chamomile flowers. Pour 200 ml of boiling water and insist for 1 hour. This should be enough for 4 inhalations. Each time, pour into a saucepan 50 ml of infusion, put on a slow fire and inhale alternately with your mouth, then with your nose for 10-15 minutes, covering your head with a towel.
When the cough is severe, the following remedies are recommended.
One lemon simmer for 10 minutes. Cool, peel and squeeze out the juice. Add 2 tbsp.spoonfuls of glycerin, stir well, add honey so much that the whole volume is a full glass. With a strong cough frequency, take 2 tsp 3 times a day before meals and at bedtime. With a rare strong and dry cough - 1 teaspoon before and after breakfast, lunch and dinner and before bedtime.
Melt 2 tbsp.spoons of granulated sugar in a frying pan. Immediately remove from heat and pour 1/2 cup of boiling water. Take 1 teaspoonful 5 times a day.
Boil 4-5 large potatoes in a uniform( do not make out).Cut each tuber in half, put on the chest or back, secure with a bandage. Hold until it cools down.
In an enamel saucepan with a lid, boil 1 glass of milk over a small fire, add 1 teaspoon of sage. Cool and boil again. Drink before going to bed hot, then go to bed and cover yourself with warm blankets.
In a half-liter bottle of vodka, put 20 g of wormwood, insist for a day in a dark and cool place. Take 1 tbsp.spoon 3 times a day before meals and at bedtime.
Large peeled onion grate. The resulting mass mixed with goose fat, rub the resulting mass of chest and neck, put on a cotton T-shirt, top with a warm shawl, go to bed. To increase the effect, take the mixture and inside. Eat on an empty stomach for 1 tbsp.spoon. The course of treatment is 5-7 days.
Boil 1 glass of white grape wine, add 60 g of black pepper. Strain and drink in a hot form. Repeat 3 times a day.
If you lose your voice, you can use such recipes of traditional medicine.
Boil 2 liters of water, add 400g of bran and a little burnt sugar to boiling water. Drink hot during the day instead of tea.
Pour 1 cup of water into a saucepan, pour 1/2 cup aniseed seeds, boil for 15 minutes. Seeds discard, add 1/4 cup of honey. Boil again. Remove from heat, add
1 tbsp.spoon of cognac. Take 1 tbsp.spoon every half hour.
Strongly rub your hands so that they are warm. Then attach them to the front surface of the neck and hold, not pressing, but tightly for 5 minutes.
Bend the left arm in the elbow, with your right hand take it by the brush and, breathing out, stretch the left hand forward, while twisting its wrist in the outer side, as if squeezing, and torso divert back. Change your hand. For each hand, repeat the exercise 10 times.
To remove a fit of coughing, make hot( up to 43 ° C) hand baths lasting 15 minutes.
This soup perfectly warms in the winter after a day spent in the cold, it helps after drinking, and also protects against colds, flu and bronchial diseases. Prepare it at the first unfavorable signs.
Recipe:
Sometimes acute laryngitis is one of the first manifestations of influenza. In this case, all other symptoms of influenza, which are not typical for the usual course of laryngitis, also appear.
The main prevention of laryngitis is hardening. You can begin hardening by rinsing your throat with water, first warm, at a temperature of 22-25 ° C, lowering every 2 ° C until you bring up to 8-10 ° C.It is useful to add sea salt to the water.
Very good use of the drug althea in combination with acid wine in the treatment of laryngitis, because both ease the condition of the patient. Althaeus has an enveloping, protective, softening throat, anti-inflammatory effect. In addition, it is used as an expectorant and anesthetic. Sour wine in turn dilutes sputum.
1. Required: 100 g of sour wine, 50 g of crushed althea root, 1/2 l of boiling water.
Method of preparation. Chop the ground root with steep boiling water and heat on a water bath for 30-40 minutes. Refrigerate at room temperature and then strain. Cook the broth mixed with sour wine at the rate of 100 g of broth for 20 g of wine, mix thoroughly.
How to use. Drink 1/4 cup 4-5 times daily before meals. The course of treatment is 10 days.
2. Required: 300 g of fortified red wine( eg, Cahors), 300 g of aloe leaves, 200 g of granulated sugar or honey.
Method of preparation. Crush the leaves of aloe and fill them with half a liter capacity to half. Pour sugar or honey( honey is preferable) and leave for 3 days. After this period, fill the contents of the bottle with Cahors or other red wine of good quality, tie the neck of the dishes with gauze and leave for infusion for a week.
As a result, you should get a bitter-sweet, sticky drink that resembles a liqueur in consistency. Liquid strain through 1-2 layers of gauze and pour into a clean bottle.
How to use. Healing liqueur take 3-4 times a day after eating 1 tbsp.l. Children under 12 years old give 1 tsp.2-3 times a day after meals. The course of treatment is 2 weeks.
The same prescription can be used for the treatment of angina and influenza, as well as for the prevention of these diseases.
All points are shown in the figures( see general article on acupressure)
Chronic laryngitis is manifested by a sensation of perspiration in the throat, a sense of sadness, during periods of exacerbation, the appearance of hoarseness may occur. Disease, as a rule, is aggravated after hypothermia in cold damp weather. Therefore, people suffering from this disease should take precautions, carry out tempering, avoid colds. The use of acupressure is expedient to be carried out in combination with other methods of treatment( inhalation, etc.).
Conducting a point massage should begin with massage of the point 2L ( He-gu), and then successively massage the following points:
2.11 - Qu-chi( "Twisty pond").The point is located at the outer edge of the ulnar fold, at the apex of the ulnar fold of the skin, which is formed with the maximal flexion of the arm in the elbow joint. Refers to points of general action. The location of the point corresponds to the beginning of the long radius extensor of the hand and the outer edge of the brachial muscle. In this area, the radial recurrent artery and the radial nerve are located.
The point massage is also performed in the treatment of neuritis of the radial nerve, cervical radiculitis, headache, intercostal neuralgia, intestinal peristalsis, tonsillitis, lung diseases, vasomotor rhinitis, dyskinesia of the gastrointestinal tract, trigeminal neuralgia, hypertension, and disorders of functionpelvic organs.
2.17 - Tian-ding( "Heavenly pillar").The point is located at the level of the lower edge of the thyroid cartilage at the posterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. In this area, the branches of the medial supraclavicular nerve and the shield-cervical trunk are located.
Stimulation of the point is indicated with laryngitis, tonsillitis, paralysis of the muscles of the tongue, difficulty swallowing.
2.18 - Foo-tu( "Supported bulge").The point is located in the center of the abdomen of the sternocleidomastoid muscle at the level of the upper edge of the thyroid cartilage. In this area there is an ascending cervical artery, cervical cutaneous nerves. Under the muscles pass the internal jugular vein and the vagus nerve.
The point is used in the treatment of bronchial asthma, hypersalivation( excess saliva), lowering blood pressure.
3.9 - Ren-in( "Reception of the person").The point is located anterior to the anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle at the level of the upper edge of the thyroid cartilage. The location of the point corresponds to the place of separation of the common carotid artery. In this area, outside is the descending branch of the hyoid nerve, behind - the vagus nerve.
The point is used in the treatment of laryngitis, tonsillitis, difficulty breathing due to bronchospasm, bronchitis, Raynaud's disease, hypertension, stuttering.
3.10 - Shui-tu( "Heavenly Path").The point is located at the level of the lower edge of the thyroid cartilage and the anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. In this place passes the transverse nerve of the neck.
The point is stimulated in the treatment of tonsillitis, acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, whooping cough.
13. Ц - Да-чжуй.
14.22 - Tian-tu( "Celestial Path").The point is located in the center of the jugular notch of the sternum between the right and left sternocleidomastoid muscles. The location of the point corresponds to the part of the sternum-sublingual and sternum-thyroid muscles. In this area is the lower thyroid artery.
The point is used in the treatment of bronchial asthma, bronchitis, laryngitis, laryngeal mucosa edema, functional speech disorders, vomiting, thyroid diseases.
1.5 - Chi-chie( "Quagmire of the wind").The point is located in the fold of the ulnar fold, at the outer edge of the biceps tendon of the shoulder. The location of the point corresponds to the beginning of the brachial muscle, where the recurrent radial artery, the radial nerve and the external cutaneous nerve of the forearm are distributed.
The point is also used in the treatment of bronchial asthma, cough, tonsillitis, psychasthenia, bronchitis, periarthritis, periarteritis, hemipares after suffering cerebral circulation disorders.
In Japanese medicine, in addition to the methods of acupressure for the treatment of laryngitis, a number of other techniques are used. When using one method, one has to rub one hand on the other to feel the heat in the palms;then apply them for 5 minutes to the front of the neck with a feeling of warmth from the hands. Another method is as follows: you need to bend the left hand at the elbow, with your right hand take it by the brush and, breathing out, extend your left hand forward, while twisting its wrist in the outer side, as if extruding;with the trunk tilted back. Exercise repeat 10 times.