Treat a cough without medication: three proven ways.
Often people believe that any cough should be treated exclusively by means of pharmaceutical syrup. But there are cases when apply it does not – for example, if sick baby or a pregnant woman. In these cases come to the aid of three of the Council of non-drug treatment of cough.
Is to deal with the very principle of treatment and find out why it is worth doing. When you suffer from a dry cough, it means that in the lungs and bronchi of mucus and a little to a sick person it is quite difficult to cough up bacterial infection. So the task is to thin out mucus and help expectoration. How to do it without the syrup?
Method one: inhalation
To thin out mucus and to create the possibility of expectoration, should make the simple inhalation with the use of mineral alkaline water (for example, Borjomi, Luzhanska) – as long as the water was without gas. And try not to overdo it – too much mucus in the lungs is also bad. Because it creates a favorable breeding ground for even more bacteria.
When he begins to cough – stop with the inhalation procedures that should be done only through a nebulizer (ultrasonic nebulizer). Otherwise improvised devices can:
– burn the respiratory tract;
– not for every kind of coughing fit.
Method two: drainage massage
Cough – is halfway to victory over the cough. You should try to cough often – it’s faster all coughed and then comes the recovery. For these purposes it is possible to use drainage (banishing) back massage. He will “break” places with stagnant slime, will provoke rapid expectoration. It is better to turn to professional massage therapists – they will cope better with this task. Although, to cope with the task quite easily in just four simple movements will be able to master each, and harm to the patient in this case is almost impossible.
Method three: moist cool air and to drink plenty of liquids
Remember that the more moisture in any way enters the body of a man coughing, the better. It is recommended to take a walk in the fresh air, ventilate the room systematically and drink large quantities of liquid – all of this will only accelerate a full recovery.
Better all of these treatments, consult with a doctor who will approve or ban some of them.
