How to treat colds throat

Sick throat and a runny nose not only causes physical discomfort, they are deprived of strength, draining all energy and lead to a permanently bad mood. The treatment of sore throat will be much more effective if you start it in a timely manner and apply all available means.

You will need

• - proper diet;
• - frequent alkaline drink;
• soda;
• Sol;
• - iodine;
• - a solution for inhalations;
• - onions;
• - medicinal herbs.

Instruction

1. Try to eat small portions but often. Preference for well-disintegrated products: mashed potatoes, soups, slimy porridges, kissels. Try to exclude from the diet of fried, salty and spicy, these dishes enhance the swelling of the mucous membrane of the throat and irritate the surface.
2. Drink plenty of fluids, moistening the thus mucosa and flushing toxic substances formed by microorganisms. In the day you should drink at least 2-2. 5 liters of fluid, not hot, but warm.
3. Try to drink less acid drinks, preferring neutral or alkaline: water, tea, cocoa, herbal teas, berry nectars. You should not drink cranberry juice, juice from oranges and other citrus fruits, carbonated drinks, as they favour the multiplication of harmful bacteria.
4. At least 5-6 times a day rinse a sore throat decoctions of herbs or sea water. To cook it in a glass of warm water stir half a teaspoon of salt and soda, add 3-4 drops of iodine. You shouldn't use this remedy if you have thyroid disease.
5. Several times a day, make inhalation. For this brew the herbs or buy a special inhalation solution, add a little soda or salt. Cool the liquid to 85⁰-90⁰С for 2-3 minutes and inhale the vapor. If you have no inhaler, just bend over a bowl of broth and take cover with her a large towel or sheet. After the procedure within hours do not smoke, drink or eat, to the drug had an opportunity to act.
6. Squeeze fresh onion juice and drink 1 teaspoon 3-4 times a day. This bitter fluid can greatly facilitate the course of the disease, recovery will come much faster.