URGENTLY need some tried and tested home remedies for bad throat infection / bad cough / chest congestion for kids and adults. Tired of giving anti-biotics! please help! :-)
2006-12-11 23:46:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
here's some things that may help....
1. sit in the bathroom 3 times a day for 20 minutes with the shower running really hot....keep the door closed and the window cracked just a bit. The steam helps to loosen the phlegm.
2. rub vicks vapor rub on the chest and back
3. for cough relief cut up some carrots (round thin slices) and put it in a bowl with brown sugar. Let it sit there until it creates syrup. Use the syrup as a cough suppressant. As a kid when I had the whooping cough that's what my parents used and it worked pretty well.
2006-12-11 23:55:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ruth Less RN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat a pot of water on the stove. Take the pot off the burner and being very careful not to burn yourself, stand over the pot holding a towel up over your head to capture the steam and breathe in the moist steam...do NOT get so close that you burn yourself.
As for kids...get a cool mist vaporizer and run it in their room during the night. If you keep mucous membranes moisturized, you're less apt to get upper respiratory infections. The moisture also helps keep the lung secretions thinner so they can be coughed out. Drink plenty of fluids, even when you don't feel like drinking.
If you and your kids have a common cold with cough, you most likely don't need antibiotics. If you have strep throat or pneumonia, you'll need antibiotics to get completely well.
2006-12-12 00:59:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mixture of half vingear half honey helps with the congestion and sore throat. Also a vaporizer, you can buy a vicks solution to go into it and it distributes it through the air. There is also a baby bath with vicks that you can use, it really does help. As far as medicines I have been told that Zycam is the best. Good Luck, I hope you feel better soon!
2006-12-11 23:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by voidtillnow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a saute pan
Add 1 TBSP virgin Olive oil
1 minced clove of garlic
1 chopped chile pepper ( as hot as you can take )
Saute until the garlic starts to brown
Add to some cold Chicken noodle soup
add a pinch of ginger
Warm to eating temp
( An Old Jewish Cold recipe, from an early 90's Old Farmers Almanac)
Gives you about 4 hours of relief..
2006-12-12 12:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grapefruit seed extract is an excellent remedy for colds and cough especially if given early before the cold gets a strong hold on you. Give according to directions. Also their is a GSE nasal spray that is good.
2016-03-29 04:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by Claire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vinegar and Honey mixed with a little warm water is good for the chest and gargle with salt water for the throat.
Hope you feel better soon x
2006-12-11 23:58:30 · answer #6 · answered by shamoolax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a juice glass, mix 1 tsp honey, 1 tsp lemon juice, and as hot water as you can stand. Stir well and drink.
2006-12-11 23:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
boil wild cherry bark let cool add a little whiskey and some honey.mix Well and sip
2006-12-11 23:59:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mucinex!!take it religiously it will clear up congestion!!it did mine!
2006-12-12 01:38:10 · answer #9 · answered by richard c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋