Natural way to treat common cold
February 19, 2010
Common cold can be highly problematic. A severe headache, blocked nose and throat and continuous phlegm is enough to trouble you. However there are many products available in our home and kitchen that can help you in curing the troubling effect of cold.
If you are continuously coughing the best way to cure it is to take a ginger tulsi tea. Crush ginger and boil it along with tea leaves. Add tulsi leaves to it and and after 10 seconds strain the water. Take this tea atleast thrice a day to get a quick relief from cough. Also it helps in fighting the body fever.
Take two spoon of fresh milk cream and add two pinch of freshly grounded black pepper. Add half teaspoon of sugar and mix them well. Take it before going to bed it will stop coughing. However do not take water for two -three hours after that.
Another common problem during common cold is sore throat. Ginger is one of the best remedies to cure sore throat. Just take half spoon of tulsi seeds with one small piece of ginger and one tablespoon of honey. Chew it properly and suck the juice slowly. It will quickly relieve you from the sore throat. You can take it at least thrice a day. Gargling with warm salt water is the best way to clean up throat congestion. It removes the phlegm that is trapped in throat.
Another effective way to cure cold is to take two garlic buds and chew them. Never mind the pungent taste but the antiseptic qualities of garlic are very effective in curing cold and prevents any further infection.
The other common complaints during cold is body ache. So the best way to treat it is to add Turmeric paste to boiling milk and drink it when warm. This soothes the body ache, relieve the throat and chest congestion and helps in cleansing of phlegm that are trapped in our chest and throat. You can take this medicine twice a day.
Nasal blockage is another complaint during common cold. The beast way to clean up nasal congestion is to take a steam of eucalyptus leaves for three minutes. It will immediately open up the nasal passage. You can take it thrice a day, one just before the sleeping to get a good and sound sleep.
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