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Mucus solvent as a home remedy
Home remedies against mucilage
Expectorants are especially used in conjunction with a cold, such as cold, cough and sore throat. Here are not immediately drugs from the pharmacy needed, but home remedies quite the right choice. Which home remedies are used how and when will be explained in this article.
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- Home remedies against mucilage
- Slime - something quite normal
- Enough amount of liquid
- Teerezepte
- Inhale
- Pads and wraps
- nasal douche
- Onion juice for the bronchi
- food
- Mustard foot bath
- More tips
Slime - something quite normal
Mucus is produced daily in our body. This is something normal. The mucus clothes the nose and mucosa in the bronchi and is usually swallowed unnoticed. It performs important tasks: Mucus moistens the mucous membranes, serves as a defense, absorbs dust and pollutants from the air and thus transports the emerging "garbage".
Increased slime formation can be detected, for example, in the context of a cold. Here, expectorant home remedies can have a very positive effect. (Image: Andrey Popov / fotolia.com) In conjunction with a cold, however, the consistency and also the amount of mucus changes. As a result, this is perceived as unpleasant. In conjunction with an infection, the mucous membranes are irritated and then produce more mucus. The color changes too. Clear liquid produces a yellowish or greenish secretion. The old opinion yellow-green means bacterial, so today can not be maintained. Even in yellow-greenish secretions are often no bacteria detectable.
The mucus is useful, if unpleasant. With his help, the organism tries to transport the pathogens. However, this is often not unpleasant for those affected. Here is therefore looking for a suitable Schleimlöser.
Enough amount of liquid
The most important mucus remover is to drink enough liquid. Drinking water, drinking water, drinking water ... the mucus must, in order to be transported away and not to be fixed, necessarily be liquefied and this is never without adequate hydration.
Teerezepte
In addition to water, the following tea blends are recommended. They have an anti-inflammatory effect, liquefy the mucus and relieve the onset of coughing.
Cowslip tea is particularly well suited for mucus dissolution in sinusitis. (Image: goldbany / fotolia.com) Teatime No. 1 for runny nose or sinusitis
Here, the cowslip helps, but especially their dried root. One gram of the dried powder is brewed with about 300 milliliters of boiling water and then has to draw for ten minutes. Of this tea, possibly sweetened with a little honey, are drunk two cups a day, lukewarm and in small sips. The cowslip root is a good home remedy, with which the mucus in the nose, but also in the other airways can be solved. Saponins contained in the cowslip are the substances that dissolve the mucus. However, the tea should not be overdosed and drunk over a longer period. Because saponins can cause irritation of the gastric mucosa and increased salivation. In case of such side effects the treatment is stopped immediately. As a rule, this tea is not drunk for more than a few days.
Teatime No.2 for runny nose or sinusitis
For this purpose, elderberry, peppermint and sun hat are mixed in equal parts. One teaspoon of the mixture is brewed with 250 milliliters of boiling water. After about seven minutes, the tea is ready and, when it is not so hot, it can be swallowed.
For tight mucus with cough, thyme tea is a tried and tested home remedy. (Image: Manuel Adorf / fotolia.com) Tea recipe No. 1 in cough
An ancient home remedy as Schleimlöser is the thyme. This herb takes the cough, relaxes and dissolves the mucus. Thyme tea tastes not very tasty, but it helps very well. A teaspoon of thyme herb is boiled with a quarter liter of boiling water and strained after about seven to eight minutes. Happy to add some honey to it. Of the tea, three cups are recommended daily, in small sips and not too hot drunk.
Tea recipe no. 2 for cough
Those who do not like thyme as the sole tea drug can, in equal parts, give chamomile and ribwort. The preparation corresponds to the thyme tea.
Tea recipe no. 1 with mucus in the throat
For mucus in the throat with or without sore throat ginger is recommended. This is anti-inflammatory, but is also a good mucus remover. A two to three centimeter piece of ginger root is peeled and boiled in half a liter of water for about ten minutes. If you like the sharpness of the ginger, leave the root for a while in the decoction, but it can also be removed. Three to four cups of the ginger tea are drunk throughout the day, preferably also refined with a little lemon juice.
Tea recipe no. 2 with mucus in the throat
If you do not like the sharpness, you prefer ginger instead of lime blossom or camomile or even both. If the two drugs are mixed, then in equal parts. A teaspoon of the tea drug is poured with about 250 ml of boiling water and then pulled for seven to eight minutes. Also from this tea are drunk throughout the day three cups.
Inhalation removes mucus from the respiratory tract, moisturizes the mucous membranes and counteract inflammation. (Image: closeupimages / fotolia.com) Inhale
A well-tried home remedy, inhalation, serves as an excellent mucus remover. The resulting steam moisturizes the mucous membranes, does well, promotes the removal of mucus and acts anti-inflammatory. It is best to inhale twice a day over a container with a towel over your head. The easiest and most effective is to inhale with salt. For this sea salt or Himalayan salt is recommended. One liter of hot water contains nine grams of salt. This is mixed with the water. Inhaled twice a day, for about ten minutes each.
Pads and wraps
Among the external applications, especially pads and wraps have proven to be a mucus remover. They can be used on the basis of different active ingredients.
Quark packs
As mucus remover with mucus in the throat of the well-known Quarkwickel can be used. Quark is applied to a tea towel in the middle, lengthwise. The other two ends are hit over it. So that the whole thing is not too cold, the wrap will stay at room temperature for a while before it is put around the neck. The thin side of the cotton cloth is placed on the neck in such a way that the cervical spine remains free. On top comes a cotton cloth and finally a wool scarf. The wrap can stay there until the quark is dry. The quark serves here not only as Schleimlöser, but acts above all anti-inflammatory.
Beeswax Edition
A beeswax layer is extremely pleasant, smells good, has an anti-inflammatory effect, relieves the coughing stimulus and dissolves the mucus. Available in the pharmacy or on the Internet, ready for use beeswax pads are simply warmed up by means of a hair dryer and brought directly to the skin. In order to store the heat, it is best to use curative wool or a woolen scarf. The trade holds ready-made heat pad, filled with healing wool, ready. Even with very small children, a beeswax pad is possible.
Pads based on beeswax are available as finished products in the pharmacy and are well suited as a mucus remover. (Picture: Belokoni Dmitri / fotolia.com) Horseradish Edition
This home remedy must be used extremely carefully, as horseradish can irritate the skin and mucous membranes. The fresh root is used for the horseradish overlay: A thin cotton cloth, about 10 x 10 cm, is covered with freshly grated horseradish, then made into a packet and knocked out vigorously with the back of the knife so that the essential oils can unfold their effect , Helpful in this activity is the wearing of swimming goggles. The package then comes on the forehead or cheeks and additionally in the neck and is held there with firm pressure. To protect the skin, it is creamed before. Three to four minutes are enough the first time. However, if this is already unpleasant, the edition is to be removed immediately. The eyes must remain closed. The skin area is cleaned after use with lukewarm water and supplied with a nourishing cream, for example, marigold ointment. Also helpful is olive or almond oil. Another application takes place the next day at the earliest and only when the skin has completely recovered.
Stuck mucus can be removed relatively well with the help of nasal douches. (Image: Stefan Balk / fotolia.com) nasal douche
A simple home remedy as Schleimlöser is the nose shower. In the pharmacy nasal douche including nasal rinse salt are available. The exact application varies slightly depending on the nasal douche. Equal to Allen, however, that the water-salt mixture in one nostril must be pure and from the other nostril to flow out again, which rinsed and moistened the nose. The nasal douche is best used twice a day for a runny nose or sinusitis. In purulent or bloody secretions is to refrain from the use.
Onion juice for the bronchi
Onion juice for the bronchi is a good home remedy that dissolves the mucus and relieves the coughing. Often, if even a cough syrup does not help, the onion juice is the last resort - simply prepared and yet very effective. One to two onions are minced and mixed with a little honey. Stored in a glass jar in a warm place, the homemade cough syrup is ready after a few hours. Of the forming juice is taken several times a day a teaspoon full. The combination of onions and honey may sound a bit strange, but this homemade home remedy tastes better than expected.
food
Even certain foods can serve as mucus removers. For example, hot spices such as chili or horseradish dissolve the slime. Of the fresh horseradish daily two to three teaspoons are recommended. If you do not get something fresh, you reach for the glass. Here you should definitely choose a horseradish that contains no preservatives. Also, a raw onion, added to the food, can help. If you do not like raw onions, cut them small and inhale the exhalations.
Mustard foot bath
A mustard flour footbath is an effective home remedy for sinusitis. The defense is stimulated and the mucus is released. This foot bath is only possible with intact skin. 100 grams of mustard flour are mixed with half a liter of lukewarm water. For the foot bath, a (bath) tub with water (36 ° C-37 ° C) is filled high up. The stirred mustard flour is strained through a cloth and added to the bath water. The cloth, in which the expressed mustard flour is, is knotted tightly and additionally placed in the bathing vessel. This "bag" is expressed several times during the bathing process with the feet. So that the smell of the mustard does not rise so much in the nose, the tub can be covered with a cloth. The bath duration is between five and fifteen minutes, depending on the sensitivity of the skin. As soon as skin irritation occurs, the bath is broken off. After bathing, the legs are rinsed thoroughly and creamed with a nourishing ointment (see horseradish edition). You may only take a bath once a day and as long as the skin is still red, the bath should not be repeated.
The Mustard Flour Foot Bath is an effective mucus remover in case of sinusitis, but a little caution is advised in the face of possible skin irritation. (Image: emuck / fotolia.com) More tips
To get rid of the mucus, hot showers can be used. Hanging damp cloths help against the dry air in the apartment. Also helpful is an aroma lamp in which essential oils such as peppermint, thyme, eucalyptus or tea tree evaporate. Three drops are enough and the lamp should never burn for more than two hours at a time. Likewise, the sucking of sage, propolis or honey sweets helps. However, if the home remedies mentioned do not bring the desired effect promptly, a doctor should be consulted. When mucus gets stuck in the airways, sometimes "heavier guns" are needed, but home remedies can still be used in addition to conventional medical treatment. (Sw)