Badger fat has long been considered a valuable therapeutic product and is still used in both traditional and folk medicine. It contains a huge number of different vitamins, minerals, other nutrients, including a large amount of vitamin A, B vitamins, polyunsaturated fatty acids. Badger fat is widely used for coughing, bronchitis, asthma, stomach and duodenal ulcers, arthritis, atherosclerosis, rheumatism, joint diseases, burns, frostbites and other diseases.
Useful properties and contraindications
Badger fat has bactericidal and anti-inflammatory properties, promotes the acceleration of protein metabolism in the body, strengthens immunity, increases hemoglobin, normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
The therapeutic effect of badger fat directly depends on the concentration of various nutrients in it, therefore for treatment it is necessary to use the fat of the animal extracted at the end of autumn, just before the beginning of hibernation, when the concentration of biological active substances is maximal. Fat badger, mined in an earlier period of time (spring-summer), has much less healing properties. Badger fat is used to treat a variety of diseases, but most commonly its use as a cough remedy, regardless of the causes of the latter. Badger fat helps both from a cough caused by a cold, and with bronchitis, tracheitis and even a smoker's cough.
Contraindications to the use of this drug are individual intolerance, diseases of the liver, gall bladder, pancreas, early childhood. Limitations (except for allergies) apply only to taking badger fat inside. But for grinding it can be used by everyone, except those who have an allergy.
Coughing with badger fat
Rinse with badger fat when coughing
Since in its pure form the drug is not too pleasant to taste, and its intake is not recommended for children under 6 years of age, it is often used externally as rubbing, which also gives a warming effect. Stretch the chest or back of the patient in a restricted area, at the stage of recovery. When the disease is in the initial stage, such rubbing can increase inflammation, in addition, the warming effect can further increase the temperature.
Badger fat with dry cough
Adults are recommended to take one tablespoon of the drug three times a day, half an hour before meals for two weeks. When there are signs of improvement, fat intake is reduced to two times a day.
Badger fat in bronchitis
In this case, the fat is taken orally and is used topically for grinding. Adults take 2 teaspoons, and children - 1 teaspoon three times a day before meals. In acute bronchitis course is limited to two weeks, and in chronic after the first weeks the frequency of taking the drug is reduced to two times a day and drink it for another month and a half. Since the taste of the product is quite unpleasant, it is possible for children to make chocolate oil consisting of badger oil (8 teaspoons), butter (100 grams), cocoa powder (5 teaspoons) and
Instructions for the use of badger fat from a cough is relatively simple. The drug can be taken in its pure form, with a decoction of rosehip or St. John's wort or warm milk with honey. The main rule - badger fat should be taken only on an empty stomach, at least half an hour before a meal, otherwise it will not be absorbed into the blood in the right way and will not have the desired therapeutic effect.
And, as with any product of animal origin, when buying badger fat, you should not take risks. If you are not sure about the quality of the product, it is best to buy it in a pharmacy in capsules or in vials.