Quite a frequent picture: yesterday your kid ran around the grass playing football with friends, and today in the morning snot into three streams and snakes without end. Therefore, the best remedy for the common cold for children is to prevent it. First of all, check to see if the baby has come with wet (frozen) legs. If you see that the child's body is clearly supercooled, put him in a hot bath, or dip his feet in hot water with mustard powder, and before going to bed, let him drink warm milk with honey or soda, then in the morning the crumb will wake up with a dry nose and do not have to treat a runny nose .
If such a nuisance happened, before fleeing to the pharmacy for a remedy for a cold for children, it would not be a bad idea to wait another day. The fact is that the child's rhinitis may appear as in the case of the onset of acute respiratory infections, as well as on the effect of allergens on the mucous membrane.
Snotty Childhood
If the baby's cold is still caused by ARVI, do not rush to buy drops in the nose, modern medicine (in particular, Western medicine) does not recommend using vasoconstrictor drugs without the need. The supporter of this opinion in domestic medicine is Dr. Komarovsky. To use drops and treat a runny nose in a child Komarovsky advises only in such cases if:
- the child has otitis media;
- there is no nasal breathing;
- obstructed nasal breathing in combination with high fever;
- It is difficult for a baby to breathe with his mouth, but even nasal breathing is difficult.
These are the cases when the use of a vasoconstrictor from the common cold is simply necessary, in other cases Komarovsky proposes to treat a cold in the child solely by the moistening of the air and by constant drinking. For the mother's heart this, of course, is not an easy test, because we are used to fighting snot in such a way that the result can be seen right away (the nose is dripping - the baby is breathing at once). In such cases it is quite possible to treat a cold to the child with folk remedies.
Folk treatment of the common cold in children
The first thing to do is to provide moist air to prevent the mucous membrane from drying out. Let's consider the most effective methods:
- An excellent remedy for a cold for children can be inhalation. Brew mint, eucalyptus (first make sure that the baby does not have allergies), chamomile and let it brew a little, then pour this broth into the inhaler and give the baby 10-15 minutes to breathe. And for the night it would be nice to put in the room an aroma lamp with fir oil. The main rule: inhalations in the cold in children are effective with smooth and deep breathing. If the baby refuses the inhaler, you can pour hot water in a bowl and add soda, in a playful form and with mom it's much easier to persuade the baby.
- Often in articles about how to treat a runny nose in a child, and for prevention in the cold season, it is advised to use tea tree oil. It is a wonderful antiseptic and anti-inflammatory agent in rhinitis.
- Many housewives in the windows grow a Kalanchoe, but very few people know that this plant and children from the cold helps. Its value is that after the juice is buried in the nose, the children begin to sneeze strongly, which helps to cleanse the nasal sinuses, it is especially convenient when the child is difficult to clean his nose, or he can not blow his nose. Thus, the calanchoe from the common cold is not only effective enough, but it is also available, but it is worthwhile to check this method first: although in rare cases, allergies and even swelling are possible.
- Another plant that helps to treat a cold in a child is the familiar aloe. Two fresh sheets of rinse with boiled water (not hot), then squeeze the juice and dilute boiled water 1:10, instill 3-4 drops during the day, but no more than 5 times a day. Also, aloe from the common cold to children can be given in the form of gruel: peel off the aloe leaf and mash it with honey (1: 1),
give one teaspoon after eating.
Runny nose of the child folk remedies will not cure quickly, but to help the baby breathe easier. And remember the most important thing: if you undertook to treat a runny nose "according to Komarovsky," be patient, quickly cure a runny nose in a child (if you do not scare it with drops, of course) will not work, but this is a sure way to protect crumbs from swelling of the nasopharynx and other side effects of vasoconstrictor drugs. Constantly ventilate the room, let's drink more to the baby and wash the spout more often, then the mucus will not dry up, and the probability that the rhinitis will pass without consequences (sinusitis or sinusitis) is almost 100%.