Many doctors strongly advise using onions with cough sugar. This powerful antiviral is most effective at the very beginning of the disease, when the first symptoms begin to appear. It also reduces the risk of complications.
The sugar in the recipes is needed to improve the taste of the medicine. Agree, eating onions in their pure form is a dubious pleasure. Therefore, it becomes necessary to sweeten the remedy. If the mixture contains additional components (honey, apple), the pungent onion smell disappears. And this means that such a medicine can be given even to a little fussy - the child will eat it with pleasure.
Why onions are useful for coughing
Onions are the main ingredient in many traditional medicine recipes for treating coughs because:
inhibits the further development of infection, fights against harmful bacteria, strengthens the immune system, thereby improving the body's defenses;- onion recipes are very economical and suitable for children;
- it contains a significant amount of all kinds of useful substances - vitamins B and C, as well as maltose, sucrose, fructose, sugar and citric acids, calcium and iron;
- has anti-cold and bactericidal properties;
- onion juice accelerates the liquefaction and coughing up of accumulated phlegm.
inhibits the further development of infection, fights against harmful bacteria, strengthens the immune system, thereby improving the body's defenses;Recipes
This remedy is excellent for colds. Onions with sugar and cough suppressants are also successfully used. The recipe for this potion includes a minimum of components. There are many different onion cough remedies. Here are some of the most popular ones.
Classical
Peel and wash one medium onion. Grind it with a meat grinder, blender or food processor. Then transfer the resulting onion mass into a container (it is better that it be enameled or glass). Sprinkle it with granulated sugar - you need a tablespoon full. Stir well. Remove the finished medicine away from light for 4-5 hours. If you prepare the syrup in the evening, then in the morning you can already use it.
During the day, the medicine should be taken about 4-5 times. One serving equals a full tablespoon. The drug should be consumed no later than 30 minutes after eating. If desired, this recipe can be supplemented with honey. This should not be done only by those who are allergic to bee products. Connoisseurs of traditional medicine are convinced that it is worth being treated with this remedy for at least 3 days in a row. However, it is not recommended to take it for more than 10 days.
Sweet onion broth
In order to cook this medicine, you will need 0.5 kg of peeled onions (it must be chopped as small as possible), a liter of drinking water and 0.4 kg of granulated sugar. We mix all the listed components and cook over low heat. The process of preparing the mixture will take about 3 hours. Cool the finished onion broth, filter through a strainer or a piece of gauze. You can add a couple of tablespoons of natural honey. But this is optional and in the absence of contraindications.
The maximum daily dose of the decoction is 6 tablespoons. Take warm only after meals.
With honey
Peel one onion and pass it through a meat grinder (alternatively, chop with a blender). You need to make onion puree. Pour a standard glass of granulated sugar into the gruel and fill it with pre-prepared boiling water. Put the mixture on low heat and cook the medicine for 3 hours. When ready, it must be cooled, strain through a strainer or piece of gauze and add a couple of tablespoons of natural honey.
The daily dose is 5-6 tablespoons, one at a time. Before using the drug, it is imperative to warm it up in a water bath. Boiled onion with sugar is the perfect cough suppressant for children. After all, the onion becomes almost imperceptible after cooking.
With apple
This medicine works well for a debilitating and long-lasting cough. To make it, take one potato, one onion, and one apple. All ingredients should be medium in size. Put them in a saucepan and cover with a liter of boiled water. Put the product on low heat and cook until you see that only half of the original volume of liquid remains. Then cool the broth and strain through a strainer or piece of gauze.
The daily dose is 3 tablespoons, divided into three doses.
Sweet syrup with onion skins
If your child has been diagnosed with bronchitis by a doctor and you do not want to stuff your child with drugs with multiple side effects, give him sweet syrup with husks. Just do not forget to consult a doctor about this. Do not discard the onion itself - you can cook it together with the husk, after grating it on a fine grater. Add sugar to taste, but 400 g should be enough in principle. Place a saucepan with hulls and onion puree covered in water over low heat. Cook for an hour. The decoction of the husk with onion and sugar should be filtered through a piece of gauze. Consume only when heated.
The daily dose is 1.5 cups of syrup. It turns out, half a glass three times a day. With this medication, a dry cough will disappear in about three days.
Treatment of cough in pregnant women and children
Women in a position to treat a cough can sometimes be very problematic. The list of approved drugs is extremely small. And in some cases, they are completely prohibited. Then traditional medicine becomes a real salvation.
Sugar onion is an absolutely harmless and effective folk remedy. He has very few contraindications. And pregnancy clearly does not apply to them. In addition, this is a wonderful prophylactic agent - it is especially important for the expectant mother to maintain her immunity in good shape.
Sweet boiled onions are good for coughs in children. Thanks to sugar, babies take it, if not with pleasure, then, in any case, without disgust. So that the child does not refuse to use the mixture you have prepared, chop the onion to a puree state. You can also add natural honey to improve the taste. It will eliminate bitterness and increase the effectiveness of the medicine.
When to use a prescription not recommended
Despite the fact that onions are very effective against coughs, it is undesirable to abuse them. In addition, onions with sugar are contraindicated:
- children under 2 years old;
- people with liver and heart diseases;
- with a chronic form of gastritis, stomach and intestinal ulcers;
- with diabetes mellitus.
Post factum
A cough is always a symptom of a disease, not a separate disease. It signals the occurrence of disturbances in the work of the body. It should be noted that folk recipes with onions do well with a cold cough. If this symptom is associated with a heart, neurological, or gastrointestinal condition, onions will not help.
So, when a cough appears, first of all, you need to visit a doctor. Based on the examination data and test results, the doctor will establish the correct diagnosis. And only after that, he will individually prescribe suitable drugs for you. Check with your doctor if you can use traditional methods of treating cough in your case. Having received the permission of a specialist, choose the recipe you like, strictly adhere to the dosage, doctor's recommendations and treat yourself to your health.
