A cough can come on completely unexpectedly. Most often, this is a protective reaction of the body to the ingress of an irritant into the upper respiratory tract. In this case, the cough is short, strong, abrupt, and goes away almost as soon as the body manages to get rid of the irritant. But if it occurs periodically or lasts for a long time, then this indicates serious malfunctions in the body, and, possibly, the onset of a chronic disease. And in this case, it is necessary to take measures to treat the cough. In some cases, you can quickly cure your cough with regular burnt sugar.
What is a cough?
Many people doubt whether burnt sugar helps with coughs or if this is an old invention of our grandmothers. Surprisingly, it helps. Moreover, it has been proven for centuries. After all, before there were not a large number of pharmacies, and medicines were very expensive. Therefore, they were treated with what was at hand. And even the poorest house certainly had ordinary sugar. But burnt sugar does not help from any cough, but only from "dry".
The nature of the cough depends on the reasons that caused it. It can be a mechanical irritant, allergy, or pathogens. If a cough is a symptom of a viral or infectious disease, then it is usually wet. In such cases, sputum production increases in the body. It flows down the back wall of the larynx, enters the bronchi, irritates them and causes a wet gurgling cough, due to which excess fluid is coughing up and excreted from the body.
A completely different picture is observed with diseases such as:
- angina;
- laryngitis;
- tracheitis;
- bronchitis;
- pharyngitis.
Inflammatory processes cause severe irritation of the upper respiratory tract, and it is this that provokes a "dry", sharp, as doctors call it, unproductive cough, which can be very painful. In addition, it is often a symptom of tuberculosis or an acute allergic reaction.
It is also important to understand that burnt sugar is not a cure, but only a remedy for a symptom. It really is able to quickly relieve the attack and "soften" the cough, helping to facilitate coughing up and excretion of phlegm. But he does not cure the cause of the disease.
Therefore, if the disease is started, sugar alone is not enough - you need to connect serious funds.
Making a lollipop
There are many recipes for making burnt cough sugar. You can take any, but they are all a variation of the basic "burn", which is easy to make at home. Regular refined sugar is best suited for her, and its type does not matter. The same effect will be from the usual beetroot, and from the more expensive - cane. There may be sediment in the unrefined sugar. Refined burnt bean will be beautifully transparent.
The easiest and fastest way to make burnt sugar at home is to put it in a regular metal tablespoon and hold it over low heat (over a candle or gas) until the sugar melts and takes on a pleasant golden brown hue. Then it must be poured into a glass prepared in advance with clean boiled water and immediately removed from there onto a plate or cellophane film.
Such a wonderful lollipop will be happy to be taken as medicine by children, even those who are almost impossible to persuade to swallow a pill or drink syrup. And the older guys are very fond of participating in the preparation of "burnt".
Do not forget to take precautions - when pouring the molten sugar, splashes of heated water can scatter and burn the skin. Therefore, the glass is only half filled with water.
The best recipes
But there are also little tricks on how to make complete natural medicines with regular burnt sugar. To do this, you need to add additional useful ingredients to the base composition. Here are some effective recipes with different ingredients:
With onion juice. Burnt cough sugar, the recipe for which includes onions, will not please a child too much. But it has a powerful antibacterial effect and perfectly helps to get rid of pathogenic microbes in the early stages of ARVI. To do this, you need to prepare onion juice in advance by grating the onion and squeezing the juice through several layers of gauze. Melt two tablespoons of sugar over the fire until golden brown. Pour the onion juice into it and, stirring constantly, wait until the mixture thickens and becomes brownish, but not dark. Pour into silicone molds or in small portions into a glass of water.- With propolis tincture. Propolis is a valuable natural product that very quickly relieves inflammation, promotes tissue and cell regeneration, and improves immunity. Add a teaspoon of propolis alcohol tincture to the sugar melted as described above, mix well and pour into molds. You can also give such a medicine to children - the alcohol will completely evaporate during preparation and will not harm the child.
With ghee and vodka. This recipe is for adults only! It has been tested for centuries, but it contains alcohol, thanks to which it is an excellent antiseptic and helps well even with purulent bronchitis and sore throat. Relieves inflammation, softens cough, eases expectoration. The recipe for how to make a syrup is very simple. For cooking you will need: a glass of sugar, a tablespoon of good ghee, 50 grams of vodka and 100 grams of water. Melt sugar in a saucepan until golden brown, pour vodka mixed with water into it in a thin stream, mix well. When the mixture thickens again, add the ghee, stir again and pour into molds or cold milk.- Liquid burnt with aloe juice. It turns out a kind of syrup that is perfect for both adults and children. Aloe juice is a powerful natural remedy for even severe coughs. It has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, moisturizing properties, promotes the healing of microcracks and wounds. And in combination with burnt sugar, its effect only intensifies. For cooking, you need to melt half a glass of sugar, and then pour it into a glass of clean water, in which you must first thoroughly stir a tablespoon of aloe juice. Take a teaspoon 3-4 times a day 15-20 minutes before meals.
Syrup with ginger and lemon juice. Another recipe for liquid burnt, which is great for even a strong cough. Effective for adults and children over 10 years old - may cause irritation in babies. First you need to prepare the ginger water. To do this, peel 2-3 cm of ginger root, grate and pour 100 ml of boiling water. When the water cools down, strain and add freshly squeezed juice from half a lemon to it. Melt a glass of sugar and pour a thin stream into the lemon-ginger mixture. Take a teaspoon several times a day.
With onion juice. Burnt cough sugar, the recipe for which includes onions, will not please a child too much. But it has a powerful antibacterial effect and perfectly helps to get rid of pathogenic microbes in the early stages of ARVI. To do this, you need to prepare onion juice in advance by grating the onion and squeezing the juice through several layers of gauze. Melt two tablespoons of sugar over the fire until golden brown. Pour the onion juice into it and, stirring constantly, wait until the mixture thickens and becomes brownish, but not dark. Pour into silicone molds or in small portions into a glass of water.
With ghee and vodka. This recipe is for adults only! It has been tested for centuries, but it contains alcohol, thanks to which it is an excellent antiseptic and helps well even with purulent bronchitis and sore throat. Relieves inflammation, softens cough, eases expectoration. The recipe for how to make a syrup is very simple. For cooking you will need: a glass of sugar, a tablespoon of good ghee, 50 grams of vodka and 100 grams of water. Melt sugar in a saucepan until golden brown, pour vodka mixed with water into it in a thin stream, mix well. When the mixture thickens again, add the ghee, stir again and pour into molds or cold milk.
Syrup with ginger and lemon juice. Another recipe for liquid burnt, which is great for even a strong cough. Effective for adults and children over 10 years old - may cause irritation in babies. First you need to prepare the ginger water. To do this, peel 2-3 cm of ginger root, grate and pour 100 ml of boiling water. When the water cools down, strain and add freshly squeezed juice from half a lemon to it. Melt a glass of sugar and pour a thin stream into the lemon-ginger mixture. Take a teaspoon several times a day.Burnt sugar prepared in this way will not only contribute to thinning phlegm and better expectoration, but also have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and other beneficial effects that directly depend on additional components.
It should be noted that burnt sugar will not help with an allergic cough. The only way to get rid of it is to take antihistamines and stop contact with the allergen.
And you can recognize an allergy by a dry cough, which is accompanied by swelling, clear, profuse nasal discharge and inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eyes.
Features and contraindications
Burnt sugar cough treatment is effective, but not immediate.It quickly relieves an attack of coughing, but in order to consolidate the result, it is necessary to take it as a medicine for several days. If the cough does not go away in a maximum of a week, then it is necessary to consult a doctor and switch to traditional medicines, possibly with antibacterial components. You cannot start a cough - this can lead to serious complications.
Although burnt sugar is an environmentally friendly, completely natural remedy, even it has some contraindications to be aware of. The main one is diabetes mellitus. Be that as it may - sugar is sugar and it is impossible to use it in its pure form for those suffering from this disease.
In addition, burnt sugar, like pharmaceutical cough drops, cannot be used during a severe attack of coughing, which occurs with diseases such as: tuberculosis and bronchial asthma.
Patients with epilepsy should use this remedy with caution. And, of course, the benefits and harms largely depend on the amount of the product consumed. Even as a medicine, you can't eat a lot of sugar.
But this is almost an ideal cough medicine that can be used during pregnancy, when most pharmacy drugs are contraindicated. It can also be given to children: after a year - in solid form, and for the smallest - dissolved in warm water or milk. But after taking it, it is advisable to brush your teeth - sugar does not have a very good effect on the enamel, and with frequent use it can provoke caries.
