Herbs for throat treatment

In the treatment of throat pathologies with folk methods, phytopreparations are the leading way to relieve symptoms. Official medicine also recommends the use of medicinal herbs, since in many specific compounds have been found that have a beneficial effect for the body.

Herbs for the treatment of throat in the vast majority of cases are used in the form of decoctions or infusions. There is one general rule for the preparation of such solutions: before use, the liquid must be cooled to room temperature and filtered with gauze. It is advisable to let the infusion cool down on its own - this will help to remove the maximum amount of medicinal substances into the solution. Compliance with this rule will ensure the highest effectiveness of herbal treatment and protect the sore throat from irritation by high temperatures. And filtering the liquid will remove solid fractions, which will protect the mucous membrane from mechanical damage.

It is recommended to treat the throat with herbal infusions and decoctions in several ways. These are mainly rinses. When the pharynx is flushed, medicinal compounds are deposited directly on the mucous membrane. It is necessary to rinse 5-6 times a day, and ideally, pauses between procedures should be no more than 1 hour. If you have several types of solutions, alternate them, as this increases the therapeutic effectiveness.

The second method of using medicinal herbs is inhalation. In this case, the active substances enter the throat mucosa in the form of vapor vapors. It is not necessary to cool the solution here, on the contrary, it should be extremely hot, since it will not enter the patient's body by itself. It must be poured into a container with a wide top, bend over it, cover with a towel, and then begin to intensively inhale the vapors rising above the container through the mouth. Inhalation is recommended to be produced with almost all medicinal herbs and fees that are used for rinsing.

Important! The shelf life of herbal solutions for rinsing and inhalation is 1 day. The next day, you need to prepare a new portion.

The third way to use phytopreparations is ingestion. Such an introduction combines two therapeutic procedures at once: medicinal substances pass through the throat, settling on the mucous membrane, and then absorbed in the stomach, exerting a systemic effect on the entire patient's body. When taken orally, the dosage of the prescription must be followed exactly. An excess of the concentration of active substances in the body leads to undesirable consequences even when using relatively mild herbal remedies.

Finally, herbal compresses are sometimes used for sore throat. For example, warming and anesthetic dressings with aloe, honey, or agave juice mixed with ethanol diluted with water are helpful. Remember that at temperatures above 38 C and / or purulent discharge on the tonsils, any compresses are contraindicated.

Gourd

This herb is extremely widely used in the treatment of throat problems. This is reflected even in its popular name, since its taxonomic name is silver cinquefoil. The gourd contains flavonoids, essential oils, vitamin C, a number of tannins and other active ingredients. Due to this, cinquefoil has an anti-inflammatory and disinfectant effect, which is optimal for the treatment of throat diseases caused mainly by pathogenic bacteria.

Recipes for using this herb:

1. Brew 1 teaspoon of gourd in 1 cup of boiling water. Let the solution sit for 1 hour. Swallow ¼ cup daily and gargle with the rest.
2. Add a glass of vodka to 1 tablespoon of dry herb and put it in the heat for 2 weeks. Next, filter the tincture and take orally 20 drops per 100 g of water three times a day.
3. For 10 g of chopped gourd, take half a liter of water and boil for half an hour in a water bath in a lidded container. Strain the broth through cheesecloth and add water to half a liter of the total volume. Take a third of a glass orally three times a day, half an hour before meals.

Aloe

This herb is rich in vitamin C, phytoncides, antioxidants, B vitamins and allantoin, a natural anesthetic compound. Aloe throat treatment includes the following recipes:

• Wash and grind 3 large leaves of the plant. Add ½ cup sugar to the gruel and place the container in the dark for half a week. Then pour in a glass of vodka and leave in the dark for the same period. Then drain the liquid and take 1 small spoon by mouth before meals.

• Place 2-3 aloe leaves wrapped in thick paper in the refrigerator for 7 days. After that, grind them in a meat grinder and pour 0.5 liters of water. Boil solution, cool and use for rinsing.

• It is recommended to gargle the throat with the juice of this plant, diluted with water at a ratio: 1 tbsp. juice in 20 ml of water. In every 200 g of solution, drop 3 drops of iodine and put a pinch of baking soda.

• Preventive remedy for throat diseases - 20 drops of aloe juice in a glass of heated water. Gargling with this solution is useful for both sore throat and other colds.

Important! Recipes containing aloe and chamomile should not be used during pregnancy!

Chamomile

Medicines including chamomile are used primarily for washes. Use the following recipes:

1. Pour 200 ml of boiling water into 1 large spoonful of dried chamomile and leave this solution for half an hour.

1. Put 3 large spoons of dry herbal medicine in half a liter of water, boil and let the solution cool down on its own.

1. Mix 10 g of chamomile with twice as many linden flowers. Insist the resulting mixture for 40 minutes in 200 g of boiling water.

1. In 200 g of boiling water, brew 1 large spoonful of calendula and the same amount of chamomile. After infusing the solution and straining, add 3 drops of eucalyptus oil extract there. Stir the oil well to distribute it evenly in the container.

1. Mix equal parts of chamomile, eucalyptus, flaxseeds and St. John's wort. For 1 large spoonful of collection, pour in 100-150 ml of boiling water. Allow the solution to come to room temperature on its own and strain it.

It is also convenient to use factory-made herbal remedies for chamomile. In pharmacies, these medicines are often sold pre-packaged, resembling tea bags. They must be brewed in 1 glass of boiling water and immediately used for rinsing. In addition, you can buy a drug called Romazulan. This is an extract of the medicinal compounds contained in chamomile, already isolated in solution. To use Romazulan, just drop up to ten drops of this product in 200 ml of heated water and start rinsing your throat.

Other medicinal herbs

Medicinal herbs can cause allergies. Before using them, you should make sure that the patient normally tolerates such drugs.

The list of herbal remedies that are useful for relieving sore throat is extremely long. Among the most popular options for rinsing and inhalation are:

• Medicinal solutions of individual herbs - sage, oregano, yarrow, St. John's wort, etc. To prepare such a solution, take 1 large spoonful of herbs per 200 ml of boiling water.

• In 250 ml of boiling water, insist 15 g of medicinal calendula for half an hour. Cool, strain and use for rinsing.

• Boil 25-30 g of horsetail in half a liter of boiling water. Let it brew for 20 minutes.

• Add 200 ml of boiling water to 2 large spoons of raspberry leaf. Let the solution sit for 15 minutes.

• Pour 2 large tablespoons of processed calamus root with a glass of water. Insist the solution for 4 hours. And then boil over low heat for 5 minutes.

• Take 10-15 g of crushed burnet root, add 200 g of water there and boil for half an hour in a water bath. Then leave the solution for 10 minutes, drain and add an equal volume of clean water.

• Put 20-25 g of dried black elderberry in 200 ml of boiling water. Let the liquid simmer over low heat for 5 minutes and refrigerate.

• Pour 200 ml of water over 2 large spoons of eucalyptus leaf. Place the solution in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.

Compound recipes for medicinal herbs

It is not monopreparations containing only one type of medicinal herb that are very useful for treating the throat, but mixtures of them. The combination of various therapeutic effects that are characteristic of certain medicinal plants enhances the overall healing effect. For sore throat, the following recipes are recommended:

1. Stir in equal amounts of oak bark and ground marsh calamus roots. Pour 1 liter of water into 10 g of collection. Boil the resulting liquid and simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. Then add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of nettle and the same amount of sage. Let the liquid sit for 30 minutes.

1. Mix 10 g each of chamomile, St. John's wort and medicinal calendula. Add half the amount of flaxseeds, sage, crushed marshmallow rhizome and elderflower flowers to the collection. For every 5 g of the mixture, pour in 200 ml of boiling water and leave to infuse for half an hour.

1. Take 5 g of linden blossom, chopped rhizomes of naked licorice and elecampane, as well as wild rosemary herb. Add twice the amount of calendula, sage, and eucalyptus flowers to the mixture. Prepare the rinse solution using the same method as described in the previous paragraph.

1. Mix equal amounts of plantain leaves, calendula flowers, bitter wormwood, chopped rhizome of naked licorice and snake mountaineer. For each large spoonful of collection, add 200-250 ml of water and heat for a quarter of an hour in a boiling water bath. Let the solution cool on its own.

When treating throat with herbs, do not forget to stimulate the immune system. Medicines such as ginseng, echinacea, and eleutherococcus are helpful.