This post contains the home
remedies for common cold. It’s a seasonal disease and spread rapidly when we
come in contact with the infected person. Prevention is better than the cure,
but if somehow you get infected then try these remedies at home. These will
definitely give you relief.
1: Mix dry ginger powder and jaggery
in equal amount. Take it twice a day to cure running nose or cold. If you have
cough then take one teaspoon of ginger juice and honey mixed in equal amount.
2: Black pepper powder, ginger
extract and basil extract mixed with honey taken 2-3 times a day cures cold.
3: Eating half spoon of fresh turmeric powder and drinking hot milk for 2 – 3 days helps to overcome common cold.
4: Taking garlic cloves boiled with milk helps to cure sneeze or cold.
5: Drinking hot water with lemon juice and honey before going to bed. It helps cure running nose and cold.
6: Mix cinnamon powder in honey
and lick this paste. It helps in cold and cough.
7: Inhale from right nose and
exhale from left nose. Do this exercise 20 times after short periods. This will
maintain the body temperature and give you relief.
Drink lots of fluids such as
water and juices. Water is the best remedy. Use cold or warm steam inhalation
to dissolve the dry mucus and relieve chest congestion. In case of soreness of
throat, do gargles with warm water mixed with a tinge of salt.
Do not smoke or drink alcohol
while you are from a cold infection. Do not starve yourself during a cold
infection. Do not use antibiotics without visit to doctor.