5 folk ways to treat a runny nose that you should forget about right now

5 folk ways to treat a runny nose that you should forget about right now

Simple, at first glance, methods will not only be of no benefit, but may also aggravate the problem.

general practitioner. Ex-director of the Hillel Foundation in Saratov

“When we get sick, it seems that all the things at home will help in treatment. We put everything we can find in the kitchen into our noses, organize a steam room and strenuously continue to endure the cold on our feet, running around on errands”.

Not all even familiar and seemingly proven remedies are useful for restoring our health. Even if they were used by our mothers and grandmothers. Let’s deal with some home methods of treating runny nose, which will do more harm than help.

Vitamin C

The first recommendation isn’t so much scary as it is useless. Some studies show that with regular use of vitamin C, you can reduce the duration of cold symptoms. However, when you’re already sick, there’s no point in pelting yourself with percussive doses of lemon.

Inhalation with potato decoction and hot showers

In all likelihood, you have at least once breathed under a towel over a potato. This method of “fighting” with a cold is fraught with burns of mucous membranes, facial skin and eyes, especially in children. This method will only intensify the course of laryngitis, pharyngitis, sore throat and other inflammatory diseases. Inhalation over steam is not recommended for people with vascular diseases and high blood pressure. Hot shower procedures work on the same principle, so also will not benefit your health.

Garlic

Garlic is a great thing to do with garlic! Carried in your pocket and around your neck, cooked and drunk in decoctions. It’s all about the vitamin C content again. There is no particular benefit from preparing and drinking food and drinks with this plant. Of course, it is useful to maintain water balance, but from such decoctions will not do any good. The strong characteristic smell will rather just make people not to come close to you in transportation and at work.

Other decoctions and infusions

The use of spicy food, decoctions with apple cider vinegar is fraught with the appearance or aggravation of problems with the digestive system if improperly prepared. Such recommendations do not at all take into account the state of health of the whole body and the presence of chronic diseases in a particular person. Refrain from extreme dishes, consult a doctor practicing evidence-based medicine to ensure that treatment brings the expected positive results.

Antibiotics without a doctor’s prescription

The last method is not exactly folk, but it is popular, and it is impossible not to mention it. Self-appointment of antibiotics is dangerous, because if you use the medication incorrectly, you can develop resistance to treatment – antibiotic resistance. That is, the next time you really need to prescribe drugs, they simply will not work on microorganisms, and treatment will not be timely and effective.

Consult your doctor for competent help.