Flu is a common viral illness that usually occurs during the dry and winter seasons. Although it takes about a week to recover, the symptoms can be managed with simple home remedies. These remedies, while not able to cure the illness itself, can help alleviate the symptoms. If you experience coughing along with flu, it is typically referred to as an upper respiratory tract infection. There are many cost-effective and easy-to-follow home remedies that can be used to manage flu symptoms.
Symptoms of flu:
- Runny nose and eyes
- Generalized Body aches and joint pains
- Mild fever and chills
- Cough with or without phlegm
- Sneezing: due to irritation in nasal.
- Headache: can caused due to nasal congestion and dehydration
- Blocked sinuses or nasal congestion due to nasal inflammation
Medications for flue: you can use pain killers for body aches and antipyretics for fever. Other symptoms can be managed by simple home remedies such as follow:
Boiled Eggs:
Eggs are very effective in combating flue. Use half-boiled eggs apply crushed black pepper over them, and take it before bedtime. Furthermore do not drink water after that for at least 3-4 hours of it. flu vaccine is based on egg protein.
Herbal tea: Make a herbal tea containing, illachi(cardamom) darchini( cinnamon) and loung (cloves) and some leaves of green tea .
Method of preparation of herbal tea: Take one cup of water, make it to boil and put 4 pieces of cardamom, 4-5 pieces of cinnamon, 4-5 pieces of cloves and some leaves of green tea. Make it to boil till the color of the tea becomes dark brown .stain it and put 1/4 tea spoon of black pepper powder in it and drink before it become cool. Repeat it 3-4 times a day. These will relief symptoms of flue and give soothing effect.
Ginger tea: Ginger is thought to be an effective antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. However drinking ginger tea with adding honey in it decreases inflammation which leads to clearance of airway.
Use steam inhalation: Take steam inhalation by adding little amount of Vicks in it.it liquefies the mucus in the airway and ease the breathing pattern.
How to take steam inhalation:
Pour around ½ to one cup of water in a kettle make it boil and when starts evaporating put little amount of Vicks in it .Cover yourself with the help of a towel and inhale deeply the vapors and cover yourself in blanket, do not expose to cool environment after steam inhalation.
Take excessive fluids: Take fluids in diet such as soup, juices and soupy noodles.do not take cold water take normal room temperature water. This will prevent dehydration which can be caused due to insensible loses due to fever and runny nose or sneezing.
Take maximum bed Rest: Take bed rest for fast recovery from flue.it will help to come in contact with outside dry or cols environment
Gargling salt water: Do gargles of warm salty water this will ease the sore throat.
Honey for flu: Honey is considered to be a best remedy for flu. It works as an antibiotic according to ancient perceptions.so, use honey in warm water or you can mix it with the tea as mentioned above. It also work by smoothen your throat and decreases inflammation.
Vitamin c: vitamin c cannot treat flu but making our immune system strong .that further can prevent viral infection and also shortens the time of duration of your sickness .Moreover, our body cannot synthesize vitamin c it has to take in food .vitamin c containing fruits are citrus fruits such as oranges and orange juice, strawberries, black pepper and potatoes also contain good amount of vitamin c.
Who can get flu very easily?
Almost all people can get flu at any time .but patients with weak immune system get it very fast. Moreover patients on immunotherapy and chemotherapy ,patient going under bone marrow or other organ transplant are at high risk of getting respiratory tract infections very soon .Moreover, children and old age people are also at greater risk of getting it.
As flu is a viral illness and everybody can be a victim of it .People with weak immune system such as cancer patients and patient underwent /undergoing transplant (bone marrow transplant, liver or kidney transplant) are more susceptible of it. Moreover, home remedies are very effective in relieving flue symptoms
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