COMMON COLD

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COMMON COLD

Cold is a viral infection of your nose and throat (upper respiratory tract). It's usually harmless, but uncomfortable. These viruses are easily spread from person to person or surface to surface. Many of these viruses can live on surfaces for hours, even days.

CAUSES:

Although many types of viruses can cause a common cold, rhinoviruses are the most common cause. A cold virus enters your body through your mouth, eyes or nose. The virus can spread through droplets in the air when someone who is sick coughs, sneezes or talks.

It also spreads by hand-to-hand contact with someone who has a cold or by sharing contaminated objects, such as eating utensils, towels, toys or telephones. If you touch your eyes, nose or mouth after such contact, you're likely to catch a cold.

SYMPTOMS:

Symptoms of a common cold usually appear one to three days after exposure to a cold-causing virus. Which can vary from person to person, might include:

Runny or stuffy nose

Sore throat

Watery of eyes

Mild headache

Body ache

Cough

Congestion

Slight body aches or a mild headache

Sneezing

loss of taste and smell

Low-grade fever

Body chill

Swollen lymph

Generally feeling unwell

The discharge from your nose may start out clear and become thicker and yellow or green as a common cold runs its course. This doesn't usually mean you have a bacterial infection.

COMMON COLD SYRUP

Ingredients: Add organic honey inside the chopped onion, garlic, ginger. Keep aside for 4 hours, after which 1-2 tsp of the syrup can be taken 3-4 times a day. The syrup can be stored for many months too.

COMPLICATION:

These conditions can occur along with your cold:

Acute ear infection (otitis media). This occurs when bacteria or viruses enter the space behind the eardrum. Typical signs and symptoms include earaches or the return of a fever following a common cold.

Asthma. A cold can trigger wheezing, even if you don't have asthma. If you have asthma, a cold can make it worse.

Acute sinusitis. In adults or children, a common cold that doesn't resolve can lead to swelling and pain (inflammation) and infection of the sinuses.

Other infections. A common cold can lead to other infections, including strep throat, pneumonia, and croup (barking cough, croup are the result of swelling around the voice box (larynx), windpipe (trachea) and bronchial tubes (bronchi). or bronchiolitis (affects the smaller airways) in children.

POINTS TO REMEMBER

* Cover your cough. Sneeze and cough into tissues. Throw away used tissues right away, then wash your hands thoroughly. If you don't have a tissue, sneeze or cough into the bend of your elbow and then wash your hands.

* Don't share. Don't share drinking glasses or eating utensils with other family members. Use your own glass or disposable cups when you or someone else is sick.

* Stay away from people with colds. Avoid close contact with anyone who has a cold.

* Stay out of crowds, when possible. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

* Don‘t touch your face. Cold viruses can live on your body without making you sick, but once you touch your mouth, nose, or eyes with infected hands, you’ll likely get sick. Avoid touching your face, or wash your hands before you do so.

* Gargling with salt water. A salt water gargle can help coat your throat and ease irritation.

* Drinking plenty of fluids. Staying well hydrated helps you replace fluids you’ve lost while also helping relieve congestion.

* Zinc supplement: Zinc may reduce symptoms of cold and flu. Zinc is an essential trace nutrient.

* Follow eight Health Laws

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COLD AND FLU;

Difference between common cold and flu, initially the symptoms seems to be similar where in case of flu signs and symptoms are more severe than the common cold. The flu, however, can lead to complications like: sinus and ear infections, pneumonia, sepsis

Symptoms Cold Flu

Symptom onset gradual (1–3 days) sudden

Symptom severity mild to moderate moderate to severe

Fever rare common

Headache rare common

Sore throat common occasionally

Aches mild moderate to severe

Chills uncommon common

Cough, chest discomfort mild to moderate common, can be severe

Sneezing common occasionally

Vomiting, upset stomach rare occasionally

Complications rare occasionally

HOME REMEDIES:

Irritated Throat: Mix one spoon of Lemon juice and half spoon of Black Pepper and one spoon of Salt in a glass of Luke warm water. Gargle a few times a day then you will get rid from Sore throat and Sever cough.

Stuffy Nose: Combine a little pepper, cinnamon, cumin and cardamon seeds, made a fine powder of these ingredient and just smell the stimulant, you stuffy nose and sneezing will be released.

Running nose: Steam inhalation with few drops of eucalyptus oil.

CONCOTION: Garlic with mustard oil, instil 1-2 drops of the oil on both side of your nose and slight massage is done slow deep breath.

DECOCTION:

Take handful of tulsi, mint, oregano, drumstick leaves, curry leaves, 5-6 leaves of Neem leaves, garlic 1/2 tea cup, ginger , 2 tea spoon of fenugreek seeds and 1 tea spoon of black cumin, 1 tea spoon of turmeric powder, Giloy, boil them all for 10-15 minutes under low flame.

Take 3-4 times a day (20-30 ml) of it with lemon juice and honey.

1. Tulsi/holy basil:

2. Oregano/Mexican mint:

3. Mint/pudina:

4. Drumstick leaves:

5. Curry leaves:

6. Neem leaves:

7. Ginger:

8. Fenugreek seed:

9. Turmeric:

10. Black cumin (not sesame):

11. Lemon:

12. Honey:

13. Giloy:

14. Garlic:

COUGH SYRUP:

Chop garlic, ginger, onion into small pieces and put in a small glass (100 ml), fill 3/4 of the container and add pure honey till its neck. Leave it for 8-10 hours and then use it. Take 1-2 teaspoonful for 4-5 times a day.

Garlic:

By eating a few cloves of garlic each day, you can effectively fight off all kinds of bacteria, viruses and infections. It is also very effective in relieving the effects of colds, flu cases. Using garlic in cooking a meal is not enough, to maximize and take advantage of its full antibiotic properties you will have to crush the garlic and eat it raw. A great way to try it is in a salad, or a soup.

Onions:

Onions are closely related to garlic, they have similar health benefits, such as reducing pain and inflammation, as well as illnesses like the common cold and flu

Vitamin C:

Vitamin C, can be found in a wide variety of fruits, including oranges, tamarind, lemon, lime, goose berry and pineapples. It is known for its ability to strengthen the immune system.

Ginger:

It is known that ginger can be used in the treatment of flu and colds.

Eucalyptus:

It has also been commonly used in teas and by inhalation to combat coughs.

Tulsi: Tulsi tea is consumed to treat the common cold and flu. Regular intake of Tulsi leaves also help in preventing cough etc. It helps in keeping the body fit.

SOME OTHER ADVISES

SORE THROAT

I remember my daughter having a severe throat infection once. It was so bad that she was crying with pain and she couldn't even speak or swallow anything. Gave her half of a pineapple which she ate with much difficulty. Applied the leaves of LILAC TASSELFLOWER Kept on giving her hot water to drink. Praise God. Couldn't believe. By noon the pain was completely gone and she was back to normal.

LILAC TASSELFLOWER

Hydrotherapy

Wrap cold (not warm/hot) wet cloth (handkerchief size) around the neck.

Wrap a plastic sheet around the wet cloth and another dry towel over it... Wet cloth should not be exposed to air - completely covered... It can be done overnight... In the morning it will be dry and warm....

If there is lot of chest congestion, child can wear wet (water should not drip... Wring out water completely) sleeveless baniyan, make a cut for the neck and hands in a dustbin bag and wear this plastic over the wet baniyan... Over this let him wear a woolen sweater.... Very effective treatment... Just a little bit care in wearing is required... Try to speak to someone who has already done it.... You can call me...