Influenza Herbal Remedies / Home Remedies. Every year, a healthy adult may suffer from cold or influenza for several times. Three to four times a year is considered acceptable since the fluctuation of human’s immune system can sometimes go down. In addition to that, severe weather changes and excessive work can add to the risk. Children, can have influenza at about similar frequencies or even more. This is because children are more susceptible to virus
Various free medicines are now available to cure influenza with various symptoms. These medications are able to get without prescriptions. Although it may sound practical, relying on free medicines is not always wise. Depending on the symptoms, influenza herbal remedies that can be prepared from home is a lot friendlier. Being exposed to chemical medicine may bring side effects in the long run. Besides that, dependency upon antibiotics will develop immunity that over the years of consumption, larger dosage will be needed to work.
Family Remedies: Safe for Kids
Family influenza herbal remedies works safer and of the same effectiveness. Although it may not work as fast as chemical medicine, herbs do not cause side effects. Except, if there are conditions of sensitivity that lead to allergies, then you need to be careful in choosing the ingredients. Below are some herbs which work well in tackling regular symptoms of influenza such as fever, cough, and runny nose.
• mint and ginger are natural antibiotics. Turning these ingredients into tea will warm up the body and improve blood circulation.
• honey is a natural healer to deal with wounds or infections, it works great with kids in decreasing fever and overcoming respiratory problems or infections.
• garlic is also one of the best remedies for influenza. You could consume it raw, first thing in the morning with an empty stomach. Or, cook it with chicken stock for some delicious soup. Make sure not to grind the garlic so that you will not lose its magical touch.
Avoiding Chemical Dependence
Rather than stocking influenza pills and syrup, it is much better to stack some influenza herbal remedies at home. Always prepare ginger, honey, garlic and mints. All of those ingredients are also great for cooking and improve body immune system. Remember to always prepare enough portions of fruits and veggies to the whole family. Sufficient vitamin C everyday will keep the doctor away. If fever or coughing do not go away after two or three days, consult a physician. Do not be tempted to turn your head to free medicines since these are usually unsafe for kidneys in the long run. Taking away from chemical medicine can be done through simple steps like this.
Building Your Own Immune System
In order to build up your own immune system to fight against cold, here are some working influenza herbal remedies recommended for your family:
• a cup of fresh orange juice in the morning is always helpful to fulfill vitamin C need
• prepare ginger tea with honey, or combine hot milk with ginger and honey, it will make body warmer and at the same time, the natural antibiotics in ginger will combat the virus
• combine warm milk and turmeric, drink up twice a day
• make fresh juice from grapefruits and drink up three times a day
• prepare warm water, apply some drops of lemons and honey
O ya, one think that we should know, Flu and cold are different, i think lot of people didn't know about this yet :) ...
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Published: 2013-04-03T04:24:00-07:00
Influenza Herbal Remedies / Home Remedies
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Published: 2013-04-03T04:24:00-07:00
Influenza Herbal Remedies / Home Remedies