Autumn and winter are the typical high season for colds.
If you strengthen your immune system with these home remedies, the common cold will go away faster.
Runny nose, cough, body aches and fever are typical cold symptoms *.
If you have severe symptoms, you should of course have a doctor check you out - especially to clarify whether it is not the flu or corona - and get medication.
But some good, old
home remedies
can also
help
strengthen the immune system
and thus aid your recovery.
Basically anything that gets you heating up will help:
tea, hot soups and hot spices
.
And an extra portion of
vitamins
for prevention, so that you don't get sick in the first place, can never hurt.
The classic against colds: chicken broth
Yes,
grandma didn't prepare
chicken broth
for nothing when you were sick.
Not only does it warm you wonderfully from the inside, it also provides you with nutrients and vitamins from the chicken and cooked vegetables.
In fact, chicken soup can even
reduce
inflammation
in the throat and nose, as US scientists from the University of Nebraska have found.
Here you will find the right recipe:
Always works: How to cook a great chicken broth.
Onion miracle cure for cold symptoms
Who got
onion juice for coughs
as a child
?
A clever home remedy that works at least as well, if not better, than cough remover from the pharmacy.
This is how easy it is to make onion juice:
Peel 1-2 onions, cut into small pieces and put the pieces in a glass.
Pour 2 tablespoons of honey over it.
Close the jar and let it steep for several hours or, preferably, overnight.
Pour off the onion juice through a fine sieve and store the finished juice in a cool place.
You can give the finished juice teaspoon by teaspoon several times a day.
It is suitable for children and adults.
Also interesting:
That's why you shouldn't throw onion peels in the trash.
Food against colds: heat up with ginger
The
ginger root
is a real miracle cure: It contains essential oils, which are also known as "
nature's aspirin
".
Ginger has a preventive and anti-inflammatory effect.
How do you best use it?
As
ginger tea
.
Even if there are ready-made tea bags, you should simply make the tea yourself, as the good ingredients are then retained in any case.
Cut a piece from the fresh root, peel and cut it into slices.
Pour hot water over it and let it steep.
You can make a pot of ginger tea from a lipstick-sized piece.
You can of course also add ginger to your food, especially in
Asian recipes
because of its spiciness.
Also read:
Ginger tea for a cold: But you shouldn't make a mistake.
Treat cough sweetly and gently with honey
Honey
has an antibacterial effect and is a great
home remedy for dry coughs
.
But: honey should not be heated, as the enzyme that strengthens the immune system is lost.
Instead of the well-known hot milk with honey, you should enjoy a spoonful of pure honey or a bread with honey.
Vitamins, vitamins and even more vitamins: Keeping a cold at bay
Everyone knows that vitamins are important in a balanced diet.
They become all the more important when the immune system is already weak.
If you have a cold, you should
eat
more
fruits and vegetables
than usual to get your body
going
again.
The top
foods
high in
vitamins
include:
Blueberries: Vitamins A, B and C
Carrots: vitamin A.
Broccoli: Vitamins K and C.
Sea buckthorn: vitamin C.
Rose hips: Vitamins C, A, B and E.
Home remedies for diseases
You can find more ideas for home remedies for colds and other diseases in the book "Healing with food: My top 10 against 100 diseases: Oats, potatoes, cabbage & Co. as gentle home remedies" (promotional link) by Dr.
Franziska Rubin.
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