15 ways to cure a cold without taking medicine

Introduction: The cold is one of the most common multi-morbidity, so far there is no special treatment, currently only symptomatic treatment, let it gradually heal itself. And after the year into the early spring season, the temperature will have a certain rise, seasonal exchange is also the high incidence of colds, this article introduces several tips to treat colds, you can use according to their own situation. 1, drink chicken soup Two clinical medical centers in the United States reported that drinking chicken soup can inhibit throat and respiratory tract inflammation, and is extremely effective in eliminating symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough and sore throat caused by colds. Because chicken contains a variety of essential amino acids, rich in nutrients, can significantly enhance the body’s resistance to cold virus, chicken also contains a special chemical substances, with enhanced pharyngeal blood circulation and nasal fluid secretion, which protects the respiratory tract smooth, clear respiratory virus, accelerate the healing of the cold has a good role. 2, eat more radish Practice has proved that the radish in the radish has a unique role in the prevention and treatment of colds. The specific practice is to chop the sweet and crisp juicy radish, press out half a teacup of juice, and then mash the ginger, squeeze out a small amount of ginger juice, add the radish juice, and then add sugar or honey, mix well and then punch into boiling water as a drink, three times a day, and even serve two days, can clear heat, detoxification, dispel cold, and prevent colds. 3, sugar ginger tea drink because of the cold is mostly external wind and cold evil, often have a headache, nasal congestion, runny nose and all over the joint pain, and even fear of cold, fever and other symptoms. Available brown sugar, ginger, black tea each appropriate amount, boil soup drink, 1-2 times a day, not only warm body to go cold, but also has a good function of preventing and controlling colds. 4, eat less salt Experimental evidence shows that eating less salt containing na can improve the content of lysozyme in saliva, protect the mucous membrane epithelial cells in the mouth and throat, so that they secrete more immunoglobulin A and interferon to deal with cold virus. Therefore, eating salt within 5 grams a day is beneficial to the prevention and control of colds. 5, take honey Honey contains a variety of biologically active substances, can stimulate the body’s immune function, twice a day in the morning and evening, can effectively treat and prevent colds and other viral diseases. 6, take yeast Professor Dasgupta of the University of California in the United States found in the experiment, in the production of bread yeast, contains a can prevent the cold virus in the human body cells to reproduce the spread of ingredients, can treat the common cold, but not effective for influenza. 7, eat more spices University of Wisconsin research that ginger, dried chili helps the body expel cold virus, cough and phlegm. The American Institute for Cancer Research revealed not long ago that garlic can enhance the body’s immune function. Adding more spices when cooking dishes can make the cold heal early. 8.Vinegar nose drops and fumigation Dilute vinegar with cold boiling water and prepare it into 5%-10% solution of nose drops, 4-6 times a day, 2-3 drops in each nostril, which is very effective in treating cold and influenza. Especially in the early stage of cold, the effect is better. Vinegar can kill the cold virus latent in the nasopharynx. During the epidemic period of cold and flu, using vinegar nose drops has a reliable preventive effect. In addition, vinegar fumigation can also cure cold, that is, 100 grams of vinegar is put on the stove to fumigate, and the room not only smells good at once, but also the vinegar molecules are dispersed in the air to kill the indoor cold virus, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of cold. During the epidemic of cold, it is better to fumigate vinegar 1-2 times a day. 9.Rub your hand Because the root of the thumb (medically called the big fish interval) is rich in muscles, when you stretch your palm, it protrudes obviously and accounts for a large area of your palm. The large fissure is closely related to the respiratory organs. Daily rubbing, for improving the body susceptible to colds is very beneficial. The method is: rub the large fissure on both hands until it is hot. The rubbing method is similar to rubbing the skin of peanut rice with both palms. One hand is fixed, turn the other hand’s big fish interval, alternating between the two hands up and down. The two large fissure in the opposite direction to rub, about one to two minutes, the whole palm will be hot. This can promote blood circulation, strengthen the body’s metabolism, so it can strengthen the body, so it is not easy to catch a cold. 10, massage the nose Both hands slightly clenched fist, with the back of the flexed thumb up and down and back and forth massage both sides of the nose. Massage 15-30 times a day in the morning and afternoon, with local redness and heat. A method can improve nasal blood circulation, promote the secretion of mucous membrane cells, and through the “directional swing” of the cilia, the cold virus and its harmful metabolites out of the body. 11, acupuncture point massage with the thumb, index finger, middle finger (either finger) massage the nasal passage, Yingxiang, nasal flow and other points, then use the muscles around the fish point developed area, rub both sides of the nasal cavity from the Yingxiang point to the Hall point cold sensitive area. Massage the Yongquan point and the heart of the foot until they are hot so that the meridians in these two areas are open and the qi and blood are running properly. This can prevent the invasion of wind and cold and reject the enemy outside the gate. 12, acupuncture treatment Our acupuncture is quite effective in treating colds. When you have a cold, go to acupuncture as soon as possible, you can make the nasal congestion, headache immediately reduced, and can make the increased body temperature gradually return to normal after a day and night. Acupuncture is reliable because it enhances the immune function of the body through the regulation of meridians. Effective acupuncture points for treating colds are: Shang Xing, Yin Tang, Feng Chi, Ying Xiang, He Gu and Wai Guan. Stay for 15 minutes, needle once a day, usually 2-3 times can be cured. 13, more sleep Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that when people sleep, the body bacteria can produce a substance called “cell wall acid”, which has the effect of enhancing the body’s immunity and can accelerate the recovery from colds and other viral diseases. Therefore, it is proposed that sleep is also a form of treatment, especially for colds. 14.Breathing steam In a large tea cup, fill it with a cup of boiling water, put your face down on it and breathe deeply until the water in the cup is cold, several times a day. This method to treat colds, especially the first cold effect is better. 15, cold water wash face This method generally begins in the summer and does not stop in autumn and winter to enhance the appropriateness. Insist on washing your face with cold boiling water every morning and evening, which can increase the blood circulation of your face and improve the ability to resist diseases and cold, so as to prevent the occurrence of colds.