Home Remedies for Flu
Three types of viruses type A, type B and type C cause influenza or common flu. This disease spreads through person-to-person contact. It shows similar symptoms like common cold e.g. body pains, cough, fever, headache, shivereing, and sweating. One week is required for curing common cold but flu takes twelve days to cure.
It is difficult to completely cure flu because,
- Many species of viruses i.e. about 200
- Constant mutation in the RNA
- Transfer through communication
Correct medicine is not available to cure the disease, but natural medicines and herbs can be used to control and treat the disease. Some important home remedies are given below,
Vitamin C
- Diet is important in boosting the power of immune system
- Vitamin C always tops in the boosters of immune system
- Vitamin C increases the production of the WBC's. WBC’s actually destroy the infectious pathogens including influenza virus.
- A person with powerful immune system hardly suffers from the infectious diseases
Garlic
- Garlic decreases the production of the virus
- It breaks saturated mucus in the chest and sinus
- For convenience garlic capsules are available in the market
Ginger tea
- Acts as antiviral
- Breaks mucus in sinus and chest
- Boil two tablespoons of ginger paste in a glass of water, cool and drink it
Drinks
- Fluids are required for normal functioning of the body
- Body shows dehydration due to fever. To balance the fluid, drink lot of fluids or liquids
- Drink water and freshly prepared juices of fruits like orange carrot , beet and apple
- While preparing juice add similar quantity of water. It will fulfill the requirement of fluid as well glucose
Petroleum jelly
- Surrounding environment is very important for maintaining body temperature
- Take care that room temperature should not be too hot or too cold
- Moisture in the room will slightly give relief from cough and sore throat
- Continuous blowing of nose makes the nostrils red and dry
- Apply petroleum jelly to on the inner surface of the nostrils. It will minimize the irritation
Gelsemium
- It is flowering plant included in kingdom planate
- This mainly acts on the brain and spinal cord
- It give relief from the body pain
- Gelsemium cures fever, shivering and cough
Catnip tea
- If the body temperature is very high , then give catnip tea to the patient
- To get better results add half tea spoon of lobelia tincture
- Avoid this remedy for pregnant, breast feeding women and children below one year of age
- This is one meter tall plant commonly known as ‘Bone-set’ plant
- Leaves of the plant are used to normalize the body temperature and reduce body pains
Relief from body pain
- To get relief from the body pain use hot pads and you can dip feet into hot water
- Take hot water shower
Allopathic medicines show side effects but herbal medicines rarely show side effects. Home remedies are very useful in controlling and curing flu.
