Nasal congestion is the most common problem in various diseases. To solve it, many pharmacy drugs and multicomponent folk remedies have been developed. However, there is a simpler solution - aloe vera juice from the cold that helps to restore nasal breathing already from the first application, effectively removes inflammation, eliminates swelling of the sinuses, facilitates bluffing and significantly accelerates recovery.
Does aloe juice help with a cold?
Investigation of the chemical composition of the liquid contained in the flesh of the described plant showed that in aloe, ingredients similar in properties to antibiotics are present. Thus, the juice from the leaves, getting on the mucous membranes, leads to the death of pathogenic bacteria, stops the inflammatory and putrefactive processes.
Moreover, the agent under consideration produces an antiviral, antiseptic effect, promotes healing of damages, narrows blood vessels.
The above properties of aloe vera cause its beneficial effect on the state of the nasal sinuses even in such serious diseases as rhinitis, sinusitis and sinusitis.
How to prepare aloe juice from a cold?
For effective therapy, it is necessary to follow certain rules for extracting medicinal liquid:
- Cut large, fleshy leaves from plants no older than 3 years old. It is desirable to use the lower parts of aloe.
- Rinse the leaves thoroughly under running water.
- Before obtaining juice, pre-wrap the raw materials in a clean gauze or parchment paper and place in the refrigerator for 13-14 hours.
- After cooling, cut the leaves from the spines and peel, chop the pulp.
- Kashitsu squeeze through gauze, collecting liquid in a glass sterile container.
Store juice only in the refrigerator, but not longer than 2 weeks. After 14 days, all the medicinal properties of the remedy will be lost.
Treatment of cold with pure aloe juice
With severe congestion, you can drip into the nasal passage of 2-3 drops of liquid from the leaves of aloe. As a rule, this procedure is accompanied by a strong sneeze due to the high concentration of juice. Therefore, it is recommended to dilute raw materials with clean water.
The ideal proportion for dilution is 1: 1, with increased sensitivity of the mucous membranes it is allowed to increase the amount of water 2 times.
The use of aloe vera juice in a runny nose can be continued until persistent improvement or complete cessation of discharge from the nose. In this case, it is undesirable to bury the liquid more often 4-5 times a day.
Prescriptions for remedies for a cold on the basis of aloe juice
Strengthen the positive effect of the agent in question easily, if you enrich home drops with other useful components. For example, traditional medicine has long practiced how to treat the common cold with aloe juice and honey.
Prescription means
Ingredients:
- boiled water - 0.5 tsp.
- concentrated aloe juice - 0.5 tsp.
- liquid natural honey - 0,5 tsp.
Preparation and use
Mix all the ingredients and shake them well. Bury 2-4 drops in each nasal passage 1-3 times a day. The last
Aloe vera juice with herbs against the common cold is considered a more effective drug, which helps even with purulent sinusitis .
The recipe for sinusitis
Ingredients:
- rose hips (fresh) - 4 pcs .;
- aloe juice - 2 teaspoons;
- eucalyptus oil - 0,5 tsp;
- any unsafared honey - 1,5 tsp.
Preparation and use
Wash, peel and rastoloch berry hips. Mix the resulting gruel with the rest of the ingredients. Twist 2 thin tampons from sterile gauze and abundantly soak them in the prepared mixture. In each nostril, add turundum for 15 minutes. Repeat procedure every 4 hours.