Each mother wants to cure her child from cough, while using as few drugs as possible. Especially when it is a residual phenomenon after the disease. In such cases, parents often turn to traditional methods of treatment. And one of the most effective such methods is to cure the child of a protracted heavy cough, to make him a medical cake.
A cake for treating cough is a kind of gentle compress, allowed to children from birth. Most often this method of treatment is used for very young children or if there is an allergy to mustard plasters.
Depending on the ingredients used in the manufacture, cough cakes are:
- honey;
- mustard;
- rye;
- curd;
- potato.
A cake of any kind should be put, adhering to these rules:
- The skin should be prepared by lubricating it with oil or liquid nourishing cream.
- In front, the cake should be placed in the area of the bronchi, without going to the heart zone, and from the back - to lay on the lungs.
- To fix the cake, wrap the body with a cotton diaper, especially for very young children, then with a warm scarf and cover the baby with a blanket.
- Hold for 2-3 hours.
- After removing the cake, wipe the skin with warm water to remove the leftovers.
How to make a cake for children?
Recipe for potato cake from cough (you can even a small child)
It will take:
- 5-6 potatoes;
- honey, vodka, dried mustard, 1 tbsp. l .;
- gauze.
- Boil potatoes in uniforms.
- Crush it together with the peel.
- In the resulting mass add honey, vodka, mustard and mix well.
- Divide into 2 identical parts and, making cakes, wrap them in gauze.
- Set the minimum for an hour, according to the above rules.
To do such a compress is recommended before bedtime.
Honey cake recipe with mustard from cough
It will take:
- flour - 1 tbsp;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp;
- honey - 1 tbsp;
- mustard powder - 1 tbsp.
- All ingredients mix well.
- Put in the oven for 5 minutes, until a steep brown mass.
- This mass is divided into two equal parts and wrapped in polyethylene film.
- You can put it for a few hours.
After removing the compress, be sure to pay attention to the skin condition of the child, if there is redness, the holding time of the compress should be reduced.
Sometimes 3-5 such procedures are enough to save the child from coughing and wheezing in the lungs, they can even be used to treat bronchitis and pneumonia.