How To Cure Common Cold Using Home Remedies!

Common cold is one of the most occurring illness that we hear often, and because of this reason it is referred as common cold.

At an average, adults gets affected from cold for 2 to 4 times in a year and children gets affected for 6 to 8 times in a year. Whereas the scenario in United States is such that people suffer from one billion cold every year.

A cold is basically an infection of the nose, sinuses and throat of a warm upper respiratory tract. The viruses belonging to the Rhinovirus group are mainly the cause for cold, but viruses are responsible too. It is often harmless.

The virus of common cold enter your body via the nose, mouth and eyes. It further spreads through the infected droplets contained in the air, or through direct contact with people infected with cold through handshakes, or using contaminated objects such as doorknobs, keypads, towels, telephones, etc.

The symptoms generally include runny nose, sneezing, high fever, sore throat, headache, blocked nose, cough, itchy eyes, body aches, etc., that surfaces for 2 to 3 days after being infected with germs and remain for 8 to 15 days.

The reason of getting infected from cold is not because of getting out in cold weather, but the main reason of getting cold is the rhinoviruses that better survive in cool climate.

However, it is said that the common cold cannot be cured, in fact the symptoms can be cured that come with a cold.

Over-the-top prescriptions, for example the medicines for cold can be used to discomfort your symptoms, but generally the antibiotics is not needed for the treatment of cold. Furthermore, people suffering from cold tent to treat themselves at home which is easily manageable.

Additionally, you may require to take certain steps to cure your common cold before the infections leads to ear infection, bronchitis, sinus, cough, pneumonia, or other ailments.

Natural treatments or home remedies are often considered more effective and gives relief from different symptoms of common cold lacking the side effects. These are the traditional knowledge that you must know.

Below are the top 10 home remedies to cure the common cold.

1. Garlic

The presence of organosulfur compounds in garlic is the reason behind its medicinal properties. The antiviral and antibacterial properties of garlic is very helpful for treating cold symptoms. Garlic helps in solving various problems such as opens up respiratory passage, boosts the immune system and flush the toxins out of the body.

A compound called allicin is only found in chopped, chewed and crushed garlic which is then deactivated upon cooking. It contains antiviral properties which can fight against different viruses, especially rhinovirus.

According to 2001 study published, if allicin is taken a high dose then it helps to prevent cold. In the study, it has been said that high amount of allicin extricate for fever reported for 12 days and also reduce the duration of symptoms throughout the period of infection of common cold.

Another extract product from garlic is called AGE or Aged garlic which helps to reduce the seriousness of symptoms, the occurrence of flu and colds and the number of days of illness.

• Mix together one garlic clove crushed, one teaspoon of honey, two teaspoon lemon juice and one-half teaspoon of cayenne powder. Consume this daily till the time the symptom becomes less.

How to prepare?

• In a cup of water, boil 5 to 6 chopped garlic cloves. Then mix one teaspoon of raw honey. Drink it at least 2 to 3 times in a day.
• The supplements of garlic are available commercially that contains AGE which can be taken daily. It would be better if you first consult your doctor, so that he could recommend a proper dosage after checking your overall health and other medications.

2. Raw Honey

In irritated and soothing throats, and for shortening the cold duration, honey is of great use. The high amount of enzymes and nutrients present in honey helps to kill viruses and bacteria that are the cause of cold.

A randomized study done in the year 1998 resulted in conclusion that antibiotics are not much effective in fighting the upper layer respiratory tract infection such as children suffering from cold.

An increasing evidence proves that honey is helpful in decreasing the secretion of mucus and also cough in children.

World Health Organizations in 2001 recommended that honey plays a vital role in curing cold and could in children.

• Mix one teaspoon of lemon juice and 2 teaspoon of honey, and consume this drink after every 2 hours to get instant relief from sore throat and cold.
• You can even take one table spoon of raw honey simply.
• Children suffering from cold and cough can take one-half teaspoon of raw honey before going to bed at night.