How to treat adenoids in a child at home

In children under 7–8 years of age, the lymphoid tissue of the nasopharynx grows due to recurrent diseases: rhinitis, bronchitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis and carious teeth. The tonsil is constantly inflamed, swells, increasing in size, and secretes pus. Overgrown tissues block the nasopharynx, causing snoring and hearing loss. It becomes difficult for the child to breathe. Adenoids are usually removed surgically, but home treatment can also be tried.

Propolis, celandine and essential oils

Inflammation is stopped by eucalyptus leaves. 60-100 g of raw material are poured into a thermos, 1 liter of boiling water is added. The medicine is insisted for several hours, filtered. The child gargles with warm infusion after each snack so that no pieces of food remain on the mucous membrane. Young children are recommended to wipe the enlarged adenoids with gauze swabs. The fabric, folded in 4-6 layers, is impregnated with eucalyptus and wound on a finger. You can take the workpiece with tweezers. Wipe the lymphoid tissue with a wet swab and remove the plaque. Gauze cannot be reused, it must be thrown away.

Infusion of eucalyptus is replaced with a decoction of celandine. Pour 40 g of the plant into the pan and pour 500 ml of liquid. They put on a stove or water bath. The product, heated to 80–90 degrees, languishes for 5–7 minutes. The nasopharynx is washed with warm strained medicine as often as possible. Homemade or pharmacy drops are instilled into the nose, washed with broth or boiled water.

Adenoids are removed with saline solutions. Young children are advised to buy Rinolux, Sanis, Humer and Aquamaris Baby. Preparations whose main components are sea water gently remove mucus from the nasopharynx. They are equipped with convenient sprayers.

Tonsils are washed with solutions of food and sea salt. For 1 tsp. spices take 1.5–2 cups of boiled water. The product is filtered before use so that undissolved crystals that can damage the mucous membrane do not remain in the liquid.

The solution should not be injected into the nasal cavity with a syringe or syringe. Young children cannot say the “And” lingering sound during the procedure. Because of this, the fluid often enters the ear canals, causing otitis media and complications of adenoids. You can not force the child to draw in saline through the nostril.

The nasal passages are washed with special containers, similar in shape to teapots. They protect the Eustachian tube from water and inflammation. For small children up to 4–5 years old, saline solutions are injected into the nose, and the remaining fluid is removed by aspirator. For quick recovery, the nasopharynx should be washed 4-8 times a day.

If the child does not like the procedure with saline, it is recommended to replace it with warming and aromatherapy. Essential oils with anti-inflammatory effect are needed:

• chamomile;
• tea tree;
• eucalyptus;
• thuja.

400-500 g of table or sea salt are poured into the pan. The billet is heated, and then 3-4 drops of essential oil are added. The tool is thoroughly mixed. The child bends over the hot salt, hides with a towel and breathes in the vapor. The duration of the procedure is 5-15 minutes. Steam inhalation is not recommended. Small children often brush and knock over bowls of boiling water. Aromatherapy is performed before bedtime to remove swelling and snoring, to facilitate the breathing of the child.

An alcohol solution of propolis helps with adenoids. The drug is suitable for children from 5-6 years. It will take a glass of boiled water. Pour baking soda at the tip of a knife and 15–20 drops of a bee product into a container.The product must be filtered through a dense cotton cloth so that no particles of the dry component remain in it. Soda lingers in the folds of the tonsils, causing irritation and inflammation. A solution of propolis rinse the nasopharynx at least 4 times a day. After the procedure, vasoconstrictor drops are instilled into the nasal passages, which facilitate breathing.

Anise, hypericum and celandine

Parents who do not trust pharmacy drugs can treat adenoids with herbs and vegetable juices. Beetroot has anti-inflammatory properties. The root crop removes swelling, normalizes the tonsils and removes a purulent secret. Juice from boiled or raw beets is diluted with honey. The ratio of bee product and liquid base is 1 to 2. The drug is diluted with boiled water so that it does not burn the delicate nasal mucosa. 4 drops of beetroot are instilled into the nasal passages. The procedure is repeated 5 times a day.

Get rid of adenoids in children with the help of anise. 120 g of the plant are mixed with 150 ml of alcohol or vodka. They hide it for 1.5 weeks in the refrigerator or take it out onto the balcony, but make sure that the sun's rays do not fall on the tincture. Every 3 days, the preparation is taken out and shaken so that the grass mixes with alcohol.

For 1 part alcohol tincture take 3 parts of distilled water. In the nasal passages injected 10 drops of the finished solution three times a day. Anise remedy is used for 1.5–2 weeks, then you need to take a break. Alcohol tincture is not used to treat children who are less than 6-7 years old.

Adenoids in babies are removed with the help of St. John's wort. Grind 100 g of the plant and add a slice of natural butter. Melt food in the microwave or in a water bath. When the oil has melted, simmer the medicine for a quarter of an hour so that St. John's wort gives it its essential oils. The liquid product is filtered through cheesecloth. Before use, the workpiece is heated and mixed with freshly squeezed celandine juice: 10 drops of the component per 35 ml of oil. The ingredients are combined before use. In one nostril injected 2 drops of medicine from St. John's wort.

With adenoids, the nose can be instilled with freshly squeezed juice from celandine. The component is diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 3. The medicine can not be combined with a decoction of celandine, so that no burns remain on the nasal mucosa, and irritation does not begin.

Inflamed lymphoid tissue soothe sea buckthorn oil. The tool is used after washing with saline. 3 drops of liquid medicine are injected into the nostril 4–5 times a day. Sea buckthorn is replaced with thuja oil, the treatment regimen is similar.

Children are also recommended to consume 250 ml of goat's milk 1.5 to 2 hours before bedtime. The product must be boiled, you can add a pinch of soda during cooking. The drink has many vitamins and minerals. The components strengthen the baby’s immune system and help his body fight against sinusitis, rhinitis and other chronic diseases that cause exacerbation of adenoids. You can add a pinch of soda and honey to milk. Drink warm, but not too hot, so as not to irritate the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx.

Pharmaceutical drops are replaced with aloe juice. Not a concentrated, but a diluted component is used. Boiled water is taken as much as the main ingredient. To increase the effectiveness of the drug, honey is added. In the nasal passages, 3 drops of herbal medicine are administered before bedtime and in the morning. Treatment lasts at least six months. Periodically, the procedure with aloe is repeated. The plant helps with swelling, snoring, temperature and inflammation.

Herbal drops

Adenoids are cleaned with herbal preparations. An option made from mint, St. John's wort and oak bark. Pour a pinch of each product into the mortar, grind. Add 500 ml of water. The medicine is not boiled, but simply languished for about 20 minutes. The cooled broth is introduced into the nasal passages after washing.

The inflamed tonsil is treated with freshly squeezed Kalanchoe juice.Use not pure, but diluted plant component. In the nostrils injected 3 drops of the drug, heated to 35-37 degrees.

The disease at stages 1-2 is stopped with a mixture of birch leaves, eucalyptus and chamomile. Powder from grated plants is brewed with boiling water: 250 ml of hot liquid in two pinches of a dry product. Herbal medicine is infused in a glass jar or glass wrapped in a terry towel. The finished composition is injected into the nasal passages three times a day. Before applying the medicine, the nasal mucosa is washed with special solutions to remove the purulent secretion and increase the digestibility of herbal components.

Adenoids remove duckweed. 30 g of a young plant are boiled in 100 ml of water for 5-10 minutes. The tool is insisted for several hours until it cools. Four to four drops are instilled into each nostril four times a day. Treatment lasts at least 5-6 months. Duckweed stops inflammation and removes the source of infection, relieves swelling of lymphoid tissue and makes breathing easier. Symptoms of adenoids disappear after six months, and the disease no longer returns.

Enlarged tonsils and tonsillitis are treated with cloves. Count 10 spice stars and mix with a glass of boiling water. Spiced medicine is filtered after 10 minutes. Gargle with a clove, and also lubricate the mucous membrane of the nasal passages.

For internal use

With adenoids, it is recommended to strengthen the immune system. A mixture of carrots and radishes will help. Take 500 g of orange vegetable and 250 g of white root vegetables, chopped with a blender. Pour the mass into a gauze bag, squeeze the juice. Drink give the child 2-3 times a day on an empty stomach, and also replace the agent with vasoconstrictive drops. Effective mix of carrot and spinach juice. It contains many minerals that activate the protective function of the immune system. If the child does not like the taste of the vegetable medicine, you can add apple or citrus juice to the drink, as well as some honey. The bee product disinfects the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx, starts the production of antibodies in the body, which stop the chronic inflammatory processes.

Kids with adenoids can make a healthy milkshake. You will need 200 g of butter and melted lard. The components are heated to 50 degrees in a water bath, injected 6 tbsp. l cocoa powder and a glass of honey. The mass is brought to uniformity, poured into a glass jar. Three times a day a cocktail is prepared from a glass of warm milk, goat or cow, and 1 tbsp. l chocolate medicine.

Children 5-7 years old can be given a remedy based on a raw egg. Chicken or quail is suitable. The product is whipped and poured into a warm goat milk in a thin stream. 250 ml of liquid 1 egg. Dissolve a slice of butter and 30–40 g of linden honey in a milkshake. The child should drink the drug in small sips in the evening or at night before bedtime.

St. John's wort has disinfecting and anti-inflammatory properties. The plant is ground in a mortar. A glass bowl is placed in a water bath, 60 ml of almond oil and 25 ml of olive variety are poured into a container. Pour 120 g of ground hypericum into a heated billet. The oil medicine is languished under the lid for 10 minutes, so that the plant gives all the beneficial properties to the liquid base. The warm composition is filtered, poured into a jar or a special bottle. St. John's wort is given to a sick child 5 times a day. The medicine is mixed with honey, you can dilute it with milk or herbal tea. At one time, the baby drinks 10-20 ml of oil.

Flax seeds are an excellent antiseptic and an alternative to antibiotics. Measure out 1 tbsp. l ingredient, brew a cup of boiling water. Wait until the medicine has cooled to 40 degrees, filter. They fill the drink with honey and give the child before breakfast. Treatment with flax seeds is combined with warming the feet. Coarse-grained salt or buckwheat is heated in a pan.Pour the workpiece into socks and put on for 1-2 hours until the dry component cools down. The feet are warmed up before going to bed to activate blood circulation and facilitate the baby’s breathing, remove snoring and discomfort in the throat.

Additionally, a solution from the mummy is instilled into the nose. For 2 tablets means 1 glass of water. Introduce 3 drops of the medicine into the nasal passages four times a day. Take a five-day break in a week, repeat. To completely get rid of adenoids, you will have to undergo 4 courses of treatment. For snoring and shortness of breath, it is recommended to gargle with warm milk with 3 tablets of mummy.

Exercise and Nutrition

With edema of lymphoid tissue, foods that can cause allergies are removed from the baby’s diet:

• milk and dark chocolate;
• nuts
• oranges, lemons and tangerines;
• seafood;
• strawberries.

Prohibited components are replaced with berries and vegetables. They give the child apples, pears, bananas and peaches. Prepare cereals and pasta of hard varieties, boil chicken, turkey and beef. Useful cottage cheese, hard cheeses and unsweetened yogurt. Easily digestible carbohydrates contained in confectionery, semolina and fresh baked goods are contraindicated for a sick child.

Diet and herbal medicines complement breathing exercises. It trains the muscles of the nasopharynx, helps with severe swelling and discomfort in the throat. Every day you need to perform three simple exercises:

1. Mom covers one nostril with her finger, and the child takes a deep breath. The parent removes the finger, the baby exhales through the nose. The nostrils must be constantly alternated. Exercise is performed in a sitting or standing position.
2. The child is given a balloon or a rubber toy and is asked to inflate. Exercise lasts 5-10 minutes. Not only the muscles of the nasopharynx are developed, but also the lungs. Breathing improves, snoring disappears.
3. Young children will enjoy the third exercise. You will need a bowl of soapy water and a cocktail tube. You can pour liquid into a bottle. Lower the tube into the water, give the second end to the child. The baby inhales air through his nose, and exhales through his mouth, trying to foam the liquid. The duration of the exercise is 5 minutes.

After gymnastics, a small massage is helpful. When the child inhales, the mother runs her fingers from the wings of the nose to the bridge of the nose. During exhalation, he taps the nostrils in bundles, slightly closing them.

During the period of remission, local immunity can be strengthened with cool compresses. A bath towel is dipped in water, the temperature of the liquid is 36–38 degrees, squeezed. Wrap the blank around the neck, take off when the fabric becomes warm. The procedure is performed before bedtime and in the morning. Cool compresses normalize blood circulation, tone and strengthen lymphoid tissue. Prevent the appearance of edema and inflammation, help with chronic sinusitis and sinusitis.

Adenoids can be removed with home remedies: drops and ointments, essential oils and rinses. The inflammatory process is stopped with warm milk with honey and additives, strengthen the immune system by a balanced diet and vitamins. If breathing exercises and folk methods do not help, and the child’s well-being worsens, surgical removal of adenoids is necessary.

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