How to treat pneumonia at home

Inflammation of the lungs can provoke influenza, staphylococcus, herpes, streptococcus and hemophilus bacillus. Pneumonia cannot be treated with folk and pharmacy drugs, without determining its cause. Children and patients over 60 years old with this diagnosis are hospitalized in the hospital. Adults are allowed to stay at home, but on condition that they will take medications prescribed by a doctor and follow the recommendations.

Rest and disinfection

Inflammation of the lungs lasts from 7 days to 3 weeks. A patient who refused hospitalization should lie in bed and sleep at least 8-12 hours a day. The body is trying to destroy the infection that caused pneumonia, and it needs a good rest. Patients are only allowed to get out of bed in three cases:

• I wanted to go to the toilet;
• air the room;
• the room is disinfected with a quartz lamp.

A few pillows are placed under a person’s back, lifting the upper body to facilitate breathing. Humidifiers are installed in the room. They dilute purulent secretions and help the lungs clear of sputum.

The room, which became an impromptu chamber, is aired twice a day. In stagnant air there are too many germs and viruses that slow recovery. A portion of fresh oxygen facilitates breathing and improves well-being. The patient at the time of ventilation is transferred to another room. Draft, even minor, is able to provoke pleurisy or even lung abscess.

The makeshift chamber is regularly cleaned, dusted and mopped with disinfectants. Quartz is recommended daily. If the house does not have special equipment, bowls with chopped onions and garlic are placed around the room. The workpiece releases phytoncides, which destroy bacteria and viruses.

Some essential oils have antimicrobial properties:

• eucalyptus;
• clove;
• pine;
• tea tree;
• peppermint;
• fir;
• rosemary.

Natural ingredients are added to aromatic lamps. Essential oils are mixed with warm water and sprayed around the room using a spray gun. They soothe, relax, disinfect the air and help the body fight inflammation.

Microbes accumulate not only in the room, but also in the patient’s oral cavity. The patient should brush his teeth twice a day and gargle with a decoction of chamomile or soda solution. Warm baths with essential oils or herbal infusions are useful.

When pneumonia with high temperature, you can not soar your legs or bathe in too hot water. Procedures create an additional burden on the heart. Tachycardia develops, pressure rises. A person may have heart failure, so doctors recommend limiting themselves to woolen socks and warm pajamas.

Pneumonia drugs

A patient who suspected pneumonia, passes sputum for analysis. Experts determine which virus is the causative agent, and select effective antibacterial agents and antibiotics. You can not take drugs on your own. Viruses quickly get used to drugs, and stop responding to medications.

Antibiotics are combined with expectorants:

• Lazolvan;
• Mukobene;
• Acestinum;
• Mukoneksom;
• Ambroxol.

Inflamed lungs secrete pus, due to which sputum becomes thick and lingers in the airways. Drugs thin the secret, facilitating the withdrawal of mucus. They activate the production of substances that do not allow pus to stick to the alveoli, and eliminate shortness of breath.

Antihistamines relieve pulmonary edema.Together with antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs and bronchodilators can be prescribed, which expand the airway. Antipyretic drugs are recommended in extreme cases, when the thermometer shows more than 39, and the patient's thoughts are confused. If the patient feels normal, do not bring down the temperature. Microbes die at 38–38.5.

Folk recipes

Natural remedies will not replace antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. Folk recipes are combined with drug treatment. Decoctions and infusions will improve sputum waste, strengthen immunity and accelerate recovery.

Radish and Herb
With stagnation of mucus, radish syrup is recommended. Large root vegetables are washed under the tap, the top is cut off and a white pulp is selected with a spoon. Radish is filled with linden honey, insisted for several hours. The vegetable will let the juice mix with the bee product. Take 3-4 tablespoons of natural syrup per day.

Inflammation of the lungs will remove herbal tea, which is prepared from:

• marshmallow root;
• oregano;
• coltsfoot leaves;
• licorice root.

Mix the dried ingredients in equal proportions, crush. Powder to boil boiling water. 25-30 g of herbal medicine per cup of hot liquid. Drink 2 cups of broth with honey and a slice of lemon per day.

Aloe and propolis medicine
Pneumonia will be removed by a tool that is prepared from natural ingredients:

• freshly squeezed aloe juice - 1 cup;
• linden honey - 1 kg;
• dry birch buds - 40 g;
• butter - 1 kg;
• propolis - 200 g;
• bluehead leaves - 60 g.

Transfer butter in a glass bowl, put in a water bath. Heat to 80 degrees, combine with chopped propolis. It is impossible to boil the workpiece, otherwise it will lose all its useful properties. While the butter is not thickened, it is filtered through cheesecloth, folded in 4 layers.

In a separate bowl, mix birch buds, bluehead and aloe juice. Put in a water bath, and when the medicine becomes hot, combine with honey and propolis oil. Stir with a wooden spoon until the ingredients turn into a homogeneous paste. Store the product in the refrigerator. The patient is given a spoonful of medicine three times a day. It is dissolved in a glass of boiled milk.

Raisins and nuts from pneumonia
Pine and walnuts strengthen the immune system, thin out sputum and remove inflammation. Put 50 g of crushed kernels in a bowl. Add 500 ml of red wine, preferably semi-dry or dry. Simmer the workpiece over low heat so that about a third of the liquid evaporates. Take 30-40 g of walnut paste three times a day.

Pneumonia is treated with dark raisins. Pass 100 g of dried grapes through a meat grinder, pour a cup of water. Boil for 10 minutes over medium heat. Separate the liquid from the raisins, drink, and the cake can be mixed with porridge and eat.

Inflammation of the lungs will remove a dish that is prepared from oats or barley. Pour 2 tablespoons of cereal into the pan, season with three pinches of raisins and pour 1 liter of water. Evaporate half the liquid over low heat. Grind the remaining porridge with a sieve to get a homogeneous mucous mass. When the medicine becomes warm, it is mixed with a spoon of honey. Eat 5-7 tablespoons of a healing dish per day.

Skim milk and chocolate
Bilateral pneumonia is treated with butter, aloe and cahors. You will need a large bar of dark chocolate and linden honey. Put an iron bowl in a water bath. Put 200 g of butter in it. When the product becomes liquid, add pieces of dark chocolate. Stir with a wooden spatula until the mass becomes homogeneous. Pour 60 ml of red wine. Finely chop 5 medium aloe leaves. The billet is washed and the thorns are cut, sent to a chocolate-wine paste. Boil the medicine for 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from stove and wait until the mass cools down to 60 degrees. Combine it with 150 g of honey. Give the patient 3 tablespoons of medicine per day.

White figs help with pneumonia. Cook two dried fruits in a glass of natural milk for 5 minutes. Drink along with the pulp. Take fig drink twice a day. Onion milk is prepared in a similar way.

Fever
At high temperature, the patient is given a lot of fluid. A decoction of rose hips, in which there is a lot of ascorbic acid, is useful. The body uses vitamin C to strengthen immunity and the cardiovascular system.

Warm milk helps lower the temperature. A glass of product is brought to a boil and combined with a teaspoon of pork fat. Cool to 60 degrees, add 20 g of linden honey and 1 chicken egg. It is whipped and poured into the drink in a thin stream. Three times a day to drink a glass of milk with fat and egg, and the heat will subside on the third or fourth day.

Lung cleansing
With stagnation of sputum, horseradish is recommended. Rinse medium-sized root, clean and pass through a meat grinder. Put in a ceramic bowl, bend over the workpiece and inhale the vapors that the root crop emits.

The cough will disappear in a day if you make liquid gruel from grated horseradish and concentrated alcohol. Infuse the workpiece for 20 minutes. Use for inhalation twice a day.

Sputum is diluted with plantain leaves. Mix 60 g of dry or fresh raw materials with 3 tablespoons of honey, you can replace the same amount of sugar. Eat 4 times a day for 30 g of medicine from plantain. Breakfast and dinner after 20 minutes.

Melt 100 g of natural oil, put 5 chopped garlic cloves into it. Season with a pinch of salt and rub the paste thoroughly until a homogeneous consistency. To spread preparation on rye or bran bread. Eat 4-5 sandwiches a day.

If cough is accompanied by fever, you need to drink mineral water. 6-8 large lemon slices are added to the bottle with the liquid, insist 10 minutes. There are many vitamins in a citrus drink that strengthen the immune system and reduce pulmonary edema.

Patients with a normal temperature are advised to take mustard baths. They increase blood circulation and stimulate expectoration. Dissolve 50 g of mustard powder in 100 l of warm water. The patient crawls into the water, the bath is covered with a thick blanket or a flannel sheet so that the essential oils do not evaporate. Sit in warm water for no longer than 10 minutes. The procedure cannot be performed at elevated temperatures.

General recommendations

A pneumonia patient is given a light and nutritious food rich in vitamins:

• grated fish;
• chicken fillet souffle;
• chopped boiled vegetables;
• fruit puree;
• mucous porridge;
• vegetable soups.

The patient is forbidden to smoke and drink alcohol. You can not go outside or sit at the open window.

To restore lung function, it is recommended to inflate balls 5-6 times a day. It is necessary to massage the muscles of the back and chest. Carry inhalation with essential oils and herbal decoctions. Hot steam liquefies sputum and normalizes breathing.

Pneumonia is a dangerous disease that must be treated with antibiotics and folk remedies. It is impossible to refuse hospitalization if the patient has diseases of the heart, liver and kidneys, asthma attacks and tachycardia. At home, you need to observe bed rest, relax and drink plenty of fluids to restore water balance and help the body defeat pneumonia.

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