How to brew a chamomile for gargling

Today, pharmaceutical companies offer us a wide selection of different treatments for sore throats. These are numerous sprays, lozenges, lozenges, rinses. But many of us, despite the effectiveness and variety of pharmacy medicines, still choose time-tested home recipes. Chamomile is a universal medicinal plant that can cope with various diseases and cosmetic problems. Medicinal chamomile should be in every home, it is effective in many ailments. Today we’ll talk about the benefits of chamomile decoction for a sore throat, learn how to brew chamomile and gargle with a prepared composition.

Useful properties of chamomile for a sore throat

Everyone knows the bactericidal and antiseptic properties of inflorescences of medicinal chamomile. The composition is not only effective, but also safe, it can be used during pregnancy and even in the treatment of children. If the child cannot still gargle, doctors often recommend drinking a decoction of chamomile - the drug flows through the mucous membrane of the throat and disinfects it. And the use of chamomile broth will not bring any problems, on the contrary, the broth strengthens the immune system and has an anti-inflammatory effect on the digestive tract. But why is it most often used chamomile broth in the treatment of throat, let's try to figure it out.

Chamomile broth perfectly relieves inflammation, swelling and itching. As soon as you start to gargle, the redness of the mucous membranes subsides, you can get rid of annoying sore throat.

Chamomile is effective both for simple tonsillitis and pharyngitis, and for serious diseases such as purulent or follicular tonsillitis. Chamomile decoction helps cleanse the mucous membrane from purulent inflammation.

Sometimes with a serious sore throat, the doctor rinses the patient's throat, that is, physically removes purulent plugs. After this, the patient is recommended to gargle with chamomile decoction, since he not only prevents the reappearance of pustules, the decoction heals open wounds on the mucous membrane, relieves burning and pain.

In addition to the fact that chamomile disinfects and heals the mucous membrane, it contributes to the formation of local immunity. With regular preventive gargling, you can significantly reduce the number of colds.

Chamomile broth is effective when exposed to allergens. If you swallowed dust or inhaled the pollen of plants and cannot stop an allergic cough, just gargle with a decoction of chamomile. It will relieve itching, redness, rid the mucosa of particles of allergens.

A decoction of chamomile does not have a bitter or annoying taste, due to which even children drink the medicine without problems. In some cases, you can add honey, rosehip, ginger or lemon juice to the chamomile broth to make the medicine even more useful.

Chamomile broth can prevent the development of the disease if you gargle with it at the first sign of perspiration. That is, ate cold ice cream, got wet in the rain and are afraid to get sick? Just gargle with chamomile, and the disease will bypass you.

Chamomile broth is often used as a solution for a nebulizer. Inhaling chamomile steam, you can cure tracheitis, bronchitis, facilitate the removal of sputum from the lungs.

In addition, chamomile broth is used to treat the oral mucosa with stomatitis, thrush in the mouth, and various sores. Another undoubted advantage of chamomile is its cheapness and affordability. But in order for the medicine to be really useful, it should be properly prepared.

How to brew a chamomile for gargling

If you have a nearby growing chamomile, it is better to prepare a decoction of fresh inflorescences. If there are no fresh flowers nearby, use a pharmacy medicinal chamomile - as a rule, it is grown far from the city and highways, collected and dried according to technology. Most often, a decoction is prepared from chamomile to treat a throat.

1. First you need to determine to whom you are preparing the medicine. If the decoction is intended for a child who cannot gargle, most likely, the baby will have to drink chamomile. Therefore, the broth should be rather weak - about a tablespoon of inflorescences (without a hill) per liter of boiling water. If you are preparing a decoction for an adult to gargle with them, you can make a more concentrated composition - three tablespoons per liter of boiling water.
2. Pour chamomile with hot but not boiling water. The fact is that at 100 degrees the chamomile loses some of its useful properties, so pouring it with boiling water is not recommended.
3. After this, the container should be covered, wrapped in a towel and let it brew for about 3-4 hours, so that the inflorescences give the medicinal fluid all its useful components.
4. If you want to get a more concentrated composition, you can hold the broth for about half an hour in a water bath. In no case do not keep the chamomile on an open fire - it will become useless.
5. After this, the broth should be filtered. For the best effect, gargle with a warm composition every 2-3 hours, in the morning to forget about a sore throat and tickle. Keep the broth in the throat for as long as possible, throwing your head back as far as possible. In total, a gargle with a glass of broth should take at least 10 minutes.
6. Store chamomile broth in the refrigerator for no longer than three days. Before rinsing, be sure to warm the broth in a container with hot water or for a couple. In no case should you rinse your throat with a cold composition!

Chamomile broth is very effective, but its drawback is that sometimes it takes more than one hour to wait for the preparation of the medicine. Therefore, some prefer to cook from chamomile not a decoction, but an alcohol tincture.

A glass of inflorescences should be poured into a 0.5-liter dark glass bottle. Pour alcohol or vodka on top, cover tightly and leave in a dark and cool place. After a day, shake the bottle thoroughly so that the tincture is as concentrated and strong as possible. After 20-25 days, the tincture will be ready. It should be filtered, poured into a clean container and stored in the refrigerator. Such a tincture is always at hand - as soon as you have a throat, dissolve a teaspoon of tincture in a glass of warm water and use a rinse. Tincture is stored in the refrigerator for several months.

Precautions for gargling with chamomile

To enhance the effect of chamomile, you can prepare a decoction of it in combination with other herbs. For example, add calendula to the medicine - it has a pronounced bactericidal effect. Pour the crushed oak bark into the composition, it will reduce sensitivity and relieve severe pain when swallowing. Sage has an anti-inflammatory and general strengthening effect. Eucalyptus will help get rid of itching and sore throat, has a mild expectorant effect. But the basis of any collection must certainly be chamomile - a soft and safe plant that will help you quickly and permanently get rid of annoying sore throat.

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