Warming cough cakes: potato, mustard, honey cough cough for children and adults
The content of the article:
- How to properly use lozenges to treat cough
- Contraindications
- Potato cough cake
- Mustard Cough Cakes
- Honey cough cake for children and adults
- Video
Cough cakes are a popular folk remedy for treating respiratory problems in adults and children.
Cough can occur in acute respiratory infections, tracheitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma. Flatbreads are a variant of the gentle compress. According to the reviews of patients and their loved ones, with the help of warming cakes, it is possible to get rid of even a lingering cough.
The tortillas are subdivided, depending on the main ingredient, into mustard, honey, potato, rye, etc. Since the tortillas are made from natural ingredients, they are not used in case of a tendency to allergies, as well as in case of individual intolerance to the substances that make up the product.
Cough lozenges are made from natural ingredients and can be quite effective.
It should be recalled that before using cough lozenges, you should consult with your doctor, especially for the treatment of children. In some cases, warming up is undesirable, as it can aggravate the patient's condition.
How to properly use lozenges to treat cough
Warming tortillas can effectively replace mustard plasters or medical cups. In order for them to have a therapeutic effect without causing harm, it is necessary to adhere to the rules for their use.
The procedure for applying a warming cake is carried out once a day. Usually, the warming compress is left overnight (if it does not cause discomfort to the patient).
Before applying the lozenge, the patient's skin should be treated with a body oil or nourishing cream. When placing the cake on the chest, it is placed in the projection of the bronchi, when placed on the back - in the projection of the lungs. You can not place cakes on the area of the heart, kidneys. It is not recommended to apply the lozenge directly to the patient's skin; it should first be wrapped with gauze or other thin cotton cloth. The compress can be fixed on the patient's body with a cloth diaper, which is wrapped around the body. After the completion of the procedure, the skin at the site of exposure is gently washed with warm water or wiped with a towel moistened with warm water, and then wiped dry.
Contraindications
Contraindications to the use of lozenges for the treatment of cough are pregnancy, varicose veins, neoplasms, the presence of diseases of the circulatory system, arterial hypertension. A temporary, but strict contraindication to the procedure is the presence of an increased body temperature.
Cakes should not be placed if the patient has any damage to the skin. Before starting treatment for cough with this method, it is necessary to make sure that the patient does not have dermatological diseases.
Potato cough cake
Take 3 medium-sized potatoes, a tablespoon of honey, dry mustard powder, vodka each. Wash the potatoes thoroughly and boil together with the peel, then crush, add the rest of the ingredients, stir until smooth. The resulting mixture is divided into 2 parts, which should be wrapped in cheesecloth. The cakes are placed on the back and on the chest, covered with cellophane, fixed on the body and left for 1-2 hours. If there is a burning sensation, remove earlier.
How to make a cough lozenge for kids? In this case, mustard and vodka are not used. Boil 2 potatoes, knead, add a tablespoon of honey, mix and form a warm compress from this mass.
Mustard Cough Cakes
Mustard cakes are usually used to treat adults, for children it is better to use honey or potato cakes.
To make a mustard cake, you need to take 1 salt spoon of mustard powder, vegetable oil, flour. A cake is formed from the mixture, which is rolled out on cellophane or gauze. The flatbread is placed on the body, covered with a warm scarf or towel. The compress is kept for 1-2 hours. If the patient has a burning sensation or redness of the skin, the lozenge is removed ahead of schedule.
If you are not allergic to beekeeping preparations, honey can be added to the cake. To prepare a mustard cake with honey, take mustard powder, honey, flour, vegetable oil, vodka (or vinegar) in equal amounts. The mixture is heated in a water bath, a cake is made, which is applied to the body, previously wrapped with gauze or cotton cloth.
Mustard can be added to a rye tortilla. To make a cake from rye flour and mustard, you need to take 1 glass of such flour, add 1 teaspoon of mustard, 1 tablespoon of honey and vegetable oil each, pour boiling water and stir until a doughy consistency is obtained. The mass is applied to the back and / or chest, and then covered with a cloth or polyethylene. After completing the procedure, you need to wrap the patient with a blanket to increase the effectiveness of the method.
Mustard cakes are more gentle than mustard plasters and can be kept longer than mustard plasters.
Honey cough cake for children and adults
A honey cake is one of the most popular antitussive warming compresses. For its preparation, take honey, flour and vegetable oil in equal proportions (for children - 1 tablespoon, for adults - 2 tablespoons). You need liquid honey, thick honey can be melted in a water bath, in a microwave oven or in a water bath. You can add a teaspoon of mustard powder to a honey cake, but keep in mind that a cake with honey and mustard for coughing in children should be used with great care so as not to cause skin burns, it is generally undesirable for babies under five years old to put it. In adults, such a compress is kept less than usual - not 8-10 hours, but 1-3, and if the mustard causes a burning sensation, then it is removed earlier. Table salt can also be added to the honey cake.
Honey mixed with mustard forms the basis of popular cough lozenges
The components are thoroughly mixed and heated in the oven for several minutes. The mixture can be heated in a water bath, stirring until it reaches a uniform consistency. The warming cake should be intensely warm, but not hot.
The cake is divided into 2 parts, wrapped in polyethylene, installed on the chest and back. After completing the procedure, you need to examine the patient's skin. If intense redness or rash is found, the method should no longer be used. As a rule, 3-5 procedures are sufficient.
You can check if the patient is allergic to honey by dropping it on the patient's hand. If redness, itching and / or swelling appears in the affected area, honey cakes should not be used.
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Anna Aksenova Medical journalist About the author
Education: 2004-2007 "First Kiev Medical College" specialty "Laboratory Diagnostics".
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