2 extremely effective folk remedies for flu
Chrysanthemum has the effect of reducing fever and pain, used to treat colds, fever without sweating, and body aches.
Flu or cold is not simply a normal respiratory disease. If not treated and handled properly and promptly, flu can lead to serious complications such as sinusitis, ear infection, pneumonia and glomerulonephritis...
However, there are still many people who do not know how to prevent and treat it properly, and even have incorrect understanding of this common disease.
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2 extremely effective folk remedies for flu. |
To treat this flu we often use western medicine but there are extremely simple ways to treat this disease at home without using medicine.
Chrysanthemum
According to traditional medicine, Chrysanthemum has a bitter, spicy, aromatic taste and warm properties. Chrysanthemum has the effect of reducing heat and pain, and is used to treat colds, fever without sweating, and body aches. Pick the leaves and young branches, wash them, then boil them to get the water to drink, or boil them to steam. When drinking, sweat profusely, or use 8-16g in pill or powder form.
People with fever but no sweat, headache can take 20g fresh perilla leaves, 10g lemongrass leaves, 10g lemon leaves, boil with water, drink while hot. Add more water to the boiled residue, use to steam to sweat to reduce fever, relieve cold...
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If you have a cold or flu without sweating and have a cough, chest tightness, and vomiting, use 20g of crushed fresh leaves, add boiling water, stir well, and filter the hot water; or use 10 chopped leaves mixed with hot porridge, eat and then lie down to sweat. In addition, you can add 5g of crushed raw onion, three slices of crushed fresh ginger, and enough salt to cook porridge to relieve colds.
In case of cold, body aches, headache, runny nose, vomiting, you can take 15g of perilla leaves, old tangerine peel, bear's root (cyperus rotundus), raw ginger, white onion, all 10g, boil and drink while the medicine is still hot.
People with colds and flu without sweating should take a handful of perilla, lemon leaves, mint, and lemongrass leaves, boil water to steam. For seasonal flu, use 3 cups of water with perilla, Vietnamese balm, kudzu, mint, turmeric, bupleurum (all dried) and fresh ginger, take a cup while hot, after drinking, lie down under a blanket to sweat.
Eating perilla with raw vegetables, washed clean, also has the effect of reducing cough, pain and detoxifying. However, do not eat carp with perilla, it can easily cause poisoning and cause boils.
According to Alobacsi.vn