When the disease is just starting to develop, it is worth starting home treatment. These most often kill pathogens in the bud, so we can avoid antibiotic therapy that burdens the body. It works the same when you make it yourself clove cough syrup. A small, inconspicuous spice can work wonders.
Making homemade cough syrup from cloves is easybut it takes some time. For this reason, it is better to prepare the medicine before we are sick, so that if necessary, we can only take it out of the refrigerator and give it to the sick person. Due to the base, which is honey, syrop is very sweetso with taking it Even the pickiest children will have no problem.
Ingredients:
- 125 ml of liquid honey,
- 8 cloves,
- 1 cinnamon stick,
- juice of half a lemon.
Mix honey with juice from half a lemon. Once the ingredients are combined, pour them into a glass container such as a bottle or jar. Plus add cloves, cinnamon and stir. Close the container tightly and set it aside on the kitchen counter for at least two days.
After this time, remove the spices from the honey and juice mixture. Homemade clove cough syrup is ready. Store it in a closed container in the refrigerator.
Clove cough syrup should be used even up to three times a daywhen the choking begins to become more and more troublesome. This dose will allow for quick relief of symptoms and recovery. This is due to the fact that cloves have strong antioxidant effectthey deliver vitamins A, C, E, B vitamins. Additionally, they supplement with magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, potassium and iron.
Clove cough syrup will support expectoration and removal of residual secretions. It will relieve pain and irritation of the throat, moisturizing both it and the entire oral cavity. Specific clears a blocked nose and improve breathing.
Additionally, a combination of honey, cloves and cinnamon will work anti-inflammatory and antiviral. This means that the mixture will support not only during illness, but also when when we have reduced immunity. It will quickly fight throat inflammation, fever and make you resistant to further attacks of pathogens.
Clove cough syrup should discontinue immediately after symptoms disappear. Taking the drug for too long may cause stomach problems. Seasoning it may also slow blood clottingtherefore the syrup is not recommended for patients taking anticoagulants. Other contraindications to taking clove syrup are: hypoglycemia, hypertension, allergy for one of the ingredients and pregnancy.
Source: guster.pl, fit.poradnikzdrowie.pl, Terazgotuje.pl
