Cough tea with honey
It is one of the drinks that are encouraged to drink during or in the prevention of colds. Honey is supposed to ensure health here. Research shows that it may be an effective antitussive drug in children and adults. It may also help treat cough that persists for at least 3 weeks after illness. It has been shown that combining honey with coffee or tea and drinking it every 8 hours gives good results, reducing the persistence of coughs. The World Health Organization also emphasizes that honey can be a great remedy for alleviating and treating persistent cough in both children and adults.
Honey contains over 200 substances, including: amino acids, vitamins, enzymes, minerals, but also sugar and water. Honey and other bee products (royal jelly, pollen, propolis) owe their properties to: phenolic compounds of which they are the source. Thanks to this, they have an antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and vasodilating effect. In addition, they can reduce the permeability and brittleness of the capillaries.
Remember to use bee honey, not artificial honey. Artificial honey is a product of a man who pretends to be real honey. It is made of sugar, dyes, aromas and substances that give the right flavor are added to it, so that it resembles honey as much as possible.
Work no. 1
For tea infusions with honey to be effective, mix it with a liquid whose temperature does not exceed 60 degrees (you can find sources that say as much as 40 degrees).
Tea with lemon and Alzheimer’s or a cold
Lemon as a source of vitamin C is considered to be a product helpful in improving the body’s immunity. Many people like to drink tea with lemon for its taste and health.
Does vitamin C improve immunity? There are more and more reports that, however, not so much. It may shorten the duration of an already ongoing cold, but it does not prevent the occurrence of a cold or this effect is very negligible. However, it is a great antioxidant. Therefore, it is not worth giving up on it.
Work no. 2
Vitamin C breaks down under the influence of high temperatures. If we want to use it, let’s add lemon to lukewarm tea, not boiling water.
However, many have heard of the other dark side of this connection, not related to the common cold, that it can be harmful to health. Is there? This has not yet been 100% proven. Many years of clinical trials have not yet been conducted that could confirm or contradict this thesis. It is undeniable that tea is a source of aluminum (toxic in certain doses, it adversely affects the nervous system). The relationship of Alzheimer’s incidence after exposure to toxic doses of this component is likely. Each tea may contain it more or less depending on the species. The clay in tea is not absorbed by the body. However, when we add lemon to it, it takes on an absorbable form at high temperature. In the current state of research, no one drinks enough tea during the day to exceed the allowable aluminum intake. So it seems that tea with lemon is not a big threat to humans.
Garlic
Crushed garlic, covered with lemon juice and boiled water, eaten as an addition to bread or in the form of a seasoning – it has always been considered a good remedy in the fight against colds. Studies show that garlic consumed prophylactically for a period of at least 3 months reduced the number of colds compared to the placebo group. However, no difference was noticed in the reduction of disease duration in those people when it occurred.
It is considered a powerful antioxidant and a natural antibiotic against pathogenic bacteria in the digestive and respiratory tracts. So you can safely take it as a natural remedy against colds.
Work no. 3
Some people may be allergic to garlic. Do not overdo the amount of garlic consumed. Excess can be “heavy” on the liver. Try to eat no more than 1 clove of garlic a day.
Linden tea, elderberry tea
Lime contains: flavonoids, terpenes, and essential oils. It has a diaphoretic, antipyretic effect and can sooth cough. Its infusions can therefore contribute to the improvement of health. The properties of the linden tree were also appreciated by scientists who extracted from the leaves of the linden: kaempferol and quercetin with anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. This only confirms that linden may have health benefits.
Work no. 4
Summer tea infusions of linden or elderberry can be mixed with bee honey to provide more valuable ingredients.
Other home remedies for colds include: onion or beet syrup with sugar, milk with honey and butter, tea with marjoram and inhalations. In each of them we find positive and beneficial ingredients in the fight against disease. If they do not help with a cold, they will certainly provide a lot of vitamins and minerals that the body needs. What are your ways to fight a cold?
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