A cold is an unpleasant, although not a dangerous disease and it can be treated not only with traditional medicines, but also with folk remedies: herbal teas and tinctures containing vitamins and useful substances.
Herbal teas have been known for their medicinal properties since antiquity. Modern city dwellers can buy any herbal tea in phyto or regular pharmacies.
For the prevention of colds, it is best to drink multivitamin teas from the collection of black currant leaves and berries, raspberries, sea buckthorn. Tea made from rosehip fruits and leaves is very rich in vitamin C. You can combine these ingredients or brew them separately. It is not recommended to add sugar to the finished infusion; it is better to replace it with honey.
Antimicrobial teas are recommended to be drunk when the body already has a cold or is infected with a disease. Such teas do not help against viruses, but their use makes the immune system more stable and has a good effect on the condition of the lungs and respiratory system. Teas of this kind include decoctions of calamus root, thyme (thyme), and eucalyptus. Mint, oregano and chamomile teas are fever-lowering and diaphoretic.
Infusions of coltsfoot leaves, calendula (you can use both leaves and flowers), oregano help to fight cough. A decoction of pine buds, containing phytoncides, fights shortness of breath, cough, has an expectorant and anti-inflammatory effect.
All herbal teas should be brewed not with boiling water, which kills the beneficial properties of tea, but with hot water from 70 to 80 degrees and drunk warm. The brew should not stand for more than 12 hours, since during this time the essential oils evaporate and the beneficial qualities of the drink become extremely controversial.
