Why does a sore throat and dry cough occur, and what treatment is required?

The perspiration that precedes a dry cough can be caused by many reasons. For example, it may be associated with low air humidity. Then, to get rid of the problem, you only need to humidify the air in the room. But most often, severe sore throat and dry cough occur due to various infectious diseases - pharyngitis, laryngitis, tracheitis.

To get rid of these unpleasant symptoms, you just need to cure the disease that provoked their appearance. Therefore, before starting treatment, it is imperative to find out why the problem arose. Folk recipes are suitable for therapy, which have proven themselves in home treatment and do not require serious financial costs.

Perspiration and dry cough can occur for the following reasons:

• the body lacks vitamin A;
• have kidney, lung or heart failure;
• disruption of the endocrine system;
• there was a cold;
• smoking and alcohol abuse;
• allergic manifestations;
• prolonged exposure to chemicals, dust or hot air.

Most often, it is the common cold that causes perspiration and dry cough. To cure the disease, you need to use folk remedies, the most effective of which are rinses, inhalations and restorative drinks.

Use of rinses

If it hurts in the throat and constantly wants to cough, they will come to the rescue:

1. Soda solution. Dissolve 1 tsp in a glass of warm water. soda. Use the solution for regular rinses (4-5 times a day). It allows you to remove excess mucus.
2. Sea salt solution. Dissolve 1 tbsp in a glass of warm water. l. salt. You can add 1 tsp. soda and 2-3 drops of iodine.
3. Infusion of herbs: plantain, sage, calendula, chamomile, thyme. Take 1 tbsp. l. each herb and brew the vegetable mixture with 0.5 liters of water. Infuse for 30 minutes, add a little citric acid and 1 tbsp. l. honey. You can use the infusion not only for rinsing, but also for ingestion instead of tea.
4. Beet juice. Chop the beets, squeeze the juice out of it, add 1 tbsp. l. vinegar (9%). Use for rinsing several times a day.
5. Hydrogen peroxide. Well, with angina, a solution of hydrogen peroxide helps. Dilute in a glass of water 1 tbsp. l. hydrogen peroxide (3%). Use for rinses. After the procedure, you need to rinse with soda solution.
6. Propolis tincture. Helps with persistent sore throats (chronic pharyngitis and laryngitis). Dilute 40 drops of alcohol tincture of propolis in 60 g of water. Rinse 2 times a day 30 minutes before meals. You can bury the medicine in the nose for 5 drops. Despite the unpleasantness of the procedure, it is a very effective method. When tickling, you can simply put a piece of propolis on your cheek and keep it all night.
7. Mint infusion. Pour 20 g of mint with a glass of boiling water. Insist hour. After straining, use for rinsing 3 times a day.
8. Lime blossom infusion. Pour 20 g of raw materials with a glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour. After straining, cool and gargle at least 3 times a day.
9. Infusion of raspberry leaves. You can prepare the medicine in the same way as the previous one. Rinsing should be done every hour.

The use of inhalations, compresses, foot baths

Inhalations perfectly help with throat irritation, and also quickly save you from colds. For procedures, the same herbs are used as for rinsing, essential oils and potatoes. To treat a cold with potatoes, you should boil the vegetable in the peel, mash and add 1 tsp. soda. Breathe over the pan, covered with a large towel. The procedure should be carried out for 15 minutes.

A wonderful remedy for pain and sore throat is a compress with cottage cheese. Squeezed cottage cheese should be wrapped in cotton cloth and wrapped around the neck. From above, cover the compress with a film and fix it with a warm scarf. Keep the compress all night. When tickling, you can lubricate the neck with a golden star balm, which has a local warming effect.

An effective method of treatment is to warm the feet in a mustard bath. Pour mustard powder into a bowl of hot water, mix. Before going to bed, you need to lower your legs into the pelvis. The duration of the procedure is 15 minutes. At this time, boiling water should be periodically added. After the procedure, you need to wipe your feet, put on warm socks and go to bed. When the legs warm up, blood circulation increases, which has a positive effect on the functioning of the nasopharynx and allows the body to quickly cope with the disease.

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How to strengthen the body?

If you know why a dry cough begins, you need to determine what to do to help the body. Fortifying drugs or products come to the rescue. At home you can use:

1. Milk with honey. Add 1 tsp to a glass of warm milk. honey. You can also add a pinch of soda. This composition has a bactericidal effect and allows you to quickly eliminate perspiration, cope with a cold.
2. A mixture of onion, apple and honey. Grate onion and apple. Mix the ingredients with honey in equal amounts. Use 2-3 tsp. 3 times a day.
3. Garlic honey syrup. Put 0.5 cups of chopped garlic in a saucepan and pour over buckwheat honey (it is necessary that the honey completely covers the garlic). Place the saucepan over low heat and cook for about 20 minutes, stirring constantly. Infuse the medicine until it cools, then put it on fire again. If the mixture thickens too much, add water to it. After several minutes of boiling, strain the mixture and consume 1 tbsp. l. until the complete disappearance of pain and perspiration.
4. Radish with honey. Cut a hole in the vegetable and put 1 tbsp. l. honey, insist until juice is obtained. Drink it 3 times a day after meals, 1 tbsp. l.
5. Ginger tea. Cut the ginger root into strips, add water and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Cool to 36-37 ° C, strain. Add lemon juice and honey to the drink. Consume 2-3 times a day. You can simply add ginger oil to tea.
6. Beet-carrot juice. Mix juices in equal amounts and add 1 tbsp. l. honey. Take in small sips several times a day.
7. A mixture of cherry and blackcurrant juices. Add 1 tbsp to a glass of juice. l. honey. Drink in small sips several times a day. You can use the mixture instead of tea.
8. A mixture of milk (2 parts) and black radish juice (1 part). Add a little honey to the mixture and consume 3 tbsp. l. after meal.
9. Linden decoction. 1 st. l. dry linden flowers brew 0.5 liters of boiling water, cook over low heat for 2 minutes. Add to the decoction 1 tbsp. l. honey. Drink instead of tea. The drink is suitable for the treatment of angina in children.
10. Camomile tea. It has a remarkable antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anti-cold effect. 1 st. l. pour a glass of boiling water over the flowers of the plant, leave for 30 minutes. Add some honey to the drink. Drink 3-4 times a day.

If a cold is a frequent guest, and your throat is constantly tickling, you need to work on strengthening the immune system. When there are no causes that cause inflammation, you will not have to treat a sore throat and cough.