Treatment of diphtheria with folk remedies

Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease that spreads mainly among children, with defeat of throat (rarely - nose, larynx, eyes, etc.) and general intoxication of the body.

Causes of the disease. The causative agent of diphtheria is a diphtheria bacillus, which is borne by a sick person or a person carrying an infection during the incubation period of a diphtheria bacillus, and also for some time after recovery. Infection occurs through the air (when coughing, sneezing) and objects of common use.

Manifestations of diphtheria. The disease begins with a sore throat, fever, inflammation of the cervical lymph nodes. In the throat and on the back wall of the pharynx appear groups of yellowish-colored coatings (dense films), making it difficult for the larynx musculature to contract. There can be edema that causes a sharp narrowing of the larynx and respiratory depression (croup). Possible complications, accompanied by a disorder of the nervous and cardiovascular systems, pneumonia.

• Mix dry raspberry berries (20 g), leaves of mother-and-stepmother (20 g), oregano grass (10 g). Two tablespoons of the collection brew 2 cups of boiling water, insist 10 minutes, drain. Infusion of drinking in a hot form.
• Spirituous tincture of propolis (20 g for 300 g of alcohol) is mixed with warm milk or tea. Take 40-50 drops 3-5 times a day as a strong antibiotic.
• Remove yellowish raids from the throat will help rinse with 30% solution of citric acid, a strong solution of vinegar or table salt.
• Inflorescences of lime heart-shaped and dry berries of raspberry are taken in equal quantities. Two tablespoons of the collection pour 400 ml of boiling water, insist, drain. Drink hot, like tea, as an antipyretic.
• Mix 1 cup of cranberry (you can cranberry) juice and 1 glass of lemon juice. Drink 1 glass in small sips in a warmed state. The second glass of warm juice gargle after every 30 minutes. Squeeze pour 50 ml of alcohol, prepare a compress and attach it to the throat. The disease is quickly cured.
• 1-2 teaspoons of long-leaved sundew herb (English) pour 1 cup boiling water, insist 1 hour, strain. Take 1-2 tablespoons 3-5 times a day. You can also take 20-30 drops of 30% alcohol tincture of sundew 3-4 times a day.
• Wrap the cotton wool on a wooden stick, dip sophora of Japanese or eucalyptus into the alcohol tincture and lubricate the affected places in the throat 2-3 times a day.
• Combine in the indicated proportions: the root of a large burdock (20 g), the grass of the ordinary, the grass of the oregano, the dry berries of raspberry, the flowers of the lime heart (15 g), the flowers of the elderberry black, the grass and the roots of the spring primrose (10 g each). Two tablespoons of the collection pour 2 cups of boiling water, 10 minutes, drain. Take 3-4 times a day after meals in a hot form as a diaphoretic and antipyretic.
• Dry root of the thresher-saxifrage to grind into powder, mix with honey and roll into small peas (0.5 g, or 1/10 of a teaspoon of powder per 1 pea). Give the sick child a 1 pill, which must be washed down with water, every 4 hours.
• Dry the duckweed plant in small powder. A tablespoon of powder pour 1 cup of vodka, insist. Take 1 tablespoon 3-5 times a day before meals. Powder duckwheat with honey take 1-2 teaspoons 3-4 times a day. It is used as an antipyretic agent.
• A tablespoon of the herbs of Chernogolovka ordinary pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist in the heat for 1 hour, strain. Gargle with a warm infusion several times a day.
• As a bactericidal and antipyretic agent, preparations are used from the bark of young aspen branches. To prepare a broth a tablespoon of raw material pour a glass of boiling water, boil on low heat for 1 hour, then insist 30-40 minutes. The volume of broth to bring to the original, drink 1-2 tablespoons 3-5 times a day before meals. You can also take 30-40 drops of 25% alcohol aspen tincture 2-5 times a day before meals.
• Stir the leaves of mother-and-stepmother (2 parts), willow bark (2 parts), oregano grass (1 part). Two tablespoons of the collection to brew 400 ml of boiling water, insist 30 minutes, strain, drink hot as an antipyretic.
• A tablespoon of willow bark (of any kind) pour 1 cup of boiling water, insist 1-2 hours, drain. Take 1-2 tablespoons 3-5 times a day as an antipyretic.
• Drink 1-2 teaspoons of aloe vera juice 2-3 times a day.