Curing the flu: drugs, garlic or homeopathy
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Ordinary people are trying to save themselves using various treatments. Getting vaccinated is already too late. What do doctors advise us when we spot the first symptoms of flu? Paediatrist Natallja Patrasava shares his tips with the European Radio for Belarus.
“For children, the best drugs are ‘Antigrippin”, “Antigripacups”, “Ibuklin”. They bring down the temperature and provide an anti-inflammatory action. They remove fever. But they should be taken after meals.
Children should also stay in bed and drink a lot of liquids: raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, a lemon tea: anything which has a lot of Vitamin C. It is mandatory to consult with your doctor in order to avoid complications due to wrong or belated treatment,” she said.
Doctors often call the flu as the most underestimated disease in the world. We treat it easily, because we are faced with this virus too often. At the same time, almost $15 billion is spent in the word to cure the disease. Nevertheless, 1.5 million people still die from the virus or its consequences.
Every family has its own method of fighting the virus, with many delaying until it is too late, because they object to taking antibiotics. But using your grandmother’s tips versus antibiotics has become outdated. We will narrate about the modern alternatives to the both methods, but for now let’s take a look at the so-called treatment at home.
Aromatherapy has become a fashionable trend as of recently, with ether oils being widely available in stores. Some of them are indeed very active against viruses. At early stages of the disease, take a bath with the oil extracts from eucalyptus, lemon, and lavender or make inhalations.
Tea with cinnamon and pepper or ginger will rescue you from tremor. If you have fever, it would be good to sweat it out, using a mixture of mint and bourtree. Echinacea and hips will enhance your immunity to fight the virus efficiently.
Mix 1:1 of shredded garlic with honey and take one table spoon at night with boiled water. Afterwards, call your doctor anyway.
But you feel lazy, yet you don’t want to take drugs, you need to proceed to homeopathy pharmacy. At some of them, you can also get consultations with homeopathic doctors. Nina Ivanova, an expert in homeopathy, tells us about the benefits of this method.
“The drugs we are using can be taken from the cleanest places on the Earth. For instance, some herbs grow in a very clean area in the Baltics. They bring the juice from this herb, and we make drugs out of it.
It is very important that homeopathy drugs are allergy-free. They have no by-side effects. Finally, they are quite cheap: Br5-7,000 for 25 ml. And they could last for over two months, meaning for more than one season,” she said.
The most popular and efficient homeopathic drugs on offer are Antigrippin. Don’t confuse it with Antigrippin sold at regular pharmacies.
After all, each of us decides for him or herself what to do when you have fallen sick.
Stay healthy and the best regards from Kacjaryna Bulanava and the European Radio for Belarus.
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