Winters Are Here! : 5 DIY Ways To Treat Cough And Cold Infections At Home

Winters are here! chilling and beautiful. Everyone rejoices it! However, winters sometimes it can be pretty harsh on our body as well, including our health and face. Amid the biting cold winters in the northern region of our country, people might suffer from cough and cold and body dryness.

Weather Updates

Ahead of the temperature dip, northern India experiences relief the biting cold weather as the minimum temperature hovered around 8 degrees Celsius. States like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have witnessed improvement in the dense fog situation. However, a cold wave alert has been issued by the weather department starting from January 1.

Despite of the improvement in the temperature, several suffer from viral infections, cough and cold. According to a famous rhinologist Dr Benjamin Bleier, “Cold air is associated with increased viral infection because you’ve essentially lost half of your immunity just by that small drop in temperature.”

5 DIY Ways To Treat Cough And Cold Infections

Listing 5 ways to cure or prevent from Cold Infections:

Blow Your Nose:

It’s important to blow your nose regularly. When you have cold rather than sniffling mucus back into your head. But when you blow hard, pressure can carry germ-carrying phlegm back into your ear passages, causing earache. The best way to blow your nose: Press a finger over one nostril while you blow gently to clear the other.

Treat Stuffy Nose With Warm Water:

Salt-water rinsing helps break nasal congestion, while also removing virus particles and bacteria from your nose. Here’s a popular recipe:

Mix 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda in 8 ounces of distilled, sterile or previously boiled water. Use a bulb syringe or nasal irrigation kit to squirt water into the nose. Hold one nostril closed by applying light finger pressure while squirting the salt mixture into the other nostril. Let it drain. Repeat two to three times, and then treat the other nostril.

Also Read: Northern India: Experiences Some Relief From Cold Weather, Temperature Increases To 8 Degrees Celsius

Stay Warm And Rested:

Staying warm and resting when you first come down with a cold or the flu helps your body direct its energy toward the immune battle. This battle taxes the body. So give it a little help by resting.

Drink Hot Liquids:

Hot liquids relieve nasal congestion, prevent dehydration, and soothe the uncomfortably inflamed membranes that line your nose and throat. If you’re so congested that you can’t sleep at night, try a hot toddy, an age-old remedy. Make a cup of hot herbal tea. Add one teaspoon of honey and one small shot (about 1 ounce) of whiskey or bourbon. Limit yourself to one. Too much alcohol will inflame the membranes and make you feel worse.

Take Steam Often:

Steamy showers moisturize your nasal passages and may help you relax. If you’re dizzy from the flu, run a steamy shower while you sit on a chair nearby and take a sponge bath.

-Bharat Express