Burnt sugar cough - a traditional remedy that is often used in folk medicine, especially for treating children. Action caramel is soft, so it is mainly used as an aid in the treatment of infections of the upper respiratory tract.
Cough and its species
Cough - a protective reaction of the body to get rid of inhaled foreign bodies, pathogens and products of inflammation. The cough may be dry and wet. If a dry cough
Dry cough - whether to worry about it?
It is a consequence of infectious inflammation of the respiratory tract, then try to translate it into the wet - released at the same time cleanses the mucus of the respiratory tract and rapid recovery.
Sometimes compulsive dry cough associated with irritation of the upper respiratory tract. This attempt to alleviate cough, assigning drugs, relieves irritation (eg, funds from the shielding effect). Too intrusive suppress dry cough, trying to simultaneously translate it in the wet.
How does the burnt sugar for coughs
Caramel - a mild cough medicine, which can be nice to shoot irritation of the upper respiratory tract, so it is often prescribed for pharyngitis, both acute and chronic.
In addition, the caramel has some phlegm properties, so it is prescribed for respiratory diseases, accompanied by the release of a viscous, hardly expectorated sputum.
But before you begin to apply yourself even such a seemingly simple remedy like burnt sugar, should still consult a doctor.
Dry cough may be a sign of how easily a cold and start serious illnesses such as pneumonia or tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - a full recovery is not guaranteed
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It is especially dangerous to treat yourself without a prescription cough in children under two years of age. At this age, all the inflammatory processes in the body of the child prone to rapid generalization - the spread to other organs and tissues. In addition, a small child can not yet how to cough up phlegm, and any funds that increase the amount of mucus can lead to respiratory failure.
Burnt sugar can be used to treat cough in children
Treatment of cough in children - is to look for the cause
But this should be done strictly on the evidence, taking into account the child's age and characteristics of the disease. Therefore caramel children should appoint a doctor.
Recipe for caramel cough
Children older preschool and school age caramel cough can be prepared in the form of candy. To do this, you need a small enamel pot to pour a few tablespoons of sugar over low heat, stirring constantly, melt it until a homogeneous viscous brown liquid and pour into small molds (molds if not, then we can take a few teaspoons). After hardening turn out candies that you can give your child suck on 3-4 times a day.
You can cook and milk candies. To this end, molten sugar with the help of a teaspoon is poured into a glass of cold milk - produced small candies specific dairy flavor. These candies may contain any air bubbles at the surface of damaged resorption and sharp edges may injure the mucosa of the mouth. Therefore, milk caramel candies from better to give children of school age.
If the doctor believes that the child needs an expectorant, the caramel can be prepared on the basis of infusions and decoctions expectorant herbs.
For example, based on the infusion of thyme, which is prepared on the basis of a tablespoon of herbs per cup of boiling water. For the preparation of candy thyme need to take a glass of the finished tincture of thyme, add the 2 cups of sugar and two tablespoons of honey. All thoroughly mixed, put into an enamel bowl, bring to a boil and cook over low heat stirring constantly. As the thickening solution can drip a drop of cold water: if a drop after that easy to crack, ka candy, then the syrup is ready and can be poured into molds.
For children can prepare cough syrup
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based caramel. To do this, melt in the heat 2 tablespoons of sugar and then gradually add the intensive stirring, caramel 0, 5 liters of boiling water. The resulting syrup was re-boil, cool and pour into a glass dish. The syrup is stored in the refrigerator and take 1-3 teaspoons (depending on the age of the child) three times a day, adding to the tea.
Recipe for caramel cough for adults: Take 7 tablespoons of sugar, melt them until the liquid caramel brown, gently, stirring constantly, add a cup of boiling water, boil again, cool and add 3 tablespoons of vodka. Take the syrup with tea and lemon on a tablespoon 5-6 times a day.
Burnt sugar cough is often used for colds. And yet, before embarking on the treatment of cough, it is better to consult a doctor.
Galina Romanenko