Angina - an extremely unpleasant, but in most cases not dangerous disease that usually can be treated at home. Since treatment of a sore throat at home, first of all, it is strongly recommended to take sick leave, and to comply with bed rest, at least for four to five days. During this time, the majority of patients with angina there is a significant improvement, although full recovery may take several more days. The rest of the treatment of angina homes reduced to the use of folk remedies and non-prescription drugs to relieve sore throat and reduce the body temperature.

How to treat a sore throat at home

Drink plenty of liquids - this may be plain water, herbal tea, hot milk, a variety of soups and juices. If possible, drink plenty of freshly squeezed vegetable and fruit juices - vitamins with angina should be ingested regularly and in large quantities. It is also worth taking multivitamins, and ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

Lollipops from angina with mint extract Mint and its useful properties: aromatic freshness , Sage Sage - cvyaschennaya grass   or eucalyptus are well soften the throat and, moreover, have excellent taste. However, they should not be abused - they are certainly useful, but they contain a lot of sugar and calories; especially careful with such drugs need to be people with insulinorezistenostyu or diabetes. Not bad relieve pain and sore throat lozenges for sore throat, for example, or Septefril Septolete.

Several times a day do gargling. You can use salt water (one teaspoon of salt false 240 ml of warm water), warm broth of herbs, water with lemon or lime juice, water with apple cider vinegar (a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of warm water) or antiseptic solutions. When buying antiseptics consult a pharmacist - only some of them can be used to rinse the throat and mouth. Antiseptic spray for the throat with angina have virtually the same effect as gargling with antiseptic - inhibit the multiplication of micro-organisms, which have led to the development of infections and relieves the symptoms of the disease.

Inhalation - a pleasant and useful procedure to help you speed up the treatment of sore throat at home. Pour almost full pot of hot water, bring it to a boil and remove from heat. If desired, add a little water, a lot of your favorite essential oil. Lean over the pot so that the steam rising from the water warmed, but did not burn, cover with a towel and breathe for 10-20 minutes with hot steam. If you feel that you do not have enough air, you can stop the procedure for a couple of minutes.

To relieve the pain in my throat and bring down the fever, take acetaminophen or medication from the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen, diclofenac. Babies may be given syrup with propolis angina - such syrups, various additional components in pharmacies without a prescription.

Compress on the throat with angina also good pain relief. To make a hot compress, you can simply attach to the throat of a piece of cloth or a towel soaked in hot water (be careful - too hot water can lead to redness of sensitive skin Sensitive skin: causes and care   the neck). Vodka compress angina, presumably, not only relieves pain in the throat, but also helps the body fight infectious agents; Recently, precariously - still wrap affects only the outside, but, nevertheless, these packs are very popular traditional medicines. Dampen a clean cloth with vodka, and attach it to his throat. On top of the fabric, place a plastic bag or a piece of plastic wrap and on top - a large, preheated towel on the battery.

Similarly, the alcohol makes a compress for sore throat, but instead uses vodka mixed with water, alcohol.

Homeopathy angina

Proponents of homeopathy is usually recommended to be used for the treatment of angina drugs by aconite .  This plant is also known as a fighter, it is widely used in alternative medicine, but when you use it you need to be careful - in Hakone contain substances that in overdose can cause severe poisoning .  However, homeopathic drugs are taken in such low doses that the probability of poisoning is practically impossible .  When angina drug may also be used for the treatment of various inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract .  However, it should be borne in mind that conventional medicine does not confirm that the treatment of angina homeopathy really helps .  In addition, any recommendations supporters of alternative medicine on the topic of how to quickly cure a sore throat at home is likely to be ineffective, because even with the use of antibiotics for a sore throat does not pass a couple of days .

Can I bathe with angina?

Many people who have the opportunity to attend a bath, prefer to treat respiratory diseases, including angina, in the steam room, but there are many people who doubt the usefulness of such treatment .  Give a definite answer to the question whether it is possible to bathe with angina, it is very difficult .  On the one hand, in the sauna room as on inhalation into the respiratory tract misses hot steam, and it is very useful .  On the other - in the steam room the whole body is exposed to high temperatures .  If the body is weakened by illness, and if the person also has heart disease or other chronic diseases, from visiting the baths should be abandoned .  In addition, with angina should not bathe children and people with weakened immune systems .  Healthy adults who regularly visit the sauna, steam room with angina may benefit .  However, during the illness can walk only in his bath (if any); public bath in a sick person becomes a peddler of infection .

Massage with angina

For massage you need: the oil-base (such as almond or olive oil), and essential oils. For patients with angina are very useful essential oils of sandalwood, eucalyptus, geranium, pine, mint, lemon and tea tree. Mix with oil-basis a few drops of essential oil (you can use some oil at the same time), and massage movements put them on the chest and neck. Massage the skin for 5-15 minutes, and deeply inhale the aroma of essential oils.

  Protargol - a preparation of colloidal silver has antimicrobial properties in the past to apply the open wounds and burns to prevent infection. Now it is sometimes recommended for chronic gonorrheal urethritis Urethritis - a very male disease , Conjunctivitis, blepharitis Blepharitis - inflammation of the eyelid margins , Ophthalmia. It is used topically; in diseases of the upper respiratory tract using 1-5% solution, in other cases, as a rule, 1-3% solution.

Protargol - not a panacea

Some supporters of alternative medicine Protargolum used as a food additive. Someone even credits him with powerful antibiotic properties. Long-term use of the drug can lead to deposition of large amounts in the body of silver, in some cases causes argyrosis - an irreversible change in the pigmentation of the skin, whereby the skin becomes gray or grayish-blue. The disease is generally harmless to health, but can cause severe psychological discomfort to the patient. If you do not exceed the recommended dose, the risk of argyrosis when receiving protargola minimal.

Silver as an antiseptic

Silver has long been used to cleanse the water, and as a point of antiseptic it is used for more than one hundred years. It has been found that in a sufficiently high concentration of colloidal silver can destroy a lot of bacteria which cause infections. Protargol provides effective antimicrobial action, but today there are safer drugs with the same effect and the possibility of better use of them. At the same time protargola revealed no side effects (besides argyrosis, the development of which is very unlikely), it is considered safe during pregnancy, and for women who are breastfeeding.

There are many supporters of the use of colloidal silver as a means to raise the tone, the prevention of colds and flu Influenza - expect the unexpected but always . This effect it has no scientific evidence and is not recognized by official medicine.

Moreover, now more and more scientists came to the conclusion that silver and preparations based on it are not as useful as previously thought, or even harmless. Silver is a heavy metal (such as lead, on the harmful effects on health is known widely enough) - it is slowly cleared from the body. Moreover, in constant use, it accumulates in the body can penetrate into the bloodstream and deposited in the liver, spleen, kidney, mucosa, bone marrow, skin and cornea, and even eye and the lens.

Manufacturers of drugs based on silver greatly exaggerate their favor, and the harm is usually simply silent.