How to make garlic water, garlic water cures cough

Garlic is a common food in our kitchen. In addition to its well-known antibacterial and anti-cancer effects, garlic water can also treat coughs. Because colds are caused by cold air entering the body, and garlic has the effect of dispelling cold, garlic water has the effect of relieving coughs.

1: Take three or four heads of garlic, peel them, and cut the cloves into thin slices. Before going to bed at night, place the sliced ​​garlic cloves on the edges of the stove and roast them. The next morning, the garlic slices will be basically dry and brown, but be careful not to burn them. Then use a rolling pin to crush the dried garlic slices into minced garlic, the finer the better. Scoop a tablespoon of minced garlic into a teacup, add a little brown sugar, pour in boiling water, stir well, and drink it. Drink one or two cups a day for two or three days, and your cough will be cured.

1: Mash the garlic cloves into a paste and put it into an empty medicine bottle. Put the bottle mouth to your nose and try to smell the spicy smell of garlic. You can smell it 4-5 times a day depending on the condition. When the spicy smell of garlic becomes lighter, you can replace it with new garlic paste. The bottle used should not be too large, so that it is suitable for the size of the two nostrils.

2: Alternatively, you can also peel and clean a few cloves of garlic, put them in a sealed box filled with honey, cover it and soak it for about a week before taking it out and eating it.

3: Apply garlic to the soles of the feet to treat cough. Apply garlic to the soles of the feet to treat internal heat and cough. Every night before going to bed, wash your feet, cut the garlic into thin slices and apply it to the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot (located 1/3 of the way up from the heel); then use medical tape to stick it firmly. Because garlic irritates the skin, it should not be applied for too long, so it is best to remove it when you get up in the morning. This method has a certain effect on cough, nosebleed and constipation. The effect will be better if you apply it for 7 to 10 days in a row. A few people may develop blisters on the soles of their feet after applying garlic. It is recommended to stop applying at this time and wait until the blisters break and the skin recovers before applying again. In this way, it will generally not recur.

1: Garlic water is not suitable for treating wind-heat cough, the symptom of wind-heat cough is green nasal discharge. Garlic water is only effective for treating wind-cold cough and kidney deficiency cough, but not for wind-heat cough. Generally speaking, most people's colds in autumn and winter are wind-cold colds, and the initial cold after being caught in the rain is also a wind-cold cold. Wind-cold colds can turn into wind-heat colds when they develop to a certain extent, so it is necessary to distinguish between wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds according to symptoms. Recommended reading: The difference between wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds

2: The dosage of garlic water should be reduced for children to relieve cough. If garlic water is used to treat children's cough caused by cold, the dosage of garlic should be reduced according to the age of the child. It is not recommended for children under 3 years old to avoid garlic irritating the respiratory tract and aggravating the cough.

To treat cough, if you can't go to the hospital to buy medicine in time, you can use garlic water. But you must make garlic water according to strict requirements. If it is not done well, don't drink it, otherwise it will be harmful to the body. Everything is a double-edged sword, with advantages and disadvantages. Scientific use and full use are advantages, otherwise it is disadvantages.