Mild sore throat and fever
Everyone knows the first symptoms of a looming cold: a slight sore throat and a rising fever. And those are exactly the days when mountains of work lie ahead of you. Then there is the possibility to take a step back and wait or to actively defend oneself.
What you need:
- Herbal tea (peppermint, chamomile, fennel, sage)
- Fruit / vitamins
- chicken soup
- Herbal candies (peppermint, sage and honey)
- Hot shower
- Full body massage
- Analgesics, neoangin
If you have a slight sore throat - act quickly
There are days when you already know when you wake up Sore throat to fight. If they're easy, it's not too late to step in and get one cold to prevent.
- Drinking liters of hot herbal tea helps best. You can take peppermint - it stimulates blood circulation and is refreshing. By the way, it also helps headache. Chamomile tea has soothing and antibacterial properties. Fennel acts as an anti-inflammatory and sage supports the immune system in fighting bacteria.
- Herbal candies are very useful on the go. Note: Mint-containing lozenges are good for mild, pure sore throats. But if you do too cough tend to irritate them. The milder sage-honey dragees help better.
Rising fever - the cold is approaching
- The increasing tendency must be stopped here. Take a long hot shower to stimulate blood circulation or get a massage. After that, it is important to wear sensible clothing so that the body does not lose heat again.
- Eat plenty of fresh fruit if possible (prefer citrus fruits) or alternatively take vitamin effervescent tablets. The vitamins and antioxidants protect the body from toxins.
- Chicken soup has been a classic for generations. The chicken broth has an anti-inflammatory effect and the hot vapors moisturize the airways, thereby loosening the mucus. You don't necessarily have to follow the traditional recipe. The finished products also help to lower the fever.
- And if none of that works, there is drug: Analgesics such as aspirin and ibuprofen (at pains), Paracetamol and metamizole (at fever) and neo-angin for sore throats.
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