Natural remedies for pneumonia and pulmonary emphysema
Newspaper article published in light of 13.01.2008.
Among the diseases most frequently encountered during the cold of the year are very important diseases caused by respiratory debilizarea body and changes in environmental factors, namely temperature and air humidity. Today try to present some data on pneumonia and pulmonary emphysema.
Pneumonia, popular and called "flash pulmonary, consists of an inflammation of the lung parenchyma, without suppuration, to one or both lungs, a consequence being cold that was not treated properly. It is favored by cold, fatigue, over-exertion and various infections (influenza, measles, whooping cough). After the trigger, pneumonia can be viral or bacterial.
Bacterial pneumonia, caused by the presence of groups of bacteria (pneumococcus, staphylococci, streptococci), begins suddenly with high fever (39-400C), chills repeated junghiuri and pain in the chest and shoulder, weakness and dizziness in the body.
Viral pneumonia, the most common in winter and early spring, is caused by viruses (influenza, paragripale, adenovirusuri). Starts slowly and is manifested by more moderate forms: fever, headache and back Seacă cough with mucous expectoraţii in evolution, with rust-colored appearance. Gradually, there is an excessive agitation leading to delirium.
Elderly, chronically ill children and cardiovascular diseases, respiratory, liver and diabetes have a low resistance and therefore should avoid crowded places and visits to hospitals. In these, pneumonia may develop in serious forms of abcese lung, purulent pleurisy, pericarditis, heart failure, sometimes fatal end.
Phytotherapy
In domestic consumption have good effects decocturile or infusions with herbs, taken separately or in mixtures of elderberry flowers, linden, primrose, hollyhock sea mullet, herba of hyssop, cimbrişor, sage, coltsfoot, patlagină, fruits eglantine , anise and cătină, roots and tătăneasă knotweed, with emollient and antibacterial action.
It can take three daily spoonfuls of white wine, diluted with hot water in the maceration of roots tătăneasă. Good results are obtained with pine oil (25 drops 2-3 times per day, 20-30 minutes before main meals in a course of 2-3 weeks). During the period of convalescence is recommended tea warm vitaminizante with rosehip, cătină, primrose, roiniţă or lime, sweetened with honey.
External packaging is made on the chest or back with the horse tail extract, coltsfoot and patlagină, comprese with Swedish and bitter poultice of the boiled seeds in (in 4 sessions per day) or black mustard flour, applied daily on the chest, with effects revulsive. Frecţiile are beneficial to the chest and back rattle oil or alcoholic solution of peppermint and lavender, the febrile period.
In some areas use fresh cheese poultice, applied in 4 half a day to 20 minutes.
After missing the state of fever may be general cimbrişor baths or black mustard (100-200 g seed placed in a pouch of gauze, which sinks in hot water 5 minutes before bath lasting 20 minute ). After bathing, the body is not clear, it takes in a thick robe and go to bed warm to sweat profusely.
To release airways will be inhalaţii with warm essential oils of fir, pine, sage, eucalyptus and cimbrişor.
Many liquids and rest in bed
Diet should include more liquid (hot soups, fruit juices), salads of fresh vegetables and fruits rich in many vitamins and minerals (lemons, oranges, grapefruit, blackcurrant, blueberries, etc.). It recommends propolis, yeast, wheat germinated and oatmeal.
The rest requires a life in bed, where the patient will be well wrapped, in a room heated and ventilated, with strict rules of hygiene. We finally quit smoking. Since the disease is transmissible, the patient will be isolated in hospital or at home, especially if bacterial pneumonia, such as family members or other individuals are not contaminated.
Pulmonary emphysema, often in adults over 50 years
It is a chronic disease that is characterized by an increase in volume of the lungs, dilation alveolelor lung and pulmonary sclerozarea aortic wall as a result of loss of elasticity and progressive degeneration of lung elastic coating, which affects men more frequently on the elderly for over 50 years.
Illness causes are multiple: chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma cronicizat, acute pneumonia, lung sclerozarea along with aging, pulmonary tuberculosis, bacterial or viral infections, occupational disease in some groups of trades (glass-blowers, miners, music instruments wind), cigarette smoke and pollution of the atmosphere of some industrial areas and urban centers with intense traffic of vehicles that have toxic gas loss.
After installing the disease symptoms appear specific Seacă cough, mucous-purulent expectoration, decrease pulmonary ventilation and alveolar oxigenării blood, respiratory failure, during expiraţiei whiz, choking with the lack of air, the first effort and then a permanent feeling of chest press, cianozarea face (lips and cheeks) and the limbs, chest swell basket.
Guaranteed effect with macerated garlic
Phytotherapy recommends an arsenal of procedures, with good results if applied very carefully. It recommends, first, infusions of flowers and leaves of coltsfoot or in combination with flowers primrose, lăcrămioare, lavender and chamomile, leaves patlagină, plămânărică and roiniţă, herba of hyssop, Unguras, sage, thyme, scai livid and fumaric. All the tea used mugurii of hazel (acting antisclerotică) and roots of liquorice.
Good results are obtained with 10% tincture and syrup of pine gemmate or tincture of herba fresh nasturtium alcohol 700 (2-3 teaspoon daily).
It recommends a course of 1-2 months per quarter with macerated garlic alcohol 960 with adaus of acacia honey and propolis. Patients in the mountain areas will not cure the neglect fruit juniper, which has beneficial effects for most lung diseases.
The recipe author: Tussilago, Primula, Plantago, Melissa, Hyssopus, Salvia, Juniperus, Allium, Lavandula, Matricaria.
Consumed moderate salt and stop smoking
Diet will consist of 5-6 meals per day, with small quantities of food, poor in salt, but rich in vegetables and fruit. Should be avoided, if possible, weight gain and obesity status. Early manifestation of the disease will consume olive oil (by 3 teaspoon daily taken before meals) for 1-2 weeks per month or a garlic tincture (20 drops 2 times daily).
The life of the patient requires waiving final smoking. Everyday will be breathing gymnastics for 10 minutes, by the end of a tube placed in a jar with 10 liters of clean water. 3 times per week will be warm bath for 10 minutes.
Patient will do much walking in fresh air, avoid cold and physical effort, in pursuit of work and forced to walking.
Treatment is recommended Spas waters iodide from Govora Baths and water-cloruro bicarbonated sodico of siliceous-Malnaş resorts, Felix and Covasna.
