How to treat a cough begins

 The main task is to cough respiratory protection from extraneous entities, such as sputum, mucus, foreign substances. Timely measures will help you relieve and eliminate the cough, and therefore much faster to come back to normal. The first thing that should be done - humidification in the room. To do this, fit special devices - humidifiers or conventional wet towels hanging in the room. No harm will be well ventilated and to tidy the room, allow it to breathe more freely.

In order to avoid worsening cough, you should as often as possible gargle with a solution of soda and salt, alternating them with herbs (chamomile, calendula, sage). Rinse should not be hot, the ideal temperature - 37-38 degrees. Nasal passage also requires care and moisture, it can be rinsed with saline.

The main weapon in the fight against cough is warming up (you can only bask in the absence of an elevated body temperature). Very good effect of warming will give ordinary wool socks, worn at night. You can also use a pepper patch, stick it on the chest and back and leave as long as there is no strong burning sensation. If there is no patch, draw on the chest, back and feet mesh 5-percent solution of iodine. All of these procedures are especially effective if they do at night.

One of the popular and very successful ways to combat cough is a compress of cabbage leaves. Take two pieces of cabbage and spread them with honey. Attach them to the chest and on the back of the collar bones, tightly wound with plastic wrap, and on top - a scarf to create a greenhouse effect. Leave compress at night. Cabbage in combination with honey has excellent pulling and anti-inflammatory properties. The next morning you will feel much better. If the cough is worse, contact your doctor immediately.