Aloe juice in the nose from the common cold: recipes, side effects

Despite the fact that there are up to 500 varieties of aloe plant in the world, only two of them are widely used in medicine and cosmetology.

The first is Aloe Vera. The plant is 95% water, has a number of properties beneficial to the body, and even cleans the air in the room. The second - Aloe tree, or the century. This plant is considered to be unpretentious in care, it is easy to grow independently in room conditions, and on medicinal qualities it almost does not concede to the sight of Aloe Vera.

Useful properties of aloe

The use of the plant for a person is explained by its chemical composition. Vitamins, amino acids, microelements and flavonoids that protect the cells of the body from the effects of viruses and prevent premature aging, are found in large quantities in aloe leaves. The juice of this medicinal plant is used for both external and internal use.

Aloe is widely used in the treatment of skin diseases, it normalizes the work of the stomach and intestines, contributes to a speedy recovery in case of flu, cold and common cold.

It is used in dentistry in the treatment of stomatitis, in gynecology with painful menstruation, with conjunctivitis, hair loss. Aloe normalizes the functioning of the circulatory system and increases hemoglobin.

Contraindications

Despite a number of useful properties, the century-old also has contraindications to the use.

• It is forbidden to use plant juice for children under the age of 1 year. In rare cases and only after the doctor's permission, drops on the basis of the century are used to treat the common cold in children for up to a year. When side effects occur, you should immediately stop the instillation of aloe.
• Contraindications to the use of plant juice refer to people suffering from heart failure and hypertension, since Aloe active substances significantly increase blood flow through the vessels.
• It is necessary to exclude the use of medicines, which contain aloe juice, people with allergies. They have such drops can cause burning and itching mucous, the appearance of swelling, nausea, a rash on the skin.
• It will be useless to have aloe in the treatment of a viral rhinitis. It can cause only a stronger manifestation of allergic reactions. Juice juice is effective only in the fight against bacteria, but not with viruses.
• Burying aloe in the nose during pregnancy is strictly prohibited. The active substances of the plant cause contraction of the uterine muscles, which can lead to miscarriage or cause premature birth.

Observance of precautions when using aloe in folk medicine will allow to avoid negative consequences with health in the future.

How to get juice from aloe?

Not all plants of this species are suitable for treatment. Active substances accumulate in the leaves of aloe in sufficient quantities only by the third year of growth. That's why to get a healthy juice, you should use the most mature lower leaves, dense and fleshy. They are carefully cut off at the base of the stem, washed under running water and, wrapped in cloth or paper, sent for 12 hours in the refrigerator. During this time, the concentration of nutrients in the leaves increases several times and the medicinal qualities of the plant increase. This procedure can be neglected, if the juice for instillation is needed urgently.

After the specified time, when the aloe leaf is sufficiently cooled, it must be cleaned of thorns, the upper thin film and cut into several pieces of 2 centimeters in length. Then each piece wrapped in gauze, folded twice, and a strong push of his fingers to squeeze all the juice into a sterile container.

Sometimes in some print and online publications there are recommendations that the aloe leaf should first be grinded through a meat grinder, and then strain the juice through gauze. But in this case it is impossible to guarantee the sterility of the medicine.

Treatment of a cold

The effectiveness of aloe juice in the fight against the common cold has been proven for a long time. It is included in the composition of medical preparations and is used in home treatment. Thanks to active substances that act on the blood vessels of the nasal mucosa, it is possible to quickly relieve congestion and improve the outflow of mucus.

Thus, the century-old in the fight against the common cold:

• Has antibacterial action;
• Removes inflammation of the mucous membrane;
• Accelerates blood flow through blood vessels;
• Heals small injuries and wounds on the nasal mucosa;
• Helps to strengthen immunity and restore the body's defenses.

Is it possible to drip aloe in the nose of a child?

The juice of this plant is effective in treating the common cold not only in adults, but also in children older than one year. However, before you start digging in the nose, you need to determine the nature of the disease. Prepared at home juice of the century-old will help in the fight against bacterial cold. If the disease is viral in nature, aloe can even do harm, triggering a serious allergic reaction.

How to drip aloe in the nose, depends on the age of the child. For children from 1 year to 12 years, the juice of the plant is diluted with boiled water (1: 3 ratio) and digested 3 drops in both nares 3 times a day. The duration of treatment is at least 5 days or until a full recovery. In this case, not earlier than in three days, the effect of instillation will be noticeable. To achieve the destruction of dangerous bacteria, you need a concentration of active substances contained in aloe. For children after 12 years and adults, the juice of the century-old is bred in the proportion of 1 to 1.

After the permission of a pediatrician, it is possible to instill a freshly prepared medication for infants. The juice of the plant for such children should be mixed in a proportion of 1: 4 and even 1: 5. Aloe in the nose of a child dig in two nostrils 2 drops three times a day. If any side effects are identified, treatment should be discontinued as soon as possible.

Aloe juice in pregnancy

A common cold for a pregnant woman can be a real problem. It is very difficult to select medicines to treat this ailment, especially in the first trimester, when there is a risk of harming the normal development of the fetus. Therefore, pregnant women often resort to traditional medicine in the fight against the common cold, including burying the juice of aloe in the nose. However, performing such actions without prior consultation with a gynecologist is strictly prohibited.

Most experts are of the opinion that when burying aloe juice in the nose or taking inside, you can cause flushing of the blood to the pelvic organs and a reduction of the uterine musculature. This, in turn, often leads to premature birth or miscarriage. At the same time, aloe does not affect lactation in women and does not change the taste of breast milk, that is, after the birth of the baby, the juice of the century can be used to treat a cold without restrictions.

Prescription medications for a cold from the aloe

In the treatment of the common cold it is not recommended to use pure juice of the century. If you neglect this advice, then in adults, especially in children, burns appear on the mucous membrane of the nose during instillation. Many recipes from the common cold on the basis of aloe juice consist of several ingredients that enhance the action of the active ingredients in the plant and accelerate the process of recovery. The most effective and affordable recipes based on the century-old, with which you can prepare drops for the nose, are presented below.

1. For successful treatment of the common cold with the help of aloe it is enough to simply mix the juice of the century with boiled water in a certain proportion. For children under 1 year, it is 1: 5 (1 part of juice to 5 parts of water), from 1 to 12 years - 1: 2 or 1: 3, for adults - 1: 1. Aloe can be dripped in the nose 4 times a day to 5 drops alternately in each nostril. Treatment should continue until the final recovery, at least 5 days.
2. For the treatment of a cold in children over two years, the aloe juice is combined with honey (1: 1 ratio), add the same amount of boiled water and dig in the nose twice a day for 4 drops until recovery occurs. Babies younger than the specified age do not bury aloe, but only wipe the nasal passages with the medication received.
3. In the following recipe, you need to mix olive oil and the juice of the century in a 1: 3 ratio. The received oil emulsion to dig in a nose three times a day on 3 drops.
4. An effective remedy for getting rid of a cold will be obtained if you mix in the same proportions honey, lemon juice and aloe. In the nose, dig in 2 drops 4 times a day.
5. Tincture based on aloe juice is used to wash the nose. To cook it, you have to grind 7 cloves of garlic, pour a liter of hot boiled water and, covering with a lid, set aside until the liquid cools. After this, tincture should be combined with aloe juice in a proportion of 2: 1 and rinsed nasal passages two times a day. This medicine can also be used for instillation of the nose. To do this, the juice of the century blends with a tincture of garlic in an equal volume. Bury the nose two times a day for 3 drops.
6. One teaspoon of chamomile and the same amount of eucalyptus pour 250 ml of hot boiled water and continue to insist for an hour. After the specified time, strain the liquid through the gauze cut, allow to cool, add one tablespoon of aloe juice. From the rhinitis will be effective washing of the nose at least three times a day.
7. Accelerate the healing process will help people's medicine, made from aloe and honey juice (1 tablespoon), crushed into hips (tea spoon) and ½ teaspoons of eucalyptus oil. In the resulting tincture, moisten the cotton wool harnesses and lay them in the nasal passages for 5 minutes 2 times a day.
8. In the season of colds, you can prepare a folk remedy for the prevention and treatment of ENT diseases, which must be taken internally. Aloe leaves are cooled and grinded in a meat grinder or with a blender. Pour a glass of gruel with three glasses of alcohol (vodka) and let it brew in a dark cool place for at least 10 days. For the treatment of a cold, tincture of alcohol is taken 20 drops twice a day, for prevention - 10 drops once a day for a month.

Proven recipes based on the juice of the century-old will help to improve health for colds and strengthen the immunity of adults and children.

How to store drops from aloe?

In order to avoid complications in the course of treatment with folk remedies instead of a positive result, it is important to observe sterile conditions when preparing drops. But even after taking all the precautions, you need to take care of the proper storage of the medicine.

In the treatment of the common cold, preference is given to freshly prepared drops. But since burying aloe in the nose needs at least 2-3 times a day, each time squeezing the juice from the plant is not quite convenient. Therefore, it is allowed to store drops from the stoneware in the refrigerator for no more than 3 days. That is, after instillation the medicine needs to be put in the refrigerator until the next use. Do not leave the squeezed juice at room temperature, as it can deteriorate.

Aloe juice: reviews are positive and negative

Most doctors and some parents negatively refer to traditional medicine. Others, on the contrary, use only aloe juice for the treatment of the common cold, the reviews leave only positive ones.

• Stoletnik is a remedy for the common cold, proven by time.
• Drops in the nose of aloe - this is an affordable medicine that grows on every window sill.
• Agave is not addictive, it can be buried in the nose unlimited number of times.
• With the first symptoms of a beginning cold, you should immediately begin treatment of aloe, contraindications to which are infrequent, then it will be possible to win the disease very quickly.
• Century really treats, but does not take away the symptoms of the disease.

Negative feedback is as follows:

• Aloe juice does not help at all with a cold, it can be dripped only for prophylaxis, and not for treatment;
• Can be effective only if it is used in combination with saline rinsing of the nose;
• Helps only with bacterial cold, which in children is much less common than viral;
• After the constant use of vasoconstrictive drugs, the effectiveness of aloe vera is reduced;
• It is better to use medicines, and not the "grandmother's" methods that were used one hundred years ago.

Can aloe replace other drugs from the common cold?

Aloe juice is certainly an effective remedy for the treatment of the common cold, but pharmacological preparations can not always be replaced with them. If parents have doubts whether it is worth using a prepared medicine for the child, then it is better not to do it. Aloe in the nose of the common cold is recommended to instill only with the bacterial nature of the disease. At the same time, in case of non-observance of precautions, children often get burns on the nasal mucosa and allergic reactions in the form of edema and rashes.

Therefore, it is better to use aloe from a cold after consulting a doctor who will determine what kind of illness the child has. At the same time for adults, such restrictions are much less. In the absence of contraindications, you can bury your nose as many times as necessary in accordance with the proposed recipes.

Thus, to cure a runny nose with benefit to the body without vasoconstrictor drugs can be with the help of aloe juice. In his nose buried and adults and children. The exception is children under 1 year old, pregnant women, patients with hypertension and people with individual intolerance.