Home Remedies for URTIs (Upper Respiratory Tract Infections)

Flu

1. HONEY:

• Add one tablespoon of honey in a glass of hot water.
• Few drops of lemon juice (optional).
• Drink it several times daily.

2. GARLIC:

• Chop two or three fresh garlic cloves.
• Put them into a cup of hot water.
• Let it steep at least for 10 minutes.
• Strain and drink it three to four times in a day.

Cold

1. GARLIC:

• Mix one crushed garlic clove, one teaspoon of honey, few drops of lemon juice.
• Consume it 2-3 times daily.

2. RED ONION:

• Cut the onion into 2- 3 slices.
• Put these slices into a bowl and add raw honey.
• Cover the bowl and leave it for 12 to 15 hours.
• Open the bowl, there will be a thick liquid like syrup.
• Consumes one teaspoonful after every four hours daily.

Cough

1. TURMERIC:

• Heat one cup of water in a pan.
• Add one teaspoon of turmeric powder and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper.
• One can also add few small cinnamon sticks.
• Boil all the ingredients for about two to three minutes.
• Add one tablespoon of honey.
• Drink this daily for 1-2 times.

2. GINGER:

• Cut fresh ginger into small pieces and crush them gently.
• Boil these pieces in a cup of water.
• Add some lemon juice and honey into it (optional).
• Drink it three to four times in a day.

Pneumonia

1. FENUGREEK SEEDS:

• Add the one teaspoon of fenugreek seeds, one teaspoon of ginger, one crushed garlic clove and a pinch of cayenne pepper in a cup of hot water.
• Let it steep for five minutes.
• Strain it.
• Squeeze the lemon juice and some honey (optional).
• Drink this tea two times daily.

2. GINGER JUICE:

• Consume 5 ml of ginger juice with equal amount of honey.
• Take two times in day after an interval of 4 hours.

Asthma

1. FIGS:

• Wash four dried figs and soak them in a cup of water for overnight.
• In the morning, empty stomach eat figs and drink the fig water.
• Preferably consume it two times daily.

2. GARLIC:

• Boil two to three cloves in 1/4   cup of milk.
• Allow it to cool to room temperature.
• Drink it two times in a day.

Sinusitis

1. STEAM INHALATION:

• Add few drops of eucalyptus and peppermint essential oil to a tub of hot water.
• Cover your head with a towel and inhale the steam for a few minutes.
• Repeat it two times in a day.

2. GARLIC:

• Add 3-4 chopped garlic cloves into a pot of boiling water.
• Cover your head with a towel and inhale its steam for 5 minutes.
• Repeat it two times in a day.
• Alternatively one can eat 2 to 3 fresh garlic cloves every day.

Bronchitis

1. TURMERIC:

• Add one teaspoon of turmeric powder into a glass of milk.
• Boil it.
• Drink it two times in a day.

2. GARLIC:

• Chop 2-3 garlic cloves.
• Boil them in a glass of milk.
• Drink this milk at night before going to bed every day.

Sore Throat

1. CINNAMON:

• Add 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon powder and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper powder into a glass of warm water.
• Add cardamom also.
• Strain the solution.
• Gargle with it two to three times in a day.

2. SALT WATER:

• Add one teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water.
•  Add small amount of honey (optional).
• Gargle with this water.
• Do it at least four times in a day.