Every mother faces a runny nose in a child. When the disease needs to be cured, and taking medication is worrying, carrot juice comes to the rescue. Read how to use liquid to treat an inflammatory process in the nose, and what recipes traditional medicine offers.
The composition and benefits of carrot juice
Carrots are famous for their positive effect on the human body. Nutritionists advise adding the product to the diet as often as possible. Juice obtained from a vegetable is no less useful.
It contains:
- vitamin A;
- B vitamins;
- beta carotene;
- copper;
- iron;
- magnesium;
- phosphorus;
- potassium.
Did you know? Substance name «beta carotene» came from the Latin name carrots.
The drink has a positive effect on human health:
- saturates the body with vitamins and minerals;
- improves immunity;
- destroys harmful microorganisms;
- stabilizes the metabolism.
In folk medicine, carrot fresh is advised not only to drink, but also to use for rhinitis. It is believed that it destroys bacteria, which helps to get rid of a cold.Indications for use
Among the indications for the use of carrot juice is a runny nose in any form.
There are two types of rhinitis:
- Viral. It occurs as one of the symptoms of SARS. Discharge from the nose during the disease is liquid, and the nasopharynx swells. The maximum duration of the disease is 1.5 weeks.
- Bacterial. Thick nasal discharge that does not go away on its own for a long time is a clear sign of a bacterial infection. This type of runny nose often develops as a complication of viral rhinitis.
Carrot juice is often used to treat children and pregnant women as a natural substitute for colds. Organisms are vulnerable, and medications can cause additional health problems, such as allergies or poor circulation.
How to treat a runny nose with carrot juice?
To treat a cold, use juice made from fresh carrots only. It concentrates the maximum amount of nutrients. The drink is made in any way possible - using a juicer or squeezing liquid from a grated vegetable.
Depending on the course of the disease, several methods of using the drug are distinguished:
- Instillation. The easiest way is to pipette the drug. The number of drops is determined by the age of the patient. The younger the child, the less money he needs.
- Washing. With a severe cold, the nostrils can be washed with carrot juice, diluted with water in equal proportions. With the solution, rinse both nostrils liberally and allow fluid to flow out. The treatment is suitable for adults and children from 3 years.
- Lubrication. With a runny nose, fluid is not always released. Mucosal drying and crusting is possible. To get rid of an unpleasant symptom, fresh grease the inside of the nostrils. An oil mixture is best suited for this.
- Turunda impregnation. To moisturize the mucosa, treatment with turunda (a cotton swab) is also suitable. This is a more effective analogue of lubricating the inside of the nostrils. Twist a long tourniquet from cotton wool, soak in an oil mixture with carrot juice and leave in the nose for a period of not more than 20 minutes.
Did you know? Carrots contain fat-soluble vitamins. So that they are better absorbed, eat a vegetable with fatty foods, for example, sour cream or olive oil.
Folk remedies for the common cold based on carrot juice
Fresh carrots are often used in pure form or diluted with water in equal proportions. This is the simplest and safest tool, but not the only possible one. Traditional medicine offers a large list of combination preparations with other juices, oils and honey.
Recipe number 1
To cook, mix:
- fresh carrot - 5 ml;
- peach, olive or sea buckthorn oil - 5 ml.
Recipe number 2
A diluted mixture of vegetable juices helps with nasal congestion.
To cook it, combine:
- carrot juice - 5 ml;
- onion or beetroot juice - 5 ml;
- water - 5 ml.
Recipe number 3
Honey also helps with a runny nose. In combination with carrot juice, the product quickly cures the disease.
Connect:
- fresh carrot - 20 ml;
- honey - 2 ml;
- water - 2 ml.
Instill a mixture of 3 drops in each nostril 3-4 times a day.
Important! Drops with honey should not be taken for people allergic to bee products and for children under 3 years old.
Recipe number 4
The following recipe is a combination of the most effective folk remedies.
To obtain the composition, combine:
- fresh carrot - 2 ml;
- beetroot fresh - 2 ml;
- garlic juice - 1 ml;
- aloe juice - 1 ml.
Drop 2-3 drops into each nostril daily. Per day, the drug is instilled no more than 3 times a day.Features of the treatment of the common cold with carrot juice in children and infants
When using carrot juice from a cold in children, consider their age:
- up to 4 months it is better to refuse the drug;
- from 4 months to 3 years, only fresh diluted with water 1: 1 is used;
- from 3 years, the drug can not be diluted.
Before use, the child's nose needs to be cleaned of secretions.
To do this, prepare:
- pharmacy or home-made saline solution;
- dropper;
- aspirator or a small pear.
Perform the procedure as follows:
- Pip a saline solution into a pipette and drip 4–5 drops into each nostril.
- Ask your child to wait 2 minutes.
- Pull the nasal discharge with an aspirator or pear.
When the nose is clean, you can dig in the juice.
Contraindications
Doctors say that the runny nose itself is a contraindication to digging something into the nose. The substance forms an environment in which bacteria can multiply actively. If the nature of the disease is viral, a bacterial complication is possible. The famous pediatrician Komarovsky also does not recommend treating a runny nose with this method. Fresh carrot juice can burn the nasal mucosa.
According to the doctor, the best cure for rhinitis is saline. To prepare it, 1 teaspoon must be dissolved in 1 liter of boiled water. table salt. With this solution, you need to rinse the baby's nose as necessary. Traditional healers do not listen to the assurances of representatives of conservative medicine. They are sure: fresh carrot juice can cure a runny nose.
Important! In case of an allergic reaction, stop treatment immediately and consult a specialist. Allergens can cause a dangerous reaction, such as Quincke's edema. If you do not consult a doctor on time, death is possible.
Among the general contraindications to its use, there are:
- Age up to 4 months (until the first possible time for the introduction of complementary foods). Infants up to 4 months of age are not familiar with complementary foods, so do not interfere with the body with food.
- Carrot Allergy. With allergies, the reaction can be unpredictable - from a rash to shortness of breath.
- Ulcers and sores on the nasal mucosa. If the substance gets on the wounds, the mucous membrane will become inflamed, and the runny nose will worsen.
Specialists in traditional and conservative medicine have a different attitude to the treatment of the common cold in children with fresh carrots. Whatever advice you trust, approach the use of the product with caution and a sense of proportion.
