Tracheitis
.Tracheitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory canal-the trachea. The disease occurs, as a rule, with hypothermia, some infectious diseases (influenza, whooping cough, measles, etc.).). Predisposing factors to the occurrence of tracheitis can be diseases of the heart and lungs, and in children - trachitis, exudative diathesis. Tracheitis is more common during the spring and fall seasons. A distinction is made between acute tracheitis and chronic tracheitis.
Acute tracheitis is rarely isolated. It more often occurs in combination with acute rhinitis and laryngitis. The most common reason for the development of the disease is viral infection. Inhalation of dry, supercooled or dusty air, toxic vapors, gases contributes to this. In children, provoking factors may be, as already mentioned, exudative-catarrhal diathesis, dystrophy, as well as unfavorable sanitary and hygienic conditions. On detailed examination, the doctor sees in acute tracheitis swelling, redness (hyperemia) of the mucous membrane of the organ.
As a rule, the clinical picture of the disease tracheitis in the acute form manifests itself following the development of acute inflammation of the higher parts of the upper respiratory tract.
Tracheitis has the most characteristic signs: the beginning of a runny nose, which is soon joined by a dry cough at night, but especially in the morning. Coughing starts with an attack when taking a deep breath, laughing, crying, at a change in ambient temperature. During and after a coughing attack, there is a feeling of soreness, perspiration in the throat, in the pharyngeal region behind the sternum, as a result of which patients try to limit breathing movements. In such cases, especially in young children, breathing becomes shallow and rapid. Instead of the normal 16-18 respiratory movements in 1 minute here the number of them can reach 25 or more exhalations.
Even a small accumulation of phlegm in the bifurcation (branching) area of the trachea causes another bout of severe whooping cough. The voice (tracheitis most often occurs along with laryngitis) may be hoarse.
The general condition of patients with acute tracheitis remains usually satisfactory. The temperature is at the upper limit of normal in most cases. Sometimes there is a headache, a feeling of brokenness, a rise in temperature to 37.3-37.5 ° C. But in children, it can also rise to 39 ° C. Sputum at the beginning of the disease is separated with difficulty and in small quantities, has a viscous, mucous character.. But gradually, starting from the 3-4th day, it becomes already mucous-purulent, more abundant and begins to separate more easily. Coughing pains also become less intense, and after 1-2 weeks, the disease usually ends with recovery.
Tracheitis is recommended to be treated with the following folk remedies.
Pine. Prepare a decoction for tracheitis: 15 buds per 250 ml of water. Boil for 5 minutes. Take 1 tablespoon 4- 5 times a day in a hot form. Or prepare a decoction of tracheitis from colonic shoots: 100 g of raw materials for 2.5 liters of water, boil until 0.5 liters remain. Strain, mix with 250 g of sugar, and after cooling, add 20 g of honey. Take 100 ml 3 times a day.
In Bulgarian folk medicine to a similar mixture add 1 nutmeg, 5 g of cloves and 10 g of peel. Such a decoction for tracheitis is also very effective and helps to reduce throat spasms.
Prepare the composition: 3 parts of willow bark mixed with 2 parts of lime color. 2 tablespoons of the mixture brewed in a glass of boiling water, insist 20 minutes, spend, cool. Gargle your throat 4-5 times a day.
Rowan. Prepare an infusion: 2 tablespoons of chopped twigs pour 400 ml of boiling water, boil over low heat for 5-7 minutes, strain. Use as a throat gargle.
Prepare the collection:
Oak (bark) - 50 g;
dushitsa common (herb) - 40 g;
altea medicinal (root) - 10 g.
2 tablespoons of the mixture brewed in a glass of boiling water, insist 20 minutes. Use as a throat gargle.
Prepare the collection:
sage medicinal (leaves) - 8 g;
krapiva dicotyledonous (leaves) - 10 g;
common oak (bark) - 10 g;
marsh hayr (rhizome) - 10 g.
Pour the mixture into 1 liter of water, boil for 30 minutes, strain. Throat gargle.
Figs. Prepare a decoction from tracheitis: 2 tablespoons of dried fruits per 250 ml of milk are thoroughly boiled. Apply the decoction for tracheitis to gargle the throat.
Quince. Prepare an infusion: 1 tablespoon of whole seeds to 300 ml of water. The mixture is insisted on a water bath for 15 minutes, after 2 hours strain. Take 100 ml 3 times a day.
Pharyngitis
.Pharyngitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx. A distinction is made between acute and chronic pharyngitis.
Acute pharyngitis often develops as a consequence of eating hot or cold food or drinking, inhaling cold or hot air, etc. д.
Acute pharyngitis is accompanied by complaints of the patient about a feeling of sharp dryness, heat in the pharynx, pain when swallowing food and saliva. In the future, due to increased mucus secretion, there is an increase in the frequency and sharp painfulness of swallowing movements.
In chronic pharyngitis, a large amount of viscous mucus accumulates in the pharynx, which causes the need for constant coughing and expectoration, especially in the morning. Patients have a feeling of dryness, the presence of a foreign body in the pharynx, moderate pain in this area.
Faringitis is treated by folk medicine with the following remedies.
Alder. Prepare a decoction: 15 g of crushed bark pour 200 ml of water, boil for 15 minutes. Use as a gargle to gargle the pharyngeal cavity.
Willow. Prepare a decoction: 2 tablespoons of crushed bark pour 2 cups of hot water, bring to a boil and boil over low heat for 15 minutes. Use for gargling.
Eucalyptus. Prepare an infusion of pharyngitis: 10 g of leaves on 200 ml of boiling water insist 30 minutes on a water bath, strain and squeeze. The volume of the resulting infusion is brought to the original. Use for gargling.
Peach. For inhalations take 5-10 drops of oil to a glass of boiling water. The patient breathes through a funnel-shaped tube (or inhaler) for 5-7 minutes 2 times a day.
Silkworm. Prepare an infusion of pharyngitis: 2 tablespoons of crushed fresh or dried coplodes of white or black mulberry pour 1 cup of boiling water, insist 2 hours, strain. Take an infusion of pharyngitis 1/4 cup 4 times a day for half an hour before meals, and also use for mouth rinses.
Common Oak. Prepare an infusion of pharyngitis: 1 tablespoon of bark pour 1 cup of boiling water, insist 3-4 hours, strain. Apply the infusion from pharyngitis for mouth rinses.
Birch. Birch buds are brewed as a tea: 1 tablespoon to 1 cup of boiling water. Drink it hot 3-4 times a day.
Prepare the composition: 6 parts of oak bark mixed with 4 parts of oregano, 2 parts of althea (or one part of its root). 2 tablespoons of the mixture brewed in a glass of boiling water, insist 20 minutes, strain, cool. Rinse the mouth 4-5 times a day..
