Home remedies for colds

Advice & tips

Classic home remedies for the cold season

  • What to do if you have a cold?
  • Tips from alternative medicine
  • Home remedies for colds

Your nose is blocked, your throat hurts and your head is throbbing – anyone who has a cold usually has just one goal: to get better as soon as possible. But what to do if when the infection just won't go away? If you're at your wits' end, it's time to seek advice from health experts.

Here, you'll learn what doctors and pharmacists recommend for colds and what additional home remedies have proven effective over generations.

There are many common home remedies that you can use for support or prevention during the cold season. From classic chicken soup to reviving baths and medicinal teas, there are many useful tips that can be used for support.

Tips from alternative medicine

Drink more

To keep your mucous membranes moist, you should drink plenty - ideally two-and-a-half to three litres per day. Water and tea are recommended: elderflower and linden blossom are traditionally used for coughs and fever and to promote sweat. But common types of tea such as camomile, peppermint or thyme can also help owing to their anti-inflammatory properties.

Pay attention to your breathing technique

Breathing techniques can be used to increase lung volume. This improves ventilation of both the upper and lower airways, allowing mucus to drain more easily.

Yoga for the airways

There are yoga exercises that can help to fight off colds. Meditative training relaxes the body from head to toe, thus strengthening the immune system. Outdoor yoga is most effective against colds. This is because the airways, which suffer under the effects of dry indoor heating air, become sufficiently remoisturised, enabling viruses to be flushed out more easily.

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