The healing properties of onions with honey: the best recipes for baby cough

Colds and viruses in the autumn-winter period, they affect both adults and children. Therefore, in a home first-aid kit, you always need to have effective and most harmless remedies that are used at the first symptoms of diseases. The range of modern pharmaceutical products - tablets, syrups, instant teas - is huge. Nevertheless, the recipes for traditional medicine remain relevant today: their effectiveness has been tested, they do not include synthetic substances.

Honey with onions is considered a powerful cough remedy, and today we will tell you about recipes based on these products for children.

Useful properties of onions and honey

Both onions and honey have pronounced antiviral and immunostimulating properties... To be convinced of this, it is enough to study their chemical composition.

Table "Vitamins in honey"

Table "Minerals in honey"

Onion chemical composition table (per 100 g of product)

Honey is an effective anti-inflammatory and bactericidal agent. Onions are a natural antiseptic that quickly destroys pathogenic bacteria and has an expectorant effect, softening phlegm accumulated in the bronchi.

An effective and natural syrup or decoction for baby cough is prepared from these ingredients in the right combination.... During epidemics of colds and viruses, traditional medicine experts are even advised to eat a slice of onion per day to protect the body from infections. Honey, among other things, gives the medicine a pleasant taste and speeds up the production of juicing onion.

Interesting. Honey is considered an effective remedy for insomnia.A glass of warm milk or tea with honey can quickly and gently calm the human nervous system and tune the body to a healthy sleep. Also, honey eliminates the symptoms of seasonal allergies, acting as a natural vaccine for the body. Due to the constant use of the product, an immune response of the human body to pollen is developed, as a result, it ceases to be an irritant.

Indications for use

Indications for the use of a medicine based on honey and onions are colds in children, accompanied by a wet and dry cough.

Dry cough is characterized by suffocating attacks and inability to cough up phlegm. For children, such a cough brings significant discomfort, it gives off pain in the lungs and drains the mucous membrane of the child's throat, traumatizing it.

Interesting. Onions can be used as a pain reliever for wasp and bee stings. To do this, rub onion juice into the bite site. Also, in many countries, onions are used in folk medicine to treat abscesses and blisters.

A wet cough is characterized by expectorant properties. The danger of such a cough lies in the fact that the child's body is not always able to remove the phlegm accumulated in the bronchi to the full, therefore, an ordinary cough can develop into bronchitis and even pneumonia.

Onions with honey help with both dry and wet coughs: when dry, the medicine softens and soothes the child's injured throat, softens and removes phlegm from the bronchi. With a wet cough, the mixture helps the body completely get rid of phlegm, has an antiviral, antibacterial and general strengthening effect.

Also, onions with honey are treated:

• runny nose;
• metabolic disorders;
• pressure problems;
• inflammatory processes;
• vascular disease.

At what age can children be given onion-based cough medicines

Traditional medicine experts recommend not to treat coughs with onion and honey in children of the first year of life and to give preference to pharmaceuticals for babies - they have a gentle composition and micro-doses of synthetic nutrients.

Children from one to three years old are also quite sensitive to the components of the elixir, therefore it is recommended to use recipes with onions, which provide for heat treatment of the vegetable, for example, decoctions.

After three years, the drugs are used without restrictions. However, consultation with a doctor before using folk remedies is in any case required.

Onion recipes with honey for coughs for children

Consider specific recipes that are suitable for treatment cough in a child.

Honey with onion juice

Ingredients:

• onions - 2 pcs. (small);
• buckwheat honey.

Preparation:

1. Peel a few bulbs.
2. Grind the vegetable on a grater or blender.
3. Wring out 5-6 tbsp. l. juice.
4. Onion juice is mixed with honey in a 1: 1 ratio.

Onions with honey and milk

This recipe is suitable for those children who refuse honey. Milk is used in the product, which significantly softens the taste of the cough medicine.

Ingredients:

• onions - 0.5 kg;
• buckwheat honey - 100 g;
• milk - 1 l.

Preparation:

1. Peel and cut the turnip.
2. Pour the slices with milk.
3. Cook the mixture over low heat until the onions are soft.
4. Add honey.
5. The mixture is stirred thoroughly.

Apple, onion, carrot and honey

Such an unusual mixture can also relieve a child's cough.

Ingredients:

• apple - 1 pc.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• buckwheat honey - 2 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

1. Grate the apple, onion and carrot on a fine grater, all the ingredients should be approximately the same weight.
2. Add honey.
3. Mix thoroughly.

How to treat children for coughing onions

Consider the schemes for the use of each of the drugs, which we described above.

Honey with onion juice is given to children 1 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day... The elixir is not swallowed, but slowly dissolves in the mouth, so it envelops the mucous membrane and drains into the lower respiratory tract. After eating honey with onions, children are advised not to drink or eat for half an hour.

Onion with honey is recommended to give the child 1 tablespoon every hour.

Apple, onions, carrots and honey are given to children for 1 tsp. warm 4-5 times a day.

The duration of such "treatment" should not exceed a week. If, after 6-7 days of therapy, the child's cough symptoms have not gone away, consult a doctor immediately!

Side effects and contraindications

The benefits of onions and honey for a child's body are undeniable, and the recipes themselves have been tested by many generations. However, there are a number of pathologies in which the elixir can harm the child's body.

Onion treatment and honey is not recommended if the child suffers:

• diseases of the liver and digestive system;
• diabetes mellitus;
• allergy to components.

Children of the first year of life cannot be treated with an onion elixir.

Reviews of pediatricians

We studied the opinions of pediatricians on the treatment of children's cough with onions and honey. All doctors agree on the effectiveness of the remedy, but they strongly recommend not to neglect the advice of doctors.

Mikhail, Samara: “Of course, one cannot deny the beneficial effect of onions and honey on the child's body, including cough products help to get rid of, but self-medicating a child is dangerous. I advise all parents to first go to the doctor so that he listens, looks at the little patient, if he has wheezing in the bronchi. The doctor will determine the nature of the cough and tell you whether a medicine made of honey and onions is suitable for treating a child. "

Arina, Nizhnevartovsk: “As a pediatrician, I cannot recommend the treatment of a child's cough exclusively with folk methods, but the fact that onion-honey remedies are of great benefit is a fact. Such recipes certainly have a supporting, restorative and even mucolytic effect. In any case, you can give the elixir as an additional drug for the treatment of cough. "

Margarita, Morozovsk: “My mother also treated me with onions and honey, now I also treat my children with this remedy, despite the fact that I myself am a certified pediatrician. The fact is that I give the onion-honey preparation immediately after the first signs of coughing in the child appear. If you do not start the disease, do not bring it to bronchitis or pneumonia, and immediately start treatment promptly, then you will be able to limit yourself to folk recipes. But you must remember that you are responsible for the health of your child, do not forget about the importance of a qualified examination by a pediatrician. "

Conclusion

Honey and onion recipes are effective in fighting baby coughs. There are many variations of the medicine: it is boiled or prepared from a raw vegetable, additional ingredients are added to it (milk, apple, carrot, garlic and others), and simple two-component elixirs are also prepared. The average duration of therapy with this folk remedy is 5-7 days.