Hearing the first time about such a combination of products, you may wonder if it is useful? After all, mostly cabbage and honey are used in food, although at all times their healing power was known.
Of course, these days there are a lot of drugs based on chemistry, but not every person likes or can afford such methods of treatment. It is not necessary to run and buy most of the pharmacy at the very first symptoms, nature has already prepared the best for us.
When is this combination applied?
In what cases can a combination of cabbage and honey be used for treatment?:
- From cough;
- for joints;
- with migraine;
- at a temperature;
- with mastopathy;
- from burns and wounds;
- from bruises;
Contraindications for use:
- Allergic reactions to both products or their combination are possible. Most often there is still an allergy to honey. To use cabbage with honey without negative consequences, you need to thoroughly know your body and the body of your child.In order not to harm, you should first check the tool. To do this, apply honey on your wrist and wait. If everything is in order, then continue the procedure, but carefully monitor the place with a compress during the entire treatment.
- Another contraindication is high fever. Warming up can only worsen the condition.
- You should not use a compress if there is damage to the skin at the site of its application, as this may not be safe.
How to choose a method of application?
Compress should be used when the outside need to warm the chest to remove sputum from the lungs. The decoction will help more with a sore throat, as well as if there are wounds or scratches on the chest (there may be skin irritation from the compress).
Step by step instructions on how to make a compress from the leaves
If the adult is coughing
Benefit from the use of a compress:
When wet coughing allows you to clear the lungs and respiratory tract due to the gradual removal of sputum.- When a dry cough softens the sputum accumulated inside and further contributes to its removal from the body.
- Perhaps the elimination of allergic cough, but this point is certainly specified with a specialist.
- Kills microbes and partially destroys fungal spores.
- Relieves inflammation, soothes and partially relieves spasms, eliminates sore throat.
- Strengthens the immune system, contributes to sustainable resistance against infectious diseases.
When wet coughing allows you to clear the lungs and respiratory tract due to the gradual removal of sputum.Cooking method:
- It is important to select fresh produce. Cabbage is better to use white cabbage.
- We select those leaves that have an area approximately the size of a palm, otherwise it will be inconvenient to make a compress.
- It is important to leave the leaves whole, so that when boiling they are not torn.
- Honey must be of high quality and freshly harvested.
- Cabbage leaves need to soften, for this or scald them with boiling water, or hold a little in hot water.
Do not digest the leaves, you need their healing juice. Honey is needed in a liquid state, so it will be more convenient to spread it on the leaves.
It is necessary to apply a compress warm as it cools down quickly enough:
- Apply a compress to the child and adult on the chest or back, avoiding the heart area.
- If a sore throat, then wrap a compress to warm the neck.
- For a longer retention of heat, wrap in plastic and a warm scarf, put a blanket on top.
- Keep on for a few hours, but with a strong cough, you can leave it all night. Warming-up time in children is slightly shorter than in adults.
It is recommended to keep the compress from several hours to 8-9 hours, if you leave it overnight. If you are using this method for the first time, then do not leave the compress for longer than 1-2 hours, as you do not know the reaction of the body.
For treatment with a compress, it is enough once, but with a strong disease, you need to repeat the procedure again.
We offer to watch a video on the use of cabbage leaves and honey against cough:
From cough for children
Choose only the freshest leaves. Use not the uppermost layers, but those that are the size of an adult’s palm. Honey is selected only the freshest. Soften cabbage leaves, for this, either scald them with boiling water, or hold them a little in hot water.
- Gently dry the leaves and spread with honey.
- Apply the side with honey to the body.
- Wrap the sheets in plastic, a warm scarf and cover the child with a warm blanket. You can leave for a few hours.
For joints
- To do this, take the cabbage leaf and make a small serif on it.
- Heat and then smear with a thin layer of honey.
- Apply a compress to the affected joint, put polyethylene on top, fasten and cover with something warm.
A few applications will be enough to alleviate or even forget about joint pain.
With migraine
The cause of the headache is always quite difficult to identify. The use of a large number of pills can harm your body., therefore, sometimes you can resort to the popular methods of treatment. To relieve a headache, all you need is to take a cabbage leaf, stretch it a little and attach it to the disturbing part of the head. Then fix something warm for warming.
At a temperature
To alleviate the condition at elevated body temperature will help cabbage and honey. To do this, gently scald the cabbage leaves with boiling water, wipe dry, smear some honey and apply to the back or chest, avoiding the heart area. Fix it. Leave for a few hours.
With mastopathy
In parallel with the main treatment, you can support your body with the help of cabbage leaves and honey. You need to spread a sheet of honey and attach to the chest. This compress will help you to postpone the process of birth of malignant tumors. Self-treatment for this disease is inappropriate.
Burns and wounds
Burns and wounds are far from uncommon, especially in children. It is possible to facilitate the healing of tissues with the help of a cabbage leaf and honey. You need to take fresh cabbage leaves, knead them slightly (juice should not drain, leaves should be slightly wet) and scald (to eliminate the risk of infection), apply honey in a thin layer and apply to the healing part of the body, fix.
This will help relieve pain symptoms, in case of serious injuries it is necessary to go to the hospital.
From bruises
First aid for bruises can be provided with the help of a cabbage leaf and honey.. Take fresh cabbage leaves, scald them, apply honey in a thin layer, apply cold sheets to the diseased part of the body and fix.
Ingestion
Also useful for the treatment of throat decoction of cabbage leaves. It will help warm the throat and will serve as an expectorant when coughing. To prepare the head of cabbage should be broken down on sheets, put in a pan, pour water.
The approximate ratio of sheets and water: 1: 3. Bring to a boil, turn off, let stand for 25-30 minutes.
You can drink a decoction, adding to it some honey. Take half a cup 3 times a day, preferably before a meal for 20 minutes.
Possible side effects
People who have an increased acidity of the stomach, suffer from flatulence and have an allergic reaction to cabbage and honey, should refuse to use such treatment, so as not to irritate the body.
Generally cabbage and honey compress is safe and does not cause any side effect.
In conclusion, I would like to note that self-treatment is very dangerous, as it can worsen the condition and harm. Even such a simple method of treatment can lead to bad consequences. For safety, you should consult a doctor.
