What to do if you have a cold and runny nose

What to do if you have a cold and runny nose

Normally, we often catch a cold if we are not careful. What should we do at this time? What is the best treatment option? I believe everyone wants to know. In fact, once you have a cold and a runny nose, the first thing you need to do is rest in bed, keep warm, and reduce activity. The residence should be ventilated frequently and maintained at a certain temperature and humidity. You should also drink more water and eat light and soft food.

Secondly, when the cold and runny nose become serious. That may be caused by the virus invading the upper respiratory tract. You can take some cold medicine to relieve the symptoms. You can also take the Shangfengting Capsules produced by Yunnan Baiyao, which are quite effective. At the same time, drink plenty of water. Do more exercise to strengthen your physical fitness and enhance your immunity.

Treatment for runny nose caused by cold

If it is not very serious, that is, the nasal discharge is clear water, you can use the following methods:

1. Drink more water and boil some ginger soup. Don’t rush to take medicine, because all medicines are poisonous.

2. At night, change your foot washing to foot soaking for about 30 minutes. This can remove the coldness from the body and dissipate the cold.

3. When taking a bath, soak in the bathtub for a while longer and stay in the steam room for a while longer until your body sweats.

4. If the condition does not improve, buy some cold medicine or capsules. Don’t buy generic medicine, they are useless. Do not make yourself dependent on medicine.

5. When eating green onions raw, you can heat the oil and pour it on the finely chopped green onion, and then eat it cold with tofu. It is not only delicious but also can prevent colds.

6. When buying medicine, it is best to buy some Chinese medicine.

7. Rinse your mouth with salt water. Rinse your mouth with light salt water every morning, evening and after meals to remove oral bacteria. When influenza is prevalent, you should pay more attention to gargling with salt water. At this time, it will be more effective if you tilt your head back and gargle so that the salt water can fully rinse the throat.

Friends, for the sake of our health, please pay attention to rest, maintain normal sleeping habits, and eat more healthy foods. Do not be partial to food, do not be picky about food, exercise more and drink more water, so as to improve your own immunity. In this way, you can reduce the adverse symptoms of colds and runny noses and make yourself live more freely and energetically.

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