Influenza – a severe viral infection that affects men, women and children of all ages and nationalities. The flu is accompanied by high mortality, especially in young children and the elderly. Epidemics of influenza occur every year usually during the cold season and hit 15% of the population of the globe.

Periodically repeated, the flu and carry throughout our lives in total about 1 year. Person spends these months in the inactive state, suffering from fever, general weakness, headache, poisoning the body toxic viral proteins.

Influenza gradually undermine the cardiovascular system, reducing by several years the average human lifespan. In severe flu often have irreversible lesions of the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, central nervous system that trigger heart and vascular diseases, pneumonia, tracheobronchitis, meningoencephalitis.

The term “acute respiratory disease” or “acute respiratory viral infection” covers a large number of diseases, in many respects similar to each other. The main similarity lies in the fact that they are caused by viruses, which penetrate into the body along with the air inhaled through the mouth and nasopharynx, as well as the fact that they are all characterized by the same set of symptoms. The patient noted a few days, fever, sore throat, cough and headache. The most common respiratory illness is acute rhinitis (runny nose), he invoked a number of related viruses known as rhinoviruses. At recovery, all these symptoms disappear and do not leave behind any traces. However, it would be quite wrong to call all acute respiratory viral infections – influenza. Influenza is caused directly by influenza virus (Myxovirus influenzae), belonging to the family ortomiksovirusov.

Influenza and acute respiratory viral infection ranks first in frequency and number of cases in the world and accounts for 95% of all infectious diseases. In Russia, the annual record of 27.3 to 41.2 million cases of influenza and other acute respiratory viral infection.

Prevention of influenza involves the following activities:

- The flu shot – a very high level of reliability prevention;

- Isolation of patients from non-infected, the use of personal protective equipment;

- Strengthening the immune system and hardening of the body.

Treatment of influenza folk remedies

Aloe (agave) or Kalanchoe. Buried in the nasal passages with 3-5 drops 4-5 times a day. Twice a day, take 20 drops of alcohol tinctures of eucalyptus, diluted in a little water.

Honey-garlic paste. Peeled garlic Grate, mixed with honey (preferably lime) in a 1:1 ratio, and take 1 tbsp. l., pouring warm water before bedtime.

Rose. Dried berries crushed. 5 tablespoons berries in 1 liter of cold water. Put on fire, as boiling, to rolling boil for 10 minutes. Insist, encased in 8-10 hours, drain. To drink early in the morning 1 glass every 2-3 hours during the day. Drink with honey, jam and sugar. You can weld thicker. Desirable to this day nothing is there. After each rinse your mouth with warm water, as the acid erodes your teeth. Preferably with the flu to drink rose in the week, gradually reducing the number of receptions.

Inhalation for 2-3 minutes – a 300 – gram cup to pour water to boil, add 30-40 drops of tincture of eucalyptus, or 2-3 tablespoons peeled potatoes, or 1 / 2 teaspoon soda.

Rinsing the nasal cavity infusion of onions with honey (sugar) using a pipette. Recipe present: 3 tablespoons finely chopped onion pour 50 ml of warm water, add 1 / 2 teaspoon honey (sugar), this within 30 minutes.

Lipa with Kalina. Prepare a mixture by using the following relations: linden flowers – part 1, the fruits of Viburnum – Part 1. 2 tablespoons of the mixture to dissolve 2 cups boiling water. Boil for 5-10 minutes, drain. Hot drink at night for 1-2 cups.

Propolis (bee glue). A piece of propolis from 1-2 pea size must be kept in the mouth, occasionally throwing the tongue from one side to another at night to lay her cheek. Keep the day. You can use an ordinary lump sugar, and saturated it with alcoholic extract of propolis.

Fir oil. With influenza, acute respiratory viral infection, pneumonia, bronchitis and other cold-related diseases (particularly children) are used fir oil, rubbing it with a combination of massage with inhalation. Rub butter in a collar zone back, chest, making foot massage on reflex zones 4-5 times within a day after 5-6 hours. After each procedure the patient is wrapped compress paper, put on his wool socks, cover with a warm blanket and give the drink diaphoretic infusion of gathering herbs. When inhaled in an enamel pot with boiling water add 3-4 drops of oil and inhale the therapeutic couple, covering his head with a towel. With a cold you can drip one drop of oil in each nostril. Fir oil and removes the strong attacks of coughing. Clean oil is dug from a pipette on the tongue root by 3-5 drops morning and evening.

With influenza good cup of tea with cranberries or blueberries for a night – rich broth of apples and honey.

At an elevated body temperature recommended orange juice (100 ml) + lemon juice (100 ml) + or apple juice (100 ml) + tomato juice (75 ml) + beet juice (25 ml). If the temperature is not reduced, then the better use of antipyretics in the form of rectal suppositories, since in this case, the drug enters the body, without affecting gastric mucosa and liver.

Acupressure. Massage is best done in the morning, in a well ventilated room. Relax, vigorously rub your palms against each other until the sensation of heat. Then, rub your nose with your finger from the nose to the tip 36 times. Then, too, 36 times push the points located on both sides of the nose wings. After that you should do this massage: hands, from neck to cheek, up to the ears, the ears, then behind the ears, then down under his head, with a final pressure on the points located on both sides of the spine at the base of the skull. Repeat this 36 times. In conclusion, the pound neck front and back to the sensation of heat. Acupressure stimulates blood circulation and exerts an antipyretic effect, is a good preventive measure and effectively helps in the beginning of the disease.

Mix equal parts of willow bark, chamomile flowers, linden blossom, rose hips, lemon peel. Pour a teaspoon of the collection cup boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. Take a third cup of warm infusion 3 times a day for 15 minutes before eating.

If the flu starts, clean the small onion, grate it on grater, put on a layer of bandage. This put the compress on the wings of the nose for 10 minutes. Repeat this procedure three times a day. Wings of the nose should be pre-oiled.

Take the mug gr.300.1 / 3 – tea hot 1/3-vino red 1/3-malina (jam). All this hot drink and go to bed.

Malina ordinary. Used in various collections, as well as separately. Raspberry juice and sugar – very refreshing drink at high temperature. Infusion of dried fruits. 1 tablespoon of the fruit to make a glass of boiled water, leave for 20 minutes. Drink a glass of hot infusion 2 times a day.