Milk for a cold to a child and an adult

Among the many alternative drugs that have long been used to treat respiratory disease, one of the first places is milk with colds, used to relieve coughing and sore throat.

Can everyone drink milk for colds?

Despite all the arguments about the inability of adults to absorb milk proteins, the benefits of milk are almost unquestionable, because it contains:

• proteins (casein, lactoalbumins, alpha and beta globulins);
• fats in the form of mono-, di- and triglycerides, as well as lecithin;
• polyunsaturated fatty acids;
• carbohydrates in the form of lactose (milk sugar);
• essential amino acids (lysine, leucine, valine, methionine, threonine, tryptophan, etc.);
• fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K);
• water-soluble vitamins of group B (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, biotin, cobalamin, pantothenic and nicotinic acids);
• microelements (calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, selenium and zinc) in the form of casein-associated salts with micelles.

There are enzymes in milk, but most of them are inactivated during the pasteurization, which increases the shelf life of it. However, among the thermo-resistant dairy enzymes, specialists call lactoferrin and lactoperoxidase, which possess some bactericidal (antibacterial) properties.

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Recipes with milk for colds

We remind you that you should use only pasteurized or boiled milk for a cold. It is not recommended to drink hot milk (t> 60 °) when coughing: sputum may become thicker, which makes it difficult to cough. Therefore, it is necessary to drink only warm milk with a cold with a cough and a sore throat - with a temperature not exceeding + 45 ° C.

Most often drink milk with honey for a cold: in 150-200 ml of heated milk is put a teaspoon of honey, which during the mixing dissolves. Drink in small sips until the milk is warm. Also recommend honey with milk for a cold to pregnant women, for more details see -  Milk from a cough during pregnancy

And milk with butter for colds and bronchitis facilitates dry cough: in a similar way, heated milk is put a little butter, which can be replaced with the same amount of cocoa butter. Double benefits will come from milk with butter and honey.

No less popular recipe - soda with milk for colds, more precisely, milk with soda: half a teaspoon per glass. Such composition due to its alkalinity acts no worse than pharmacies mucolytic (diluting sputum) funds. Soda can replace alkaline mineral water in a proportion of 1: 1. Both variants of this recipe should not be used at low gastric acidity (pH> 7), and possible complications in this case will be manifested with digestive problems and a feeling of discomfort in the epigastric region.

An ancient recipe offers milk with onions for colds: chopped onions (two or three onions) should be boiled in milk (0.5 L) until the onion is tender; brew strain and when it has cooled to + 45 ° C add a tablespoon of honey. It is advised to take this remedy every hour for one to two tablespoons.

As an option - milk with garlic for cold: the same as milk with onions, only when it is boiled add another 3-5 cloves of garlic. Modernized and, in terms of preserving phytoncides, a more therapeutically effective version consists in adding onion and / or garlic juice to warm milk (half a cup of tea spoon).

Adults are encouraged to take milk with propolis from a cold with redness and sore throat: for 150 ml of milk - a teaspoon of 10-20% alcoholic tincture of propolis (taken twice a day).

Positive feedback on the use of  ginger from coughs  apply to a recipe such as milk with ginger for colds. Prepare and take it the same way as milk and onions.

Also prepare a remedy for bronchitis, consisting of a mixture of aloe juice (a tablespoon), pork lard (a tablespoon) and the same amount of butter and honey. The resulting mixture (teaspoon) should be placed in warmed milk (180-200 ml) and drink twice a day (the second time - before going to bed).

A good remedy for any cough for a cold, popular in Indochina, is warm milk with turmeric (one teaspoon per glass); take twice during the day.

But the recipe for Bulgarian alternative healers with a cough for cold: in two glasses of milk, weld four walnuts in the shell and a tablespoon of dried flowers of black elderberry; in a slightly cooled mixture put a couple of teaspoons of honey. During the day, three to four times to drink a few sips.

Can milk be taken with a cold? 

It is possible, but not all. The main  contraindications  for the use of milk by adults and children include:

• an allergy to cow's milk;
• an allergy to lactose;
• asthmatic bronchitis;
• digestive disorders accompanied by diarrhea;
• chronic diseases of the pancreas and intestines.

Those who are allergic to cow's milk, you can use  goat's milk for a cold.

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