You can quickly stop a runny nose through physical therapy. Methods include: hot compress, foot soak, drinking plenty of warm water, steaming the face, and moisturizing.

1. Hot compress

Wet a towel with hot water and apply it on your nose. If the towel is cold, replace it with a hot one and rotate it several times. Because the nasal mucosa shrinks when exposed to heat, the nasal cavity will be more open, and sticky nasal mucus will be more easily hydrated and flowed out. Be gentle when applying hot compress. If you find boogers in your nostrils, you can first use a cotton swab dipped in water to clean it; you can also slowly massage the nose or both sides of the nose.

2. Soak your feet and drink more warm water

Soak your feet in warm water before going to bed. You can also add a few slices of ginger to the water to keep out the cold. But be careful not to overheat the water and avoid burns. After the water is cold, you can continue to change the water until sweat appears on the child's forehead, and drink more warm water. Helps blood circulation in the body, helps thin nasal mucus, makes it easier to clean up, and allows you to go to bed early.

3. Steam your face and moisturize your face

If you have a facial steamer at home, turn on the facial steamer and point it towards your face to expose it to moisture and heat. Steam can moisten the nasal cavity and expel large amounts of nasal mucus quickly and naturally. The time of one use should not be too long, about 3 minutes is enough.

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The following foods can also improve the symptoms of colds and runny nose

1. Ginger tea

Take ginger and tea leaves. Appropriate amount, make tea or soup. Taking it for 3 days can reduce cold symptoms and shorten the course of the disease. If brown sugar is added, the effect will be better.

2. Warm water and warm drinks

Drinking more warm drinks can thin the patient's phlegm, relieve the tension of the respiratory mucosa, and promote the coughing up of phlegm. It is best to drink warm water, warm milk, rice soup, etc. You can also drink an appropriate amount of warm juice. Choose apple juice and pear juice that are less irritating. It is not advisable to drink citrus juices such as orange juice and grapefruit juice.

3. Shredded ginger and radish soup

Take 25 grams of shredded ginger, slice 50 grams of radish, add 500 ml of water, cook for 15 minutes, and add appropriate amount of brown sugar. 200ml each time, 1-2 times a day.

4. Fresh lemon juice

Squeeze lemon juice, add sugar or honey, and then add warm water. When you have a cold, drink 500 to 1000 ml a day. The runny nose will be relieved and the cold will be cured. It's fast. Especially when a cold starts, drinking lemon juice can even cure it without taking medicine.

5. Chicken soup

Doctors and nutritionists have found that chicken and chicken soup contain a variety of amino acids needed by the human body, which can effectively enhance the body's resistance to cold viruses. Therefore, drinking some chicken soup in the early stages of a cold can eliminate viruses in the respiratory tract and relieve symptoms.

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