Although colds are not a serious problem, taking medicine all the time is not good for your health. However, if you have a cold that causes nasal congestion, difficulty breathing, and you feel uncomfortable, you can use some non-drug treatments to improve nasal congestion. What should I do if I have a cold and stuffy nose?

1. Onion nose-opening method

Ingredients: About 1 jin of onions and 600ml of water.

Usage: Peel off the skin of the onion and cut the onion flesh into thin strips. Add water to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, add onions, boil again, then reduce to medium heat and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. After turning off the heat, filter out the onions, put the onion soup into a glass of water, smoke your nose with the heat of the onion juice, smoke it for a while and drink it while it's hot. You can add some brown sugar to taste. Onions are pungent and warm and can help treat colds and colds.

2. Hot compress on the back of the head

Ingredients: 500g coarse salt.

Instructions: Put the coarse salt into a cotton bag and heat it in the microwave. Place the hot salt bag on the pillow and lie down with the back of your head on it for 20 minutes. Can quickly clear the nose. It is especially effective for nasal congestion caused by wind in the back of the head.

3. Wash your nose with hot water and apply hot compress Yintang

Ingredients: Use an appropriate amount of hot water and a towel.

Usage: First flush the nasal cavity with hot water to dilute the mucus in the nasal cavity. Then pour an appropriate amount of warm water into a small basin, soak the towel in the hot water, and twist it slightly. Twist it until there is no dripping. After folding it, apply it externally near the Yintang point above the bridge of the nose. Use a hair dryer to blow the towel so that the heat from the wet towel fully fumigates the forehead. Dry the towel and then remove it. It can warm the nasal passages and relieve forehead headaches caused by cold and nasal congestion.

4. Tips to quickly relieve nasal congestion

1. Hot compress method

Use a hot towel to apply to the nose, or use a hair dryer to blow hot air into the nostrils, blowing both Use the side temple, Fengchi, and Dazhui points to relieve nasal congestion.

2. Soak cotton in hot water

Soak cotton in hot water and wring it out. Apply it to your ears for 10 minutes, and you will not have a stuffy nose while sleeping.

3. Soaking your feet in ginger water

Soaking your feet in ginger water can also have the same effect. Because foot bathing in hot water itself can promote blood circulation in the body and enhance human immunity. Ginger can dilate blood vessels, accelerate blood circulation in the body, promote the opening of pores in the body, dispel wind, cold and sweat. The specific method is: add a thumb-sized piece of ginger to water, boil it, let it dry to around 37°C to 40°C, then pour it into a basin and start soaking your feet. After the water cools down, add enough hot water until your feet are hot and red.

4. Press the Yingxiang point

The Yingxiang point is located on the outer edge of the nose, that is, when the eyes are looking straight ahead, the center point of the eyeball is straight down, about 1/2 the width of the thumb on both sides of the nostrils. In the smile lines. You can use the food and middle fingers of both hands to massage or gently push Yingxiang point in the left and right directions at the same time. Usually 10-20 times can be effective.

5. Pull the Yintang point

The Yintang point is located on the face of the human body, at the midpoint of the line connecting the two eyebrows. Use your flexed thumb and index finger to gently pinch the Yintang point, and rub it gently and gently until the local area feels numb and swollen. Generally, massage for 2 minutes. Clearing the head, improving eyesight, clearing the nose and resuscitation, the Yintang point can increase the proliferative capacity of nasal epithelial cells, promote mucus secretion, keep the nasal cavity moist, stimulate olfactory cells, make the sense of smell more sensitive, and prevent colds and respiratory diseases.

6. Pay attention to moisturizing in the room

Due to dry air, it is easy to dry out the nasal mucosa, which can easily lead to some nasal problems. Therefore, maintaining the humidity of the living environment can be done to a certain extent. Reduce the occurrence of nasal congestion problems. You need to pay attention to regular ventilation and open the windows for at least 10 minutes every day to let in fresh air.

7. Xanthium sibiricum boiled in water

Xanthium sibiricum is pungent, bitter, and warm. It returns to the lung meridian and has the functions of dispersing wind and cold, clearing the nose and orifices, and relieving pain. You can try boiling water with cocklebur seeds and drinking it. You can take 3-6 grams of cocklebur seeds and put them in water, boil them for about 20 minutes and drink them twice a day. If used by children, the dosage should be reduced under the guidance of a doctor. It can also be used externally. Dip a cotton swab into boiled Xanthium sibiricum water and apply it on the nasal cavity, 3 times a day, to relieve symptoms such as nasal congestion and headache.

8. Wipe the entire nose

The specific operation method is: place the index fingers of both hands or the thumb and index fingers of the right hand on both sides of the nose and rub, starting from the inner canthus of the eye (Jingming point) ), the root of the nose, the bridge of the nose, the wing of the nose to the side of the lower nostril (Yingxiang point), rub it up and down 100 times with even force. It is suitable for people who are prone to colds, nasal congestion, and respiratory diseases. They should insist on wiping the entire nose every day to enhance the body's immune function and reduce the chance of illness. It is not suitable for nose fractures or injuries.

9. Squeezing juice from lotus root

Lotus root can shrink the skin and mucous membranes, eliminate inflammation, and is very effective for nasal congestion. You can take a lotus node and mash it into mud, dip it in absorbent cotton to squeeze the juice, and stuff it into one nostril and continue this action to remove nasal congestion. Especially the effect is better when done before going to bed. Or you can take 2 or 3 drops of lotus root juice and drop it into your nostrils.

10. Drink scallion white water

Take 5 green onions, remove the white scallions and wash them. Add 40 ml of water. After boiling, simmer over low heat for 3 minutes. Add a small amount of sugar. Put the bottle into the bottle and let the baby drink it when the temperature is suitable.

11. Traditional Chinese medicine nose fumigation method

Use Chinese medicine such as Xian Yi, Xanthium vulgaris, ginger, Houttuynia cordata, etc. to boil over high heat, then put your nose close to the medicine soup and take a deep breath, and use steam to fumigate. Not only can it effectively relieve symptoms, but it can also take effect immediately. In addition to the traditional Chinese medicine nasal fumigation method, patients with severe nasal congestion leading to headaches can take Ligusticum chuanxiong and Schizonepeta tea to relieve the pain. As long as it is boiled and drank with Xin Yi, Fangfeng, Sichuan Xiong and Schizonepeta, it can not only dispel wind and cold, but also relieve headaches.

12. Take a hot bath before going to bed

Stay in a steam-filled bathroom for about 10 minutes. The hot air can increase the humidity of the respiratory tract and relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion.

13. Help the baby clear the nasal cavity

Maybe the baby does not have obvious symptoms of runny nose, but it does not mean that there is no secretion. Some nasal congestion is caused by these nasty secretions. Therefore, it is important to properly help the baby clear the nasal cavity. You can stimulate your baby to sneeze so that secretions can be discharged.

14. Smoking your face with hot water

In a heated room, you often feel dry and stuffy nose, which is particularly uncomfortable. At this time, you can pour a cup of hot water, let the water vapor fume your nasal cavity, and take a deep breath into the mouth of the cup for about 2 minutes.

15. Onion mucus

Cut off the white part of the onion, which contains mucus, and this mucus is effective in treating inflammation of the nose, allowing air to circulate in the nose and cure it. Nasal congestion. Applying mucus to the bridge of your nose is very effective. In addition, you can also cut the white part of the green onion into thin strips, put it in a bowl, pour hot water, add a small amount of miso, and drink it two to three times a day. Or just adding miso to it is also very effective.

16. Apply sesame oil to the nasal cavity

You can use the thumb fingers of both hands on the side of the nose to perform a cross up and down motion massage. Gently press out the mucus produced by the massage, and use a small piece of cotton to Dip the stick in sesame oil (sesame oil) and rub the nasal cavity, then gently press out the tears produced at this time, and finally use another small cotton stick dipped in honey to rub the nasal cavity. This method has a significant effect.

17. Sleep on your side

If you have a nasal congestion on the left side, sleep on the right side, and if you have a nasal congestion on the right side, lie on the left side. Massage the Yingxiang point located on the outer edge of the nose to relieve nasal congestion. .

18. Elevate pillows when sleeping

Professor Collins said that adding an extra pillow when sleeping can help relieve nasal congestion, reduce sinus pressure, and make it easier to breathe through the nose. Only when you breathe smoothly can you sleep well.