Modern mothers more often refuse drug treatment of catarrhal diseases at children. The period when at cold gave aspirin and antibiotics, quickly ended. And mothers come back to the "grandmother's methods" checked by time. One of which: to steam to the caught a cold child of a leg.
It is required to you
- Mustard (grass collecting, aromatic oil), deep basin, linen towel, warm water, jug for rinsing, a terry towel, cotton socks.
Instruction
1. It is very important to know that the child can soar legs only if he has no increased body temperature. Otherwise, at the child very strong heat with which it will be difficult to struggle can begin. Legs when the child is slightly chilled soar, especially it is relevant in the first days of a disease. If the child had wet feet in autumn day or overcooled during walk, then the timely heat foot bath is capable to prevent a catarrhal disease. The effect is reached because during the procedure the blood circulation amplifies. Thanks to it protective properties of an organism increase.
2. The most widespread way is to soar legs in mustard. For this purpose put a linen towel on a bottom of a deep basin. Then pour water which temperature does not exceed 37 degrees. It is necessary to add two tablespoons of mustard to water. Now it is possible to lower legs. After the child gets used, add two-three more mugs of water with a temperature of 40 degrees. It is possible to keep legs in a basin with mustard no more than four minutes. If to hold longer, then from overheating there will be load of heart. After a leg to rinse, wipe dry a terry towel and to put on socks without synthetic impurity.
3. It is possible to soar legs and with addition of aromatic oils. At cold use eucalyptus oil, fir oil or cedar. The same procedure, as well as when using mustard. With water add three-four drops of oil only to a basin. It is more traditional to soar legs in broth of herbs. For this purpose infusion of a sage or anti-cold collecting will approach. Such bathtubs combine also inhalation. Couples of herbs or oils facilitate breath, remove puffiness of a nose.
4. It is possible to soar legs to three times a day. It is better to do it before going to bed. If there is no such opportunity, track that the child at once after the procedure did not run, and lay down about ten minutes under a blanket.