Cough - the unpleasant symptom accompanying many diseases. It is possible to include rather effective remedy of a home cooking in complex therapy of such diseases - milk with soda.
Useful properties of drink
Milk with addition of soda is hotter is good addition in complex therapy of some diseases.
Milk – an excellent source of nutritive matters, well an assimilable protein, vitamins and minerals. All this is necessary for support of the ill organism.
Baking soda will allow to restore acid-base balance of an organism, will help with fight against cough, will reduce excessive acidity of a stomach.
Consumption of this tasty drink doesn't cause difficulties that is important for the person weakened by a disease.
Indications to application
Drink can be included in complex treatment of the following violations:
- SARS or flu which are especially followed by cough. In this case milk will help to alleviate a sore throat, and soda will promote fluidifying of a phlegm and its best otkhozhdeniye. In general drink will help recuperation.
- The cough caused by chronic bronchitis (for example, at smokers).
- Excessive acidity of a stomach (heartburn, gastritis). Milk will envelop an internal wall of a stomach, protecting it from aggressive effect of hydrochloric acid. Baking soda will affect a problem root: it will reduce acidity and will improve a condition of an organism.
At any other diseases before application of drink it is necessary to consult with the doctor.
Contraindications to application
Even to consumption of such, apparently, ordinary drink from milk and soda there are certain contraindications:
- individual intolerance;
- intolerance of lactose;
- age up to 3 years;
- liver and/or renal failure of heavy degree.
Recipes
It is very simple to cook this drink in house conditions. The amount of ingredients in it aren't enough, and the clear course of cooking will hardly cause considerable difficulties.
There are several recipes for milk with baking soda. Differences in them are caused by specific features of an organism.
Classical recipe
The simplest recipe of drink includes only two components:
- milk – 250 ml (1 glass);
- baking soda – 3 grams (1/2 teaspoons).
Stage-by-stage scheme of preparation of drink:
- Pour milk in a saucepan and boil on a plate.
- After removal from fire, milk has to cool down approximately up to 50 degrees. It is necessary that at the use not to burn.
- Add 1/2 teaspoons of soda to milk and to mix slowly before full dissolution.
Milk with soda is ready-to-serve.
The recipe with honey
If the taste of classical drink isn't absolutely pleasant, then it is possible to resort to small cunning and in addition to use honey. Besides improvement of taste, honey will enhance anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect of drink. The value of honey is also that it is vitamin-rich also necessary minerals.
However such drink won't suit the people having an allergy to honey.
Ingredients:
- milk – 250 ml (1 glass);
- honey – 20 grams (1 tablespoon);
- baking soda – 3 grams (1/2 teaspoons).
Stages of preparation of drink:
- Bring milk to the boil on a plate.
- Cool milk approximately to 50 degrees, add soda, to mix slowly before dissolution.
- In the last turn to add 1 tablespoon of honey and to mix properly.
Drink is ready.
The recipe with oil
Even stronger to soften effect of drink on a stomach and intestines, it is possible to use a usual desi as additive.
If there are no contraindications, then for taste it is possible to add a little honey.
Necessary products:
- milk – 250 ml (1 glass);
- baking soda – 3 grams (1/2 teaspoons);
- desi – 10 grams.
Step-by-step actions of cooking following:
- Boil milk on a plate.
- After boiling to switch off fire, to add a desi to milk, to prevent. Leave milk to be cooled up to 40-50 degrees.
- Add baking soda and mix.
- Add a desi to milk and to mix carefully.
Drink is ready to reception.
The recipe with honey and egg
Addition of a frothed eggs in drink will help with fight against dry cough more effectively. Such recipe won't suit people with an allergy to drink components.
Necessary components:
- milk – 250 ml (1 glass);
- honey – 20 grams (1 tablespoon);
- baking soda – 3 grams (1/2 teaspoons).
- yolk of egg (chicken) – 1 piece;
- desi – 10 grams.
Preparation stages:
- Heat milk and add to it a desi.
- Cool milk to 40-50 degrees, add soda, to mix carefully.
- Shake up a yolk and add to drink.
- Shake up drink before full mixing of products.
Mix is ready-to-serve.
Method of application
It is necessary to drink only freshly cooked drink. It is senseless to store it, useful substances during this time can simply collapse.
Drink needs to be taken for three days. It is necessary to do it after a meal to avoid irritation of digestive tract. Frequency rate of application – 3 times a day.
If after three days the health doesn't improve, then it is necessary to see a doctor for assessment of a state and correction of therapy.
Drink can be given also to children. The exception is made by children up to 3 years, children with an allergy to milk and/or other components of drink, children with laktazny insufficiency.
The children's portion is less than adult. It depends on age of the child: 3-5 years – a portion are 4 times less, 6-9 years – a portion are twice less.