10 Natural Remedies To Treat Pneumonia At Home

Pneumonia is an infection that one gets in the lungs when the air sacs become inflamed. The air sacs are commonly filled with fluid. In most cases, pneumonia is not fatal, but it can raise alarm if it is a young child, an elderly person, or someone with a weak immune system that has the infection. Luckily, our home remedies for pneumonia can help to treat the illness with ease.

# Do Not Smoke

This is the most obvious prevention step. If you know that colds and flu are going around, try to quit smoking. Smoking is already terrible for your lungs and body, and it is not going to help you from contracting pneumonia.

Smoking actually increases your chances of getting pneumonia because it can damage your lungs and immune system. If you smoke, you are at a much higher risk of getting a plethora of different lung infections.

# Hygiene

Hygiene is very important when flus and colds are blowing around. Good hygiene includes showering daily, washing your hands regularly, using hand sanitizer- is one of the best ways to kills germs and other things that can make you sick and lead further to different infections and illnesses. When going shopping, use hand sanitizer when entering and leaving the store, wash your hands before you eat and after using the bathroom.

# Gargle Saltwater

A sore throat often comes with pneumonia because of all the coughing and coughing up phlegm. Gargling some saltwater might be able to the help with that because the mixture breaks up mucus that is stuck in your throat and calms some swelling.

To make the mixture, you need to mix half of a teaspoon with a glass of warm water. Gargle a sip of this for thirty seconds before spitting out and rinsing your mouth. To get the best results, you should do this at least three times a day and you can do it as you feel the need to.

# Soup

Any kind of soup can help to relieve your sore throat. The warmth of the liquid helps to break up mucus in the throat and some soups (like chicken noodle) have different antioxidants and things that can help to fight off the virus or illness so that you can heal that much faster.

# Peppermint Tea

Making peppermint tea is quite easy to use. If you have tea bags, all you have to do is heat up the water and put the tea bag in. Making loose leaf is pretty easy too. Take the dried leaves, place them in a tea ball or other diffuser, and place it in the heated water. You can even make tea from fresh peppermint leaves if you are feeling up to it. You are going to need to cut the leaves or mash them a little with a mortar and pestle and put the leaves in a cup, teapot, tea ball, whatever you have and let it sit for five minutes before straining the leaves out after adding the hot water. Once the tea is done, you can add honey, milk, and or lemon.

Peppermint tea can help so much because it can unclog your nose, ease pain, calm swelling, help to get mucus out of the body, and stops the irritation that comes with all of this.

# Calm the Fever

Fevers are fairly common with pneumonia, but they can be lifted. You can apply a cloth dipped in room temperature water to help your body cool down from the outside. Using cold water might be tempting, but keep in mind that water that is too cold can spike the chills.

You can also use over the counter medication that is labeled as something that can cure fevers. These over the counter pills may be able to calm other symptoms as well, such pain from swelling.

It should be noted that a fever on its own can be dangerous and that you should talk to your doctor if the fever remains for longer than two days or goes over 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

# Warm Water

This can have an effect similar to that of the peppermint tea but without all of the other benefits. The warm water will still help to break up mucus and it can warm up your body a bit from inside if you have the chills.

It is important to drink water when fighting any illness because the body needs to stay hydrated as a to protect itself from other illnesses and to keep things running properly.

# Coffee

Coffee is warm and has a caffeine content. Caffeine is actually a good way to open the airways. You want to be careful with this though. If you take in too much caffeine, it is going to be too hard for you to get the sleep that you need to fight off the illness. So have maybe a cup a day. Just make sure that you do not overdo it.

# Turmeric Tea

It is not rare for chest pains to come with pneumonia. Turmeric tea has been found to help with the chest pains because the turmeric in the tea is good for fighting down inflammation. The turmeric can also help to fight the cold or illness because of the antimicrobial and antioxidants.

To make the tea, you need a teaspoon of turmeric powder and a couple cups of water to boil. You need to boil the water and turmeric powder for about 10 minutes before you strain it. You can in honey and lemon if you want to- the honey can help to ease a sore throat too. If you really want the reap the benefits of the tea, you add just a little of black pepper so that the pepper can help your body to absorb the help from the tea.

# Fanning

Having trouble breathing can be both worrisome and annoying. In some cases, sitting in front of a fan has actually been found to help. Slightly cooler than room temperature can be easier to breathe in. Try sitting in front of the fan for a couple of minutes. This can also help to calm a fever if you are having trouble with one. Make sure not sit in front of the fan for more than 10 minutes or so at a time because sitting in front of it for too long can trigger the chills.