10 Simple and Natural Home Remedies for Pneumonia

Pneumonia is a common illness that refers to an4. Add a teaspoon of honey to a glass of lukewarm
infection of the lungs. It occurs in all age groups, andwater. Drink it two or three times a day. This drink
is a leading cause of death among children and elderlyhas very soothing effect and relieves symptoms.
people in chronic conditions. The major symptoms of5. Mix some camphor with warm turpentine oil and
pneumonia are productive cough resulting in mucus,apply it on the chest. Gently massage to get relief
chest pains, fever, chills and breathing shortness.from pneumonia.
Here, in this article you will find home remedies for6. The patient should be kept in a clean, hot and
pneumonia. These home remedies are simple, easy tohealthy room. Make sure that sunshine enters in the
prepare and easy to follow. You will get benefitedpatient room.
from these home remedies if followed as instructed7. Try to keep the chest and the feet of the patient
below. These remedies can be taken along with yourwarmer than the other parts of the body.
medication to improve your health and give relief8. Do not take foods that may lead to constipation.
from pneumonia symptoms.It may aggravate the condition.
1. Turmeric has several medicinal properties and is9. To get relief from chest pain and discomfort, take
widely used in treating a number of ailments. It alsoa teaspoonful of garlic juice.
helps in treating pneumonia. Other herbs such as10. Holy basil is also very useful in pneumonia. Take
black pepper, fenugreek and ginger are also beneficialthe juice of few fresh leaves of holy basil. Add a
for your lungs. You can take these herbs in raw orpinch of ground black pepper to this juice and
cooked form.consume at six hourly intervals.
2. Sesame seeds are also helpful in treatingDisclaimer: The reader of this article should exercise all
pneumonia. Add 15 grams of sesame seeds in 250 mlprecautionary measures while following instructions on
water. Add a pinch of common salt, a teaspoon ofthe pneumonia home remedies from this article. Avoid
linseed, and a tablespoon of honey in this mixture.using any of these products or ingredients if you are
Consume daily to expel phlegm from the bronchialallergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader and
tubes.not with the website or the writer.
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of the respiratory disorders. Take 10 ml juice of thewant to use this article on your website or in your
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powder along with honey two times daily.