What is Decongestant?
Before knowing natural decongestant
remedies it is important to know, what exactly is decongestant?
Either due to cold, allergies or viral infection, the nasal
congestion always sucks and causes problem in breathing. So whatever
pharmaceutical drug, remedies or medication we use to get relief from
congestion, is called decongestant. In short we may conclude that
decongestants hep to relieve from nasal congestion and allow us to
breath easily.
Natural Decongestant Remedies:
Apart from pharmaceutical drugs there
are many natural decongestant remedies that we may apply at home.
Below find some of the best effective home remedies for natural
decongestant:
Steam Remedy: Steam is one of
the most commonly used natural decongestants. For that take boiling
hot water in a vessel, add some vaporizer (Vicks) or oil in it. Now
cover your head and vessel with towel and inhale the steam. Covering
your face with steaming hot towel, steam room, hot shower, steam bath
are also other effective steam decongestants.
Onion Remedy: Onions are another
common natural decongestants. Smelling or eating the raw cut onion also helps breaking up mucus.
Mustard Oil Remedy: Mustard oil
is also a very good natural decongestant. Take the dropper and put
few drops of mustard oil into both the nostrils of your nose and after
a few minutes you would get relief from chocked nose.
Spicy Food: Having spicy food is
another home remedy and natural decongestant. Anything spicy like
chilies, Mexican food, salsa, hot n sour soup etc can help in
relieving congestion.
Besides eating the right food,
garlic, citrus fruits like orange are also very much effective
natural decongestants.
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