Home remedies to cure cough and cold

Recently my DD(dear daughter) was suffering from Cough and Cold. Sudden weather changes in Pune causes cold and cough to my dd.

These are some remedies which are really helpful and easy to apply:

1) Honey

Give your kid a spoonful of honey daily. You can mix honey with milk as well. Honey is more effective to cough than a syrup. If your kid is 2+ and cough is worse at nigh time, give him 2 spoon of honey, it improves nighttime coughing for sure.

Caution: never give honey to a child younger than age 1.

2) Ginger

Take a small root of ginger, grate and squeeze out it juice. Give it to your kid, The anti-inflammatory gingerols and shaogals in ginger root will help to relieve a sore throat quickly, and they also kill rhinoviruses, which cause colds in the first place. You can give it with honey to add flavor to it.

3) Carom Seeds (Ajwain)

Take a spoonful of ajwain, boil it with 1 ltr. of water and give it to the baby. These seeds relieves cough, due to presence of thymol in it, You can give it to the baby if your child have sinus problem.
Also, you can crush the seeds, mix it with jaggery and give it to your baby.
You can give ajwain massage to your infant, in a cotton cloth, make potli of it, fill in the ajwain seeds and warm it on hot tawa, now massage your baby chest with this potli. This remedy will relieve congestion immediately.

4) Massage

Mix a drop each of eucalyptus, peppermint and sage essential oils in about 2 TBS of organic olive oil and make your own herbal oil. Massage it with the oil on baby's chest. This remedy will relieve in congestion and nose congestion. Mustard oil massage is also good to prevent cold. Heat up mustard oil with ajwain, when ajwain started to crackle, turn off the stove and calm it down to room temperature. Massage with it on baby's chest and feet.

5) Give lots of love and care

When your baby's sick, there's no greater comfort than holding him close. Your baby will love the attention and it will definitely make him comfortable.