Home treatment for cold

Try the following simple home remedies for cold and cough –

• Take 8-9 leaves of holy basil. Extract juice from these leaves. Add honey in it and give it to your kid.
  
  
  Holy basil works best for cough in kids.
• Mix ginger powder in honey to make a paste. Give this to your child every 3-4 hours.
  
  
  This is an effective remedy for cough and cold in small infants.
  
• Vitamin C helps boost the immune system. You can give him 2-3 spoons of orange juice for vitamin C.
  
• You can also mix some lemon juice in water and give this water to your child. For better taste add honey.
  
• At night while sleeping, preferably use a humidifier. This will help reduce the cold and cough and make his condition better.
  
• Apply warm compresses on his chest, for this you can fill a flat small bottle with warm water and apply lightly on his chest. This will also help improve his condition.
  
• Don’t try hot water steam for your child. Although it is a very effective method to cure cold and cough there is lot of risk involved for your child to get burnt with the hot steam.