Garlic Recipes To Treat Cold This Monsoon

Monsoon is a season when we catch a cold easily due to the changes in climate. Many bacterial and viral infections also tend to invade easily during monsoon.

You must have a strong immune system to cope up with common cold and other monsoon infections. There is a good news for you that you can easily treat common cold at home with the use of a single natural home remedy and that is garlic.

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Garlic is a very powerful natural remedy against bacterial and viral infections. It also boosts your immunity and alleviates inflammation. It has also antioxidant properties and relieves cough, chest congestion and even lowers elevated body temperature.

If garlic is taken in a proper way, you will not need medicines to relieve the cold. Garlic is a natures gift that is a cure for almost all ailments. Here, we share with you some easy garlic recipes to treat common cold at home.

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Have a look at how you can use garlic at home to treat cold during monsoon.

Garlic And Tomato

Garlic And Tomato

Grind together one small tomato, six garlic cloves and one teaspoon of salt. Drink this mixture daily to get a relief from cold during monsoon. This is one of the best garlic recipes to treat common cold.

Garlic And Apple Cider Vinegar

Garlic And Apple Cider Vinegar

Put some garlic cloves in apple cider vinegar and keep it over night. Doing this will enable you to eat the raw garlic cloves easily the next morning. This will help you to alleviate the symptoms of common cold.

Orange Juice And Garlic

Orange Juice And Garlic

To treat common cold, quickly cut a few cloves of garlic into small pieces and leave them as such for 20 minutes. Have these garlic slices along with orange juice at bed time. Repeat this every night.

Garlic And Honey

Garlic And Honey

Mix some garlic cloves with honey in a jar. Close the lid of the bottle tightly. Keep this jar of garlic and honey in the fridge. Eat two to three cloves of garlic in morning daily to prevent cold. If you have severe cold, then have eight cloves along with honey. This will treat cough and nasal congestion also.

Hot Water And Garlic

Hot Water And Garlic

Warm a glass of water and add to it a few sliced garlic pieces. Stir it well and drink the water. You can also chew the soft garlic pieces.

Garlic And Olive Oil

Garlic And Olive Oil

Mix together four to five cloves of minced garlic, honey (one tablespoon) and olive oil. Keep it aside for 20 minutes. Have it four times a day to treat cold.

Raw Garlic

Raw Garlic

You can chew garlic cloves or suck on them for about 20 minutes. This will give you much relief from stuffy nose and chest congestion.

Garlic For Cold Sores

Garlic For Cold Sores

Cold sores can appear on your inner and outer side of lips. They are caused by herpes virus and are very painful. To treat cold sores you can use garlic. Cut a piece of garlic and gently rub it on the sores.

Story first published: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 11:06 [IST]
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