Mustards for children and adults. Can it be mustard for pregnant women and children up to a year? How correctly to put mustard plasters from cough, bronchitis, tracheitis, with osteochondrosis?

The mustard is a well-known and widely used auxiliary tool for treating respiratory, musculoskeletal and other systems of the human body.

Especially often they are used to treat colds in children and adults. The fact that cough can put a yellow card, everyone knows. But how to do it, alas, few.

Gorchiki instructions, indications

You can buy or make plumbers.
In the pharmacy version, use a sizu and or black powdered, dry and defatted mustard. It can look like this:

• A piece of thick paper, covered with mustard on one side. Usually, the size of this sheet is 12.5 cm by 8 cm. They are sold in packages of 10 pcs.

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• Filter package filled with mustard. Each of the packages is divided into 4 cells, so that when wet, the powder does not get lost in the ball, and the impact zone does not decrease

Although the yellow card is not the newest drug with a complex formula, it acts very efficiently and in different directions:

• removes inflammation
• improves blood circulation
• accelerates metabolism in cells and tissues of the area of ​​action and the body as a whole
• relieves spasm
• analgesizes
• The mechanism of the mustard is simple:
• dry mustard contains essential oils
• on contact with warm water they are released
• there is hyperemia of the area of ​​action, the vessels expand there, the blood flowthe metabolism is also accelerated
• after the mustard application, essential oils begin to act on the skin receptors
• , as a result of excitation of the sympathetic nervous system, adrenaline and noradrenaline hormones are produced, which also speeds up metabolic processes in the body.

Active substance of mustard plasters - rich in essential oils, dry mustard, which affects locally and the sympathetic department of the nervous system of the patient.

Mustard put in diseases of upper respiratory organs and broncho-pulmonary system:

• rhinitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis
• laryngotracheitis
• tracheitis
• bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchopneumonia
• pleurisy
• bronchial asthma( cupping)

They are also effective in some diseases musculoskeletal

• osteochondrosis
• radiculitis
• myositis
• soft tissue injuries

As an antispasmodic, analgesic, vasodilating,curing agents mustard plasters are used for diseases of the cardiovascular and nervous systems:

• neuralgia
• headache
• hypertension
• angina

Gorcicniki treat a large number of diseases of various organs and systems.

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From what age mustards put to children? Can it be mustard for children up to a year?

Many pediatricians, especially the Soviet school, recommend curing with mustard, colds, ARVI and bronchitis in children. Indeed, earlier these funds were in the home medicine chest of every mother. Today, the views on how to put mustard plaster for children have changed very much.

Toddlers do not put up to a year old.

IMPORTANT: Despite the fact that mustard dry seems to be a very simple remedy, it is aggressive. First, the irritating effect of the essential oils contained in it is strong.

Secondly, these essential oils are potential allergens. It is not known how the yellow card put on the delicate skin of the child will behave, especially if it is very small.

It is possible to put mustard plasters for children from 6 years old.

From pediatricians with modern views you can hear the following:

1. To put mustard plasters for a child up to 1 year and up to 2 years can not be
2. If the baby is 2 to 5 years old, packages with mustard powder are put only through a double layer of gauze and for only a few minutes
3. Fulltreat with mustard plaits or throat cough only in children who have reached the age of six.

Scheme of setting mustard plasters for children.

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How many days do the mustards put? How many times a day can I put mustard plasters?

The duration of the course of treatment with mustard plaits is determined individually and depends on:

• disease, which affects the patient
• of his age
• severity of the condition
• treatment effectiveness and recovery rate

Usually, the mustard sticks do not exceed 4-5 days in a row.

IMPORTANT: This procedure can be alternated with other distractions or warming, for example, compresses. Then the full course will last up to 10 days.

Many people ask whether the recovery will accelerate, if you put mustard plasters not once a day, but twice. Doctors protest against such experiments on themselves, they are fraught with skin burns and allergies.

IMPORTANT: The mustard is put once a day, no more! It is better to carry out the procedure in the evening, before going to bed.

How to keep mustard plasters for adults and children?

How much keep mustard depends on the age of the patient.

It is also important to correctly withstand the procedure time. And it is:

• children from 2 to 6 years old keep the mustard through gauze for 2-3 minutes
• children from 6 years old keep the mustard from 5 to 10 minutes( if for the first time - 2 minutes)
• adults hold a yellow card for up to 15 minutes( if for the first time- 5 minutes)

IMPORTANT: If there is a burning sensation during the procedure to prevent it from interrupting, it is recommended to lay gauze or compress paper between the skin and the mustard plaster.

Mustard contraindications. Is it possible to have mustard plasters at a temperature?

Can not be treated with mustard plasters. To packages with mustard powder there are a number of contraindications. This:

• skin hypersensitivity
• allergy
• atopic dermatitis
• open wounds on the skin
• various skin diseases( eczema, psoriasis, neurodermatitis, others)
• oncological diseases
• tuberculosis
• certain neurological diseases( eg epilepsy)
• varicose veinsmustard plasters for caviar)

Also, you can not put mustard plasters in the acute period of the disease, when a person has a fever.

IMPORTANT: There is an opinion that if the temperature of the patient is subfebrile( up to 38 C), you can put mustard plasters. This issue must be discussed individually in the attending physician.

Gorcini during pregnancy

During pregnancy, the immunity in women is often reduced, so future mothers are at risk of ARVI, other diseases. And since most drugs can not, they are often treated with ancillary and folk methods.

Pregnancy is a contraindication for the application of mustard plasters.

But to cure a cough, runny nose or a headache with mustard plasters it is absolutely impossible.

IMPORTANT: Mustard has abortive properties. Unfortunately, previously women often used packages with mustard powder as a means to rupture unwanted pregnancies. Some continue to do so and now

During the procedure, a significant increase in the tone of the uterus, accompanied by fetal hypoxia. In early terms, there is a high probability of miscarriage, on later - of premature birth.

Application of mustard plasters step by step

In order to carry out the procedure, you will need:

• proper packages with mustard powder
• water basin with water from 37 C to 40 C
• bandage, gauze or compress paper
• napkin X / B or terry towel
• plaid or blanket

The places of setting packages with mustard depending on the disease.

Set mustard so:

• a piece of paper or a bag of mustard is kept horizontally
• it is lowered into a basin with water for 10 -15 seconds, removed and shaken
• makes application for the required area of ​​exposure( if necessary, between the package and the skin make a gasket)
• is coveredmustard plaster with natural tissue
• wraps the patient

Application of mustard plasters step by step.

IMPORTANT: After the procedure, the patient is recommended rest and bed rest

How to put mustard on the chest for coughing and bronchitis

For inflammation of the bronchi, the mustards are placed for:

• for strengthening the blood circulation in the
• body of bronchospasm removal
• sputum liquefaction
• cough relief

For bronchitis,bronchi.

Packets with mustard are superimposed on the projection of the bronchi: the thorax and back. The mustards are placed on one side( the one where the wheezing is heard) or on both sides( if the bronchi wheezes both to the right and to the left).

IMPORTANT: If bronchitis is accompanied by a runny nose, packages with mustard powder are worth putting not only on the chest and back, but also on the calf muscles

Gorchiknik on the neck with tracheitis

Laryngitis and tracheitis( inflammation of the larynx with vocal cords or trachea) often accompany each otherfriend.

With laryngitis and tracheitis, mustard plasters are placed under the collarbone.

Unpleasant they are not only their symptoms, but also the fact that very quickly they can develop into bronchitis or pneumonia.
Many people think that with these diseases it is necessary to put mustard plaster on the neck. This is not true!

IMPORTANT: With laryngitis, the laryngeal mucosa is both swollen, hyperemic and narrowed. A mustard plaster on the neck can provoke laryngospasm

With laryngitis and tracheitis, the procedure is to draw blood from the inflamed organs. Therefore, the application of mustard plasters to the area below the collarbone or calf muscles.

Gorcichnik on heart

With stenocardia and any pain in the heart, self-medication is prohibited. Appointment of medicines, procedures( including mustard seeds) should only the cardiologist.

According to the prescription of the doctor they are put on the heart area.

Gorchik on legs, on heels

On legs( calf muscles) or heels mustard plasters put:

• with the beginning prosody
• with rhinitis
• from cough throat and thoracic
• with hypertension

Mustards from the common cold put on the heels.

Gorcini in socks

Many people consider the procedure of applying mustard plasters on the heels ineffective, since in this place the skin is rough, for a short procedure the useful properties of mustard do not have time to work.
Therefore, it is much more effective to pour mustard into socks.
The procedure for children from 6 years and adults is as follows:

• in necessarily natural( cotton) socks fall asleep mustard powder( for adults - 1-2 tablespoons, for children - 1-2 teaspoons)
• socks worn on clean anddry feet
• from above put on another warm woolen socks
• the duration of the procedure is 6-8 hours, so it's best to do it for the night

Mustard powder can be poured into socks.

IMPORTANT: Children from 2 to 6 years to fill the mustard powder between two thin socks, and on top to put on third, woolen. The duration of the procedure in infants is 2 hours.

Gorcini in osteochondrosis

In osteochondrosis, the mustard plasters are placed on the skin in the area of ​​the spine that is involved in the pathological process.

Gorchichniki I will help to relieve pain in osteochondrosis.

You can use the standard scheme of mustard application or a special procedure that increases the effectiveness of osteochondrosis.

• prepare a weak solution of furatsilina
• add to it 1 teaspoon of honey
• dipped mustard plasters in the resulting solution

Burn from mustard what to do?

Often happens that mustard leaves leave burns on the skin. Especially if they are delivered incorrectly, or the time of the procedure is exceeded.

IMPORTANT: Burned skin should never be treated with alcohol!

Burn from mustard plasters.

It is necessary to proceed as follows:

• the burned skin area should be rinsed with clean water and gently blotted with a sterile bandage to remove moisture
• apply an antiseptic( for example, furatsilinovuyu ointment)
• apply a bandage to avoid infection of the injured site

Re-heat the burn and change the dressing twice inday.

IMPORTANT: Burns from mustard are often accompanied by allergies. It is better for a patient to immediately take an antihistamine drug

Do the mustard helpers: feedback from

The attitude to the mustard plasters of doctors and ordinary people today is twofold. Some consider this method of treating colds and other diseases very effective, while others call it the "stone age".

There is only one thing known: mustard plasters can alleviate the condition of the patient, for a time to relieve the pain and discomfort. But they do not treat the disease itself, therefore it is possible to put them only with parallel treatment by traditional means.

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