Friday, January 21, 2011

Cough TB (pulmonary TB cough)

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If you or your immediate family has a cough for more than four weeks, then given the usual treatment carried out as usual was unable to relieve cough frequency, then there is the possibility of you or a close family member affected by pulmonary tuberculosis. Moreover, if experienced chronic cough and mucus, especially when getting out of bed plus mild heat loss in the afternoon and sweating at night, there is pain in the chest or upper back, weight loss and body growing weaker in recent consecutive years.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease that lasts longer and is contagious. The disease can be suffered by any person, but most commonly affects people between the ages of 15-35 years, especially those who was weak, malnourished or who lives one house and jostling together with TB. Plus a humid environment, dark and has no ventilation contributed greatly to a person infected with TB.

If you suspect yourself or your immediate family had tuberculosis, then the thing to do is ask for help physicians, health centers, or ask for an explanation to health workers in your area. Do not be shy to ask in detail the condition of your health and your immediate family. The medical will provide adequate medication to eliminate TB. In addition, food intake is maintained as possible, multiply eat foods rich in protein and vitamins. Rest in balance. Try to spend a little time to rest when tired at work and discipline of taking medicines prescribed by doctors.

If you want to use herbs as an alternative treatment for TB cough, then the plants used are Paniculata (Andrographis paniculata Nees.), Tuber lilies (Lilium sp.), and Indian pennywort (Centella asiatica Urb.)

Plants were used because it has good effect to cure TB. Paniculata contains several flavonoids compounds, alkane, ketone, aldehyde and also some minerals such as calcium, potassium and sodium is efficacious as an anti-inflammatory, anti-infection, reduce heat, analgesic, neutralize toxic materials, stimulating the body's immunity. Paniculata is very effective to cure pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia.

Lily flowers contain substances that are useful for the body. The content of flavonoids, carotenoids and saponin serves as an anti-oxidant. Lily tubers also contain small amounts of calcium, iron, phosphorus and vitamins B1, B2 and C. This nutritious tuber crops to relieve cough, antihistamines, relieve asthma, coughing up blood. But do not use this plant if the diarrhea.

Centella asiatica contains anti-infective properties, antibacterial, reduce heat, neutralize toxic material. Centella asiatica is used for coughs colds, bronchitis, lung spots, pneumonia, whooping cough.

How to manage it are as follows:
All material is boiled with 600 cc of water until the remaining 300 cc. then filtered boiling water, add honey to taste and drink 2-3 times a day. This herb is useful also for treating blood coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia.

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