Many over the counter medications for cold and flu should be avoided during pregnancy, but natural remedies can offer just as much relief, and are much safer for you and your baby.
With natural remedies, you don’t have to worry about getting the right dosage or over-usage. You can use these remedies as often as needed for symptoms.
Plenty of Fluids
When you are sick, and especially when you are pregnant, it’s important to get plenty of fluids. This can include water, juice, tea, and broth.
Fresh Air
As long as you feel up to it, going outside for some fresh air is a great thing when you’re sick. Sunshine can help boost your immune system, and cool air can calm a nasty cough.
Warm Bath or Shower
The steam from warm water can help loosen head and chest congestion, opening up the sinuses and helping you breath easier.
Soothing Liquids
Warm liquids like hot water, tea, or broth can be soothing on a sore throat or cough, and can help with congestion. Try peppermint or chamomile tea with honey and lemon. Honey especially helps to coat the throat and calm a cough.
Herbal Remedies
Herbs are used to make a variety of remedies, from teas and syrups, to capsules and cough drops. Herbs that are used to treat colds and flu are elder berry, hibiscus, and echinacea, just to name a few.
Learn to make elder berry syrup.
Garlic and Onion
These two ingredients are easy to find and cheap, and they boost your immune system, fight bacterial infections, and ward off viral infections rapidly. They are best taken in raw, but can also be taken in capsule form, or lightly cooked into a broth, soup, or other recipes. Try adding it to your favorite homemade chicken broth or chicken soup.
Vanessa integrates EMDR, sandtray, and attachment-focused approaches in her work and is completing credentials toward Registered Play Therapist and EMDRIA certification. With a background as a certified birth doula and a passion for making healing accessible, she writes and teaches on the intersection of trauma, neurodevelopment, and story-based therapy.
Not sure if it is a new post or not, because it doesn’t show the date on it. Great remedies to soothe a sore throat! I would also add ginger to the list. Ginger has antiviral properties and is great for treating a sore throat.