Pneumonia is inflammation of the internal organ, lungs. It is considered as one of the most dangerous and serious infectious diseases ever known. Pneumonia assumes threatening proportions if both of the lungs are affected; this medical condition is tagged double pneumonia in layman’s term.

Pneumonia symptoms
The usual cases of pneumonia start with a cold in the head or throat. The pneumonia patient generally feels a cold, shivering fever while having difficulty in breathing, and chest pain. Cough with pinkish sputum may follow, which may eventually become brownish in color. In children, pneumonia may cause convulsions and delirium. The temperature may also rise to 40.6 degree centigrade and while the pulse rate may increase to up 150 beats per minute. A usual complication of pneumonia is pleurisy.

Home Remedies For Pneumonia
Garlic:
Garlic is considered as an amazing treatment for those who have pneumonia if only it would be given in ample quantities during the treatment. Aside from it ability to bring down body temperature, it is also capable of toning down respiration and pulse in just 48 hours. You can choose to apply a paste of garlic externally on the patient’s chest which has beneficial results for it serves as an irritant. This is one of the efficient pneumonia home remedies.

Sesame Seeds
Another valuable home remedy for pneumonia are sesame seeds. The seeds could be infused by steeping about 15 gm sesame seeds in 250 ml water. The infusion should be mixed with honey, linseed, and a pinch of table salt for it to effectively treat the respiratory disease. As a result of the treatment, it will help in removing the catarrhal matter and even the phlegm right from the patient’s bronchial tubes.

Parsnip Juice
Root vegetable Pastinaca sativa, also known as the parsnip juice has been proven to be beneficial to the patient’s with pneumonia. According to studies, the juice of the plant’s leaves and of its roots have high therapeutic effects. The chlorine and phosphorous elements in the plants are the main reason why it benefits the bronchial system and the lungs. Thus, the parsnip juice is indeed an effective pneumonia remedy. The recommended "dosage" for patients undergoing this home remedy treatment if 250 ml juice every day. However, it should be noted that the juicy from the cultivated parsnips that ones which are suitable for this use; otherwise, the juice could be poisonous due to the ingredients on it.

Vegetable Juices
The carrot juice, when combined with beet and cucumber juices or spinach juice has also been claimed as another home remedy for pneumonia. In these mixtures, 200 ml of spinach juice or 100 ml beet and cucumber juices should be mixed with an amount of 300 ml carrot juice to have a 500 ml or barely half a litre of the needed juice. This is one of the best pneumonia cure.