Cold compress for kids: easy to make yourself with thyme balm

As soon as the cold season begins, coughs, runny noses and blocked noses are usually not long in coming for our kids. Before you bring out the big guns from the pharmacy, sometimes simple home remedies can help: with our thyme balm you can easily prepare a cold compress.

In this article, you will learn which home remedies I recommend can be effective for a cold and how you can make a cold compress yourself.

Colds in children: what helps?

Herbs, medicinal plants and essential oils can have an expectorant, anti-inflammatory and soothing effect on coughs, for example. This makes them a natural alternative to conventional cold remedies and, if the essential oils are well tolerated, they are ideal for children.

Our thyme balm contains a special combination of thyme, sage, eucalyptus and vitamin E as well as high-quality, nourishing oils such as almond oil, shea butter and cocoa butter. This composition ensures a pleasant, warming skin feeling and ensures a pleasant fragrance experience.

The best thing about our thyme balm is that you can use it in so many different ways: either as a direct application to the chest, back and soles of the feet, for inhalation as aromatherapy, as a soothing cold bath or as a cold wrap before going to sleep if you have a stuffy nose or cough - you can find step-by-step instructions here!

How do I make a cold compress?

You need: 1 teaspoon of thyme balm, 0.5 liters of boiling water, a tea towel or thin towel.

1. Put the teaspoon of thyme balsam in a pot and pour half a liter of boiling water over it.

2. Place a dishcloth or thin towel in the water to absorb the mixture. Once the towel is warm but no longer hot, you can wring it out well.

3. Place the warm towel on your child's chest and cover it with a dry cloth or blanket. Leave it there for about half an hour.

Essential oils can cause allergies and should therefore only be used as aroma care with experience and on children older than 3 years. Here too, we recommend testing skin compatibility on a small area and using our thyme balm always apply extremely sparingly .