The common cough can be harmless, but it can also be a sign of more serious illness. We know that how irritating, disrupting, and painful a cough can be. Especially, when it affects the sleeping at night or when our job involves a lot of speaking and the cough disturbs from doing it.
A wet cough is the productive cough, where irritants and mucus from the lungs are formed during the cough. The persistent cough results from mucus and other secretions brought on by respiratory disorders such as the cold, the flu, tuberculosis or pneumonia. A persistent cough always should be checked by a medical practitioner, as it can be a symptom of a serious medical illness.
Onion syrup: Mix honey, grated onion, lemon juice and boil in a pan over a pot of boiling water. Cover and let it boil for 2 hours. Then, drain liquid from the juice and consume 1 tbsp every alternate hour.
Garlic solution: Take at least two cloves of garlic, boil in water, and add a spoonful of oregano. Include a small quantity of honey when the solution is at room temperature. Now, you can drink it.
Ginger: You can chop fresh ginger into small pieces or crush it, add a pinch of clove, cinnamon powder and put them in a cup of hot water, which gives an herbal solution. This solution reduces sore throat, congestion and non-stop coughing.
Tulsi - Holy Basil: Squash about 10 leaves of tulsi, and extract juice from a small ginger piece. Mix both of them and add an equal amount of honey. To get relief from cough, swallow about a single teaspoon of this about three times a day.
Turmeric: One of the simplest ways to treat coughs is to blend turmeric with carom seeds. Take a teaspoon of each and add in one cup of water. Simmer the mixture until the water level comes to half. Mix a few teaspoons of honey to the solution and consume it at least twice a day.
Cloves: Mix honey and cloves, store in the refrigerator overnight. Remove the cloves and consume 1 tbsp of the honey in the morning. This reduces inflammation and alleviates the throat pain.
Lemon: A simple syrup can be made to treat coughs by boiling lemons with honey and this syrup can be taken daily at intervals depending on the severity of the cough.
Types of coughs:
Dry cough is a non-productive cough, where no mucus is formed. And this brief cough is caused by factors such a cold air, breathing dust, irritating fumes, or aspirating food into the airways.A wet cough is the productive cough, where irritants and mucus from the lungs are formed during the cough. The persistent cough results from mucus and other secretions brought on by respiratory disorders such as the cold, the flu, tuberculosis or pneumonia. A persistent cough always should be checked by a medical practitioner, as it can be a symptom of a serious medical illness.
Natural remedies to treat cough:
Chukku (dry ginger), Pepper, and Thippili (Piperaceae family): Mix them in equal quantities and make a powder. Consume it thrice a day, which can help in releasing the mucus.Onion syrup: Mix honey, grated onion, lemon juice and boil in a pan over a pot of boiling water. Cover and let it boil for 2 hours. Then, drain liquid from the juice and consume 1 tbsp every alternate hour.
Garlic solution: Take at least two cloves of garlic, boil in water, and add a spoonful of oregano. Include a small quantity of honey when the solution is at room temperature. Now, you can drink it.
Ginger: You can chop fresh ginger into small pieces or crush it, add a pinch of clove, cinnamon powder and put them in a cup of hot water, which gives an herbal solution. This solution reduces sore throat, congestion and non-stop coughing.
Tulsi - Holy Basil: Squash about 10 leaves of tulsi, and extract juice from a small ginger piece. Mix both of them and add an equal amount of honey. To get relief from cough, swallow about a single teaspoon of this about three times a day.
Turmeric: One of the simplest ways to treat coughs is to blend turmeric with carom seeds. Take a teaspoon of each and add in one cup of water. Simmer the mixture until the water level comes to half. Mix a few teaspoons of honey to the solution and consume it at least twice a day.
Cloves: Mix honey and cloves, store in the refrigerator overnight. Remove the cloves and consume 1 tbsp of the honey in the morning. This reduces inflammation and alleviates the throat pain.
Lemon: A simple syrup can be made to treat coughs by boiling lemons with honey and this syrup can be taken daily at intervals depending on the severity of the cough.