| Cough is the commonest respiratory
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| | the air.
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| symptom. Though it keeps your throat and
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| | Drink extra fluids especially water to
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| airways clear, excessive coughing may
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| | help thin the secretions in your throat
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| mean you have an underlying disease or
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| | making it easier to cough it up.
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| disorder.
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| | A cup of grape juice mixed with a tsp of
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| Some coughs are dry, while others are
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| | honey provides relief.
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| "productive." A productive cough is one
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| | Soak almonds overnight, remove the skin
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| that brings up phlegm or mucus. Acute
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| | and ground them to form a fine paste. Add
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| coughs usually begin suddenly. They are
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| | 1 tsp of butter and sugar and take the
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| often due to a cold, flu, or sinus
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| | paste twice daily.
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| infection lasting for less than 2-3
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| | 1 tsp of onion juice mixed with 1 tsp of
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| weeks, while chronic coughs last longer
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| | honey is excellent cough syrup that can
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| than 2-3 weeks.
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| | be taken twice a day. Onions help in
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| Common causes of cough include -
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| | removing the phlegm.
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| allergies, asthma, lung infections like
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| | Crush 1 medium sized onion; add juice of
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| pneumonia or bronchities, sinuses,
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| | 1 lemon, 1 tsp honey and a cupful of
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| smoking, exposure to smoke from factories
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| | boiling water. This decoction can be
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| and pollution. At the first visible signs
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| | taken twice or thrice daily.
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| of the symptoms, stop smoking, stay away
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| | Mix 1 tsp of turmeric powder in cup of
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| from smoke and pollution and stay indoors
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| | hot milk and drink it twice a day.
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| when seasonal airborne allergies are
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| | Drink tea made from aniseed to break up
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| high. Keep windows closed, shower and
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| | the mucus.
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| change your clothes after being outdoors.
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| | Try this home made cough syrup, though it
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| If you suffer from allergies all year
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| | tastes terrible, it soothes an irritated
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| round, cover your pillows, mattress with
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| | throat, relieves chest congestion and
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| dust mite covers, use an air purifier,
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| | phlegm. Take ¼ tsp each of cayenne
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| and avoid pets and other factors that
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| | pepper, ground ginger, 1 tbsp each of
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| trigger your allergies.
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| | honey, apple cider vinegar and 2 tbsp of
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| Cough drops or lozenges help thin phlegm
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| | water. Mix and take a tsp thrice a day.
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| as well as soothe scratchy membranes in
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| | The reader of this article should
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| your throat. The best kind of lozenges
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| | exercise all precautions while following
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| for cough is ones with eucalyptus. They
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| | instructions on the recipes from this
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| reduce the nasal swelling and decongest
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| | article. Avoid using if you are allergic
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| the nose too.
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| | to something. The responsibility lies
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| A steamy shower or vaporizer may help a
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| | with the reader, not the site, and the
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| dry cough by increasing the humidity in
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| | writer.
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