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