| If you are one of those people who get rained on a | | | | Another cure for coughs is an infusion made of |
| little and get bogged down by the flu the next day, you | | | | hyssop, mullein, ground coriander and marshmallow |
| are probably sick of having coughs and colds and sick | | | | leaves.The older traditional cures were stranger. One |
| of taking medicine over and over again. Sometimes, it | | | | of the folk cures concerns boring a hole into a lemon |
| is good to know that there are a lot of herbal | | | | and filling the hole with honey. The lemon is then |
| remedies that are available, effective, easy to use and | | | | roasted wherein the juices are collected and fed to |
| can replace the mundane cough syrup and escape its | | | | the patient. A stranger remedy involved boring a hole |
| side effects.Bronchitis is a serious medical condition. If | | | | into it and the hole was filled with brown sugar which is |
| you present the symptoms for this, please consult with | | | | then left to sit overnight. The next day, the juices that |
| your physician as soon as possible. These herbal | | | | were collected are given to the patient.Some of the |
| treatments are here to help but are not guaranteed | | | | older cures are harder to come by. One example of |
| cures for conditions as serious as | | | | these cures is a mix of the juices of leeks and fresh |
| bronchitis.CoughsThere are a lot of traditional and | | | | breast milk of a nursing mother. Another less palatable |
| herbal treatments for coughs and some are indeed | | | | remedy involved boiling two or three snails in barley |
| stranger than others. The more common ones that | | | | water. You may not want to go through all this trouble |
| are still widely used today involve using honey and | | | | for a cough.BronchitisBronchitis is the inflammation of |
| lemon. Other herbs include garlic, onions, lavender, | | | | the bronchioles of the lungs and is a lot more serious |
| thyme, linseed, nettle and dock. Still others are | | | | than cough. Actually, the cough is reduced to one of |
| cabbage, carrots, turnips, comfrey, rosemary, balm, | | | | the symptoms of bronchitis. Although most cases |
| glycerin and peppermint. Among all the herbs, | | | | require the treatment of antibiotics, there are still a lot |
| eucalyptus is still the most popular cure.There are | | | | of herbal remedies to help heal and relieve the |
| many recommended herbal drinks to treat a cough. | | | | symptoms of bronchitis.The more common remedies |
| One remedy is boiling coltsfoot in water with garlic and | | | | for bronchitis are eucalyptus, garlic, honey, ginger, |
| brown sugar. An infusion made of coltsfoot leaves | | | | cinnamon and tea. Herbs like bugle, butterbur, caraway, |
| sweetened with honey is also said to do the trick. | | | | angelica, borage, coltsfoot and comfrey are known to |
| Another treatment is syrup made by boiling coltsfoot | | | | help in the relief of the symptoms. Other herbs such as |
| leaves with equal amounts of plantain leaves and | | | | chickweed, chervil, fenugreek, fennel, ground ivy, |
| honey. An herbal drink for coughs was based on a | | | | liquorices, myrrh, madder, knotgrass and marjoram are |
| mix of dried sage, honey and vinegar. Another was | | | | also effective. Mullein, parsley, plantain, onion, sage and |
| based also on dried sage but with brown sugar and | | | | primrose, thyme, white horehound, watercress, |
| ginger in water. Another cure was formed by mixing | | | | speedwell and savory are also utilized in the treatment |
| and heating butter, vinegar and honey; also was mixing | | | | of bronchitis. |
| hart shorn, almond oil, hyssop, sugar and water. | | | | |