Herbal Remedies for Cough and Bronchitis

If you are one of those people who get rained on aAnother cure for coughs is an infusion made of
little and get bogged down by the flu the next day, youhyssop, mullein, ground coriander and marshmallow
are probably sick of having coughs and colds and sickleaves.The older traditional cures were stranger. One
of taking medicine over and over again. Sometimes, itof the folk cures concerns boring a hole into a lemon
is good to know that there are a lot of herbaland filling the hole with honey. The lemon is then
remedies that are available, effective, easy to use androasted wherein the juices are collected and fed to
can replace the mundane cough syrup and escape itsthe patient. A stranger remedy involved boring a hole
side effects.Bronchitis is a serious medical condition. Ifinto it and the hole was filled with brown sugar which is
you present the symptoms for this, please consult withthen left to sit overnight. The next day, the juices that
your physician as soon as possible. These herbalwere collected are given to the patient.Some of the
treatments are here to help but are not guaranteedolder cures are harder to come by. One example of
cures for conditions as serious asthese cures is a mix of the juices of leeks and fresh
bronchitis.CoughsThere are a lot of traditional andbreast milk of a nursing mother. Another less palatable
herbal treatments for coughs and some are indeedremedy involved boiling two or three snails in barley
stranger than others. The more common ones thatwater. You may not want to go through all this trouble
are still widely used today involve using honey andfor 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 arethan 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 areof 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 andfor bronchitis are eucalyptus, garlic, honey, ginger,
brown sugar. An infusion made of coltsfoot leavescinnamon 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 coltsfoothelp in the relief of the symptoms. Other herbs such as
leaves with equal amounts of plantain leaves andchickweed, chervil, fenugreek, fennel, ground ivy,
honey. An herbal drink for coughs was based on aliquorices, myrrh, madder, knotgrass and marjoram are
mix of dried sage, honey and vinegar. Another wasalso effective. Mullein, parsley, plantain, onion, sage and
based also on dried sage but with brown sugar andprimrose, thyme, white horehound, watercress,
ginger in water. Another cure was formed by mixingspeedwell and savory are also utilized in the treatment
and heating butter, vinegar and honey; also was mixingof bronchitis.
hart shorn, almond oil, hyssop, sugar and water.