| A cough is a sudden, often repetitive, | | | | 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, |
| spasmodic contraction of the thoracic | | | | many hours of relief. |
| cavity, resulting in violent release of | | | | Have honey in a hot drink before bed |
| air from the lungs, and usually | | | | time.To relieve fits of coughing due to |
| accompanied by a distinctive sound. | | | | dryness in the throat, suck a few pepper |
| Coughs in children are common, and | | | | corns. |
| usually accompany many of the normal | | | | Take 0.5 pounds (250 gms) of sweet |
| childhood illnesses. A cough that | | | | apples daily for a week to cure cough. |
| continues for several days, or increases | | | | Soak almonds overnight and remove their |
| in severity, should be immediately | | | | skin. Make a paste of the soaked almonds |
| checked by a physician to rule out other | | | | with little butter and sugar. This is |
| diseases. It is a symptom of an | | | | very useful for dry cough. |
| underlying disease or other medical | | | | Mix 8 - 10 tablespoons of coconut milk |
| problem that most people assume are due | | | | with 1 tablespoon poppy seeds and 1 |
| to lung problems. There are several | | | | tablespoon of pure honey. Take this |
| different causes of cough not related to | | | | every night before going to bed. |
| the lungs. Gastroesophogeal reflux, | | | | Boil some water add a small piece of |
| allergies, post nasal drip and certain | | | | ginger let it simmer for 5 mins take of |
| medications are common causes of cough. | | | | the heat. In a cup add some honey and |
| The coughing (infant) is natural to rid | | | | lemon juice now mix the ginger water in |
| stuff out of our lungs and throat. The | | | | there take this twice a day. Steam 2 |
| mucus in their nose can be wiped or | | | | unpeeled tangerines with 30 grams rock |
| sucked out using an infant mucus | | | | sugar to relieve coughs with a yellowish |
| remover. | | | | mucous discharge. Eat the tangerines at |
| Depends on the origin. Bronchial coughs | | | | bedtime. |
| can be treated effectively with | | | | In one cup of warm milk, add a pinch of |
| Levaquin. See your doctor to determine | | | | turmeric powder and drink twice a day. |
| the best treatment based on your | | | | In one cup of warm milk, add 2 - 3 |
| situation. | | | | strands of saffron and drink twice a |
| The only way to deal with a cold is by | | | | day. |
| treating the symptoms. Try drinking some | | | | Deep breathe in front of an open window. |
| hot tea with lemon if you don't want to | | | | This has multiple benefits. Exhaling |
| use OTC products. If the cough persists, | | | | vigorously rids the body of waste gases |
| you will eventually either have to go | | | | and deep inhalation saturates the lungs |
| with something OTC, such as Robitussin, | | | | with oxygen. |
| or see your doctor as it may be a | | | | Chop an onion finely, put it with a |
| bacterial infection. | | | | tablespoon of clear honey in a screw-top |
| To stop nighttime coughing in a child | | | | jar and leave overnight. In the morning, |
| (or adult as we found out personally), | | | | drinking a teaspoonful of the juice |
| put Vicks Vaporub generously on the | | | | produced will give relief to cough. |
| bottom of the feet at bedtime, then | | | | Garlic-and-onion chicken soup is also an |
| cover with socks. Even persistent, | | | | effective remedy for cough . |
| heavy, deep coughing will stop in about | | | | |