What are the home made or alternatives medicine for dry cough?

Question

What are the home made or alternatives medicine for dry cough?

Answer 1

Try some black tea with a couple of teaspoons of honey in it.  A few drops of lemon juice in it too.

Answer 2

Try boiling a pot of water on the stove for a few hours if you don't have a humidifier. The moisture in the air usually helps.

Answer 3

Apples bring a great relief to a person with dry cough.To relieve fits of coughing due to dryness in the throat, suck a few pepper corns. Check out http://useinfo6.blogspot.com/ for more remedies and information.

Answer 4

1 cup whiskey

2 tablespoons locally harvested honey

juice from 1 lemon

Mix well, have a tablespoon of that and if you don't feel better in an hour, have another one  : )

Answer 5

You might think that i'm daft but a sure fire way to nip a cough or a cold in the bud ........ is to slice a lime or lemon into quarters, squeeze the juice into a cup of warm water and add organic honey to taste (honey has antiobiotic properties) and sip on that................. then, suck on another 1/4 of a lime or lemon rinsing your mouth out thoroughly afterwards to protect your teeth from the acid.

The vitamin C content of limes and lemons is so potent that it does a fine job of eliminating a cough and cold symptoms by bolstering your immune system.

Just gotta be brave mate and suk on those limes.

Eat more foods rich in vitamin C ~ in particular, limes and lemons, also oranges, strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes, leafy and green vegies, red and green peppers.

vitamin C will bolster your immunity and help to torch those nasty cold and flu germs........... vitamin C also does a good job of lowering high blood pressure and acts as a natural laxative.

Loads of freshly squeezed juices are good too.

Pump up your fresh filtered water intake as the happiest and healthiest body will always be the most hydrated one.........  drink at least 2 - 3 litres of water daily, you'd  be amazed at how being just a little dehydrated can affect your mood and energy levels ........  drink up and flush out those germies.

Avoid sugar as bacteria will only multiply and feed on sugar. Also avoid B complex thieves such as caffeine, tea, sodas and soft drinks, alcohol .............. all these things will also do a great job of dehydrating you.

Paradoxically otc cold and flu meds and aspirin will also do a fine job of robbing you of your B complex of vitamins as well as your precious supplies of Vitamin C.

Take a B complex supplement as the B complex of vitamins are essential for healthy neural digestive and immune system functioning and will assist your body in dealing with stress of being ill ................ take one even after you recover.

Ensure you are drinking or eating something with Beta - carotene in it daily to heal quicker and in future to prevent further colds, as Vitamin A will aid in the proper function of the immune system, shorten the duration of illnesses and generally bolster the health of the mucosal lining of your ear nose and throat ie: carrott juice, pumpkin soups, eggs.

Eucalyptus oil has long been respected for its ability to lower temperatures and help the respiratory tract by loosening and removing mucus during attacks of bronchitis, coughs, flu, sinusitis and throat infections. Its antiviral and antibacterial action will deter further growth of the bacteria or virus.

Put a capfull of eucalyptus oil into a hot bath and soak in that for 15 - 20 minutes luxuriously inhaling the steamy wonderfull vapours.......... this will help enormously in loosening congestion and mucus from your chest and respiratory tract.

Put a few drops of eucalyptus oil also onto a hanky and lie it next to your pillow at night to help ease breathing.

Fill a salad bowl with hot water and put 1/2 a capfull of eucalyptus oil into it ~ make a tent with a towel over your head and lean over the bowl and inhale the steamy eucalypt vapours ........... being carefull not to get so close that you burn your face.

Caution ~ Do not use eucalyptus oil if you suffer from epilepsy or high blood pressure ....... if either is the case simply substitute with tea tree oil which is also a brilliant antiviral and antibacterial. Also do not use eucalyptus oil for pregnant or breastfeeding women or on infants or young children under 5 years of age. Under no circumstances should you ever ingest eucalyptus oil .

Oh, ditch the milk and dairy for a while too as they will only encourage the production of more mucous ............ eat more fresh fish, organic almonds & brazil nuts and leafy and green vegies instead to pump up your intake of calcium.

Good health to you.

be brave and eat the limes buddy ~ amazing stuff.

cheers

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