Nagging cough Can u please help me w/ a remedy? Get's worse when I'm talking &a!
Question:
Nagging cough Can u please help me w/ a remedy? Get's worse when I'm talking & that's the main part of my job
I work for a callcenter so I have to talk for several hours a day - I caught my husband's cold / flu about 3 weeks ago and all other symptoms went away, except for this cough - it won't go away and I don't want to take cough medicine because, even if the bottle says it's non-drowsy it always makes me sleepy. Someone told me to take a tablespoon of honey right before starting work becuz the honey will coat my throat and prevent me from coughing. I just tried it and the honey made it worse. Anybody now of a sure method that will stop my cough for at least a couple of hours? Just wanted to mention that I've made an appointment to see a doctor but it won't be until July 9th so I need something for in the meantime. Please help I need to be able to work.
Answers:
There are many herbal cough remedies available OTC, but there are some good home remedies too.
* Mix: 1/2 a cup of boiling milk and 1/2 a cup of cold soda. Drink slowly.
* Warm a cup of milk and add 1 spoon of honey, then drink (can also add butter).
* Cough treatment: boil 5 garlic cloves in 2 cups of water; take the cloves out and drink up the warm water.
* Make an eggnog: Mix an uncooked egg yolk with a tablespoon of sugar, add hot milk and drink.
* Eat fresh and dried apricots.
* Drink grapefruit juice mixed with a teaspoon of honey.
* Smear olive oil on the chest to help with the cough.
* Mix half a cup of boiling milk with half a cup of cold carbonated water, drink immediately in small sips.
* Drink a lot of herbal tea: Thyme/ Salvia/ Hyssop/ Fennel/ Eucalyptus/ peppermint.
* Pour 1 cup of boiling water on 1 teaspoon of Marjoram, wait for 5-10 minutes and drink. Repeat 3 times daily.
* Blanch 50gm of thyme leaves in one liter of water, cover the head with a towel, band over and breathe the steam.
* Cook 100gm of grind ginger root in 1 liter of sweet wine, strain and drink 3 tablespoons daily to reduce the coughs.
* Put fennel oil in a burner and bread the fumes to relax the cough.
* Saturate almonds in water overnight, peel, grind, add some butter and sugar. Eat 1-2 tablespoons several times a day.
# Mix equal amount of honey and lemon grass juice then drink to reduce the coughs.
# Mix 1 tablespoon of honey with some drops of brandy.
# Grind 1 tablespoon of dried Ruta Graveolens and 3 tablespoons of dried rosemary leaves, mix with a teaspoon of honey and eat one tablespoon every morning (don't use if you're pregnant).
# Squeeze basil leaves add equal amount of honey, stir and drink.
# Russian med: Boil some water with 2 garlic cloves, 1 table spoon of oregano. Pour into a cup add 1 tablespoon of honey and drink.
# Grind a big onion put into a jar with honey, mix well and close the jar. Drink 1 tablespoon from the juice, twice a day to help the cough.
# Eat pears, very good for phlegm.
# Blanch 1 teaspoon of rosemary leaves with 1 teaspoon peppermint leaves, 1 teaspoon of honey and some lemon juice. Drink several times a day.
# Drink herbal tea with cinnamon to stop the coughing.
# Boil water and add salt, breath the steam after the water cools a little.
# Make green onion soup.
# Put 2 tablespoons of peach leaves and add boiling water. Wait 10 minutes and drink 3 times daily.
# Chop fresh leaves of loquat; boil a few minutes in water. Drink several times a day. Can also add sugar or honey.
# Saturate slices of oranges in wine overnight. Cook in the morning until the slices are very soft. Eat several times a day. Also very good for phlegm.
# Blanch 1-2 teaspoons of oregano in water for 10 minutes and drink.
# Drink a cup of tea with a cinnamon stick.
# Romanian med: Mix 1 cup of soda water to 1 cup of milk and drink.
GARGLE WITH HOT WATER TO WHICH TURMERIC IS ADDED. DO THIS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE OR ATLEAST 4 TIMES A DAY. TURMERIC IS A NATURAL ANTISEPTIC AND AN ANTIBIOTIC. IT WILL HEAL THE THROAT OF INFECTION AND HELP IN REDUCING THE COUGH.