Coughing not only annoys you but also irritates anyone nearby - whether a loved one, someone in the row in front at the movies, or the entire auditorium during a quiet solo at a classical concert. But if you have a productive cough, you don't want to suppress it; it's the body's way of clearing out mucus. You actually want to encourage it so you can get rid of the phlegm (flem) quickly and get the coughing over with. If you have a dry cough, on the other hand, the trick is to coat the throat and tame the tickle.
Steps
- Suck something soothing. or Smell Some Vapour Rub
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facebook.com/headandshoulders- For 'productive' coughs, try white horehound. A bittersweet horehound and aniseed cough mixture, available in drug stores/pharmacies.
- For 'dry' coughs, try and get a hold of cough lozenges (sold online and in some health-food shops). Made from the bark of the slippery elm tree, these were once medicine-chest staples. Slippery elm is loaded with a gel-like substance that coats the throat and keeps coughing to a minimum.
- Dose a cough with homemade syrups.
Dose a cough with homemade syrups.- Blend 2 tablespoons of lemon juice with 1 tablespoon of honey and add a pinch of cayenne pepper. The honey coats your throat, soothing irritated tissues, while the lemon reduces inflammation and delivers a dose of infection-fighting vitamin C. The cayenne boosts circulation in the area, hastening the healing process. Instead of cayenne, add a little freshly grated onion. Onions contain irritating compounds that trigger the cough reflex and bring up phlegm.
- Another onion remedy is to peel and chop 6 medium onions and put them with 4 tablespoons of honey into a bowl set over a pan of boiling water (or double boiler). Cover and simmer for 2 hours. Strain the mixture and take 1 tablespoon every 2 or 3 hours.
- Mix a little blackcurrant cordial (choose a 'high-juice' version) with a LOT of port, although the alcohol is purely therapeutic to help you sleep.
- Brew a cough-calming tea.
Brew a cough-calming tea.- Thyme is an expectorant and also contains substances that relax the respiratory tract. To make thyme tea, place 2 tablespoons of fresh thyme (or 1 tablespoon of dried) into a cup of hot water. Allow it to infuse for 5 minutes, then strain out the herb. Add honey if you wish and drink.
- Sip a cup of marshmallow tea. When combined with water, marshmallow leaf yields a gooey mucilage that coats the throat and also thins mucus in the lungs, making it easier to cough up. To make the tea, steep 2-3 grams of dried leaf in a cup of hot water for 10 minutes and strain before drinking. Drink a total of 3 cups a day.
- Learn a new coughing technique. If your throat is strained and irritated from nonstop coughing, try this technique to head off a coughing fit.
- The next time you feel a cough coming on, force yourself to take a series of small, gentle coughs, finally ending with a large one. The tiny coughs help move mucus towards the upper part of your air passage so you can expel more of it with a last, big cough.
- Put some rhythm in these steps.
- If you're at home and you have a partner who can help, use a chest percussion technique to help clear the chest congestion.
- Lie on your stomach on a firm bed or mat.
- Ask your partner to slap cupped hands rhythmically over your back, progressing from the lower back up towards your neck.Avoid the kidney area.
- Repeat several times until your congestion starts to loosen up.
- Drink some fluids every half hour
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- If you're at home and you have a partner who can help, use a chest percussion technique to help clear the chest congestion.
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