Home remedies for cough often help. The doctor named the best.
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“Home remedies are cheap and readily available, and you probably still have onions at home most of the time. This is a proven home remedy for coughs, because cough syrup has been made from onions and sugar for centuries,” says ENT doctor Georgy Abakumov specifically for MedicForum.
Here's how it works: finely chop one or two onions, sprinkle with 150 grams of cane sugar and leave to soak for about five hours.
The resulting broth can be poured into a bottle, after squeezing the onion mass through a cloth. Take a teaspoon every hour as a miracle home remedy for coughs.
The reason onions are so effective is because of their antibacterial properties; it contains essential oils, vitamin C, alicene, plant hormones, linoleic acid, sulfur, and zinc, making onion the star of our homemade cough remedies.
Another tip: mix the juice of one lemon in a glass of hot milk with honey and drink.
Essential oils
Eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil, lavender oil, thyme oil, and marjoram oil are among the essential oils that can be used to treat coughs at home. They are also suitable for symptomatic relief during drug therapy.
It is necessary to add about ten drops to hot water and inhale the vapors.
“Soledum cineole, contained in eucalyptus oil, eliminates inflammation, relieves spasms and phlegm. This allows the body to quickly cope with the disease and prevent it from becoming chronic.”
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If you have a cough, be sure to drink a lot. Hot drinks such as tea work especially well to help clear up phlegm and provide enough fluid for dry coughs.
“Herbal tea works better than black tea when it comes to drinking large amounts of tea. Thyme , sweet root, marshmallow, fennel, and sea buckthorn are among the herbs that work especially well as home remedies for coughs. A spoonful of honey makes the tea delicious and soothing.”Heated rooms easily become very dry, which can irritate the throat and cause coughing. The bedroom especially should not be too warm, a maximum of 18 degrees. If in doubt, throw an extra blanket over your head, but make sure the air in the room is cool.
Humidity in living quarters should be between 45 and 60 percent. Otherwise, the mucous membranes in the throat, pharynx and nose can dry out, which means that the body cannot fight bacteria and viruses so well.
If you cannot influence the climate in the room, lozenges help against excessive dryness of the mucous membranes cough and regular drinking.
“Also make sure your feet are warm – cold feet are often the start of a cold.”
MedicalForum has previously written about vitamin deficiencies.
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