Cough Home Remedies: From Your Kitchen

Coughing is the natural way our body reacts and defends itself from irritation originating from the lungs, throat, or the connecting passages between them. However, coughing sometimes is a sign that both our upper and lower respiratory track has infections. These infections may include flu, colds, sinus infections, bronchitis, measles, croup, bronchiolitis, or pneumonia. Regular cough can be a sign of asthma for children.  Cough can also be caused by allergies. This can be chronic sinusitis, GE reflux, inhaled foreign bodies, pertussis, tuberculosis, irritation from little air particles, smoke, or even habit. Since everyone can have cough, knowing the ways to cure it is important. But before you go for cough syrups, you may consider trying home remedies using the products from your kitchen such as ginger, garlic, honey, lemon, vinegar, pepper, cayenne, and of course water.

Here are some suggested cough home  remedies:

Ginger-Cayenne-Vinegar Mixture: Mix 1/4 tsp ground ginger, 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp honey, and 2 tbsp water. Take a couple of teaspoons of the mixture and an instant cure can be experienced.

Ginger-Garlic-Lemon Tea: Boil a cup of water with grated/sliced ginger, a clove of garlic, and fresh lemon in a saucepan for 20 minutes. After straining the tea, add 1 tsp of honey and drink immediately. It will sooth the throat and open nasal passages which give you a relief. The vitamins from the lemon will also help in eliminating the cough.

Black Pepper: Melt some butter in a heated small pan. Add in 1 tsp of black pepper and let it boil. Then, remove from heat. Chew the black pepper after it is cool and drink with a glass of milk. Your cough will surely go.

Onion-Honey Syrup: Finely chopped and extract juice from the raw onion. Mix 1 tsp of onion juice with 1 tsp of honey and keep 4 to 5 hours to make cough syrup. Take twice daily.

Onion-Lemon Tea: Crush a medium-sized onion and add juice from 1 lemon. Then, add a cup of boiling water to the mixture. Add 1 tsp of honey before drinking. Take two to three times daily. This is good for removing phlegm.

Aniseed Tea: Aniseed is effective for treating hard dry cough with difficult expectoration as it breaks up the mucus. Aniseed tea should be taken regularly for treating this condition.

Grape Juice: Grape juice acts as an expectorant which can relieve cold and cough. Mix a cup of grape juice with 1 tsp of honey and drink it to relieve your cough.