Cough Home Remedies

Coughing is a one of the means by which the body throws out substances that are irritating the air passages in their way. Cough can be classified into two types - productive cough, which produces phlegm from the lungs and the other is nonproductive cough, which is dry and doesn't produce any phlegm from the lungs. Cough can be acute lasting for a few days to chronic, lasting for a few weeks. It is not restricted to any particular age group and can affect everyone.

Home Remedy For Cough

• Add a pinch of powdered black pepper in one tsp of pure honey. Intake this 2 to 3 times a day for about 4 to 5 days. Make sure you use pure honey as the use of impure honey will on the contrary increase coughing.
• Cut a lemon and fill it with black pepper. Suck this as it would reduce the cough.
• Grapes are good for lungs and also has expectorant property. So it will also help in treating cough.
• Take 1-2 gm each of black pepper, long pepper, and dry ginger. Make a fine powder of above ingredients and take it along with honey for 2-3 days.
• Increasing the consumption of garlic to treat coughing.
• Gargle with warm water. This is helpful in curing dry cough.
• Take 100 grams of raisins and grind it well with lukewarm water. To this, add 100 grams of sugar and heat the mixture till it turns saucy. Take about 20 grams of this every day at bedtime.
• Add holy basil to tea. Drink this tea at least twice a day.
• Chew 4 basil leaves and black pepper for instant relief.
• Onions mixed with honey also provides relief.