Herbal remedies for Cough

Coughing is the action by which excess mucus is thrown out and hacking sound is produced. When the membranes of the lungs are infected and inflamed the lining of air passage is irritated and secretion of mucous increases.

Symptoms of Cough

The person draws a deep breath in, then suddenly discharges air which travels through the air passage and carries with it excess secretions and foreign matter. It is a defense mechanism and ejects germs, foreign bodies from lungs and windpipe.

Causes of Cough

• Inflammation of the larynx or pharynx and even digestive disturbances can cause cough.
• Weather condition or seasonal changes may develop a cough in the chest.
• Wrong feeding habits can clog bronchial tube with waste matter, which is the real cause.

Home remedies for Cough

• In case of mild cough, the patient can begin with an all fruit diet for 5-7 days.
• Drink plain water or unsweetened lemon water. Then begin with a well-balanced diet.
• In case of severe cough, the patient should fast on water and orange juice till severity is reduced.
• Grape relieves simple cold and cough when used for a couple of days, and it is specially used for cough in combination with honey.
• Juice extracted from onion when mixed with honey and kept for 4-5 hours makes excellent cough syrup.
• Tea made from aniseed should be taken regularly to break mucous in hard, dry cough.
• For dry cough, soak almonds in water for 1 hour and ground-well with sugar and butter.Take this in the morning and evening.
• Grind raisins with water, mix with sugar and heat it to form a sauce. 20gms of this should be taken daily at bedtime.
• Roast root of turmeric and powder it. 3 grams should be taken twice a day to relieve dry cough.
• Mixture of herb myroblan, honey and pepper is good for cough.