What's more annoying than a cough that drags on?
Whether it's a dry cough or a wet cough , it always ends up exhausting us.
And with the pollution, episodes of coughing and respiratory ailments are more and more frequent...
As a result, it weakens our immune system.
Fortunately, there are effective home remedies to relieve a cough naturally.
We have selected for you 10 natural and homemade treatments to soothe dry coughs as well as oily coughs.
Squeeze a lemon juice and mix it with a teaspoon of honey. Add a pinch of cayenne pepper and drink the mixture.
Why does it work? The creamy honey coats the throat with a protective layer and soothes the irritated throat. Lemon juice has an anti-inflammatory action. . It also allows you to fill up with vitamin C which has anti-infectious properties. As for cayenne pepper, it promotes the flow of blood to the throat and facilitates healing.
Prepare a coffee cup of honey and put 5 cloves in it . Put the preparation in the fridge and leave it overnight. The next morning, remove the cloves. In case of cough, take 1 tablespoon or teaspoon of this remedy.
Why does it work? Clove anesthesia pain while honey soothes throat irritation.
Take 6 medium sized onions, peel them and cut them into very small pieces. Mix the onions with a coffee cup of honey in a bowl.
Heat this mixture in a bain-marie over low heat. Cover and simmer over low heat for 2 hours. After straining the mixture, put the preparation in a glass jar.
In case of cough, take 1 tablespoon of this grandmother's remedy every 2 or 3 hours.
Why does it work? Honey has a soothing and antiseptic action. . Onion naturally contains irritating sulfur. Its action will cause a cough reflex which allows the mucus to be eliminated. You will be relieved that way. If your nose is stuffy, you can cut an onion in half and sniff it. Check out the trick here.
In a small saucepan, mix 2 tablespoons of lemon juice freshly squeezed with a tablespoon of honey. Gently heat this remedy. Drink a teaspoon as soon as you have a coughing fit.
Repeat as often as necessary. To make your remedy even more effective, you can add 1 teaspoon of finely chopped onions to the pan.
Put a teaspoon of honey in a small bowl. Add a pinch of cinnamon . Mix and swallow this mixture to calm your cough quickly. Discover the remedy here.
Do you have coughing fits that bother you at night? This natural remedy is very effective. You can easily prepare it in advance. In a saucepan, mix 2 glasses of water, 1 peeled and grated white onion with its juice, 3 tablespoons of honey, 2 teaspoons of squeezed lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of crushed thyme leaves.
Heat the mixture for 40 minutes:there must be small bubbles. Filter and let cool. Pour this syrup into a glass jar that closes. Store it at room temperature. As soon as a cough starts, take a sip to stop it very quickly .
Take 1 large tablespoon of semi-salted butter. Let it soften at room temperature. Cut 2 to 3 cm of fresh ginger then peel it and grate it. Mix the ginger with 4 tablespoons of honey. Add the softened butter and mix thoroughly.
Pour your softening and calming remedy in a small jar. Put it in the fridge. When you have a coughing fit, take a tablespoon of this calming and soothing remedy. Swallow it very slowly in 3 or 4 times.
Thanks to its expectorant action , this remedy is particularly effective in treating diseases of the respiratory system such as bronchitis, whooping cough...
To prepare this remedy, peel 4 cloves of garlic and remove their germ. Put them in 1 liter of milk in a saucepan. Heat them in the milk. Stop the heat when the milk begins to simmer, then let the garlic infuse for 5 minutes. You can drink 2 to 3 glasses a day after warming up this garlic milk. Do not store this remedy for more than 2 days in the refrigerator .
Pour 20 cl of very hot water into a bowl. Put 5 g of dried violet flowers in it. Leave to infuse for 10 minutes. Add a teaspoon of honey to sweeten before drinking your remedy.
This violet tea is particularly soothing for the bronchial tubes, not to mention the fact that it is also diuretic and depurative. Know that all violet flowers are edible and all have expectorant properties .
Flaxseed meal is an old grandmother's remedy well known to cure a cold . You can find flax meal here on the internet. If you don't have any, you can grind flax seeds in a blender. It will work great for making this poultice.
Mix 1 tablespoon of flax meal with a little water in a saucepan. This mixture will form a paste. Heat it over low heat, stirring constantly. Fold a napkin in 2 layers. Spread the hot dough on top. Place the poultice on it just below the throat.
- Our grandmothers used to use slippery elm lozenges. They were found in all good medicine cabinets. Indeed, in the bark of slippery elm, there is a gelatinous substance. By covering the irritated areas in the throat, it soothes the pain and calms the cough quickly. Ask your pharmacist:he surely has some! Otherwise you can find some here.
- In Chinese medicine, a very simple remedy is used to stop a fit of dry cough which tires you. Just raise both arms in the air. The arms should be straight above the head. You must stay like this for 2 to 3 minutes and start again several times during the day if your cough persists.
- It seems that snail slime is rich in pectin and mucilages. It is very effective in treating inflammation , such as coughs. You can take it in broth, with vegetables. It's an old miracle cure for coughing! Will you have the courage to test it?
