Cough Remedies

[tentfire]

I am looking for NATURAL cough remedies. I have a pretty good, deep chest congestion cough going. It's getting annoying. I took some chemical laden cough syrup, but would prefer something much more natural. LEMON is out of the question ..... I am allergic to it.

Thanks in advance for any ideas you all might share.

[WVsnowflake]

Well the only thing we take in the winter is Ginger Flavored Brandy and Honey. You mix it 50/50 and take a couple tablespoons a day. If you have Mullien around you , you can dry it and crunch the leaves up into a bowl, add pot of boiling water hold a towel over your head and breathe in the vapors. this will break it up too.

[famfish]

I would get a steam or vaporizer machine and keep it in the house all day with maybe some vicks or something they use also for asma. The moisture helps wih coughs! Sometimes a saline salution nose spray helps sooth the irretation!!

[tentfire]

Well the only thing we take in the winter is Ginger Flavored Brandy and Honey.

Thanks! I use a lot of Ginger ... it really breaks stuff up. Haven't tried the Brandy, though, I will have to give that a shot. he, he, he. I have some honey, wasn't thinking of that, I will try that. Everything is breaking up fine, I just need to tame the cough.

I would get a steam or vaporizer machine and keep it in the house all day with maybe some vicks or something they use also for asma. The moisture helps wih coughs! Sometimes a saline salution nose spray helps sooth the irretation!!

Oh, dear, that last thing I need is a vaporizer.... That is how I got this way to start with, too much humidity. Earlier this spring, I had some water come in my back door during some heavy rain (sure could use some of that rain, now!). That, combined with our high heat this summer, and high humidity, along with no air conditioning, made for the perfect conditions for mold to take over my house one weekend (although I am sure it was lurking and I just didn't see it). I ended up with a severe sinus infection/bronchitis/mold pneumonia. I have been taking a decongestant (only can take so much, though, it makes my heart race), using a lot of that saline spray, and I am now taking something called Diatomaceous Earth. It is all breaking up real good now, but that has made the constant could settle in. I am suppose to be resting a lot, but you can't rest with that kind of a cough.

Hmmm... that honey has me to thinking.... I can't take Honey & Lemon (can't take the lemon), but I do have some honey and some limes ..... I think I am going to see if limes will work any where near as good as the lemons.

[WVsnowflake]

Yup the ginger brandy will break anything up in the throat and the honey coats the throat so you dont cough as much. We have taken this remedy since I was a lil kid. every time we came in from playing in the snow dad would make sure he gave us a dose . ( preventative measure !)