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Home Remedy for coughCough is an infection of the upper respiratory tract can cause swelling and irritation of the upper airways. Although, it is a common health problem in everyone but not serious if ends in a week or 10 days. Cough occurs when there is a blockage or irritation in your throat or upper air passages. It is because of common cold, flu, viral infections, smoking or other health problems. Itchy throat, chest pain, sore throat, congestion, feverish is some of the symptoms of cough which will irritate you.

Generally, they are two types of coughs, first one is wet or productive cough which yields mucus and is caused by cold, allergies and other respiratory problems. Second one is dry or unproductive cough which is caused by cold, cigarette smoke, dust, fumes and other forms of irritation. Here, both remedies for both the types of cough are mentioned.

Go for these natural homemade remedies which cures your cough naturally rather than over the counter medicines & syrups which causes harm to your body & brain.

Home Remedies for Cough:

Home remedies are simple & effective treatments which can cure the problem without any side effects to your body & mind. So, go for these natural remedies to cure your cough.

1 Salt Water Gargle

Salt water helps to draw the excess fluids from the inflamed areas in the throat to reduce the cough. Gargling helps to remove irritants in the throat and thins the mucus.

Ingredients:

  • 2 teaspoon of salt
  • A glass of warm water

Process:

  1. Mix the salt in a glass of warm water
  2. Use this as a mouthwash to gargle your mouth
  3. It reduces the soreness in your throat and then cough
  4. Do it for 3 – 4 times a day to get rid of the sore throat and cough

2 Garlic & Honey

It has both antibacterial & antimicrobial components which help to treat cough. Honey will soothe the irritation.

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

  • 2 – 3 cloves of garlic
  • Cup of water
  • 1 teaspoon of oregano
  • 1 teaspoon of honey

Process:

  1. Take 2-3 cloves of garlic
  2. Boil it in a cup of water
  3. Then add teaspoon of oregano
  4. Allow it to cool for some time to reach room temperature
  5. Add some honey into it
  6. Drink this liquid for at least twice for a day
  7. This process will help you in breathing & reduces the cough symptoms.

Remedy – 2:

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 cloves of garlic
  • Few drops of clove oil
  • 1 teaspoon of honey

Process:

  1. Take the cloves of crushed garlic
  2. Mix it with few drops of clove oil
  3. Add honey to it to get relief from sore throat
  4. Eat it regularly until you get relief from the cough and its symptoms
  5. Or you can simply take garlic in your cooking.

3 Onions

Onions are rich in sulfur that are highly anti-bacterial which helps to cure the cough

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

  • 2 sliced onions
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1/2 cup of honey

Process:

  1. Take onions & water into a glass pyrex pan
  2. Bake it at 250 degrees in the oven for 30 minutes
  3. Take it out and pour the juice from pan
  4. Then add honey to the juice
  5. Mix it well until the honey dissolves in it
  6. Drink it daily to get relief from the dry cough

 Remedy – 2:

Ingredients:

  • One-half tsp of onion juice
  • One tsp of pure honey

Process:

  1. Take onion juice and mix it well pure honey
  2. Swallow this solution at least twice a day
  3. It helps to alleviate cough & soothe your throat.

4 Hot Milk & Honey

Hot milk with honey will give relief from the dry cough and reduces chest pain (which comes from continuous coughing)

Ingredients:

  • One glass of hot milk
  • One teaspoon of honey

Process:

  1. Take one glass of hot milk
  2. Add honey in it and mix it well
  3. Drink it to get relief from coughing
  4. It’s better to take it while going to sleep

5 Cayenne Pepper

It can desensitize the tickling and reduce the coughing. It reduces the chest pain caused by continuous coughing.

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

Process:

  1. Mix all the ingredients to make a cough syrup
  2. Drink this syrup two to three times a day to get relief from the cough.
  3. Do this regularly until you get rid of the cough.

Remedy – 2:

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 tsp of dried cayenne pepper
  • 1 or 2 cups of cold or warm water (as per your comfort)

Process:

  1. Take the dried cayenne pepper powder
  2. Stir it in a cup or two cups of water
  3. Sip it slowly to get relief from the cough and its symptoms

6 Carrot Juice

Carrots are rich in vitamins and nutrients which help to build immunity to prevent from the cold, cough.

Ingredients:

  • 5 – 6 carrots
  • Few drops of water
  • 1 teaspoon of honey

Process:

  1. Take fresh carrots & make it juice with the help of mixture & blender
  2. Add water to dilute it
  3. To enhance the taste, add one teaspoon of honey to it
  4. Drink it three to four times a day
  5. Take it regularly until you get relief from the cough and its symptoms.

7 Ginger

Ginger helps in promoting the salivation and mucus secretion which gives relief from the cough symptoms

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon of ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon of honey

Process:

  1. Take a tsp of ginger
  2. Mix it well with honey
  3. Drink it for three times a day to get relief from chronic cough.

Remedy – 2:

Ingredients:

  • Ginger
  • Cup of water

Process:

  1. Take fresh ginger and cut it into small slices
  2. Crush them slightly
  3. Take a cup of water and pour the ginger slices in it
  4. Boil it for few minutes
  5. Now drink this herbal solution for 3 – 4 times a day.
  6. It will give relief from the sore throat, coughing as well as congestion.

Remedy – 3:

Ingredients: Take fresh raw ginger

Process:

  1. Take a fresh raw ginger
  2. Clean it well
  3. Chew it on and off throughout the day
  4. It reduces the cough and its symptoms.

8 Lemon & Honey

Lemon is rich in vitamin C and honey can soothe the throat which helps to prevent the cough

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

  • Juice of half a fresh lemon
  • A glass of hot water
  • 1-2 teaspoon of honey

Process:

  1. Take a mug & pour hot water into it
  2. Stir the lemon juice
  3. Then add honey to it
  4. Mix it well & drink it slowly
  5. Or you can just mix the lemon juice and honey
  6. Heat it for few minutes and take this syrup
  7. But taking it with hot water causes you to sweat and rid of the virus that causes the cough
  8. Take this syrup to reduce your cough

Remedy – 2:

Ingredients:

  • Small piece of Ginger
  • Honey
  • Lemon juice

Process:

  1. Take all the ingredients
  2. Make a tea with these ingredients
  3. Drink this tea as often as you like
  4. This tea helps to reduce your cough and its symptoms

Remedy – 3:

Ingredients:

  • Fresh lemon juice
  • A little bit of honey

Process:

  1. Take fresh lemon juice
  2. Add a little bit of honey to it
  3. Then add a pinch of cayenne pepper
  4. Mix it well until all dissolves completely
  5. Drink it slowly & regularly.

9 Honey in Green Tea

Green tea gives you the necessary vitamins which help to build the immune system to get rid of the virus faster. Honey also helps to reduce the cough

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon of honey
  • Mug of green tea

Process:

  1. Take a mug of green tea
  2. Add a tablespoon of honey into it
  3. Mix it well and sip it
  4. If necessary, repeat the process

10 Honey, Butter and Vinegar

Butter soothes your throat, honey is a cough suppressant and vinegar is an antiseptic. All this works well to get relief from the cough.

Ingredients:

  • Small pat of butter
  • 1 teaspoon of honey
  • 1 teaspoon of vinegar

Process:

  1. Take a small pat of butter in a plate
  2. Add honey and vinegar
  3. Mix it well to make it like a fine paste
  4. Eat this paste to prevent the cough

11 Mustard Seeds

Mustard Seeds contain Sulfur which stimulates the flow of mucus. It helps to get wet cough.

Ingredients:

  • Few mustard seeds
  • Cup of warm water

Process:

  1. Take mustard seeds and break it into small pieces
  2. Allow it to soak in water for about 15 minutes
  3. Strain it and crush it to form 1teaspoon of mustard seeds
  4. Now put this in a cup of warm water
  5. Allow it to sit for about 15 minutes
  6. Then drink this solution, which will give your relief from the pain.

12 Pepper

Pepper is very helpful to those who suffer from cough due to thick mucus. It helps to stimulate the circulation and flow of mucus in the airways.

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon of black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of honey
  • Cup of boiling water or milk

Process:

  1. Take black pepper into a cup
  2. Add honey to sweeten it
  3. Then pour boiling water or milk
  4. Steep it for about 10 to 15 minutes
  5. Stir it & sip it slowly
  6. Process has to be repeated to prevent the cough

Remedy – 2:

Ingredients:

  • Fresh lemon cut it in a quarter pieces
  • Black pepper powder
  • A pinch of salt

Process:

  1. Take quarter a fresh lemon
  2. Sprinkle it with black pepper powder and salt
  3. Suck on it to get quick relief from the cough

13 Thyme

Thyme & Peppermint has antimicrobial and antispasmodic properties to get relief from hacking cough. Both these will help to clear the congested air passages. Mullein and licorice will soothe irritation of membranes and thus reduces the inflammation.

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

  • Two teaspoon of all i.e., dried thyme, peppermint, mullein, licorice root
  • One cup of boiling water
  • 1/2 cup of honey

Process:

  1. Take all the ingredients except honey
  2. Mix it well in a cup of boiling water
  3. Cover it and let it sit for about 30 minutes
  4. Now strain the solution
  5. Add honey to it & if honey doesn’t dissolves in it, heat the solution lightly
  6. Take 1 teaspoon whenever get cough which helps to get relief from the cough.
  7. Store the remaining in a container and put it in the refrigerator.
  8. Repeat the process whenever you have cough.

Remedy -2:

Ingredients:

  • 2 teaspoon of crushed leaves
  • 1 cup of boiling water

Process:

  1. Take crushed leaves of thyme
  2. Pour it in boiling water
  3. Cover it and steep it for 10 minutes
  4. Strain the tea to drink slowly.

14 Slippery Elm

Slippery elm contains gel like substances which helps to ease the throat from irritation and make your cough to get reduced. It is mainly useful for dry cough

Ingredients:

  • Slippery Elm
  • Water

Process:

  1. Make tea with slippery elm and water
  2. Drink it twice a day to prevent the cough
  3. Or simply suck the lozenges made of slippery elm or even candies to prevent the cough

15 Mullein Tea

It acts as an expectorant and loosens trapped mucus to prevent the cough

Ingredients:

  • Dried mullein herb
  • Cup of water
  • Strainer
  • Honey

Process:

  1. Take water in saucepan
  2. Add dried mullein into it
  3. Stir it for few minutes
  4. Strain this tea
  5. Add honey as sweeter to the tea
  6. Drink this tea to fend off the cough
  7. Take this tea whenever necessary and not to stop until the cough goes away from you.

16 Marshmallow Tea

Marshmallow leaves yield a gooey mucilage which coats your throat and thins mucus in the lungs, making it easier to cough and also reduces the congestion.

Ingredients:

  • 2 -3 grams of dried leaf
  • Cup of hot water

Process:

  1. Take dried marshmallow leaf
  2. Steep it in a cup of hot water for about 10 minutes
  3. Strain it and drink the tea
  4. Take this cup of tea for 3 times a day to get rid of the congestion and cough.

17 Flax Seeds

Flax seeds give a thick, gooey gel that soothes your throat when boiled in water. Honey and lemon acts as mild antibiotics. Steps are given below to make this syrup.

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 tablespoon of flax seeds
  • 1 cup of water
  • 3 tablespoon of honey
  • 3 tablespoon of lemon juice

Process:

  1. Take the flax seeds
  2. Boil it in a cup of water until the water becomes thick
  3. Strain this solution
  4. Add lemon juice and honey to it
  5. Mix it well and it forms like syrup
  6. Take a tablespoon as you get the cough.
  7. Follow taking this syrup until you get rid of the cough.

18 Almonds

Almonds have the property which gives relief from bronchial problems including cough. Take it regularly (but not too many), as it have nutritional properties which plays a proactive role to prevent the cough.

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

  • 2 teaspoons of finely powdered almonds
  • Cup of orange juice

Process:

  1. Take a glass of orange juice
  2. Add almond powder to it
  3. Mix it well that almond powder has to dissolve completely
  4. Sip it to get relief
  5. Repeat it as necessary.

Remedy – 2:

Ingredients:

  • 5-6 almonds
  • Water
  • 1 teaspoon of butter

Process:

  1. Take the almonds and soak it in water for about 8 – 10 hours
  2. Make it like a smooth paste by using a blender or mixture
  3. Add butter to it and mix it well
  4. Eat this paste 3 -4 times a day
  5. Take this paste freshly until you get relief from the cough and its symptoms.

19 Turmeric

Turmeric contains a compound called curcumin, it acts as anti inflammatory, anti bacterial and antiviral which helps to prevent various infections like cold, cough etc.,

Remedy – 1:

Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp of turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp of carom seeds
  • A cup of water
  • Honey

Process:

  1. Take a cup of water and add turmeric powder & carom seeds into it
  2. Mix it well and boil it for few minutes until the water reduces into half
  3. Then add honey and drink this solution 2 – 3 times a day.

Remedy – 2:

Ingredients:

  • Turmeric root
  • Water / milk
  • Honey

Process:

  1. Take turmeric roots and roast it
  2. Grind it to make a fine powder
  3. Mix it well with water or hot milk
  4. Then add a little bit of honey
  5. Drink it twice a day to get relief.

Remedy – 3:

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp of black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of honey
  • Half cup of water
  • Cinnamon sticks

Process:

  1. Take honey, turmeric powder, black pepper
  2. Mix it well in a half cup of water
  3. The add cinnamon sticks
  4. Altogether, boil it for 2 – 3 minutes
  5. Drink this daily to get instant relief.

20 Peppermint

Peppermint is having the property of reducing the congestion and cough.

Ingredients:

  • A drop or two of Peppermint oil
  • Glass of water

Process:

  1. Take a glass of water
  2. Add 1 – 2 drops of peppermint oil in it
  3. Mix it well and drink this liquid which helps to calm your cough.
  4. But make sure that not to use more than 6 drops for adults and don’t use this oil for children.
  5. Drink it once a day to get relief

21 Honey and Cinnamon

Both Honey and Cinnamon acts as anti-bacterial and anti-viral which cures the infection causing cough. Honey will coats and soothes the throat.

Ingredients:

  • Honey
  • Cinnamon

Process:

  1. Take some honey in a small container
  2. Now add few cinnamon’s to it
  3. Mix it well
  4. Then take a spoonful as required to quite your cough.

Tips to Prevent Cough:

Follow these tips which are very helpful in curing cough.

  1. Chicken Soup which is hot and tasty will helps to cure cough and its symptoms better than over the counter medicines.
  2. Chocolates which has therobromine helps in treating the common cough
  3. Acupuncture cures all types of cough. Taking Acupuncture treatment will gives relief from the cough instantly.
  4. Nux Vomica and Belladonna are both regularly prescribed treatments in Homeopathy for cough.
  5. Through medication, yoga you can prevent the cough. This will helps to reduce the stress at last it gives relief from the cough.
  6. Stream vapors, menthol vapors will help to give relief from the cold, cough, sore throat.
  7. Use humidifier to get rid of the dry cough by moistening the air wherever possible like home, office.
  8. Frequently have some candies which increase the saliva and reduce the irritation as well as cough.
  9. Hydrating yourself will also help to prevent you from cough. So, drink water and other fluids (Fruit juices) but don’t take citrus fruits which cause irritation to your throat.
  10. Take a bittersweet horehound and aniseed cough mixture which helps to prevent cough, it is available in drug stores / pharmacies.
  11. Take a gelatin packet and pour it in boiling water. Drink this when it is still liquid and warm.
  12. Drink a cup of hot milk sweetened with honey daily to prevent cough.
  13. Grapes help a lot in relieving you from cough as it acts as an expectorant and releases the mucus from the affected parts of the respiratory system and at last relief from the cough. Grape juice with honey is more effective.
  14. Try head off a coughing fit, i.e., force yourself to take a series of small, gentle coughs and finally ending with a large one. This tiny coughs helps to move the mucus towards the upper part of air passages so you can expel more of it in the last cough.
  15. Generally cough will be cleared within a week or 10 days. If you have cough more than 2 weeks, or if you have cough with blood then immediately call to the doctor and take the treatment to it as it may be dangerous.
  16. Take hot liquids frequently like hot tea, coffee, milk or other which you take it as hot.
  17. Take Elderberry Syrup will help to give relief.
  18. Go for herbal cough syrups rather than over the counter medicines/syrups.
  19. Go for a steam to get relief from the mucus of the cold, cough, sore throat.

Trying these natural remedies will definitely cures your cough and its symptoms within 2 weeks. If it’s not cured, immediately consult the doctor for medication, as it can lead to any serious problem. Are you seeking home remedies for toddler cough? Check it out in our separate post!

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