03/22/2011: Yasmin from London, Uk : "If it's green it's an infection (not getting better as it's coming up' as someone said). Lots of garlic, thyme tea, ivy thyme complex (vogel) half and other half echinacea, high dose vitamin c, zinc 3 times a day, vicks on your chest, steaming with eucylyptus, and if no impovement in a few days go to see a herbalist.

Skip the alomond, the butters, the honey on it's own (manuka with lemon fine), any sugars (like syrups) or these will be very mucous producing and lower immunity..."

03/23/2011: Silver Nissan from North Yorkshire, Uk replies: "Yasmin, thanks for the advice. What is the best way to take garlic?SN"

[YEA]  06/25/2011: Pinky from Df, Mexico replies: "Hi I am from Mexico I have a great grandma's home remedy for cough with phlegm put water to boil and add dry oregano let boil for awhile and drain the oregano, you will have a tea, it will not taste good you can add honey or sugar to help the flavor but still it will be bitter, but it will help get rid of all your phlegm."

08/01/2009: Isabel from Tampa, Fl replies: "Please let me know how you take it, and how many times a day, for children and adult"

[YEA]  08/04/2009: Mary from Lesburg, Fl replies: "I found your Red Onion recipe for coughs to be very effective.I did however, modify slightly. I took 1/4 of a Red Onion and 1/2 cup of Honey and blended them together into a puree and strained the puree through a wire strainer. It seems to work fine. Another thing that helped stop my cough was to buy a bottle of ____ from my local pharmacy and took as directed."

10/05/2010: Cseemungal from Bronx, Ny, Usa replies: "As Isbella asked how often and what amount should be given to kids -- my son is almost 3, I refuse to give him anymore meds thats not doing anything for his awful cough. Thanks"

03/22/2011: Silver Nissan from North Yorkshire, Uk replies: "I have been having a cough for past 6 weeks with varying intensity. To start with it was phlegmy and then turned to a non producing spasmic cough. I have had a course of antibiotics. I was getting fed up with all and then I tried some remedies recommended in EC. Took almond butter with honey, turmeric and honey in warm milk, ginger and honey in warm water, pulped ginger in hot water, thyme leaves in hot water, sugar and honey in layered red onion slices and drinking the juice and finally leaving sliced onion at the bedside table. Now my cough turned into green phlegmy cough. What is the best way to get rid of it? some suggestions, please. Many Thanks, SILVER NISSAN"

05/05/2011: Terese from Terranora, Nsw, Australia replies: "Hi, I tried the red onion recipe and whilst I dont cough as much, I still have a crackling sound when I breathe out and feels tight around my chest. I had a cold several weeks ago which cleared up but the cough stayed. I feel ok, started on ACV & baking soda a week ago, mini protocol two days ago, am feeling not as good as a couple of days ago, but I think that is detox going on. Any advice on the chest complaint."

05/05/2011: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand replies: "Re the crackling breath... Garlic and cayenne should clear it up in a couple of days. You will cough some stuff up and that should be that."

05/06/2011: Terese from Terranora, Nsw Australia replies: "Hi Gavin, Thanks for the info, how much of the cayenne and garlic do you take? I find that raw garlic gives me indigestion."

05/06/2011: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand replies: "Ive been chopping up three cloves of garlic. Same amount of ginger and giving it a fry in the wok just briefly in virgin olive oil.. Then frying a slice of bread then an egg... Then press about a third of a teaspoon of cayenne into the fried bread on a corner.. and putting some egg yoke over it straight away and eating. The ginger has nothing to do with the crackily throut issue but.. The ginger really does act like a cortico steroid without any side effects for stopping back pain... (The actual recipe for backpain is ginger tumeric and cayenne) and need a full week to clear up any pain... but as far as the Throat and lung issue goes The cayenne alone will do it in no time."

[YEA]  01/30/2010: Adamo from Toronto, Ontario, Canada: "Here's something that works for me. For relief of dry coughs, take one teaspoon of organic almond paste or butter. You can add a half teaspoon of honey if you like. Have as often as needed but 3-4 times a day is usually sufficient."

01/31/2010: Kay from In The Valley, Ca replies: "Chrissy, do you have any idea why it works? Did you read about it somewhere, or did you just fall upon it by accident? I'm curious to know. Thanks for sharing!"

12/27/2011: Carly from Duluth, Mn, Usa replies: "The almonds are high in magnesium which helps lung function. :)"

[YEA]  01/11/2008: Brigitte from Houston, Texas: "re: anise seed tincture for treatment of nonproductive coughs. A nonproductive cough is another name for a dry cough which does nothing to move phlem from the throat and lumgs. This is often a precursor to a more serious ailment like pneumonia. It is of the utmost importance that you remove the excessive phlem from your system. I have found that the best expectorant that I can find is made by placing five tablespoons anise seeds into 1 cup of rum. I take no more than 2 teaspoons of this as needed to induce a cough which allows for the mucus to be removed from the body. A note to nursing mothers who have problems with milk production; a good side affect of anise is that it increases milk production in lactating mothers. I know this for a fact as my last child was born when I was 40 and I had problems producing milk sufficient to meet my child's needs. Be cognisant of the fact that you do not want to over do it with alcohol if you are nursing as this would be counter productive to the health and well being of the child who depends on you for nourishment. I used an anise tea when I was nursing it works well for increasing milk production."

12/22/2008: Ali from Gatron, Kano/Nigerian replies: "yours grateful. i'm have nonereproductive cough i am very happy that i locate this page.glory be to GOD.this is an ailment that was try to terminate my health since 1997,i was conduct difference doctor with difference medices but the syptom persist.thanks. yours faithfully."

01/07/2009: David from Houston, Texas replies: "On the Anise Seed remedy for cough, it does not state how to use. It only states "the best expectorant that I can find is made by placing five tablespoons anise seeds into 1 cup of rum. I take no more than 2 teaspoons of this as needed to induce a cough which allows for the mucus to be removed from the body."

My question is, do I let the anise soak in the rum for a certain amt of time before then taking the 2 tsp of it as needed? If you could be more specific I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thank you."

07/15/2009: Terri from Boulder, Colorado replies: "To David from Houston. I googled this and the recipe is 5 tablespoons anise seed in one pint of rum. Let it age for two weeks. Is this how you are doing your tincture??"

02/05/2012: Susan from Brookline, Ma replies: "Hi, could the anise seeds be put in something non alcoholic as I cant drink even a little. Mybe glycerin?"

03/07/2012: Adrienne from Kansas City, Mo Usa replies: "Susan, RE: Non-alcoholic tincture: For a non-alcoholic tincture dose pour the tincture into a spoon and set it on fire. The alcohol will burn off."

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Apple Cider Vinegar Cure for Coughs

Home Remedy Ingredients

• Apple Cider Vinegar - 1 Teaspoon
• Filtered Water - 8 to 10 Ounces

The apple cider vinegar tonic, taken two-three times a day, can quickly break up congestion and soothe a cough. Add one tablespoon each apple cider vinegar and honey to a tall glass of warm water, and sip.

04/04/2013: Leesha from <3, Ca replies: "Stumbled across this post while doing research. I'm sure you're healthy by now (I hope!! ) but just wanted to mention for future, check out glycemic difference between raw honey and processed ("regular") honey. It's pretty astonishing. Don't know if that's helpful for you, but just in case, wanted to pass it along.

PS. I believe the honey in this recipe is mostly for taste, though in its raw form it does have healing properties."

[YEA]  11/26/2012: Kim from Smalltown, Fl replies: "I was willing to try anything at this time of night (half past midnight). Tried the ACV with honey and warm water. About 20 minutes after drinking it, I coughed up phelm and have not coughed in almost one hour."

01/01/2013: Patty from Absecon, Nj replies: "Yeah today is 1/12013 I've took 2tsp of vinegar and 2tsp of honey with 6once of warm water @ like 11:30pm to see if it would stop the dry coughing ill let y'all know in like a few hour if it worked."

01/08/2013: Anna M from Austin, Tx replies: "My mother in law swears by ACV. This time after reading about ACV remedies, thought I'd give it a try. I hate vinegar. So you all know that this will be a challenge for me. Here goes! I'll let the message board know if I survived."

09/24/2012: Lisa from Thousand Oaks, Ca, Usa replies: "Hi Aurora, If you can get yourself to a Traditional Chinese medicine Dr. they can take care of this. This happened to me many years ago, at this point, and my TCM Dr. said it's because the lung chi is weak so the coughing is unproductive. Once that is righted, the body can do its work efficiently. Hope this helps, Lisa"

[YEA]  04/24/2012: Akgirl from Kenny Lake, Alaska replies: "I live in a remote area of Alaska so I do not have immediate access to many organic remidies. After suffering from a persistant, wet cough for days, I read everyone's posts here. I decided to try the remedies with simple, store bought ingrediants that I had on hand. 2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar, 2 tsp Lemon Juice, 1 tsp Honey in a cup of Green Tea ~ It WORKED! I haven't coughed in several hours now! Thank you so much for the tips!"

[YEA]  09/22/2012: Latrese from Calera, Alabama replies: "ok, let me start from the begining. I have had a chronic cough and excessive mucus problem for about 5 years. Its like I woke up one day with a little cold and it turned into a long dreaded, hacking cough followed by mucus. I am up all night from coughing and can feel the mucus in the throat at night when trying to sleep and I wake up coughing which ends in throwing up from coughing so hard. I have coughed so hard within this year that I started coughing up a little blood and I assumed it was from irritated lungs. I tried every cough syrup otc and nothing helped. I tried cough drops and went to the doctor for meds that did not help.

I started looking up remedies today out of pure desperation as I felt like I could die at anytime from coughing ( literally ). I would ask god to please help me and felt helpless. I dont have a lot of faith in doctors as they usually take my money and have no idea what the hell they are doing. I think sometimes we are just a big experiment for some doctors and it sucks to just be prescried some meds and sent off as if your illness is all in your head.

I googled remedies for coughs and mucus today and earthclinic popped up first on the list. I clicked on the link and thank god I did. I read about ACV and honey and decided that I had nothing to lose and decided to try as these things are already in my cabinet. I was heading out with the kids for a day out and took the ACV and honey at 11:30. I usually cough every couple of minutes but 10 minutes had went by and no cough so Im timing things and getting excited at this point. 30 minutes go by and no cough or the thick, sticky mucus. So now 2 hours go by and still no cough so I say OMG this can't be real. The kids decide that they want to go to the movies and I never go with them because of the coughing and throwing up. I decide to go and no coughing or mucus for the entire movie. we leave the movie at 2:45 and still no mucus but I feel a cough coming on but its a different feeling. I cough and its a small cough and last a couple of seconds. it is not 10:39 pm and still no cough. I am going to take some before bed and pray that I sleep well as I am always up all night coughing. I advise anyone who is having a coughing problem to give this a try. What do you have to lose? I will let everyone know the results of my night. If I sleep well it will be for the first time in 5 years. GOOOOO ACV AND HONEY!!!!!!"

[YEA]  10/12/2012: Marbrill from Brooklyn, Ny/usa replies: "Just tried ACV, a pinch of cayenne, honey, lemon and hot water. I cannot believe it. It didn't work immediately but now, 10 minutes later, my cough is much calmer and my throat doesn't hurt as much. I am going to make a base of this, and add hot water and sip throughout the day. I'll also take zinc and garlic and I'll report back!"

[YEA]  02/19/2012: Vince from Salt Lake City, Utah replies: "My 5 yrs old son cough like crazy. I use your remedie, its work like a champ! He sleep through the night and feel better the next morning. Thanks a million!"

02/22/2012: Jd from Houston, Texas replies: "I recently had Strep, and had to receive antibiotics. After the antibiotics, I was left with a dry cough; a tickling in the brochial tubes that led to unproductive coughing. I tried ACV, which seemed to quiet my need to cough without actually removing the source of irritation.

MY main problem, though, was that whenever I took the ACV, it was followed by a powerful and overwhelming lethargia and a need to just sleep.I felt like I'd been drugged. Has anyone else experienced this or does anyone (Tim?) know why this is happening? I obviously can't take ACV unless the reason for this is determined."

02/23/2012: Timh from Louisville, Ky, Usa replies: "Jd, if I am the Tim you question. I used to always experience the "dryness" thing w/ tetracycline type antibiotics as opposed to the penicillin type. It's something to do w/ hydration at the cellular level. Do a few cups daily of filtered water w/ a pinch of sea salt in each to replace minerals. Steam therapy will help ease the bronchiole and the herb Mullein will soothe & heal. Take some probiotics (broad spectrum) to replace gut flora. Wait about two weeks and try the ACV again.

Your "reaction" could have something to do w/ candida die-off or herx. After yrs of debilitating struggle w/ undiagnosed fungal infection and getting worse, I tried the "foot bath zap" a few months ago and herxed for 4 days. My reaction was like yours, I became completely drained of energy and simply went into sleep mode for about 1 or 2 hrs. As for antifungal herbs, Grapefruitseed extract is the best imho. Caprylic acid or simply coconut oil is very good antifungal.

Hope this helps."

[YEA]  02/28/2012: Debbiek from Sundance, Wy, Usa replies: "I have had a cough for almost a year. Been to doctor after doctor. I had surgery to fix my deviated septum to help with drainage and calm the cough, NOPE! Didn't work! I'm on HBP medicine and was at my wits end!! Tried ACV in various drinks. Not a big fan of apple juice or cider so it didn't taste good, tea was just as bad. And it ony worked for a couple hours. So, I decided to just take a shot! Couldn't be any worse than Whiskey, right? Definitely HORRIBLE! However, worked for over 15 hours!!! Slept through the night, worked all day without coughing! Will do this every day if needed!!"

10/23/2011: Tester101 from Iloilo City, Philippines replies: "Its effects are compounded in combination with other home or natural remedies like honey, citrus, garlic syrup, etc. Just control the percentage of solution of your choice. Study the effects of the mixture. The effects could stay longer with natural oils like palm oils, olive oil, fish oils, etc. Know the required weight of the mixture your body needs to defend itself. The overdose side effect is mostly "drunkenness". Sometimes strange feelings. Thanks."

12/05/2011: Hhk from Washington, Dc replies: "I had bronchitis, laryngitis, and chronic coughing that starts around the evening. I mean nonstop coughing, couldn't sleep, sit, or make it stop, it was very difficult. Doubled my prescription cough medication for help, no effect, the cough persisted.

Fresh out of ACV, had no choice but to try using regular vinegar bought from organic store. Mixed 1cup boiling water, ~1 generous tsp organic honey, ~3tsp vinegar, and drank it like a hot tea. The relief was instantaneous. It made the cough go away. Look forward to drinking more to help my recovery.

P.S. Then I read about the difference between ACV and regular vinegar @

http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/white_vinegar_questions.html"

08/04/2011: Kay from In The Valley, Ca replies: "Amanda from Los Angeles, I just came accross your post while I was trying to decide what to do for my bronchitis. I'd like to offer an opinion on your condition. It sounds to me like you have post-nasal-drip. It is usually caused from allergies. Dairy would be the first thing I would look at, because I think that is a pretty common sympton. But, it could be just about anything. The list is a mile long, it could be something you are injesting or something in your home, workplace, or in your yard. How about seeing a allergist? You might want to look under Allergies on Earth Clinic to see what others have tried. I wish you luck, and I hope you get my feedback. Ksy"

10/25/2011: Ruth from Stavanger, Norway (american, Working In Norway) replies: "A further comment on the post-nasal-drip. I have a lot of sinus and throat problems, which I am convinced are caused by Candida. I recently discovered a pleasant and extremely cheap remedy. I make my own version of Xlear nasal spray. I use 1/4 tsp. Xylitol, 1/8 tsp salt, one drop peroxide and one drop grapefruit seed extract. I spray it in my nose and also inhale it as often as I think of it--the more the better. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I can sleep breathing through my nose, and have had much less sinus problems. It is so easy, so effective, and best of all, so cheap!!! I also gargle with salt water often (helps clear the mucus in your throat) and inhale 3% peroxide using a nasal spray bottle (the food grade is best, but the drug store variety is better than nothing).

As for the red onion recipe, I make something like that--boil an onion and 1/4" fresh ginger root, then crush several cloves of garlic and add after the onion/ginger is cooked. Then I mix it with enough honey to get it down and take as often as I can stand it. I give it to the kids 1 tsp. Every couple hours (maybe 1/2 tsp. for babies) until they start having loose bowels, then give them less. They will probably smell like onion and garlic for a while :)

By the way, I am on this site because I have had a dry cough all day and finally got so fed up, I checked this site. I started using each remedy I had on hand, as I would read about it, and am now coughing up lots of mucus. Thanks everyone, for your comments! God bless you!"

12/27/2011: Carly from Duluth, Mn Usa replies: "Urgent: Remember not to give honey to babies under one year because of botulism spores possibly in the honey. Sounds like a great cough remedy combination you came up with though. :)"