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Cough Remedies
HONEY, OLIVE OIL AND LEMON JUICE
[YEA] Anna from Australia writes: "I find this good for coughs: equal parts of honey, pure olive oil and lemon juice. Sip tiny amounts when cough threatens."
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[YEA] 02/26/2006: John from Milwaukee, WI writes: "juice of two lemons and a half-inch piece of ginger root; water to fill a mug; several squirts of honey to taste cures a nagging cough."
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LEMON JUICE WITH FRESHLY GRATED GINGER
[YEA] 01/26/2008: Wyndy from Atlanta, GA writes: "I have my grandson visiting from Birmingham; he had been sick for two weeks with a terrible congestion and cough, and most recently worsened with a high fever (103oF) so I searched on line for a natural remedy to break fever. I came across this site and these suggestions. After reading all, I decided on the less messy potato remedy. I slice a white potato into pieces about the size of his little foot and ut them into his socks. It worked in 30 minutes! The fever is completely gone and he is back to a normal reading. Further, I am using apple cider vinegar with natural blue agave sweetener to loosen the congestion and a juice mixture of fresh lemon with grated ginger and sweetener to sooth his cough. Natural is always better! Thanks to all of you for sharing."
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LEMON JUICE, HONEY AND EUCALYPTUS OIL
[YEA] 01/24/2007: Andy from Sylmar, CA writes: "i tried this and it worked and it worked for my young nephew, for when the dr's rx meds just won't clear up a lingering cough, prepare your own cough syrup,,,in a jar, mix
3oz of freshly squeezed lemon juice and
3 oz of pure unprocessed honey and
add at least a teaspoon of pure eucalyptus oil.
take as needed ,i took a a tablespoon full every couple of hours and my cough was gone within half a day...beats rx cough syrup and definitely works better than any over the counter cough meds."
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Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "The most effective cough medicine I have tried is N-Acetycysteine (a natural amino acid and modified to aid absorption). Vinegar and oregano or vinegar and garlic seems to solve sore throat the best and reduced the coughing faster. The key is to avoid sugar and cough drops as sugar accelerates viral growth causing a quick return to coughing.
There is an amino supplement form hidden in your local drug store as a mucus clearing medicine to help clear breathing passages, which goes (at least in Thailand) under the label brand of Flumucil, Mysolven, NAC-Long etc. This is the only bioavailable form of the amino acid cysteine. (N-Acetyl amino acid holds great promise in alternative medicine, but I think many doctors don't know about this.) An example is N-Acetyl Carnitine for cataracts. If you know your biochemistry, N-Acetycysteine is an antioxidant and very helpful when used alongside with selenium. Holds promise for SARS, bird flu, AIDS and cancer due to its antioxidant properties. The amount is either 100 mg., 200 mg., 800 mg. My mom and my sister are o.k. with 100 mg, but I use up to 800 mg.
For emergencies in stopping coughs, I eat very small crystals of menthol. The cough medicine I mentioned here is better than any cough medicine in the market. No kidding. I used to have persistent coughs which lasted 6 months, and at that time I was only 22 years old and supposedly the prime of my life!
Vinegar and food grade hydrogen peroxide is another story which reduces sore throat in minutes, but seems to be helpful in coughs by reducing the irritation."
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[YEA] 03/30/2008: Sara from Louisville, Kentucky writes: "Tried the remedy from Michelle from Lamora, Mexico. The NATURAL COUGH SYRUP Posted on 3/6/2008. I did just as she said except added a couple of tablets of turmeric also. My son coughed of few times and then finally slept thru the night, no coughing. My husband had the same cough. He took it and he stopped coughing. There must be something to it. Thanks so much Michelle for your post. Thanks to everyone who makes this site run."
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[YEA] 03/06/2008: Michelle from Lamora, Mexico writes: "My mother always had us make cough syrup when coughs were going around. here's the recipe
1/2 cup lemon juice
12 garlic cloves
1/4 onion
1/2 cup of honey
teaspoon powder vitamin c
pinch of cayenne pepper
we don't always measure exactly just dump and make according to taste. it actually tastes really good."
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[YEA] 12/03/2006: Jennifer from Albuquerque, NM writes: "I tried ACV, the spicy tomato tea, the onion halves with brown sugar, and the garlic soup. Especially the tomato tea and ACV brought some temporary relief from a month-long cough and sinus congestion that I'd had almost as long. As far as I'm concerned, though, the #1 choice and remedy should be Oil of Oregano. I bought a jar last Tues. and began taking three per day with meals. I am so encouraged and feel at least 95% well again. After doing some research on it I now know that this is an amazing product! Perhaps it doesn't work the same for everyone but it has done so much for me in six days. I've also been using a good quality colloidal silver in a nasal spray bottle. This has probably worked alongside the Oil of Oregano for the sinus congestion. It cured a month-long cough/bronchitis and sinus congestion. I'm wondering now if I could have increased the dosage of Oil of Oregano to say four a day. I've stayed at 3/day since I couldn't find any info. to let me know if more would be too much of a good thing. Any thoughts on that?"
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OLIVE OIL, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND LEMON
[YEA] 03/20/2007: Tash from London, UK writes: "I had a very bad and nagging cough since i had a flu. Everything like millions of cough syrups and ginger and lemon and honey and all other things and cures were suggested me but nothing worked. I thought I would choke and die with the enormity of the cough; then I read this on google and after reading all the confident e-mails, I decided to try apple Cider Vinegar with Olive Oil. Initially it did not work but I think that was because mine was really bad cough, but then slowly and steadily it brought me back to normality and now I am good as new. Thanks to the person who put it here first. This works, maybe not instantly but it does with regular morning and evening doses. It is better than any cough syrup, I promise you that. THANKS!!!:"
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[YEA] Sonia from Orlando, FL writes: "GREETINGS TO ALL AND GOD BLESS. A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS STARTING TO GET LARANGITIS. MY THROAT WAS STARTING TO HURT AND I WAS LOSING MY VOICE. I WAS DRINKING APPLE CIDER SO I ADDED LEMON TO DISTILLED WATER AND IT SEEMED TO STOP THE PROGRESS, I KEPT DRINKING WATER WITH A SQUEEZED LEMON AND 2 TABLESPOONS OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. THE PAIN STOPPED BUT THEN I STARTED COUGHING PERSISTENTLY A DRY COUGH. I HAD NO COUGH MEDICINE NOR HONEY. SO I REMEMBERED READING THAT OLIVE OIL WAS A GOOD COUGH STOPPER. SO I WENT TO MY KITCHEN AND I DRANK 2 TABLESPOONS AND WENT TO SLEEP. AND I SLEPT PEACEFULLY THRU THE NIGHT W/O COUGHING ONCE. NOW IN THE MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP. IT STARTED AGAIN. SO AGAIN I DRANK 2 TABLESPOONS AGAIN. I THEN STARTED EXPERIENCING AGAIN A COPIOUS COUGH BUT FOR MY SURPRISE THIS TIME I WAS COUGHING WITH FLEGM. THE COUGHING LASTED ABOUT 30 MINS. IT WAS SERVING ME AS AN EXPECTORANT ALSO. IT CLEARED ME UP AND NO MORE COUGHING."
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[YEA] 12/29/2007: Wendy from Sylmar, Ca writes: "Slice up a brown or yellow onion and place it in a breathable bag such as a linen bag. Put it is bed near the face of the sufferer and it will stop the coughing within minutes. If the sufferer is awake, tie the bag around the neck and lie down on the couch with eyes closed. I thank God for the wonderful herbs He gives us to help our sicknesses!"
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[YEA] 01/22/2006: Seema from UK writes: "peel one large onion and cut in in half, put a half a tablespoon of brown sugar on to each half of the onion, and cover it, let it stand for an hour. The syrup relish should be taken at least twice a day. It works wonders."
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[YEA] 11/15/2005: Sharon from Victoria, Australia writes: "I have stumbled across a remedy for coughs and bronchitis. slice an onion and place in bowl layer with pure honey, leave sit for an hour or so, this will yield a syrup. Have a teaspoon every 15 minutes until coughing chest soreness subsides."
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[YEA] Kathryn from Owings, MD writes: "Parsley and spinach tea cured mucus dribbling down throat and mucus cough.This cough with mucus can lead to bronchitis. Point is to keep mucous up in head, throat area. Throw bunch parsley and fresh spinach into a quart pot and simmer like a tea. Strain and drink as often as you wish. Will get rid of mucus if no other complication."
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[YEA] 11/07/2006: Shirley from VA writes: "I tried Claussen Kosher Dill Pickle Juice. After reading your other post .. I tried to find something with vinegar.. I could not stop coughing badly..found pickle juice, the kind that is found in chiller section at the store.. this also has garlic in it..Work within seconds have been taking little sips. That is all as it is high in salt.. but that seems to be clearing congestion as well."
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[YEA] 03/12/2006: Larry from RANCHO CORDOVA CA writes: "I USED RAW UNCOOKED UNFILTERED HONEY ON A WATERED DOWN COTTON SWAB AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE IN EACH NOSTRIL. ALLELUYA!!I AM A 51 YEAR OLD MALE AND GET A YEARLY COUGH DURING THE WINTER MONTHS THAT CAN LAST 1 TO 3 WEEKS. SOMETIMES IT IS BACTERIAL WITH GREENIES AT THE START BUT MOST OF THE DURATION AFTER THAT IS JUST THE CLEAR SINUS DRANAGE THAT GOES ON FOR DAYS AFTER AND SOME MAY BE DUE TO ALLERGIES OF SPRING. THIS COUGH IS THE KIND THAT IS MOST SEVERE IN THE NIGHTIME HOURS. THE LOGIC I USED IS THAT THE COUGH WAS MORE OF A GAG REFLEX FROM THE NASAL DRIP AND I THOUGHT IF I GOOD CHANGE THE CHEMISTRY OF THE NASAL DRIP CLOSER TO THE SOURCE BEFOR IT REACHED MY THROAT IT MAY WORK PLUS THE AROMATIC QUALITIES BEING AS CLOSE TO THE SOURCE MAY HELP. I ALSO WANTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD LAST . I FIGURED IT IS ALMOST AS THICK AS VICK'S VAPO RUB SO VHALA MIRACULOUS DISCOVERY. THE NIGHT I USED A SMALL AMOUNT IT LASTED ABOUT 2-3 HOURS SO I GOT UP AND PUT MORE ON THE SECOND DOSE. THE 2ND-3RD NIGHT I USED A HEALTHY SIZE SWAB DOSE AT 10-30PM AND SLEPT TILL 6AM BY THE FOURTH DAY I STOPPED AND THE COUGH WAS GONE. UNREAL!!!!!!! AT FIRST APPOX 5-10 MINUTES IT FEELS SLIGHTLY IRRATIBLE BUT NO MORE THAN WATER FROM A SWIMMING POOL GOING UP YOUR NOSE. IT WORKED FOR ME BUT I AM NOT RECOMENDING IT TO ANYONE, BUT PLEASE PLEASE IF YOU TRY IT LET ME KNOW HOW IT WORKED: TUNAMAN40@AOL. BEST OF HEALTH TO ALL"
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RECURRING DRY COUGH AND DIET COKE
[WARNING!] 04/20/2008: Jennie from Fort Wayne, IN writes: "I had a recurring dry cough for over fifteen years until I read that it may be a side effect of artificial sweeteners. I cut way back on Diet Coke (1-2 small glasses per week) and within a couple weeks it disappeared."
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[YEA] 03/25/2008: Karen from Alpharetta, Georgia writes: "Riboflavin B2 100mg right before bedtime will take care of sinus drainage.It will work in about 20 minutes. If not,try up to 250mg. I had severe sinus drainage for years.I found it hard to sit through meetings,church etc, without coughing my head off. I would eat and have a reaction to food and start coughing uncontrollably.Sometimes medications worked,sometimes not. Sometimes I would double up on medication. Now I take NOTHING!"
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[YEA] 01/06/2008: Anonymous from San Diego, Ca writes: "There's a remedy I recently tried to cure my cough that has lasted for more than two weeks and i got the recipe from my mother. You're supposed to get any kind of regular tea then heat it up with water. After that you get a fresh lemon and squeeze the juice into the tea. You can add some sugar to make it taste better."
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[YEA] 01/19/2007: Citrine from Austin, TX writes: "Dear Earthclinic, I just mixed 2 Tablespoon of ACV with 1/4 Teaspoon baking soda in 8 oz of water as mentioned by Ted. However, the pH strip tested a 5.0 acidity on this mix. I then added another 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and remixed it and tested it again -- this time the solution became neutralized to 7.0. So perhaps the correct mix should be 2 TBS of ACV to 1/2 TSP of baking soda? Just wanted to confirm with you all. By the way, I drank this today and my cold seems to be melting away! My coughing has stopped (after several days of cough attacks) and I am so relieved!!! Thanks so much for such a wonderful site!!! I am learning something new everyday! Regards, Citrine"
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[YEA] 12/10/2006: Shane from Manteca, CA writes: "Wow! I tried the witch's brew (tbsp of butter, sugar and apple cider vinegar)! My cough went away almost immediately! Tastes nasty but it sure worked. Thanks!"
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[YEA] "For a cough that will not stop, make a remedy my brother and I always called Witches Brew. This was from my Great Grandmother.
Mix 1 Tbs Butter
1 Tbs Sugar
1 Tbs Vinegar
Melt it all together, and take while still warm"
EC: You might try substituting Olive Oil for the butter!
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[YEA] 03/15/2007: Brenda (Neverquit48@Aol.com) from San Antonio, Texas writes: "My 79 year old Mother had an upper respiratory infection. She could not shake the cough. I had recently read an article that said steep 1 teaspoon of your kitchen variety thyme in a cup of hot water, as you would a teabag, and sip. She tried it and it worked. Encouraged, I told my friend who has the start of COPD about it, she tried it and is amazed also. The article stated it relaxes the bronchials. Yet another alternative."
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[YEA] 12/13/2007: Shireen from Khartoum, Sudan writes: "I am a true believer that every illness has a cure in nature without being tampered with, but I have never heard of turmeric to cure coughs and sinuses.Since I found your website by sheer coincidence, while searching for a natural remedy for my wheezing cough and river-running nose, I thought I'd give turmeric a try( 1 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp honey with 1 cup of warm milk)VIOLA! I could breathe again. Thank You So Much EC, you're a life saver."
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[YEA] 11/15/2007: Susan from Yuma, AZ writes: "I started taking turmeric, 1/4 teaspoon once a day in about 1/4 cup of water after my mother told me it quited her cough. I have a cronic cougn especially when my body temperature changes. It is amazing my cough has stopped. However, I have terrible knee pain and sciatic pain but am not sure if I am feeling much relief. I will continue and see what happens."
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