Have you ever experienced the problem of cough?
We have heard this word cough many times and we all understand what cough
means. The process of bursting out air with or without mucus from your mouth is
termed as cough, when you burst out only air with a negligible amount of mucus
or without mucus then it referred as dry cough. In dry cough we feel some
irritation in our throat, which further result in a pressurized burst of air without
mucus. While in wet cough, mucus comes out from our lungs with air burst. The
reasons behind causing dry cough may involve pollution, smoking, infections,
bronchitis, asthma cold, flu and allergies. Moreover, medicinal reactions and
disease may also trigger dry cough, it gives you feeling of a choked throat or
something similar, sometimes you may feel pain in chest and heavy heads too. It
not only discomforts you physically but also make you feel like neglected as no
one likes to sit beside a coughing person.
Although a variety of medication for the
treatment of dry cough is available in drug stores however, home remedies are
also very useful in such case. Following are some natural home remedies that
you may try to get rid of dry cough.
Water
Water
is the most common readily available resource, which you can use in treating plenty
of minor health disorders. As we all know that it’s the nearest thing that we
can use therefore why not try using water in the first place if it help you out
from minor health problems? Doctors
often advise to drink as much water as possible for the health sake moreover; water
softens the mucus that may easily discharge from the nostrils. So try water in
case of dry cough it will give you relief from dry cough.
Hot
milk with Sonth (dry ginger)
Milk
is another daily use and readily available item in households. Milk itself considered
as a health friendly drink however, when added with different types of home
based items such as ginger, black salt, turmeric, pepper and honey then it
becomes a strong remedy for various health problems as well. Drinking hot milk
with added ginger and honey is very effective for getting rid of dry cough. You
can also take some dry ginger often referred as Sonth in India to boil it with
milk. Take this hot drink 2-3 times and it will surely give you relief from dry
cough.
Lemon
with black salt
Most
of you must be familiar with rock salt or black salt a useful household item. Rock
salt has specialty of absorbing moisture whereas lemon contains anti microbial properties
along with vitamin C in good amount. Using black salt and lemon could do wonder
in treating your dry coughs. Dip a lemon slice into the rock salt to and start chewing
it, use it in every 2-3 hours to get rid of dry cough moreover it will minimize
throat irritation and prevent sour throat as well.
Gargling
with salt water
This
is a common remedy, which you can use in getting relief from dry cough and
other similar worries. Using it is very easy you just need to take a glass of
water and boil it, moreover, add a little amount of salt while boiling it. Use
it for gargling after the mixture reaches to normal temperature i.e. neither
cold nor hot. For getting better result, repeat gargling in every 3-4 hours. Gargling is also useful in swelling of gums or
other similar tooth problems as well.
Turmeric
Turmeric
is another wonderful home item that can be used in varieties of skin and mouth related
health disorders. A variety of amazing medicinal capabilities found in turmeric
makes it a very useful household medicinal item. You can use turmeric in many
ways for treatment of dry cough, like add some turmeric in hot milk, add some
honey with turmeric; you can make powder of turmeric and use it with milk or
water for relief.
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