Home Remedies for Treating Cough

Cough can occur when a person suffers from extreme cold due to seasonal changes, viral infections, or when the larynx and pharynx gets inflamed. Coughing can be extremely irritating and people find it difficult to concentrate on other things when they are constantly coughing. However, this can be dealt with by some simple remedies at home which help in curing cough fast and effectively.

Turmeric is known to give excellent results in treating cough and cold. Turmeric plant root have to be roasted and grinded into a powder. This powder will act as a natural medicine if taken twice daily to reduce cough. Turmeric powder can also be mixed with warm milk and taken.

Warm water mixed with honey and lemon juice can be taken in the morning every day to treat cough. If anyone is suffering from dry cough then almonds can come for rescue. Some almonds have to be soaked whole night and the brown skin has to be peeled off in the morning. After that the almonds have to be grounded into a paste, and adding sugar and butter to it in little equal amounts, this paste has to be taken twice every day.

An effective natural cough syrup can be made at home. One teaspoon of Onion juice extracted from finely chopped onions has to be taken and mixed with one teaspoon of honey. This mixture should be allowed to stand still for 6-7 hours and then the cough syrup is ready. This syrup has to be consumed in the morning and night daily as it will help to clear the cough accumulated in the chest.

A beneficial syrup can be made by mixing honey, ginger paste, pepper powder, vinegar and some water. This mixture has to be kept for some hours and then this syrup can be taken two to three times daily.

Grapes come very handy in getting rid of cough and cold very fast. For this purpose a cup of fresh grape juice mixed with some honey can be taken daily. Black pepper can be chewed with some honey.

A solution for gargling can be prepared by boiling fenugreek seeds in water. This solution is also effective for healing sore throat. A person suffering from cough should drink warm water and avoid fruits that cool the body like cucumber and watermelon.