★★★★★
Bromelain, something thats natural in pineapples, is commonly paired with Quercetin. Which is used for things like sinus infections, colds, etc. I had some on hand and had been taking it, but for whatever reason it didnt do me much good for my cough(perhaps a crap supplement.). Anyways, one day was on the way to work coughing up a storm and realized I didnt have anything to control it, decided to stop at the store and pick up some canned pineapple as it was better than nothing... Ended up finding that about half of a can that I ate in one sitting, kept my cough under control all day, all night, and all day the next day, the day after that I noticed my cough coming back again. Ate some more pineapple and the cough went away again.. I'm fairly confident that the pineapple is very effective at keeping it under control. As I've went through this process a few times now.
I either had a flu or bad chest cold, that left me with a nasty cough that had been persistent for a couple of weeks. I had been trying many things to get it under control with varying degrees of success. Most successful aside from the pineapple was raw garlic and honey.. which I dont believe is as effective at controlling the cough itself it for as long. And I dont love eating raw garlic as it upsets my stomach and makes me stink. Glad to have found something I actually love eating works even better. Been wondering if just pineapple juice would be enough. Might try it next time.
Whiskey Cough Syrup
★★★★★
This was a prescription from a physician for a child's cough syrup in 1962. Ahh the good old days!! I grew up on this stuff.
- 1 tsp whiskey (Kentucky Gentleman Whiskey, Good flavor and cheap)
- 1 tsp lemon
- 1 tbsp honey
Take as needed for cough, especially before bed.
The whisky helps you sleep and it's alcohol content acts as a disinfectant, while the honey and lemon soothe your throat and also acts as a disinfectant.
Oregano
★★★★★
Back a few years ago, I was studying “Greek Folk Remedies for Excess Phlegm”. Oregano brewed into a tea was used to eliminate excess phlegm responsible for a congested respiratory tract. Thyme tea is always recommended by Hippocrates for coughing, but it always makes me feel wonky after I drink it. Oregano does not.
Yvette told me that when her kiddos get sick, she always makes them this oregano tea.
It's simple to make with 3 ingredients:
- 1 TBSP Oregano leaf – I buy mine at Dollartree in the spice aisle.
- Honey – It helps with the taste and has health benefits for cough.
- Water – 3 cups
In making a herbal tea used for medical purposes. You will need a pot with a lid. This will keep the steam in the pot so the medical properties won't wick out with the steam.
Also, don't boil the water on high heat. Make the tea on low simmer for about 10 minutes after the water starts simmering.
Allow the water in the pot to cool. Again, so the medical properties don't wick up in the steam once the lid is lifted.
If you don't believe this procedure makes a difference, try making your home tea using the above heating process and the taste of your tea will be like night and day. Learned this from the cook at Sonny Bar-B-Que. That's why their tea taste so good.
How does it taste? Like I put a handful of weeds from the field into a pot and made a tea out of it and added honey. The good part is you will get use to it.
Is Oregano tea safe for toddlers? I cannot get a clear answer from any of the website gurus. It really comes down to the child, possible allergies, current medications, etc… when in doubt, consult your pediatrician. However, Yvette growup on drinking oregano tea, her kids also drink it so it is really your choice.
Honey, Butter
★★★★★
Almonds
Almonds
★★★★★
It did the same for my daughter...miracle!
Peppermint Tea
★★★★★
I found this cure in a collection of natural home cures from a society in America. I had been coughing with the flu, so I tried this. Worked straight away. Now I always have a big box of peppermint tea ready for coughs, and take it with honey and a squeeze of lemon juice. (When I get the first symptom of a cold or flu, I take 'master tonic' (www.youtube.com).
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
I have had that dreaded flu for over 10 days that seems to start out as a cold, but it progressively gets worse, with aches, tiredness and then..."the cough". I coughed and coughed until my lower ribs and stomach were sore. I couldn't sleep due to loud, coughing fits.. I tried Oregano, cayenne, Magnesium, ACV, herbal teas, and Elderberry syrup. A little relief but very temporary. I then remembered reading on here about coconut oil. I thought, "Why not. It won't harm."
So being awake at 4 am because of a coughing fit, I went in the kitchen and simply ate a tsp of Virgin coconut oil.
I quieted down right away, and was able to go back to sleep for a few more hours peacefully! So grateful to give my bronchia a rest. Will continue with the CO and hopefully will get me back to 100%...
Anise Seed
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
I was treating them with my usual cough remedies and nothing was working to get rid of it though they would have some temporary relief. As usual, the onion by the bed kept them from coughing at night. But as soon as they were up and back working the cough was back too. It didn't help that I was out of town for a week and I don't think they did much to treat the cough other than some vitamin C in the morning.
Finally, two nights ago, I remembered coconut oil.
Coconut oil worked my son's mono in 36 hours when he had been flat on his back for 3 weeks. Coconut oil worked for another son's sinus infection when nothing else did.
I started giving them coconut oil (Just Costco's organic coconut oil, that smells like coconut oil) by the tablespoon full 36 hours ago. I gave it to them twice a day.
Their coughs are so so so much better now. As much as they dislike taking coconut oil they continue to take it because they know it is bringing relief.
Wish I had tried this a couple of weeks ago!
~Mama to Many~
Peanut Butter
★★★★★
ACV, Raw Honey and Cinnamon
★★★★★
ACV, Cayenne, Honey and Hydration
★★★★★
I had more fluids before bed and didn't cough once during the night. I have had some more of my vinegar-honey-cayenne tea today and my cough is rare.
I have used hot honey and vinegar tea for years but that was the most amazing relief I have ever had from a cough.
~Mama to Many~
Vitamin C, Herbs
★★★★★
My son had several bad coughs (bronchitis) within a few months, and colds almost every month, so I started giving him vitamin C daily - usually about 4-5 grams a day in 2-3 doses. He didn't have a cold for 7 months, and so far didn't get any serious cough.
When we did have coughs, we used herbs - I have lots of tinctures I buy from Oregon online store or make my own with brandy (vodka just tastes very bad even in small amounts), and make mixtures using my intuition, but the main ones were wild cherry bark, mullein, Echinacea, Umckaloabo (Pelargonium sidoides), and lobelia. We also used propolis with good results, however it tastes not so good. We would take 2-3 droppers of mixture of several of these. It works within 10-15 minutes, so if it doesn't stop coughing in that time, another dose might be needed. But usually it did and he could go back to sleep at night.
There is another herb, that is very effective, but it tastes bad -like a sap or a paint thinner - lomatium (lomatium dissectum). Once I kicked the cold with it -although I had to take a few more doses every 4 hours to kick it for good. That said, I get one cold a year at the most, so I am not sure it would work for everyone. I take vitamin C and other supplements for other reasons, which I think helps to prevent them.
Ginger
Ginger
★★★★★
Cayenne
★★★★★
Mama's Cough Remedies
★★★★★
If he didn't have a cold, what did he have? Mono? Strep? Whooping Cough? Bronchitis? Croup? The flu?
Well, whatever it was, it had to be viral or bacterial and I could fight either with garlic, vitamin C and elderberry, so I went full force on treatment.
- I started giving him a small clove of garlic, crushed, mixed with raw honey four times a day. (Antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory.)
- I gave him home made elderberry syrup 3 times a day. (for immune support)
- I gave him vitamin C every hour or two.
- I gave him warm baths with 1/2 cup baking soda and 1/4 cup citric acid. (I think this is alkalizing.)
- I made chicken soup.
The night time cough was the worst. But the mighty onion came to the rescue.
- I chop one small or 1/2 of a large onion and put it in a bowl near his head. Yes, the room smells strongly by morning but it is the very best for a nighttime cough.
Within 12 hours he was much, much better.
Then two of his brothers started to cough. Well, I figured I would nip that in the bud. I started to give them elderberry syrup. I gave them a couple of doses of garlic. But mostly, I gave them a lot of vitamin C. I can't quite believe how much that helped.
I have been reading a lot about vitamin C, including The Clinic Guide to the Use of Vitamin C. Truly fascinating. http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/198x/smith-lh-clinical_guide_1988.htm
I used Dr. Suzanne Humphries' calculations for how to give large doses of vitamin C (that she uses to neutralize the whooping cough toxin.)
- Between 200 - 375 mg of vitamin C per kg of child's body weight every 24 hours.
One of my children reached bowel tolerance quickly (diarrhea) so I cut him back.
But I didn't give large amounts at one time. I divided the total by 10 and gave it hourly or so during the day.
I don't know what they had (it wasn't whooping cough though because I was able to way cut back on the vitamin C and the cough didn't return. For whooping cough you have to continue the diligent C protocol for the duration of the illness - 100 days, but supposedly it really makes the illness quite tolerable.)
I used the sodium ascorbate form of vitamin C. 1 part Nutribiotic ascorbic acid powder plus 1/2 part of baking soda to make my own sodium ascorbate.
That's my story and I am sticking to it. :)
~Mama to Many~
Mullein
★★★★★
I first tried this a few years ago when I had the most dreadful chesty phlemy cough. After 1/2 hour of taking the ready made shopped bought tincture it all came up! Funnily not by coughing. I blew my nose and I am not joking when I say, for about 20 mins non stop! The relief of being able to breathe better and not having a chesty cough was incredible! I carried on having the chesty cough later that day but then just took more of the tincture.
Since discovering ACV on this site, I think that would be good to take as well and seems to speed up the healing process too!
Warm Milk
★★★★★
