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  1. blank Terry Anthony says:

    Thirty years ago, when I had a bad cough, a friend gave me his grandmother's cough medicine recipe. You simply take a slice of onion, place it on a saucer, and pour a generous amount of sugar on it. Then lay another slice of onion on top of that and cover with more sugar and then another slice, and so on. Do this with a whole onion and soon you will have a sweet oniony syrup covering the saucer. This syrup is the best cough medicine I ever tried.

  2. blank Di, Cerrillos, NM says:

    Too simple! Coughs have causes. Seek the cause, it will help you to choose the remedy.

    I applaud the notion of home remedies rather than OTC syrups that may contain chemicals that are unnecessary to the cough and may undermine the solution.

    Temporary relief is important, it gives one the time to explore the cause.

  3. Prevention beats home remedies. Filter your air. I got the best medical grade air purifier I could find, (IQ Air) and while I am home, my breathing is free and easy. When I go out, my lungs are not irritated, and I cough less.

  4. 30 years ago I developed a cough, at the end of a head cold, that just wouldn't go away. It gradually improved, to the point that it would only assail me on occasion, but it seemed like I just couldn't shake it.

    It became a dry, unproductive cough, and coughing couldn't 'scratch the itch', anymore. Got to the point that if a coughing fit came on, while driving, that everyone was in danger until it would fade away.

    It got to where driving was not safe. But I did notice one thing that could 'scratch that itch', so to speak. I carried a bottle or two of seltzer water with me (6 oz. size) so that the carbonation would last, for me. When I felt a cough coming on, I would splash some selzter water against the back of my mouth, and the boiling for the carbonation did the trick in quelling the cough, and making driving possible, and safe.

    The cough would persist for weeks, before it went away for good, but it would always come back, next season, at the end of the next head cold or sinus blockage. Then, for some reason, the problem just went away, not to return. Never forgot the solution, though. Was the only thing I found that made driving possible, for me, for several weeks in a row.

  5. Try Coconut Oil Also and Wine or Apple Cider Vinegar in water.

  6. I tried the apple cider vinegar and water and immediately my urge to cough stopped. thanks

  7. Great tips, i hate getting a cold, the worst part is definetly the coughing. These tips will hopefully help aid the coughing, thanks!

  8. blank thinkhappi says:

    marshmallow root tea!!! awesome stuff

  9. My coughs seem to be triggered by nasal congestion and post nasal drip. When I get rid of those the coughs go away.

    For about a year now I’ve been flushing my sinuses with a NeilMed squeeze bottle (solution of one NeilMedPacket and a little Alkalol) and inhaling steam regularly and that seems to have dried up the congestion and PND. Haven’t had any coughing spells since I started this routine.

  10. for me… I don’t recommend ginger I don’t know the components but somehow for me it causes irritation more. I was having sore throat back in high school and my dad made me drink the ginger brew, instead of relieving the sore my voice totally went out. or maybe it was just not effective for me.

  11. i tried apple cider vinegar and salt water unfortunately both doesn’t work. i’m gonna try the easiest – hot milk tonight

  12. blank Gracie Botello says:

    I think ginger works, i had terrible cough attacks, a cough that would not go away, i literally ate pieces of ginger for one day and im happy to say my cough went away

  13. blank Einar Davidsen says:

    My advice; don’t breathe in a lot of exhaust mixed with a lot of dust!

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