5 Effective Home Remedies To Fight Your Stubborn Cough!

Does your recurring cough keep you awake all night depriving your peaceful sleep? Then check out below the 5 effective home remedies to fight your stubborn cough!

1.Gargle with salt-water

It’s the simplest remedy ever to treat your wet cough! Guess how it works? Salt water cuts down mucus and phlegm at the back of your throat. This reduces your coughing tendencies.

How to use?

• Dissolve ½ teaspoon salt in a cup of lukewarm water.

• Gargle twice in each round.

• Before you spit it out, allow the solution to stay at the back of your throat for some minutes.

• Gargle with salt water multiple times daily until your cough improves.

2.Steam your cough!

Did you know that steam can relieve a wet cough? That’s because it literally melts your thick mucus allowing it to come out freely.

How to use?

• Immerse yourself in a hot water tub or have a hot shower for a few minutes till your mucus comes out better.

• Otherwise use the bowl way! Add hot water in a large bowl.

• You may add essential oils or herbs like rosemary or eucalyptus. They also help in decongestion.

• Now lean over your bowl, placing a towel over your head. So you’ve trapped the steam!

• Inhale the steam for about 5 minutes. Discontinue in short breaks whenever the vapours feel too hot.

3.Go for ginger

Wondering how ginger can prevent coughs? Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties to heal an asthmatic or dry cough. It can also heal pain and nausea. A study has also revealed that certain anti-inflammatory compounds can soothe membranes in your airways and prevent coughing.

How to use?

• Put 20-40g fresh ginger slices in a cup of hot tea and brew it up.

• Let it steep for 2-3 minutes.

• You may add lemon juice and honey for better taste and cure before drinking. Enjoy!

4.Have honey tea

Yes! Honey can cure coughs. Some research says that honey, followed by dextromethorphan, gives the most important relief from cough.

How to use?

• Mix 2 teaspoons of honey with herbal tea (or just warm water, if you want).

• Drink it twice a day.

• Avoid giving honey to kids below 1 year of age.

5.Go for thyme

Thyme has both medicinal and culinary benefits to treat coughs. A study saw that a cough syrup with ivy leaves and thyme was more effective than a placebo syrup to relieve coughing in people having acute bronchitis.

How to use?

• Besides going for a cough syrup with thyme, you can naturally make your own thyme tea.

• Add 2 teaspoons of dried thyme in a cup of hot water (or tea).

• Let it steep for about 10 minutes and then drink your thyme tea!

Besides the above natural remedies, remember to wash your hands regularly and avoid contact with sick people to prevent getting cough. Let me know down in the comments section how these remedies help you fight your cough!