How to cure a bad cough with mucus?

23 scientifically proven ways to cure a bad cough with mucus

1- Stay hydrated and rest, sleep 8 hrs each night and drink at least 8 glasses of water

2- Take steamy showers, especially in the night right before bed

3- Drink hot beverages, like ginger tea, herbal tea with honey or warm water and lemon

4- Steep some thyme, to make thyme tea use fresh or dried thyme, add one teaspoon of dried thyme or two tablespoons of fresh thyme in a cup of hot water, cover, and steep for 5 minutes, strain the tea into a tea cup.

5- Drink camomile tea, to make camomile tea use fresh or dried chamomile, pour one cup of boiling water over one teaspoon of dried camomile flowers, cover and let steep for five minutes and strain

6- Add cayenne pepper to your diet. Alternatively, drink cayenne pepper ginger tea, to make cayenne pepper ginger tea simply pour 250ml (1 cup) of boiling water over 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, add 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger and stir, cover, and let it steep for about 5 minutes. Strain the tea into a tea cup, add two teaspoons of honey to sweeten, stir and enjoy. Alternatively, peel and chop 1-inch piece of fresh ginger into fine pieces, then add two teaspoons of honey, 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, the chopped or minced ginger and three tablespoons of lemon juice to a mug, pour the boiling water into the mug, cover, and let steep for five minutes, stir well and enjoy

7- Drink black pepper tea, to make black pepper tea simply add two cups of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, then add one tablespoon of freshly ground black pepper, allow the mixture to boil for three minutes, add one heaping teaspoon of freshly chopped ginger and allow the herbs to boil for a few minutes. once cooked, strain the tea into a tea cup, add one teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice, stir and add either honey or maple syrup to sweeten

8- Drink honey and lemon tea, to make honey and lemon tea simply mix fresh juice of half a lemon in a cup of hot water, add one teaspoon of honey, stir and drink warm.

9- Try steam inhalation with essential oils

10- Try a menthol cough drop (Halls Menthol Lozenges, H-E-B Menthol Cough Drops, or Up & Up 80ct Honey-Lemon Cough Drops with 7.5mg of menthol) to curb the reflex that makes you cough

11- Improve indoor air quality and remove irritants from the air

12- Take medications to treat coughs, such as antihistamines, decongestants and glucocorticoids

13- Try apple cider vinegar and honey cough syrup, to make apple-cider vinegar and honey cough syrup simply mix 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper, one tablespoon of honey, 1/4 tsp of ground ginger, two tablespoons of water and one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, take one teaspoon at a time every few hours to get rid of a cough

14- Sleep on an incline

15- Take antibiotics, such as cefalexin, if your symptoms last for more than a week or are severe

16- Sip warm soups, such as chicken soup

17- Avoid alcohol and caffeinated beverages

18- Avoid eating foods that increase mucus production, such as dairy and milk products (milk, butter, cheese and yogurt), starches, caffeine, sugar, fried foods, soy, meat (conventional red meats), yeast products, chocolate, salty foods, and non-herbal teas, especially black tea

19- Eat anti-inflammatory foods, such as ginger, grapefruit, onion, pumpkin seeds, agar, pomgranates, honey and pineapple, to reduce mucus

20- Take a multivitamin and multi mineral supplement. Get 90 mg of vitamin C per day

21- Use diffuse essential oils for cough, like eucalyptus essential oil, lemon essential oil, lemongrass essential oil, lavender essential oil, oregano essential oil, tea tree essential oil, etc.

22- Consider salt and water gargle

23- Drink warm pineapple juice, 8 ounces (236 ml) of warm pineapple juice and 2 teaspoons of honey can make an effective cough syrup

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Verified by: Dr.Diab (February 16, 2018)

Citation: Dr.Diab. (February 16, 2018). How to cure a bad cough with mucus?. Medcoi Journal of Medicine, 3(2). urn:medcoi:article20031.