A great home treatment to end the cough with phlegm is cinnamon sticks. Its healing potential is enhanced when cinnamon is used in conjunction with clove, lemon and honey because it helps to eliminate secretions.
However it is advised to drink plenty of water at room temperature several times a day to calm the throat and relieve the cough. Avoiding wind and bare feet are also recommendations that should be followed during treatment for cough.
Learn how to prepare syrups, juices and teas that help fight coughing in the following video:
Cinnamon tea recipe to calm cough
This cinnamon tea recipe is simple to make and should only be taken the same day.
Ingredients
- 1 stick of cinnamon
- 3 cloves
- 1 lemon slice
- 1/2 liter of water
Method of preparation
Put all the ingredients in a teapot and boil for 5 minutes. Wait cool, coo, sweeten with 1 tablespoon of honey and drink 2 cups of this tea per day.
Cinnamon and clove are bactericidal and help to eliminate the micro-organisms that cause cough. Lemon and honey contain expectorant properties that still help to strengthen the immune system because of its high vitamin C content.
This home remedy is only contraindicated for babies under 1 year of age, as they can not yet consume honey. In this case, one can resort to the same recipe, but without adding the honey.
Homemade cough remedy for children
A great home remedy to stop the infant cough, which persists for a few weeks after an episode of influenza, is the pure juice of the carrot.
Ingredients
- 1 medium-sized carrot
Method of preparation
Grate the carrot and put it in a glass inside the refrigerator. After a few minutes, the carrot will drop a juice of its own. Coe and give this juice to the child, mixed with the same amount of honey, several times a day.
The carrot contains high doses of vitamin C and is antitussive, which helps to decrease coughing crises in children. This is an excellent home remedy for cough in children because, in addition to having antitussive properties, it is natural and has a sweet taste, being easily accepted by the child.
Home remedy for allergic cough
Allergic cough is characterized by a persistent dry cough, which is not associated with colds or flu. In this case, a great home remedy for allergic cough is nettle tea.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon dried leaf of nettle
- 200 ml of water
Method of preparation
Put the water in a pan and let it boil, when it boils, put out the fire and add the nettle. Cover the pan and wait to sweeten, strain and drink the next, and you can sweeten it with 1 tablespoon of honey. Take 2 cups a day.
Nettle is a medicinal plant that contains antihistaminic properties and, therefore, combats the various allergies, being effective in the fight against dry cough and can even be used by children. However, you should talk to your pediatrician before starting this treatment, to make sure it is an allergic background cough.
