The syrups used to treat cough should be adapted to the type of cough in question, as it may be dry or with phlegm and the use of the wrong syrup may compromise treatment.
Generally, dry cough syrup works by soothing the throat or inhibiting the cough reflex and the cough syrup with catarrh acts by fluidizing the secretions, thereby facilitating its elimination by treating the cough more quickly.
These medicines should only be taken after the doctor's appointment because the cause of the cough must be taken into account to see if it is necessary to take other medicines to treat the cause and not just the symptom. Babies and children should only take medicine under the advice of their pediatrician.
Dry and allergic cough syrups
Some examples of syrups used to treat dry and allergic cough are:
- Vibral;
- Atossion;
- Notuss;
- Hytos Plus;
- Antuss.
For babies and children there is the pediatric Vibral, which can be used from age 3 and the pediatric Atossion and pediatric Notuss, which can be given from the age of 2. Hytos Plus and Antuss can be used by adults and children, but only from 3 years of age.
If the dry cough lasts longer than 2 weeks and you do not know the reason behind it, it is recommended to go to the doctor in order to identify your cause.
See a homemade dried cough syrup recipe by clicking here.
Cough syrups with catarrh
The syrup should dissolve and facilitate phlegm elimination, making it thinner and easier to expectorate. Some examples of syrups are:
- Bisolvon;
- Mucosolvan;
- Fluimucil;
- Transpulmin.
For infants and children, there is the pediatric Bisolvon and Mucosolvan pediatric, from the age of 2 or Vick pediatric, from the age of 6 years.
Here's how to prepare phytotic cough home remedies in the following video:
