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What is Cough?
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A cough is a reaction to clear the airways of mucus, phlegm, dust, smoke or a foreign body.Whenever there is an obstruction or inflammation in the throat or in the upper airways, the brain thinks it to be a foreign object and tries to relieve it by coughing. Continuous coughing for more than two weeks needs medical attention.
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Common Causes of Cough:
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Viral infection
Common cold
Flu
Smoking
Other serious causes may include:
Asthma
Bronchitis
Whooping cough
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia
Clot in the lung
Cancer of the lung
Home Remedies for cough:
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Tip 1:
Suck on 3 peppercorns with a pinch of black cumin seeds (shah jeera) and a pinch of salt.
Tip 2:
Burn a clove by stirring on a hot tava or pan. Keep this in the mouth and suck on it.
Tip 3:
3-5 drops of clove oil mixed with a clove of crushed garlic and ½ tsp honey helps soothe the throat.
Tip 4:
In a cup of boiling water add 1 tsp turmeric powder and 1 tsp carom seeds (ajwain). Boil till half. Add 1 tsp of honey and have 2 times a day.
Tip 6:
Extract juice of ginger and mix with honey & take 3-4 times a day.
Tip 7:
3 peppercorns sucked with a pinch of caraway seeds and a crystal of common salt, provides relief from cough.
Tip 7:
Drink Ginger Tea.
Tip 8:
3 cloves of garlic boiled in milk, can be used every night.
Tip 9:
Drink hot milk with honey at bed time.
Tip 10:
Take 1/2 teaspoon of fresh Turmeric powder and mix it with 30 ml of warm milk and have it twice a day
Tip 11:
Peel a piece of fresh ginger; put some salt over it and chew.
Tip 12:
Mix little lime juice & 1 teaspoon honey in 1/2 cup water & drink twice or thrice a day.
Tip 13:
Mix little black pepper powder and dry ginger power in honey & have twice a day.
Tip 14:
Extract juice of Onion and mix it with honey and take it 2-3 times a day. It is an excellent cough syrup.
Tip 15:
Drink grapefruit juice mixed with a teaspoon of honey.
Tip 16:
Drink herbal tea with cinnamon to stop the coughing.
Tip 17:
Boil water and add salt, breath the steam after the water cools a little.
Tip 18:
Drink a cup of tea with a cinnamon stick.
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